There is an oxymoron of absurdity and beauty about the idea that because a date changes, you get a clean slate to start over. The beauty lies in the psychology behind how a simple date change can convince our minds that we can actually have this fresh start. It’s a new year or even tomorrow’s another day. [...]
life
Steve Jobs on death – My favourite Jobs quote
The benefit of death, he said, is you know not to waste life living someone else’s choices. “Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition.” – Steve Jobs, founder of Apple, 1955 – 2011 For reasons that [...]
Another year, another reflection
It’s that time of year again for my customary birthday (of myself, not blog) blog post and keeping up with the theme of my past year, it’s a big one. Yes, I have turned 30. Okay, enough of that talk. Not that I think 30 is old mind you, and it’s definitely not as old as I thought [...]
Change is my middle name
Did you know that my middle initial is a C? Many would have you believe it stands for Christine, after both my grandmothers, and maybe once it did, but now it stands for change. No not change in the Obama way, which would be nice, but over the past year I’ve managed to change a [...]
Quote of the day: You Were Right
“…songs are never quite the answer/ Just a soundtrack to a life…” – You Were Right, Badly Drawn Boy
#fail = #win: Alec Baldwin chooses himself
The Fail My personal life. I mean, I’m divorced. I was married to someone [actress Kim Basinger]. I got very Zen about it. It doesn’t really matter who’s to blame. But in many ways my marriage mirrors my experience in the film business. I think to myself, How many years do I have left? What’s [...]
Quote of the day: I believe…
I’ve probably posted this before, but I can’t find it and after watching the film again last night, it’s still one of my favourites. Well, I believe in the soul, the cock, the pussy, the small of a woman’s back, the hanging curve ball, high fiber, good scotch, that the novels of Susan Sontag are [...]
This Is It: Michael Jackson and music
Tonight I went to see This Is It, the tour titled documentary of Michael Jackson’s last months. He had announced his 50 stop ‘This Is It’ curtain call to his career, but sadly to many, including myself, and after much preparation, he passed on and the show was canceled. There is no consolation to seeing [...]
Holiday in Greece: Broke back mountain
This past month I’ve been horizontal. On the 15th of September whilst holidaying in the Kassandra peninsula of Greece, I went on a mountain biking trek with a group and left in an ambulance – actually a jeep, then a truck, then an ambulance. This was a half day 35k ride, which I didn’t realise [...]
Da Blog
I feel as if I haven’t applied an original thought to this site in a very long time. Reasons are plentiful and excuses, as always, are many. Most likely it’s a combination of blogging for other jobs, twitter and laziness. Do other bloggers successfully use twitter and keep their blogs up to date. Yes, I’m [...]