1 year special and everything was ruined. Figures. I wanted to have a video I could edit but everything seemed to work against me. I wound up getting this from my phone. It saved on real player. Unfortunately, real player doesn't work on Windows Video Maker. So there was no editing...which I was looking forward to doing. Oh well. That's what I wanted to do. Maybe when I get the chance to, I'll redo the video with everything I wanted to do with it.
Thursday, September 30, 2010
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Arguement and Conflict
As it turns out, improvisors in the KC area tend to have scenes full of conflict and arguments more than any other improv community. Why is that? I don't know.
In our Monday night class tonight, we struggled to avoid conflicts and arguments. As it turns out, I have an issue where, even if I'm trying to avoid an argument, I would be less than entusiastic for some reason...as John said it was The Glass Is 1/2 Empty mindset. In stead of "Yes...And"ing, I would "okay...fine...but..."
My goal for next week is to have a more possative/enthusiastic attitude.
Watching an argument on stage is like watching an argument on stage.
-John Robison (about a year ago)
In our Monday night class tonight, we struggled to avoid conflicts and arguments. As it turns out, I have an issue where, even if I'm trying to avoid an argument, I would be less than entusiastic for some reason...as John said it was The Glass Is 1/2 Empty mindset. In stead of "Yes...And"ing, I would "okay...fine...but..."
My goal for next week is to have a more possative/enthusiastic attitude.
Saturday, September 25, 2010
Random Quote 001
If you're not entertaining, you're doing nothing.
-Warren Zevon to Jackson Browne when Jackson was surprised to find that Warren Zevon considered himself an "entertainer." I know it because it's in the CD booklet for the Warren Zevon album STAND IN THE FIRE.
Friday, September 24, 2010
1 Year coming soon:
I'm getting close to it being exactly 1 year since I started David-Prov the blogspot blog. My very first blog entry was posted at 3:34am on September 30, 2009. That was one year ago this coming next Thursday. I need to have some kind of special post. But I don't know how I'm going to do it or what I'm going to do it on. I've thought about doing a video review with me actually physically giving a review to a camera and loading that. But I don't know if I can get my webcam to work because I've never used it before. I've had it since about 4 months before my first blog. But I'm pretty sure it will be special. And in fact, I may even be doing it the night of the 29th and post it early in the morning on the 30th to stay consistant with how I usually post.
I'm also in the process of making the video (getting images that is) for the album overview of Warren Zevon's Learning To Flinch album. But I would want my special blog entry to be a 2 video overview...say a video for the 2-Disc I'll Sleep When I'm Dead Warren Zevon Anthology and have 2 videos but post them on the same blog entry.
Anyway, I don't know what I'll do. If you want to give me any suggestions of something you'd like to read (or hear) my perspective on, feel free to leave a comment.
I'm also in the process of making the video (getting images that is) for the album overview of Warren Zevon's Learning To Flinch album. But I would want my special blog entry to be a 2 video overview...say a video for the 2-Disc I'll Sleep When I'm Dead Warren Zevon Anthology and have 2 videos but post them on the same blog entry.
Anyway, I don't know what I'll do. If you want to give me any suggestions of something you'd like to read (or hear) my perspective on, feel free to leave a comment.
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
You Know What's Annoying? 003
You know what's annoying? When friends move away to locations that are more than a state away. Well, not that so much. Even more so is when they move away and you loose the chance to tell them "bye" to their face.
Now, typing it like this, "tell them 'bye' to their face," is a very dumb downed simple version of the whole thing. When a friend moves away, just saying "bye" isn't going to cut it. But getting a chance to talk with them before they leave with face to face contact makes all the difference in the world. I personally don't like waiting until after they left and trying to contact them through text message or facebook messages. I prefer face to face contact. But within the 7 weeks or so, I've had to do all 3 to 3 seperate friends. All 3 moved to different locations. One of them had a show that was sold as her last show before moving. I got a chance to go to that and talk with her briefly before leaving. She was the only one I got to actually say fairwell to in person. If there are any questions, she moved to up-state New York.
