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Thursday, September 11, 2003

Regrets...
I've had a few.
But then again,
Too few to mention!
--"My Way",
written by Paul Anka
When I hear that song, I think of Frank Sinatra, and sometimes Elvis or Sid Vicious -- all of whom have been known to perform, in their own unique manner, that wonderful song. Wonderful because -- though I don't always enjoy hearing it, I've heard it so much -- the song is a wonderful personal anthem. That's something we all need: a personal anthem. A song that praises our individuality; a mark of devotion to oneself. After all, they say you're going to have a helluva time loving anyone else unless you've first learned to love yourself, right?

This is not to replace your love for your God, or your spouse, or your family. I'm simply saying that we all need to give ourselves a bit more self-love at this time of year. (No, not that type of self-love !) Too many of us beat up on ourselves throughout the year, and then nearly destroy ourselves at year's end. No wonder there are so many suicides during the Holidays; the messages bombarding us are to Buy Buy Buy and to Give Give Give -- but what if you have nothing to give but love? If you have a dearth of that good stuff, then you'll have a bitch of a time spreading it around to your neighbors.

So be good to yourself, whether you're Christian, Pagan, Wiccan, Athiest, Hindu, Islamic, Mormon, Podcastin, or otherwise. Don't take the pills, they won't do you or anyone else any good; you'll simply miss out on the Next Big Thing (which may turn out to be Your Next Big Thing). Just do things your own way, singing that little hymn as you do so:
For what is a man,
What has he got?
If not himself,
Then he has naught.
To say the things,
He truly feels,
And not the words,
Of one who kneels.
The record shows,
I took the blows
And did it my way!

Tuesday, September 19, 2006

So, as you can see, I've been posting alot of video to this blog. So you can start calling it a vlog (video + blog), though it's also still a podcast -- or at least, will be, once I begin podcasting regularly again. (Yes, I still plan to, eventually.) This current project isn't by any means usurping the original intent or overall purpose of Something That Happenened; video is simply the current most prevailing format of the narrative presented here. (I like to think of Something That Happened as an ongoing narrative, composed of various digital elements.)

Ideally: I would more evenly present digital audio, video, and text every day. Unfortunately, there are only 25 hours in a day. So, it's video at the moment, and a bit of text in between. Perhaps once I get the hang of this (and a faster CPU for my old PowerBook G3), I'll be able to find time to throw some audio into the mix. For now, however, enjoy the bits of video, which I am producing according to the following self-imposed rules, more or less:

  • Each video is (more or less) five (5) minutes or less in duration
  • Each video is one shot (but not necessarily one take)
  • Each video is shot at a different location than the previous

I've imposed these rules to give myself more of a challenge. There are more rules, actually, but for some reason I'm not recalling them at the moment. In any case, it's likely I'll be adding more of these obstructions as I go along. I'll keep you posted as to what they are, as I add them, so stay tuned!

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posted by Harold  9/19/2006 06:37:00 PM
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I once posted, in this space (this right column), the following:

If I had friends they would be listed here

That particular bit o' text, that silly and idiotic phrase, was repeated a dozen or two dozen or so times and was intended to be temporary. I had been working on a project -- a new layout for this blog -- and had intended for that text to be placeholder content. That is, the text was supposed to temporarily replace the content that had previously occupied this column (which was a list of links to friends -- that is, other blogs and web sites I linked to). I didn't know what content I was going to place into that (this) space, so I placed a bunch of duplicate phrases here as a placeholder so that I would remember to fill in this space again later.

At the same time, I thought I was being cute with the heading:

NEW & IMPROVED FRIENDS!

The fact remains: I still don't know what content to put here, in this column. Links again? Pictures? Video? Audio? Ads? Oh, hell no! It hasn't come to me yet, but I'm sure it will eventually, and when it does it'll come quick and (as usual) with consequences.