Senses working overtime #527

1 Happy times in Denver revisited

2 Reading: Star Wars and Philosophy Strikes Back: This Is The Way - Eberl and Decker

3 Listening: Pelican albums

I have had loads of marking to do lately, and Pelican is a constant companion. I was listening to them for an upcoming post on Goo Goo G'Joob as well. Favourite album would be What We All Come To Need.

4 Watching: Dance Moms

My colleague Angel recommended this show and we've been binge watching Abby Lee, the dancers and their moms ever since. There are eight seasons!!! We have a long way to go, but Season One hooked us in.

5 Reading: The Hotel Avocado - Bob Mortimer

Overtime: Rest in peace Brian Wilson

I loved this message from Bruce Springsteen:

“Brian Wilson was the most musically inventive voice in all of pop, with an otherworldly ear for harmony. He was also the visionary leader of America’s greatest band, the Beach Boys. If there’d been no Beach Boys, there would have been no ‘Racing In The Street.’ Listen to ‘Summer’s Gone’ from the Beach Boys’ last album That’s Why God Made the Radio and weep. Farewell, Maestro. Nothing but love and a lovely lasting debt from all of us over here on E Street.”

Senses working overtime #422

1 Viewing: Heironymus Bosch 

2 Reading: The Satsuma Complex

3 Viewing: The Diplomat

4 Reading: Aiming at the good (and other things Aristotlean)

5 Listening to: Caamp - Lavender Days

Overtime: 

An email from Steve Jobs, sent to himself, remarking on how much we all need each other:

"I grow little of the food I eat, and of the little I do grow I did not breed or perfect the seeds.

I do not make any of my own clothing.

I speak a language I did not invent or refine.

I did not discover the mathematics I use.

I am protected by freedoms and laws I did not conceive of or legislate, and do not enforce or adjudicate.

I am moved by music I did not create myself.

When I needed medical attention, I was helpless to help myself survive.

I did not invent the transistor, the microprocessor, object oriented programming, or most of the technology I work with.

I love and admire my species, living and dead, and am totally dependent on them for my life and well being."

Source: Email sent on September 2, 2010. Featured in Make Something Wonderful

Senses working overtime #420

1 Reading: Bob Mortimer's autobiography

2 Listening: Marlon Williams

3 Viewing on Netflix: Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets

We needed to watch this Luc Besson extravaganza over three nights (length and our levels of tiredness). It's visually stunning but the plot is convoluted and bizarre verging on the ridiculous.

4 Reading: Mojo Magazine - Feb 2023

Although, slightly disappointed NZ no longer gets the covermount CD version.

5 Viewing: 25 iconic book covers

Overtime: 

Just because improvements aren't visible doesn't mean they aren't happening.

You're not going to see the number change each time you step on the scale. You're not going to finish a chapter each time you sit down to write.

Early wins come easy. Lasting wins require a lifestyle.

James Clear