Tribute

I know I'm bias, but this is another great tribute.......

Michael Jackson

I'm not gonna lie....I wasn't a terribly huge fan, but I do feel he was one of the most influential figures of my generation. Below is one of the best tributes I've come across over the last couple of days.....

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I keep going back and forth with this entry....it's not that I don't know what I want to say. It's more that I don't know how to say what I want to say.

My generation is an interesting one. It's one where nothing is sacred anymore and everything this is out there for people to see. For example, I have 2.5 blogs (I'm in the process of setting up a 3rd), a Facebook page, a Myspace page, I Twitter and have a pretty active Flickr account. I also partake in 3 message boards on a regular basis and have Skype, Yahoo messenger, MSN messager and AIM installed on my computer all with active accounts and user names. I am just as connected to my online friends as I am with my offline friends.

While all this technology is fun and exciting and fantastic in that you can get instant feedback on just about anything it also dehumanizes the experience. The responses aren't to you the person, they are to a post or a picture or a whatever. It's not about the dialoge between me and the other person anymore. It's about the product. It's about showing the world how popular you are. It's not genuine. It's not the real deal. It's a fraud.....a fake.....an attempt to boost ones own self esteem through an inflated sense of self. We are no longer expressing our own creativity or individuality (myself included despite the fact that one might consider the number of times my own photography has been re-created but not I). We are no longer finding our own paths to ourselves but rather traveling the express way that has already been paved for us.

Why did we decide that it was o.k. to follow the pack? Why did we decide it was better to stand in the crowd that to stand alone? Because it's easier....it's easy to have someone think for you. It's easy to have someone else do the hard work for you. It's easy to have someone else fail before you so you only succeed.

I think it's time for the safty net to be removed. I think it's time for a little failure in the pursuit of our own idea, ideals and dreams. It's time to have live our own lives. To dream our own dreams. To have our own ideas.

I've nothing interesting to say.....

It's true....I've got nothing but a fantastic video clip of a song that has been on near constant repeat on the 'ole iPod.....

New Blog, New Ideas, New Look!

I've decided that it's time to revamp things around here. It's time to stop worrying about whether or not someone is offended or disagrees with what I have to stay. If that is the case, there is nifty little red "X" in the top right hand corner of the web browser that will solve that problem quite quickly.

I've got a ton of ideas swirling around in my head, but only time will tell when I actually let them out. Some are pretty mundane, some will make you all think "What kind of drugs is this chick on?" and others will hopefully make you smile.


"The English language is like a brick wall between me and you and "Fuck" is my chisel."--Tommy Tiernan

I can't believe I am doing this!

It's official.......We're open for business.

I've been tossing around the idea for the last month or so that I could sell my photographs. I know they aren't great, but I think some of them are good.....really good. So today, I opened my shop up on Etsy just to see what would happen! I'm not anticipating a single sale, but I am anticipating it being a chance to get better and to grow as an artist.

Wish me luck!

Her Morning Elegance

I love this....

Jeff Buckley

I think every music fan has a defining moment when they went from a casual listener to one who understands the power a single song can hold.

At 14, this was the song that turned me onto the power of an amazing song....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AratTMGrHaQ

Keepin' It Sassy

For some reason I keep wanting to describe myself as sassy. There is no real reason for it and it's not like I've had the opportunity to refer to myself as such, but yeah. Sassy. My new favorite word.

Thus far the new year has been pretty anti-climactic. I did however restart my 365 Project and can be followed at a separate location........A Snap Shot of Her Life. I decided since I am going to try and post a little diddy with each photograph that it should have it's own home. So far so good!

A New Year, A New Outlook

I know I’ve already done my Year in Review for 2008, but my word it was exciting! I still can’t believe we are four days away from ringing in the 2009!

Even though I gave it my best shot, my attempt at keeping up with my 2008 New Year Resolution fell a little short. I won’t make excuses (although blaming on the ridiculously high gas prices is super tempting) but will say that of all the resolutions I could have attempted this past year, the one I picked was a whole heck of a lot of fun! I mean seriously, attempting to go to at least one concert a month to help fulfill a cultural phenomena that really doesn’t have much to do with anything other than a possible obsession with making lists is pretty much one of the greatest things ever.

And now it’s time to prepare for 2009. It’s already shaping up to be a pretty interesting year, but in the end, doesn’t every year have the potential to be pretty interesting? Doesn’t it really come down to making the best of each day and getting out of each of them as much as we can?
I’m a little apprehensive when it comes to the fun factor of my resolutions for 2009. I’m hoping that in the long run, I’ll look back over the upcoming 12 months and think “Now that is what it’s all about!”

Here we go, the Big List of Resolutions for 2009:

• Don’t take things so personally. Sometimes it is best to simply take a step back and realize that things don’t happen because of you or something you did or didn’t do or said or didn’t say.

• Remember, just because you use your inner monologue and have an amazing conversation with yourself in your head, not everyone knows how you are feeling. Some folks (I think we all know who I am talking about here) need it spelled out in a giant neon sign. People are not psychic; they do not know what you are thinking (or maybe they do and are just pretending that they don’t, but that is a different entry for a different time).

• Learn to let things go; don’t dwell on the things you can’t change. What is done is done, learn from your past and your mistakes and figure out how to make things better the next time around.

• Try something new! Take a chance or two. Forget about failing. It’s no fun wishing you could do something. It’s much better to get out there and actually try it. Really go out on a limb and try something new every month!