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Saturday, September 17, 2016

Brown Truck: LowerGentry's first feature-length film


LowerGentry has recently completed their first feature-length film, Brown Truck. The film won't be publicly available anytime soon as they're in the process of applying to get it into a film festival. However, you can catch a trailer and clip of the film below, then follow LowerGentry on Facebook for updates here!

Brown Truck trailer:


A clip from Brown Truck:

Saturday, August 27, 2016

Something Valuable I Learned From "Brain It On!"


This is Brain It On!. I started playing this game on my phone recently and it has been a valuable learning experience. Similar to how chess taught me about blind spots - how you can see the whole board, how your and your opponent's pieces are laid out, yet still be surprised by an attack that you weren't focusing on, the game Brain It On! has also taught me something interesting about myself and how the mind works. Basically, you try to creatively solve puzzles by creating your own pieces and strategy for completing a short objective. What's interesting to me is that oftentimes I'll feel like a puzzle is nearly impossible and have no idea how to solve it. I'll try several different things over and over, take breaks from the game, but then eventually I figure it out - I'll come up with a new idea and quickly solve it or just try different things until I slowly get it right. There were several levels where I thought they may be the end of the game for me.

What's fascinating about this to me is that if I were to only put in an initial effort I would never have solved most of the puzzles, and I might be left with the impression that most of them are impossible or too difficult. Of course, my willingness to persist was largely based on the assumption that the game is well-designed and thus the puzzles are solveable, but that's where in real-life there may be a wisdom factor in deciding how much effort is worth putting in for something where the possibility of the outcome is unknown. What's really insightful about all of this, though, is that I can apply this realization to other areas of my life - if I only put an initial effort into my goals and endeavors, then for many of them I'll never get nearly as far as I could if I really applied myself. The valueable application of this for me is in thinking, "how many things in my life do I bring that level of persistent effort to?"

Thursday, July 21, 2016

Inspirational Videos, 2


I don't necessarily agree with everything in these videos, but have still found them inspiring and thought-provoking. Enjoy:


Mike Dolce:

Joe Rogan:

Joshua Parker/Shia LaBeouf:

Wednesday, March 02, 2016

Today's Breakfast


Oatmeal with a bunch of stuff (oatmeal, 10-grain hot cereal, sunflower seeds, walnuts, raisins, chia seeds, and banana, sprinkled with cinnamon and nutmeg), 4 scrambled eggs with spinach (seasoned with salt, basil, and oregano), cottage cheese from the cottage (not really; and sprinkled with paprika), and black coffee; I did also have a protein bar early on when I woke up:



A good amount of fuel there following yesterday's workout. Today I'm mostly focusing on light, repetitious movements, maybe a little cardio, and stretching.

Tuesday, March 01, 2016

Today's Workout


Today's workout, a bit harder than I expected but that was partly the point; some of it was easier — surprised I was able to keep up with doing push-ups in sets of 20.

Saturday, February 27, 2016

Independent People


No one told them to do that.
If so, no one told them to listen;
So on and so on.
If that's the way it is,
It doesn't depend on me;
Albeit there may be some things.
This is refreshing; should be so obvious.
When everything you see is from one perspective,
Imagine how many things like these there must be.

Saturday, February 06, 2016

Adapting and Arranging


Do you succumb to your environment, or does your environment succumb to you?