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"Adulting"
This term has been thrown around a lot lately by people apart of my generation. Usually, it's used in reference to doing good, responsible things like buying insurance or using a free day to clean the apartment. I've yet experience anybody using it in regard to negative situations until today. I just filed for unemployment. Nothing has made me feel like more of an adult than admitting to the government that I need their help to pay my bills. Happy adulting, everyone.
The Wall
I've been staring at the same screen for three days now. The progression of new words and ideas is at an alarmingly sluggish rate. My relationship with this story has been on par with a love interest that's been pursued too quickly. Initially, I was all about it. Now, the passion has run dry and I'm struggling to make it through the next four hours without completely losing my mind.
Torn
Facebook has always been a place for people to express their opinions, although in recent years it's been utilized as an outlet for people to rant and argue about current events. I find Facebook to be an exceptional tool for staying in touch with old friends or communicating with work and project groups. At the same time, I find it to be flooded with time-wasting nonsense. If it weren't so useful, I'd have deleted my account long ago. In the words of Natalie Imbruglia, I'm torn.
Look up. #ceilingshot #symmetry
I'm afraid to do it. I'm afraid I'd upset my family. I'm afraid that my reasoning isn't good enough. I'm afraid of what people will think and say. I'm afraid I won't do it right and will have to live with the consequences. But I don't understand why these things that are out of my control keep working against me. I don't understand how everyone else deals with it. I don't understand why, no matter how hard I try, the universe seems to slap me in the face. All things considered, it would make things easier for me, but that's a selfish mentality. I wonder how long it would take for people to get over it. It only takes one step. Why is it so hard to decide? Don't do it. I'm afraid to do it.
Desperate Employment
I recently picked up a job shooting wedding videos. Maybe my most recent job subtly molded me into a superficial fuckhead who's above jobs often filled by starving art students. Maybe I'm over thinking things. The pay isn't great, but it beats having zero income. It also beats returning to a fast food or service job.
Night light. #filmlife #newharmony #lights
Primed and ready. #filmlife #c300 #newharmony #southernindiana
Why, oh why...
…would I choose “Sci-Fi” for my first feature-length screenplay when I’m not really into the genre in the first place? If I were to compare my progress for the last few weeks to a physical action, imagine someone walking at a concrete wall. Now, expand that image to show that the wall is part of Burj Khalifa (Google it). Now, imagine Optimus Prime is on the other side, pushing back. That’s how my screenplay is coming; swimmingly. Fuck me, right?
Lit. #stringlights #stl #cliche #nofilter
Don't chase it. #hemlockcliffs #indiana #waterfall #nature
Living for the Weekend
I’m not a firm believer in this mantra, but it’s an interesting path to stumble upon from time to time. This weekend successfully pulled me from the mundane and gave me a taste of a life I’d love to live; one where I can utilize what I’ve learned to focus on passion projects while simultaneously taking advantage of memory-making experiences.
It's a great time for new music.
Summer's creeping around the corner which means an influx of live shows is approaching. Two of my all time favorite bands just released new albums, building my anticipation for some memorable summer nights. Radiohead recently cleared their online presence, causing fans to wonder what the band was up to. Around the same time, they sent postcards to select fans with the message "Burn the Witch" written across the front. Once the hype started bubbling, they released a claymation music video to their first single, "Burn the Witch". The next day, they released a music video directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, "Daydreamer". The NEXT day, they released their new album, "A Moon Shaped Pool". Their method of releasing this new album was the perfect roller-coaster for diehard fans. They've been touring in Europe, but haven't released US dates as of yet. Snarky Puppy just released their first studio album in eight years, "Culcha Vulcha", just a few months after the release of their latest live collaboration album, "Family Dinner, Pt. 2". I already have tickets for their St. Louis show at The Ready Room this coming Monday.
Margs and tacos. #cincodemayo #washingtonavenue #stlouis
Performance Diary
The stands are packed with people. On the floor in front of the stage are people of importance sitting on folding chairs in rows. The astronaut finishes his weekend-closing speech and Stephon cues up the loop station.
I enter, drumming four bars on a bucket. As I depart the mic, I notice the people on the floor are now moving onto the stage to take pictures with the astronaut. This isn’t supposed to happen.
Everyone hurries into place, just like rehearsal…and we wait. We’ve all rolled our drums into place and are now standing by for what seems like an eternity. In reality, it was about seven minutes.
Seven minutes of Stephon running out of improvised ideas with everyone’s samples. Seven minutes of everyone’s eyes shifting from one person to another trying to figure out what we should do, questioning how long this is going to continue. Seven minutes, and they’ve finally cleared the stage.
The click cues up in the ears and we’re off. The first song goes over fairly smoothly. We end and move on to the next, a Stikyard cover of “Shake It Off” by Taylor Swift. Lame, I know, but the drum parts are pretty fun. Also, the accidental stick juggle was entertaining.
THE ACCIDENTAL STICK JUGGLE: The Setup- Across the front from left to right, playing snare, is John, Dominique, Tre, Herrie, and Coop. Splitting the gaps just behind them, playing quads, is myself, Stephon, and Cottrell.
We play the first lick, which goes over well. We hit the downbeat, then move to our next spot. During that transition, Tre drops a stick, Stephon unintentionally kicks the stick up, he sees it and hits it back to the ground, and the stick bounces back close enough to Tre that he’s able to grab it and continue playing. While the stick is bouncing back to Tre, Stephon flips a stick and loses it off stage. Within a second, Coop sees Stephon missing and stick, so he tosses one of his to Stephon and grabs a backup from his stickbag.
From the audience perspective (with performance video evidence), it looks like an elaborate, well-executed stick trick. In reality, it was the perfect storm.
The rest of the show went well aside from some major exhaustion and a dash of over-exersion. Also, will.i.am was there.
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