Another friend, the first one in the last 7 weeks to move away, just uped-and-left. Or at least that's the way it seemed at that end of the move. Then, she was back for one day but I lost the chance to say fair-well to her. I sent her a text that evening stating that I'd like to see her before she left to say bye. I didn't get an answer and I assumed the entire night that, being limited to 160 charicters, my phrasing was weird and creepy. The entire night, I couldn't sleep because I couldn't relax until I said the closest thing I wanted to say with the 160 charicter limit. It was this friend's departure that inspired my blog entry on texting. It was driving me crazy because as hard as I tried, I couldn't get one thing I wanted to say condensed to 160 charicters. How do you tell someone in a text that they mean the world to you as more than just a friend but a mentor and a teacher and the one who told you that it's important to let others know how you feel about them and their move felt like death and you'll miss them like crazy? Well, you can't. It has to be condensed. But by the time I actually got said in about 158 charicters (which by the way, includes spacing), it was just after 7:30am. Thankfully, I got a reply back within 2 minutes thanking me for the kind words and I could finally sleep.
A third friend moved just this last weekend. This was another friend of mine from the Roving Imp who was moving away for school and there was no clear sign that they would be coming back other than to visit. However, unlike the other 2 who I was actually able to make plans to see for their last show and the other who left unexpectedly, I knew this friend would be moving for a few months but for some reason, I thought I'd be seeing her again before she left. The last time I saw her was 8.5 days before she left. Missing my chances in the following week to say bye, I stayed up late the night before she left and typed out a message on facebook...since I didn't have her number. She left KC before I finished typing the message. It was about 8:15am before the message was finished and sent. This was Friday morning. I didn't get any reply until about 24 hours later at least. She was greatful for my message. But Friday was just horrible. I was awaken an hour earlier by my grandma than expected so she could go get involved with this scam that she accepted the true more than the "too good to be" part. I wanted nothing to do with it and did everything I could to keep her out of it including leaving my car parked behind her car. But she moved my car over and got out while I napped because I only had 3 hours of sleep and I was working the improv festival that night but the guy trying to scam her just kept calling and calling ever 5-10 minutes until finally I answered and said that no, my grandma wasn't there, go f**k yourself. Okay, I didn't say that but I was thinking that all weekend. But that's a story for "You Know What's Annoying? 004".
The long story short here is that the Facebook message didn't provide me with any relaxation when I sent it because I was up all night thinking about how I wanted to word it just to send it 3 minutes too late and not even know if my friend received it until the following day. I had a horrible day that day all day and was going on maybe a total of 4 hours of sleep. I didn't feel relaxed about it until I received the reply the next day that suggested my friend appricieated the kind thoughts and words I had said.
Now, the question on my mind is why can't I even admit to feeling the way I do in the words I say until after a friend leaves. Am I afraid that if I say it to their face when they're still in town, they'll choose to never see me again but if they've moved, I've got nothing to loose? Okay, yeah, that seems about right. I wish I could do this because I feel so much at peace once I actually say something...except for not knowing how their response would go. Before getting a reply to the note I sent Friday morning, I had a fear that my friend would be creeped out and defriend me (or unfriend me depending on what you prefer).
Anyway, that's what's annoying: friends leaving and not being able to say how I feel about them to their face/not getting the chance to say it to their face.
Now, typing it like this, "tell them 'bye' to their face," is a very dumb downed simple version of the whole thing. When a friend moves away, just saying "bye" isn't going to cut it. But getting a chance to talk with them before they leave with face to face contact makes all the difference in the world. I personally don't like waiting until after they left and trying to contact them through text message or facebook messages. I prefer face to face contact. But within the 7 weeks or so, I've had to do all 3 to 3 seperate friends. All 3 moved to different locations. One of them had a show that was sold as her last show before moving. I got a chance to go to that and talk with her briefly before leaving. She was the only one I got to actually say fairwell to in person. If there are any questions, she moved to up-state New York.
