Postives of a Down Economy.

I was sitting around wondering what to write about this weekend. It occurred to me that there are some positive things that can come from a down economy. I am trying to do my best to use the old analogy of looking at a glass as being have full rather than being half empty. The good thing is I haven't had to travel in a long time. In fact my last trip was back in September to Austin. I was one of the fortunate ones that got to stay instead of going to ROME and Singapore. Darn economy! I would have like the trip to ROME. Oh well. A down economy I think makes you value materialistic things less because your realize you can quickly loose them if things don't go your way. A down economy makes you think more about how you can be "greener" by using less resources. A down economy reminds you to ask yourself where they hell does all our money go??? A down economy keeps you from being bored ... although I am bored right now. I need some excitement in my life. Not alot going on lately. I did get to ski with my snowboarding sun last weekend. You can check out my photoblogging site called www.fuzzyshot.com/broadcast It allows you to automatically upload and commment on your Iphone photos. I told you guys about Twitter 2 years ago before anyone even knew what it was.. and I am telling you now about fuzzyshot. There are some pictures of us skiing.

ICA Shepard Fairey

Vacation days with the family. We went to the ICA today in Boston. I always come back from there inspired to be more creative. I see why artistic people like to be around other artistic people. Each of them help each other collaborate to be more creative. While I was there, I took out my phone camera because I didn't have my real cameras and took this cool shot. It just shows you don't need expensive equipment to take an interesting photo. The artist we went to see was Shepard Fairey. He is the now famous artist who did the portrait of Barack Obama. He went to RSDC in RI and graduated at about the same time we did. I suspect that I probably had seen his Andrea stickers in Providence at the time and didn't even notice. The guy is huge now and very talented. He inspired me to hack a bit with my own creativity. I took one of my photos and experimented with photoshop. Maybe in 20 years I can make it look good too.

Simpler Times

I was cleaning up and backing up our music since our computer is showing it signs of age by failing to come on occasionally. When it does come on it has been slow. Funny how even machines get old and exhibit the same characteristics as humans in some ways. Anyways stumbled on a song that immediately brought me back to a time when life was much simpler. Songs can do that, bring you back.. So can smells. This time it was "Hey Jude" by the Beatles. It reminded me of being at the back on the bus with my fourth grade girl friend. On the way to see a Christmas Carol the movie. It was like a date. The excitement of going to see a movie and being with someone you think the world of. Sometimes it pays to be naive. But is it really naive. Maybe sometimes adults are the one's that make it too complicated. Listen to the music and bring yourself back. Remind yourself that it isn't that complicated. Remind yourself of the things your parents taught you, not by what they said but by what they did. Things like being strong and making sacrifices for your family and your kids. Things like enjoying the simpler things in life like food, people and the places where your share time with them. I won't share the sacrifices because there were many for both the kids and the parents. The sacrifices make you stronger. Sacrifices are what allow you to be strong enough to handle life when get older. It's been a while since I have taken a picture so I searched for a picture that would capture this posting. This one was taken by a friend Michael when we were doing exactly what this post says. Enjoying food, people and places.