Radvent Dec 3 – Sexy notes to yourself

Write a letter of love to yourself to read again in one year.
And then some stuff that has to do with getting away from the computer.

If you haven’t noticed, I’m going to ignore the parts of this project that deals with getting away from the computer and doing things.  That’s not really my jam.  Journal, stamps, special pens, beautiful paper, stickers, glue, etc… not things I own.  I write with the tool I’m using right now.  Little buttons and a little screen.  I’m not much for using a pen or paper.  It bugs me enough that I have to sign credit card receipts.  Can’t you scan my retina or something?  It’s 2010, at least pretend that we’re evolved beings.

Anyway.  I think I’ll do this one.  I’ll write a love letter to myself later today.  I’ll save it as a private post here on my blog, and in a year I’ll read it again.  Maybe even let you read it too.

A love letter to myself.  This is going to be hot.  Dirty boy.

Radvent Dec 2 – Organize

Spend 15minutes on a drawer, table or surface & make it pretty.

I don’t do pretty.  See you tomorrow.

Radvent Dec 1

So @lasertron is doing a thing, beginning with her blog over at PrincessLasertron.com, where she’s issuing a blog topic every day throughout the month of December.  She asked some others if they’d be willing to join her, and here I am.

I’m not so bold to think I’ll actually blog every day this month, but I’ll try.

Enough of that, here’s #1.  @lasertron writes:

What were you doing five years ago today?
Where were you?
Who were you with?
What did you want?
What did you have?

Lucky me, I get the “bad remembering” part of the writing exercise.  Five years ago I was living with my ex in Illinois, planning our wedding and getting ready for the holiday season.  If you know me and my thoughts about weddings and holidays you’re cringing right now at the thought of reading this post.

Almost everything at this point in time revolved around the whole wedding thing.  Our trip to Vegas, the reception to be held in Marquette, MI afterwards.  Who was coming?  What are the travel arrangements?  Was the venue paid for?  Did you contact the cake lady?  Blah blah blah.  All that shit that people think is important at that time in life, but are really just trivial details that won’t ever matter again.  Weddings are such crap.  All that money wasted to prove to others 1) How much you “love each other”, 2) How big of a party you can throw, 3) How much better you are than everyone else, 4) How creative you are.

What did I want?  Honestly, I wanted the holiday and the wedding to be over with.  As an adult I’ve never enjoyed Christmas time.  Spending time with my family is not something I enjoy.  The “you spend it with those of genetic resemblance to you because you have to” thing never really jived with me, but I was able to deal at this point in time because I had a partner in crime.  I didn’t have to sit in the corner alone feeling like I wanted it to be over, I had at least someone to talk to when visiting my family.

And what did I have?  I don’t know.  I guess I had the same things anyone that is just about to celebrate christmas and get married have.  Annoyances, bills and a bride-to-be who may not be exceptionally easy to work with.

I’ll do my best to be less bitter next time.  This one is kind of a hot button for me, and I apologize.

Barcamp Omaha 2010 was rad (and the jam was fun)

Thanks to the organization team of Barcamp2010 here in Omaha it was another great event.  Learned some stuff and had some fun.

Also thanks to everyone to indulged me in my attempt for a lunchtime jam session.  I can’t honestly say it was the most musical thing ever performed, but we all had fun anyway :)  Thanks to everyone who took part!  It was nice to mix things up a bit.

Photos and video stolen from this post.

Barcamp 2010: The Musical

I’ve been thinking about what I wanted to do for Barcamp this year. I was chatting over lunch today with this week’s Coworking Wednesday participants about how I wished there was something different I could do. Something collaborative and break the mold of what an unconference session should be. I mentioned music stuff and @whatevermatt mentioned a drum circle.

I thought about that a while (at least 2 to 3 minutes) later that day (today) and thought I’d see if I could pull something off.  So here’s an attempt to get a jam session rocking at Barcamp.

So here’s a call to all Barcamp participants who have access to any kind of simple, acoustic, portable instrument that is jam-able (hammered dulcimer, Roland 808: maybe not so much.  Think hand drum, acoustic guitar, rain sticks, stand-up bass, iPhone, didgeridoo, you get the idea.)

And don’t worry, I already talked to @lasertron about a way to do it so speakers don’t get upset: she suggested to have it at lunch!

This is informal, and it’d be cool for as many people to join in who are willing.  If you have any extra gear at home that might be appropriate for this, bring it!  I’ll bring what I have as well.

Tell your friends!