Another friend, the first one in the last 7 weeks to move away, just uped-and-left. Or at least that's the way it seemed at that end of the move. Then, she was back for one day but I lost the chance to say fair-well to her. I sent her a text that evening stating that I'd like to see her before she left to say bye. I didn't get an answer and I assumed the entire night that, being limited to 160 charicters, my phrasing was weird and creepy. The entire night, I couldn't sleep because I couldn't relax until I said the closest thing I wanted to say with the 160 charicter limit. It was this friend's departure that inspired my blog entry on texting. It was driving me crazy because as hard as I tried, I couldn't get one thing I wanted to say condensed to 160 charicters. How do you tell someone in a text that they mean the world to you as more than just a friend but a mentor and a teacher and the one who told you that it's important to let others know how you feel about them and their move felt like death and you'll miss them like crazy? Well, you can't. It has to be condensed. But by the time I actually got said in about 158 charicters (which by the way, includes spacing), it was just after 7:30am. Thankfully, I got a reply back within 2 minutes thanking me for the kind words and I could finally sleep.
A third friend moved just this last weekend. This was another friend of mine from the Roving Imp who was moving away for school and there was no clear sign that they would be coming back other than to visit. However, unlike the other 2 who I was actually able to make plans to see for their last show and the other who left unexpectedly, I knew this friend would be moving for a few months but for some reason, I thought I'd be seeing her again before she left. The last time I saw her was 8.5 days before she left. Missing my chances in the following week to say bye, I stayed up late the night before she left and typed out a message on facebook...since I didn't have her number. She left KC before I finished typing the message. It was about 8:15am before the message was finished and sent. This was Friday morning. I didn't get any reply until about 24 hours later at least. She was greatful for my message. But Friday was just horrible. I was awaken an hour earlier by my grandma than expected so she could go get involved with this scam that she accepted the true more than the "too good to be" part. I wanted nothing to do with it and did everything I could to keep her out of it including leaving my car parked behind her car. But she moved my car over and got out while I napped because I only had 3 hours of sleep and I was working the improv festival that night but the guy trying to scam her just kept calling and calling ever 5-10 minutes until finally I answered and said that no, my grandma wasn't there, go f**k yourself. Okay, I didn't say that but I was thinking that all weekend. But that's a story for "You Know What's Annoying? 004".
The long story short here is that the Facebook message didn't provide me with any relaxation when I sent it because I was up all night thinking about how I wanted to word it just to send it 3 minutes too late and not even know if my friend received it until the following day. I had a horrible day that day all day and was going on maybe a total of 4 hours of sleep. I didn't feel relaxed about it until I received the reply the next day that suggested my friend appricieated the kind thoughts and words I had said.
Now, the question on my mind is why can't I even admit to feeling the way I do in the words I say until after a friend leaves. Am I afraid that if I say it to their face when they're still in town, they'll choose to never see me again but if they've moved, I've got nothing to loose? Okay, yeah, that seems about right. I wish I could do this because I feel so much at peace once I actually say something...except for not knowing how their response would go. Before getting a reply to the note I sent Friday morning, I had a fear that my friend would be creeped out and defriend me (or unfriend me depending on what you prefer).
Anyway, that's what's annoying: friends leaving and not being able to say how I feel about them to their face/not getting the chance to say it to their face.
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Leaning Tower of CDs-uh
So I had a dream while taking a nap Saturday or Sunday afternoon. It involved the fact that I haven't cleaned my room since May of last year. I had a mess of books, CDs, DVDs, paper and various other what not around my bed. But in the dream, it was by my bedroom door. I wasn't able to close my door without it turning to rubber and doing the whole curve at the middle of the door thing you would see in a cartoon or slap-stick comedy. And my door was busted. So I decided that this week, I was going to clean my room. I started today.
