I made this with my Google Glass!
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Cathedral of Learning Google Glass Video!
Just published. Check it out!
Travels!
I’m sure you’ve been wondering where I’ve been.
Well. Wonder no more. Click on the pictures below to see my Google Stories about my travels!
I went to Cleveland…
And Philly!
Never a dull moment, huh?
Trundle Manor and Stuffed Bunnies
So…a few weeks ago, I took a taxidermy class. I always see these opportunities as the kind that makes amazing writing later on. I have material to last me for years.
This is the Glass-umentary of that experience.
Warning: dead animals, generally weird stuff, adult language.
5 Things to Be Excited About This Year
1. Felting. I started doing this over my Christmas vacation. Of course I drew blood the first time, and like some sort of vampire hobby, I was addicted. I made a penguin and an orca the first few days. Next: pigs and alpacas.
2. Alton Brown in February!
3. My Google Glass is being upgraded. I cannot wait to get my new model in the mail.
4. More writing. See, by updating, I’m off to a good start. Also, other generally creative things (see #1), including photography, scrapbooking, digital art…the year is only beginning.
5. Video games. It’s been a while since I’ve gotten really engrossed in gaming, but I got a 3DS over the holidays and have been enjoying the Regular Show and Zelda games. Also, on the computer, I am playing the newest Tomb Raider, which is really really really fantastic.
And those are just the top 5 things on my mind! 2014 is going to be amazeballs. What are you looking forward to?
Google Glass
This week, over at the geek chic website Gadchick, I’m going to be talking a bit about the world from behind Google Glass. It’s sure to be fun, and the first article is up tonight!
On Thursday, I’ll be posting a mega FAQ about the Glass based on questions I’ve received since I bought it. If you have any questions, place them in the comments below!
40 Days: Scaring Myself
I genuinely thought that the Zoloft would make me…100x more productive. I’m not really sure why I thought that, but I always figured that what was holding me back and blocking me creatively was my anxiety. I’ve found I was wrong.
In reading “The Artist’s Way,” I’ve come to realize that I am, in fact, blocked by criticizing voices I have surrounded myself with over the past few years. It used to be that I could write and write and share it with people and life would be good. Then, all of a sudden, I started receiving…criticism. People spent more time pointing out what was wrong with my writing than what was good about it. It started sometime in college and persisted forward, a wall of voices that had naught but little, passive aggressive (sometimes just plain aggressive) phrases.
This is absolutely not to say that I don’t want to know how to improve my writing. I do. I welcome feedback. But I feel like I’ve gotten to a point that there isn’t anyone just telling me, “This is great! I want to see more!” Instead, 4 out of 5 voices go, “It’s good, but it needs work.”
Without me even realizing it, I started becoming blocked because I started to become afraid of my own words.
Well.
These past two days, I challenged myself to do two very terrifying things: I applied for a contract with a website to write what would basically be a choose-your-own-adventure book, and I applied to be a Google Glass Explorer.
If you don’t know what Google Glass is…here:
I put together an album of 5 photos (which can be viewed here — Like it while you’re there!) and a list of five things I would do.
The application for the writing contract required that I re-do my writing resume, but I’m very pleased with the results.
Both of these things would come at high risks and costs: the contract would mean committing to a piece of at least 50,000 words, the Google Glass exploration would cost $1500 and a trip to NYC. However, I think both would potentially be healthy for me as an artist and as a person.
So…I guess we’ll see.
