Christopher Norman

In the front row for Maria Bamford (Taken with Instagram at Ann Arbor Comedy Showcase)

Making some noise with @jdykhouse (Taken with instagram)

Having fun in crazy time signatures :) (Taken with instagram)

iamamiwhoami - idle talk

It’s…so good, you guys.  it’s so good.

Saw this lil dude wander into and then get stuck in my trashbin! (Taken with instagram)

Miike Snow - The Wave (Style Of Eye Remix)

I was really looking forward to this one since seeing it on the UK Deluxe version of the “Happy To You” album. One of my techhouse favorites gives one of my pop favorites a makeover.  Nice range of sounds on this one - and if you know anything about Style Of Eye, you already know that it gets pretty ravey at the end :)

knitmeapony:

ZeFrank has a show again.  Here’s the first episode, An Invocation for Beginnings.

TRANSCRIPT (bolding mine on things that I particularly liked):

I’m scared.

I’m scared that my abilities are gone

I’m scared that I’m going to fuck this up

And I’m scared of you

I don’t want to start, but I will.

This is an invocation for anyone who hasn’t begun

Who’s stuck in a terrible place between zero and one

Let me realize that my past failures at follow-through are no indication of performance

They’re just healthy little fires that’ll warm up my ass

If my FILDI (fuck it let’s do it) is strong let me keep him in a velvet box until I really really need him

If my FILDI is weak let me feed him oranges and not let him gorge himself in ego and arrogance

I may not hit up my facebook like it’s a crack pipe

Keep the browser closed

If I catch myself wearing a to-to (too fat too late too old) let me shake it off like a donkey would shake off something it doesn’t like

And when I get that feeling in my stomach — you know the feeling when all of the sudden you get a ball of energy and it shoots down into your legs and up into your arms and tells you to get up and stand up and go to the refrigerator and get a cheese sandwich — that’s my cheese monster talking.  And my cheese monster will never be satisfied by cheddar only the cheese of accomplishment.

Let me think about the people who I care about the most, and how when they fail or disappoint me I still love them, I still give them chances, and I still see the best of them.  Let me extend that generosity to myself.

Let me find and use metaphors to help me understand the world around me and give me the strength to get rid of them when its apparent they no longer work.

Let me thank the parts of me that I don’t understand or are outside of my rational control like my creativity and my courage.

Let me remember that my courage is a wild dog and it won’t just come when I call it, I have to chase it down and hold on as tight as I can.

Let me not be so vain to think that I am the sole author of my victories and a victim of my defeats.

Let me remember that the unintended meaning that people project on to what I do is neither my fault or something I can take credit for.

Perfection might look good in his shiny shoes but he’s a little bit of an asshole and noone invites him to their pool parties.

Let me remember that the impact of criticism is often not the intent of the critic, but when the intent is evil, that’s what the block button’s for.

And when I eat my critique, let me be able to separate the good advice from the bitter herbs.

[unintelligible]

Let me not think of my work only as a stepping stone to something else, and if it is, let me become fascinated by the shape of the stone.

Let me take the idea that has gotten me this far and put it to bed.  What I am about to do will not be that.  But it will be something.

There is no need to sharpen my pencils anymore.  My pencils are sharp enough.  Even the dull ones will make a mark.

Warts and all.

Let’s start this shit up.

And god, let me enjoy this.  Life isn’t just a sequence of waiting for things to be done.

This is for everyone that’s ever started something (or wanted to). I did the background music for this video and couldn’t be happier to contribute to such an amazing project by an amazing dude doing amazing things.

Beautiful spring evening (Taken with instagram)

Mikhael Paskalev - I Spy

Great song paired with an inventive & engaging video. Loves it!

Finishing off a fantastic meal with a Glenlivet Nadurra 16 (Taken with Instagram at Restaurant St Jack)

Checking out the majesty of Munson Creek Falls (Taken with instagram)

Wind swept trees at the cape (Taken with instagram)

Just got to the beach house, checkin the views with @hopscotchsound (Taken with instagram)

Looking back at the Oregon range in Tillamook (Taken with Instagram at Blue Heron French Cheese Co)

Getting doughnuts first… (Taken with Instagram at Voodoo Doughnut Too)

Packing up the car for a brief trip to the Oregon coast (Taken with instagram)

Portland’s plum blossoms (Taken with instagram)

“you’re up now! My turn for attention!” (Taken with instagram)

Doing some light stretching with @hopscotchsound while tracking vocals (Taken with instagram)

Happiness lies at a mixing desk (Taken with instagram)