Weirdness
Thursday, June 1st, 2006I don’t know why my blog suddenly changes font sizes and boldnesses. I also don’t know why when you click NEXT PAGE at the very bottom you’re greeted with a 404 message. I wish I did. Maybe Joe can tell me.
Archive for June 1st, 2006
Slackademics – The Ball Will Roll
Thursday, June 1st, 2006I’m going to send this email out later today, but here’s a head start for my blog readers. Feel free to comment.
Yeah, school is okay, but there’s another way to learn things. People I know have lots of skills. They are willing to share them, and they want to learn new ones, and nobody has to spend any money–just a little time. So I am putting together Slackademics Vancouver. Every week or two, a few of us get together. Someone is designated the “teacher” for the evening/day. Whatever is in demand and is available. In trying to get the first session off the ground, I’d like to find out: Who’s interested in participating
Who’s willing to teach
What your skills are
What you want to learn
To kickstart the procedure, I’ve compiled a list of some skills and spheres of knowledge. If you are interested in participating, please indicate what skills you are willing to teach, and what skills you are interested in learning. Note that this is for people in and around Vancouver BC.
Guitar, piano, other instrument; read music; drawing; painting; knitting; language (Mandarin, Cantonese, German…); tennis; culture jamming; screen printing; art history; writing; grammar; cooking; hairdressing; bike repair; miniature painting; nutrition; optimizing computer; exercise/personal training; building a web site; flash; photoshop/other programs; first aid; investing/finances; yoga; tai chi; gardening; woodworking; plumbing; job hunting; acting; vocal training; mediation; marine biology; running a business; counseling; photography; animation; dance; filmmaking; origami; stained glass; jewelry making; sculpting; airbrushing; astronomy; tattoo; time management; auto mechanics; floristry; electronics; graphic design; wiring; health; sound engineering; poetry/songwriting; art history; music history; other (describe!)
Additionally, if you’ve taken any college/university courses, please consider sharing your knowledge on the subjects.
I’m trying to figure out how best to manage this, so please let me know if you have a preference as to how you’d like to be contacted/not contacted. Do you prefer email only? A yahoogroup? LiveJournal community? Myspace forums? Google group?
For now, you can just email me at thickets@uniserve.com
Ghost Trailer
Thursday, June 1st, 2006http://www.apple.com/trailers/sony_pictures/ghostrider/high.html
How come nobody told me that Nicolas Cage would be playing Ghost Rider? It’s a good thing I’m not a GR fan, or I’d have an opinion.
There’s a new Superman Returns trailer as of a few days ago. It’s been a long time since I’ve cared enough about a movie that I don’t want to be “spoiled.” Star Wars 2 — and look where that got me. You can’t tell apricot 1 about a movie based on a trailer, these days. Scratch that, actually: trailers try to make bad movies look good, and when a trailer makes a movie look bad you know it’s gotta be awful. However, before X-Men The Last Stand they played a trailer for a movie which was refreshing. Instead of showing tiny cuts interspersed with 3 seconds of mood music and records scratching, they showed a scene from the film. You got a good sense of the characters and the story. It doesn’t really look like my kind of movie (something about being a fashion editor for a magazine) but I really admire the choice to present a trailer that way. I have an idea about what the movie’s going to be like! Wow! Who would have thought? Anyway, the more I see of the Superman Returns trailer, the more interested I am to see it. But now I must go and watch Big Fish for the very first time.
PS – June is birthday month!