I started with the previously mentioned pile. I got all the books up and then the CDs. The CDs I had in a tower...not a tower like you place CDs in, a tower like one on top of the other until your stack of CDs is taller than you with no support. Before I could finish the tower, the stack would fall every single time. I eventually decided to take some of the CDs that I haven't listened to for a long time (a long with some DVDs and Gamecube games) to Vintage Stock to sell to them. I wound up getting $26.55 for all of them. That's not too bad. Of course, the most I got for any one item was $3 and the least was $0.05. Some of these, I tried to sell at the garage sale at the Roving Imp back on the first Sunday in June.
(Wow, has it been that long)?
Anway, I now have 5 stacks in the middle of the floor...neater than scattered around. But now, I need to figure out what I'll do with some of my DVDs I still have as well as books...
I'll do that tomorrow after I have a chance to take care of business like paying for my car's plates and getting a dust mask and getting my oil changed...
I started with the previously mentioned pile. I got all the books up and then the CDs. The CDs I had in a tower...not a tower like you place CDs in, a tower like one on top of the other until your stack of CDs is taller than you with no support. Before I could finish the tower, the stack would fall every single time. I eventually decided to take some of the CDs that I haven't listened to for a long time (a long with some DVDs and Gamecube games) to Vintage Stock to sell to them. I wound up getting $26.55 for all of them. That's not too bad. Of course, the most I got for any one item was $3 and the least was $0.05. Some of these, I tried to sell at the garage sale at the Roving Imp back on the first Sunday in June.
(Wow, has it been that long)?
Anway, I now have 5 stacks in the middle of the floor...neater than scattered around. But now, I need to figure out what I'll do with some of my DVDs I still have as well as books...
I'll do that tomorrow after I have a chance to take care of business like paying for my car's plates and getting a dust mask and getting my oil changed...
Friday, September 10, 2010
Mix CD
So, I've borrowed a lot of CDs over the past year from some of my improv friends...mainly a large number from Nifer for letting her rip a bunch of my music. There are also a few CDs from Steve and one from Chris. What I'm wanting to do is take a bunch of the music that I really like out of those and burn them onto a CD so I can listen to them when I'm in the car or so.
Some of the CDs I borrowed include (All barrowed from Nifer unless other wise mentioned):
The Beatles - Abby Road
The Beatles - Let It Be (though I barrowed it from Nifer, it had to be returned to the library afterwards...which I did).
Ben Folds - Rockin' The Suburbs.
Blink 182 - Take Off Your Pants and Jacket.
The Boy Least Likely - The Best party Ever
Carl Perkins - Go Cat Go (Barrowed from Steve).
Carole King - Goin' Back.
The Cars Anthology (Barrowed from Steve).
Coldplay - Viva La Vida.
Drop Kick Murphys - Do Or Die.
Drop Kick Murphys - Sing Loud, Sing Proud.
Warren Zevon + R.E.M. - Hindu Love Gods (Barrowed from Steve).
The Killers - Hot Fuss
Less Than Jake - Anthem
Monty Python
Pete Townshed - Empty Glass (Barrowed from Steve).
Queen - Greatest Hits
Sammy Hagar - The Essentual Red Collection (Barrowed from Steve).
Simon & Garfunkle - Essentual
Streets of Fire (Barrowed From Steve).
Transformers Soundtrack 2007 (Barrowed from Chris)
Train - Drops Of Jupiter
White Stripes - White Blood Cells
Grosse Point Blank Sound Track
Corrina, Corrina Sound Track...
Yes, I realize that this is probably a lot to fit onto 1 burned CD. I won't be burning all of them. But I'll probably take what I would consider to be a fair ballance of as much as I can.
Some of the CDs I borrowed include (All barrowed from Nifer unless other wise mentioned):
The Beatles - Abby Road
The Beatles - Let It Be (though I barrowed it from Nifer, it had to be returned to the library afterwards...which I did).
