Running Dive

My hometown shows off a little. Love and miss them.

Sat, 28 May 2011 11:25:27 -0700

My hometown shows off a little. Love and miss them.

Positive Energy is a Renewable Resource I know what it’s...

Sat, 21 May 2011 13:58:22 -0700

Positive Energy is a Renewable Resource

I know what it’s like to be depressed. I know what divorce, grief and the death of loved ones can do to your outlook and psyche. But my default setting is POSITIVE - to see the good in things and the potential and the possibilities. Yet I continue to run into people that don’t know what positivity is nor how to be more positive. To them, a positive frame of mind feels forced and false.

Our attitudes make our realities. Our beliefs shape our outcomes. Look at things from the Half Glass Empty perspective and THE GLASS WILL ALWAYS FEEL EMPTY. Assume the worst and the worst will find a way to become tangible. But be open-minded to a different attitude, and things change. Life changes, for the better. Or at least, for the tolerable.

I wish I could seed the atmosphere with some kind of Possibilities chemical - one that got people to think about how good they have things, even when they’re not great; to appreciate the beauty around them or find beauty in it. A chemical that helped people find the motivation to see things in a brighter perspective, in which anything was possible, and to find the motivation to make that reality happen, rather than bitching, whining, and distracting themselves with activities that perpetuated distance from a better future. I can’t help those who would wallow in negativity and cynicism and sarcasm and self-pity. The desire to change has to come from within.

Seeing this video makes me happy. Everyone in it seems like they’re having fun. Makes me remember that while life can be rough and times can be tough and some days just suck, positive energy makes even sucky days worth living. Enjoy!

My talented daughter Maura and her increasingly recognized band...

Mon, 03 Jan 2011 15:01:00 -0800

My talented daughter Maura and her increasingly recognized band Mixtapes

The Fabulous Ruins of Detroit - love what’s happening in...

Sun, 02 Jan 2011 15:09:07 -0800

The Fabulous Ruins of Detroit - love what’s happening in my home state

THIS is the kind of content I want to create all day long....

Mon, 22 Nov 2010 19:25:28 -0800

THIS is the kind of content I want to create all day long. Breathtakingly funny.

Photo

Sun, 21 Nov 2010 12:27:01 -0800

Ladies and gentlemen, the hilarious Photoshop skillz of my silly...

Wed, 17 Nov 2010 09:49:00 -0800

Ladies and gentlemen, the hilarious Photoshop skillz of my silly sweetie Jena Scott.

Darkside? We don’t need no steenkeeng darkside!

Wed, 17 Nov 2010 09:48:03 -0800

Darkside? We don’t need no steenkeeng darkside!

My Asian peeps - they are funny, aren’t they? The white...

Mon, 28 Jun 2010 23:21:15 -0700

My Asian peeps - they are funny, aren’t they? The white tux just puts it over the top.

Transformation

Sun, 11 Apr 2010 17:25:05 -0700

Transformation

"Come home," he said.

Mon, 11 Jan 2010 01:36:00 -0800

Repeatedly. “You belong here, Eric. Come back to your own people.” Then he mentioned...

Amazing macro photography. MUST. GET. LENS.

Mon, 11 Jan 2010 01:13:20 -0800

Amazing macro photography. MUST. GET. LENS.

Here we go! 49 by 49

Sun, 03 Jan 2010 02:21:00 -0800

Alright, I’m finally putting it out there. My goal: lose 49 lbs by age 49. Drop from 219 to...

Okay, so, it's just TIME.

Sat, 12 Dec 2009 10:57:00 -0800

I hate the gym. Why? I hate doing anything that feels like I’m wasting precious seconds of my...

The expertly laid-out and never built California City,...

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:04:20 -0800

The expertly laid-out and never built California City, California. Sort of like the Nazca lines.

Ladies and gentlemen, my son. colinweaver: Colin Weaver - Take...

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 13:33:13 -0800

Ladies and gentlemen, my son.

colinweaver:

Colin Weaver - Take Me Away (new mix)

So, I’ve applied the skills I’ve been learning to this older song, and it sounds SO much better. I am fucking giddy right now. The last mix was incredibly fucking muddy and just felt watered down. There was only so much I can do, considering how and where this song was originally recorded, but I think this is a huge improvement. You can actually hear what the bass is doing now. You hear the acoustic guitar in your right and the electric in your left. The drums are faded slightly to the left, and the bass is in the same spot in the stereo. I thought they went well together. Now that I actually know how to use a visual equalizer properly, I went through and EQed all the individual tracks. Each one had various assortments of hissing and rattling going on, mostly because I had the pre-amp turned WAY too high when I recorded the tracks. The vocals were tricky, because I recorded them with such a low pre-amp volume. This recording still sounds nowhere near professional, but man, I am much happier with it.

I wonder what drove me to become a deep space probe, 50,000...

Tue, 08 Sep 2009 16:18:00 -0700

I wonder what drove me to become a deep space probe, 50,000 miles from home, rocketing outward into the unknown on a one-way trip. No going back. The Midwest’s rays are so far behind me…

Mission Control…do you read?

And some good news

Sun, 06 Sep 2009 22:14:00 -0700

Reweaving Reality Check for September 2009 EXERCISE EATING RELOCATION FINANCE MEANING MINDSET Status...

Click-click-click-click...

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 00:46:00 -0700

The rollercoaster of my life nears the top of the crest of the first summit and once again I steel...

Let's put a little structure to the vision.

Sun, 31 May 2009 14:15:00 -0700

In order to achieve a strategy, you have to make progress toward the steps that take you from Point...