I have this mix of music I listen to when I want to be in a better mood. One of my favorit tracks is My People by The Presets. It's just got a vibe that makes me happy when I hear it.
Music does that to me. I get really emotional about it. Sometimes it is happy, other times it is sad, angry, or even frustrated. Seeing as I play guitar, I think I just get in to the music. The latest track we got back from the might Dan Clark for the next am.psych album just had be in total disbelief that we wrote something so mind blowing.
If you have kids, do like I do (or don't, I don't tell people how to parent)... turn off the TV for a bit, turn on the radio or pandora/last.fm and give the kids some culture. Have them sit and listen to it. My son now can pick up and recognize melody on just about any song we listen to. My daughter is always bouncing around.
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I'm probably going to take it to the next step and have them close their eyes and then draw what it makes them see... but then I might get called a tree hugging hippie.
oh, and if you get a chance, check out the band I'm in. We have a few shows coming up in April.... one of which we open for our friends @16volt .
http://www.vampirefreaks.com/ampsych
Monday, March 21, 2011
Sunday, March 20, 2011
...I don't feel like I did yesterday.
Aside from all the running around I was doing, I ended up having a huge asthma and allergy attack. Haven't had one of those in a while. But, today is a lot better. Maybe the rain has something to do with that too. Keeps the allergens down. But, hooray, I can breathe and sleep so much better. I'm plugging all sorts of vitamins in me and other things to help as well. Having a face feel like someone filled it with cement is no fun. I am glad I don't feel like that today.
Saturday, March 19, 2011
...it was arts and crafts time with the kids.
I totally almost forgot to do this today. The kids and I found these things at Target. They are little action figures (not mugz, but like them) that you get to color any way you want. So, tonight after dinner, that's exactly what we did. It was a nice thing to be able to do while watching Iron Man 2.
The little figures are pretty cool. I had fun with mine. It's been a while since I got to be creative like that in front of the kids. I keep forgetting they like to do things like that.
We spent all day together. A trip to IKEA, a little more shopping at Target. They only complained while we were waiting in line to check out, and I would too. They only had a few checkout lanes open. But it was an opportunity to spend more time with them and talk, so at least I got that out of it.
The little figures are pretty cool. I had fun with mine. It's been a while since I got to be creative like that in front of the kids. I keep forgetting they like to do things like that.
We spent all day together. A trip to IKEA, a little more shopping at Target. They only complained while we were waiting in line to check out, and I would too. They only had a few checkout lanes open. But it was an opportunity to spend more time with them and talk, so at least I got that out of it.
Friday, March 18, 2011
...I got to share an awesome sunset with the lady.
So, I picked up my girlfriend on the way out to get my kids tonight. Prior to leaving, she gave me my anniversary gift a few days early (Tuesday will be one year since our first date). She got me a very nice pair of sunglasses I have been looking at for a while. They are awesome. So, we hit the road, got some food and drove out to get the littles. Thanks to daylight savings time shifting the clock by an hour last weekend, I got to drive in to the sunset.
It was amazing. A giant orange ball of light that you wanted to reach out and hold just disappearing in to the trees on the horizon leaving a bloody trail of red and dark purple against a pristine clear blue sky. One would think that would be the end of it. The red and purple went away, no clouds in the sky, nothing to make the night really seem all that eventful. Then as we rounded the corner of the highway, the moon rise started. It's not too often you get to see a great sunset and then an almost full moon rise within minutes of each other.
It was a nice ride out tonight.
It was amazing. A giant orange ball of light that you wanted to reach out and hold just disappearing in to the trees on the horizon leaving a bloody trail of red and dark purple against a pristine clear blue sky. One would think that would be the end of it. The red and purple went away, no clouds in the sky, nothing to make the night really seem all that eventful. Then as we rounded the corner of the highway, the moon rise started. It's not too often you get to see a great sunset and then an almost full moon rise within minutes of each other.
It was a nice ride out tonight.
...this video is just damn silly. It makes me smile.
my lady and her friends are just silly when they get together, recently they decided to do a Q&A session while he was home (much better than a T&A session, that would go on a site other than youtube I think). The video I am linking is to part 2. http://goo.gl/yx3LP Check out her stuff. It's fun to watch and brightens up my day.
If she looks familiar at all, she was one of the top 10 in the Progressive HelpFlo contest last year. That might be where you have seen her.
So, go take a look, subscribe to her if you like and get updated whenever she posts more videos. Not all of them are silly though. Some of them are completely serious (see: Falling Whistles video).
If she looks familiar at all, she was one of the top 10 in the Progressive HelpFlo contest last year. That might be where you have seen her.
So, go take a look, subscribe to her if you like and get updated whenever she posts more videos. Not all of them are silly though. Some of them are completely serious (see: Falling Whistles video).
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