Further adventures in Paradise.

Geeking out on the Twitter feature that allows for tweets to be send to a cellphone via text message. Now I know what NASA is doing at any given moment. That's pretty awesome methinks.
I've been calling into KRXA talk radio periodically for a few months now, and decided to invite station owner and morning show host Hal Ginsberg to speak at the Penny University, a weekly event at the Red Church. Hal's a great talker so it should be a real treat.

My buddy Jon helped start a company, Flight of Harmony, that makes electronic music synthesizers. He says some man plays wild music on the streets of Tokyo with one of his company's boxes. I wonder if there's anything on the internet about that guy. I like the idea of a little mail order box of circuits shipping out all over the world and empowering people to make wacky noises. One guy playing music can change the entire mood of a place. Last time I visited Jon we kicked ideas around about starting a housing co-op for creative people, stay tuned to this bat-channel for further developments. And oh, Jon, I am looking in to those companies that you sent me... gradually. Also, another company to look into that houses artists is ArtSpace, they run the Tannery Art Center here in Santa Cruz and also run spaces in Seattle and Everett, WA.

Black Swan is a really good movie. Go see it.

I've been making a real effort to practice juggling, write, study languages, and draw pictures on a daily basis. There's a neurological principle that it takes 10 years or 10,000 hours of practices to attain greatness at a skill. So I'm keeping a record of how much time I spend on those tasks. Here's the current tally: starting February 10 (18 days so far) 4 hours spent juggling (usually in 5 to 10 minute chunks). 2 hours 23 minutes drawing. 1 hour 30 minutes writing (probably a low estimate, lots of clever texting and whatnot that I don't count). Now that I'm forming the habit, I hope to bump up the average amount of practice time per day.

Thanks to Claire Stringer for reminding me that the point of creative work is joy. It's terrible for it to start to feel like a chore. You're a real gem, Claire.