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Blogging with 9 fingers

Ok, I got what I deserved. I was trying to show off a bit…some clever onion cutting skills to some friends I had over for dinner last night and boom, there went a chunk of finger. I just shake my head because it was totally my fault. Not paying attention. It was my index finger (as highlighted in the pic)

finger.ouch

So it has made typing interesting at the very least. And yes mother, I could have gone to the hospital…but I didn’t really see the point. The chunk of finger was gone. There was nothing they could really “stich” back together. And I had dinner guests showing up. I mean, 3 hours in the emergency room for fancy band aids vs. a nice Rioja I had just opened? I think we all would agree I made the right decision.

The blog has been a bit messy lately. I have smiplified things. Matt Dickman was passing through Minneapolis earlier this week and we both shared similar eye rolling to certain areas of social media land. In doing so, I realized that while yes, my blog is my new resume - my blog is also me. Moving forward, this is going to be a mix bag of thinking+life.

Personal project - 29 days project blog

Quick note, I use this blog for mainly professional-ish related content. But I’ve started a new project for February that is a bit more personal.

The 29 Days Project is a blog I created to try and do or post something interesting everyday for the month of February. I’m mainly focusing myself on doing/trying new things that I’ve never done before in the twin cities. I did this for two reasons 1) force me to get out there during the main winter blues month 2) see more of the city I live in.

So, check it out for a bit of my personal life.

Enjoying the holidays (and a new blog theme)

Decided to give the blog a fresh coat for 2008. I like what I’ve got going so far, but think I’m going to have to find a CSS jockey to help me add a 4th column for content that I publish (slideshare, youtubes, utterz, etc). So, anyone know anything about CSS coding that takes payment in beer?

Had a good holiday with the family. The pace on the farm always seems to reboot my system giving me time to slow down and reflect on everything 2007 was. I’ll be posting my overall 2007 -> thoughts soon. Until then, enjoy some pictures from Sawyer Farm.

3 groovy tunes…

Update: something is going haywire with posting YouTube…I’ll fix it in a bit

I’ve been meaning to mix it up around here…these tunes are most excellent, maybe I should release a mix for you all. Till I do you can find the tunes on hypemachine

This song is just seductive enough…

Sorry for making you jump, but apparently someone doesn’t understand that it is a GOOD idea to embed. Yes, I’ve always dug Lily Allen.

And this song just puts a smile on my face, makes me want to dance just a little…

2 other tunes/mp3 blogs I highly suggest you check out this evening -


frYars on Good Weather for an Airstrike


Sidewalk on indiechristoph

Blog house cleaning - what i’m listening to, upcoming notices, personal notes

I know, I promised myself I’d get better at blogging. But behaviors are hard to change. Still, I’m going to try to focus one post a week from here on out. Today might be a two, three post day. We’ll see.

I have about 30-40 mp3 blogs I try to browse through and I go in music phases..and I’m just starting up a new music phase. I love discovery new music, so I thought I would mention a few of the favorites over the last couple of weeks. You can find most of these songs through the Hype Machine.

Love Astronaut by Murder Mystery : I shouldn’t mention this song…because it describes my current love life a little too articulately. Still, has a nice hook. i guesss i’m floating says “It’s the sort of fresh pop sound that almost gives the instruments a Fantasia-like animation; bass, guitar, and the persistent electronic rhythm chirping back and forth to one another in an outlandish conversation.”

MGMT : This band is mp3-blogosphere hot…for good reason. Anything by them is great. You Aint No Picasso mentions “Anyways, they just put up a new tune called “Weekend Wars” that I haven’t stopped listening to for the past half hour.”

Forever Indebted - Shout Out Out Out : This song has been in replay just a tad too much. Dig it. From Awesome Until Proven Guilty “”Shout out out out out = two drummers + four bass players + two samplers + five synthesizers + five cowbells + two octapads + one vocoder.” Awesomez!”

Misophone : Look, just track down songs from this band. You’ll cook and drink wine and play them in the back ground. It will make you happy and she’ll think your cool with good music taste.

The Optimist - Emma Pollock: Erie..calming…warm blanket…I would date her. The layers of darkness really give way to a positive message. Daily Growl says “What you will find is an album to warm the soul, and which will bring fresh understated pleasure with every listen.”

We Are Gods! We Are Wolves! - Le Loup: All I do is listen to this song. Instrumental Analysis says “One of the most interesting albums to grace your ears in a long time, this release is good all the way through.”

So besides music, I’ve really started to get into taking pictures. I’m currently fascinated at horizon views of distance…or something, whatever. Basically, I like taking pictures that ask the viewer to look deep into the picture. Yes, I have no idea what I’m talking about. I’m working on articulating my photography…bare with me. But I like this pic. I know, B&W…I’m artsy. (click link for better effect?)

nice forrest

Other than that…

likemind.min is this Friday.

And I’m working on two secret projects of my own accord. I have no idea if they are actually going to work, but I need to start doing something more than just career stuff. Teaser - hopefully I’ll be on a tv dial/youtube soon.