That Kind of Night

From Vangelis's 1995 album Voices, with vocals by Stina Nordenstam, here is "Ask the Mountains":

One is Bliss

Making an unwise choice because you don't know better can be chalked up to ignorance.  Making an unwise choice when you do know better is being stupid.  I think I saved myself from making a stupid choice today.  I just hope I can keep myself from still making that stupid choice.

Unrelated, heard a song today I thought I'd share.  Here's "Mine to Remember", by WAZ.  I've never heard of WAZ before, but I intend to hear more.

Best Face Forward

Whenever I get in the mood to change my photo on my various social networking sites, I can never find one I like enough to use.  This has led me to discover that my apartment is not an interesting place to take self-portrait photos.  Which means I need to work on obtaining a good new photo.  Maybe I'll do something at work which has a couple of interesting spots, or use a friend or such to get something done.  I don't even like the photos of me from events, because I'm either making some weird goofy face or it's me and at least one other person in the photo.

If you haven't heard the band Blind Pilot, you need to.  If you have, then you will enjoy hearing them again.  I give you "One Red Thread".

Where I Am Free

do you want to see it?
the place where i am free
'cause in my mind i've been there
and there's no one here but me

In a tweet today, Wil Wheaton wished his followers a wonderful weekend and closed with "don't sacrifice the journey for the destination."  I'll get there, someday, and I'll enjoy the process.

Augustana - Twenty Years:

Written By

A couple of weeks ago, or maybe it was only a week ago, my coworker asked me why I wasn't working towards my desire to be a writer by writing for a small project our company is working for.  Not having a good answer, I approached my boss about it, and she was optimistic.  Today the producer running the project shot me an email with a script to re-write.  That's sort of what this project entails for now, rewriting previous segments.  So I'm excited about this, and nervous at the same time as it's something different and challenging.  But, I'm confident that I can do a good job so long as I have proper guidance to start.  I'm not gonna get it right the first time all on my own, and that's quite alright with me.

Pandora keeps introducing me to awesome music.  Seabird is a recent discovery thanks to it, although the band isn't really that new.  They're Christian alternative, according to Wikipedia, but so far I haven't heard anything that screams Jesus.  Here's an interesting song that's appropriately titled "Apparitions".

Outside Looking In

Sometimes your friends tell you things about yourself that jolt you.  Your first instinct is to defend yourself, because in a way, you're under attack.  Then you think about it a bit more, and you realize they aren't really attacking you, they're just pointing out something they see, and you start to see it in and for yourself.  Then you resolve to do something about it, and hope you can accomplish your own resolution.  Thank you, friend(s).

The Beatles - With A Little Help From My Friends

Hittin' It

I'm starting something new today.  Something I plan to stick with and see what happens.  What is it?  Can't say.  Sorry!  But you'll know soon enough I hope, assuming I stick with the project.  I'm sure I'll be showing it off soon enough if all goes well.  So here's to me!

Joshua Radin's new album, "The Rock and the Tide" came out today.  I like it, but then, I like pretty much all of his stuff, so I'm biased.  Off his record, here's "Streetlight", because I love streetlights, and I like this song.  Now go buy his album!