Ben Folds - Rockin' The Suburbs.
Blink 182 - Take Off Your Pants and Jacket.
The Boy Least Likely - The Best party Ever
Carl Perkins - Go Cat Go (Barrowed from Steve).
Carole King - Goin' Back.
The Cars Anthology (Barrowed from Steve).
Coldplay - Viva La Vida.
Drop Kick Murphys - Do Or Die.
Drop Kick Murphys - Sing Loud, Sing Proud.
Warren Zevon + R.E.M. - Hindu Love Gods (Barrowed from Steve).
The Killers - Hot Fuss
Less Than Jake - Anthem
Monty Python
Pete Townshed - Empty Glass (Barrowed from Steve).
Queen - Greatest Hits
Sammy Hagar - The Essentual Red Collection (Barrowed from Steve).
Simon & Garfunkle - Essentual
Streets of Fire (Barrowed From Steve).
Transformers Soundtrack 2007 (Barrowed from Chris)
Train - Drops Of Jupiter
White Stripes - White Blood Cells
Grosse Point Blank Sound Track
Corrina, Corrina Sound Track...
Yes, I realize that this is probably a lot to fit onto 1 burned CD. I won't be burning all of them. But I'll probably take what I would consider to be a fair ballance of as much as I can.
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Saturday, September 4, 2010
Limit
Okay, I'm not exactly sure what my psycological limit is. I know we all have limits where we get to a brink of what we can handle psycologically and then we break. We all have them at a different level. I don't know where mine is. But I do know I passed it up today going near the speed of light. On facebook, I requested to be let off at the proverbial curb before I through up the metephorical chunks.
Yes, I had gone well pass that level today.
Yes, I had gone well pass that level today.
Thursday, September 2, 2010
Hindu Love Gods
Here is my album overview of the album Hindu Love Gods. Hindu Love Gods is Warren Zevon as lead singer with the members of REM minus Michael Stipe. The album is 10 tracks long and rare. I wound up barrowing this album from someone.
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
August
Okay, it is now oficially September. This means I want to give a recap of the highlights of August. Don't worry, this will be short. Unless I chose to post the bad and annoying. But that's already up for you to read...
1) I had my first R I Spectacular show as a member of the group on the 21st.
2) We finished the book Serenity at the Roving Imp just in time to quit read-out-loud Wednesday.
3) John found some Ice Cream sandwiches to sell at the Roving Imp that are Peanut Butter Ice Cream. I have turned back to my old ways because I have caused the peanut butter ones to sell out at least twice now.
4) I finished reading the Warren Zevon biography I'll Sleep When I'm Dead: The Dirty Life and Times of Warren Zevon.
5) Not good news, but it happened. I got a staph infection on my eye lid. I've got no idea how I got it (the dr. suggested I could have been bitten by a spider and it got infected or an eye lash got infected or something). That was this last weekend. Good news, the dr. says I can be around others as long as I don't make eye-to-eye contact.
Anyway, that's all I've got right now.
1) I had my first R I Spectacular show as a member of the group on the 21st.
2) We finished the book Serenity at the Roving Imp just in time to quit read-out-loud Wednesday.
3) John found some Ice Cream sandwiches to sell at the Roving Imp that are Peanut Butter Ice Cream. I have turned back to my old ways because I have caused the peanut butter ones to sell out at least twice now.
4) I finished reading the Warren Zevon biography I'll Sleep When I'm Dead: The Dirty Life and Times of Warren Zevon.
5) Not good news, but it happened. I got a staph infection on my eye lid. I've got no idea how I got it (the dr. suggested I could have been bitten by a spider and it got infected or an eye lash got infected or something). That was this last weekend. Good news, the dr. says I can be around others as long as I don't make eye-to-eye contact.
Anyway, that's all I've got right now.
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