Video Updated -- OK Go Concert -- "Here It Goes Again" They are one of my faves :-D I went ballistic jumping around when I saw them in March.

I'm travel-sized...

At 5'2", I'm quite travel-sized. I sometimes get goofed on about it which is cool because as a travel-sized human, I can pull off some sweet moves...

Turning on a dime -- I like zigzagging when I run-- makes me difficult to catch when I've done something annoying.

Tougher to knock over -- The lower center of gravity deal makes it harder to tip me. OKAY, NOT IMPOSSIBLE -- so don't try to slam into me from behind, please :-)

Quick-n-easy curl up factor* -- After a typical day of mayhem, sometimes it's nice to find a little spot to curl up in and take a breather.

*Also handy if prudent or desirable to camouflage oneself.

Woot! Updated Mute Math Video -- Live concert footage of "Chaos".
Sometimes the inside of my head sounds like this song :-P

Yay -- a new theory!

Scott Adams has a new theory -- it asserts that you can train yourself to get in the mood to do something based on the footwear you put on.

His examples -- tennis shoes get him in the mood to work out, work shoes = hit the office, and tuxedo shoes = dancing.

He admits the Pavlovian undertones, and since he thinks we are all moist robots anyway, he's fine with that.

Shoes I'd like to train myself to react to:

Gladiator sandals -- aerial leaps full of gleeful warrior spear thrusting

Hermes' winged sandals -- flying and summering throughout Europe, hanging with the Mount Olympus crew, delivering unsavory messages

Aquaman Sea Booties -- strolling thru underwater metropolises, fighting deep-sea crime with magnificent sea creatures

However, I take issue with this theory being workable with pointe shoes. As a ballet class rebel myself -- I defy anyone to defend that pointe shoes make you want to dance en pointe and don't simply hurt the (insert noun of preference here) out of your feet.

My other selections are quite of interest, however :-)

Str-e-e-e-e-tching the parameters of my blog...

Okay, I wrote that I post live and/or acoustic vids of kick awesome songs, BUT this video by Mute Math is so cool. Not live or acoustic -- BUT PERFORMED IN REVERSE FOR THE SPECIAL EFFECTS!!! They actually sang and played their instruments in reverse -- so when the video is played backwards their singing and playing match the forward-playing song. The jumping, flipping, and throwing of stuff maintain the very cool effect of going in reverse while it looks like they are singing and playing correctly. It's sheer madness and I am obligated by the rules of supreme coolness to share it with you.

So I am posting Mute Math's actual video for "Typical" this week. Next week, I'll post their live version of "Chaos". I think you'll be pleased... :-D

File this under EWWW...

Yesterday at work, the room next to me had an Asian Food Fest ---and the lab across the hall from me was dissecting fetal pigs. The aroma in the hall was, um...intoxicating?

Today we have our springtime Six Flags Day -- later 'gators!!! WoooHoooHoooooo...

You can't "un-do" knowledge...

Most of the time...that's a good thing --howevvvver --

This past weekend I was talking with an acquaintance and this person says, "Oh, did you hear about so-and-so and blahdee-blah-blah-blah..." There was not a pleasant type of sharing happening.

I'm like, "ARRRGH, NO! And I don't want to!"

I don't like gossip. I define gossip as talking about someone, without them there, in regard to something they would find embarrassing. It feels invasive to hear. Plus the person in the matter involved has no input. Smells cruel to me.

The acquaintance felt the sharing hurt no one because the person wasn't there to be embarrassed.

So I go, "But they are being embarrassed by proxy!"

Blank stare back at me.

Yeesh.

Video updated -- Mohair performing "Stranded".

Methinks the guys are having THE BEST time w/the song...it's cool :-)

Counter-intuitive insights for people on-the-go...

* Instincts aren't purely primal. Over time people educate their instincts based on their experiences.

* Countless brilliant, creative, innovative writers will remain unemployed this year. Yet many banal books will be published and trite movies will be made due to formulaic marketing strategies.

* If you tell someone, 'Don't worry about it" -- they will worry about it.

* Fun-size candy bars are only fun if you have, like, 12 of them.

Video updated - amazing acoustic version of "New Shoes" by Scottish dude Paolo Nutini. It's SO GOOD!

Gotta go and listen to it in the sun w/o new shoes -- frolicking with blades of grass betwixt your toes...it's so pretty outside!

QUESTION.

Why "eyebrows"?

Why not "forehead hair"?

;-D