tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-148006172024-03-20T17:11:29.705-07:00These Shoes Don't FitA completely useless waste of your time, but an excuse for me to waste some of my time. This is the ramblings of your favorite, local, indie musician, ellen cherry. Or maybe not.ellen cherryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02985824840029999391noreply@blogger.comBlogger235125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14800617.post-58040120812383027112010-11-02T12:45:00.000-07:002010-11-02T12:45:18.097-07:00Nov_2_2010_ellencherry_video blog<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/tJCu-Sj7-NU?fs=1&hl=en_US"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/tJCu-Sj7-NU?fs=1&hl=en_US" width="425" height="344" allowScriptAccess="never" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></object>ellen cherryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02985824840029999391noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14800617.post-75438786105855632812010-09-01T09:16:00.000-07:002010-09-01T09:16:58.023-07:00August_31_2010_vlog.mp4<object style="background-image:url(http://i1.ytimg.com/vi/dOZF8MPojO4/hqdefault.jpg)" width="480" 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cherryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02985824840029999391noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14800617.post-41328223372065137572010-08-12T08:21:00.000-07:002010-08-12T08:21:59.102-07:00August 12 2010 vlog<object style="background-image:url(http://i2.ytimg.com/vi/IqBbdgsgHRc/hqdefault.jpg)" width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/IqBbdgsgHRc?fs=1&hl=en_US"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/IqBbdgsgHRc?fs=1&hl=en_US" width="425" height="344" allowScriptAccess="never" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></object>ellen cherryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02985824840029999391noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14800617.post-40531295716121127002010-07-16T09:56:00.000-07:002010-07-16T09:56:54.383-07:00July_10_2010_vlog.mp4<object 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cherryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02985824840029999391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14800617.post-72371951471963096762010-05-19T19:59:00.000-07:002010-05-19T19:59:49.794-07:00May 20 2010 ellen cherry video blog!<object style="background-image:url(http://i4.ytimg.com/vi/cOsFYevDLUw/hqdefault.jpg)" width="480" height="295"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/cOsFYevDLUw&hl=en_US&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/cOsFYevDLUw&hl=en_US&fs=1" width="480" height="295" allowScriptAccess="never" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></object>ellen cherryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02985824840029999391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14800617.post-63877828255690660132010-05-11T10:56:00.000-07:002010-05-11T10:56:05.324-07:00VID00031<object 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src="http://www.youtube.com/v/BfRR_wDgMZE&hl=en_US&fs=1" width="425" height="344" allowScriptAccess="never" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></object>ellen cherryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02985824840029999391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14800617.post-49951695256784125172010-03-05T07:41:00.001-08:002010-03-05T07:41:31.258-08:00Alonzo's Lullaby at Quest Fest--FREE THIS WEEKEND!<object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/9va6SgizsqM&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/9va6SgizsqM&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object>ellen cherryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02985824840029999391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14800617.post-85921941385850169302010-02-15T13:56:00.001-08:002010-02-15T13:56:41.864-08:00February 15, 2010 ellen cherry vlog!<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><p><object height='350' width='425'><param value='http://youtube.com/v/1LNZeQROIQk' name='movie'/><embed height='350' width='425' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' src='http://youtube.com/v/1LNZeQROIQk'/></object></p></div>ellen cherryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02985824840029999391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14800617.post-19540554075251555562010-02-15T07:28:00.001-08:002010-02-15T07:29:13.305-08:00Monday morning TEDnothing like waking the brain up with a little String Theory, eh? Happy to say I understood about 1% of this, woohoo! I'll improve.<br /><br /><object width="334" height="326"><param name="movie" value="http://video.ted.com/assets/player/swf/EmbedPlayer.swf"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="bgColor" value="#ffffff"></param> <param name="flashvars" value="vu=http://video.ted.com/talks/dynamic/BrianGreene_2005-medium.flv&su=http://images.ted.com/images/ted/tedindex/embed-posters/BrianGreene-2005.embed_thumbnail.jpg&vw=320&vh=240&ap=0&ti=251&introDuration=16500&adDuration=4000&postAdDuration=2000&adKeys=talk=brian_greene_on_string_theory;year=2005;theme=unconventional_explanations;theme=peering_into_space;event=TED2005;&preAdTag=tconf.ted/embed;tile=1;sz=512x288;" /><embed src="http://video.ted.com/assets/player/swf/EmbedPlayer.swf" pluginspace="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" bgColor="#ffffff" width="334" height="326" allowFullScreen="true" flashvars="vu=http://video.ted.com/talks/dynamic/BrianGreene_2005-medium.flv&su=http://images.ted.com/images/ted/tedindex/embed-posters/BrianGreene-2005.embed_thumbnail.jpg&vw=320&vh=240&ap=0&ti=251&introDuration=16500&adDuration=4000&postAdDuration=2000&adKeys=talk=brian_greene_on_string_theory;year=2005;theme=unconventional_explanations;theme=peering_into_space;event=TED2005;"></embed></object>ellen cherryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02985824840029999391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14800617.post-38909885399508532352010-02-02T07:14:00.000-08:002010-02-02T07:15:06.945-08:00today's TED talkhttp://www.ted.com/talks/jk_rowling_the_fringe_benefits_of_failure.html<br /><br />will be posting a video blog later today! smoochies.ellen cherryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02985824840029999391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14800617.post-24258627699276992010-01-27T07:04:00.000-08:002010-01-27T07:04:20.136-08:00Woody Norris invents amazing things | Video on TED.com<a href="http://www.ted.com/talks/woody_norris_invents_amazing_things.html">Woody Norris invents amazing things | Video on TED.com</a>ellen cherryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02985824840029999391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14800617.post-48740900654063199942009-12-22T14:35:00.000-08:002009-12-22T14:37:16.837-08:00sorry for not posting in so longalot has been going on. happy holidays!!<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/XuZO8jJTy2Y&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/XuZO8jJTy2Y&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>ellen cherryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02985824840029999391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14800617.post-37837460993906594052009-09-30T13:55:00.000-07:002009-09-30T14:14:59.407-07:00you too<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOvQID1HsmFpZB9vXzzGytvZfteA7Nf7LktLu_KAvIx7NWAi43So5zzBHFP1jQ2WFaIlRKtW5gcvBT8qc8rxTzZeNEnCtMmJ90CsKkjo6GlKgE0R6JAAMppFlWESjOKSwQpK7S/s1600-h/IMG_0221-01.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOvQID1HsmFpZB9vXzzGytvZfteA7Nf7LktLu_KAvIx7NWAi43So5zzBHFP1jQ2WFaIlRKtW5gcvBT8qc8rxTzZeNEnCtMmJ90CsKkjo6GlKgE0R6JAAMppFlWESjOKSwQpK7S/s320/IMG_0221-01.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387367505339921538" border="0" /></a><br />super fan of all music, including ellen cherry music, Raj, took me and #1BB to see U2 at FedEx Field yesterday. wow. and wow again. i like their music. don't get me wrong, i like it as much as the next guy, but there are some people who love it so much they loerve it. it was insanity. we arrived at 1:30PM to wait on line, get some numbers and wrist bands and then were let onto the field at 5PM. it was nice to have an afternoon hanging out with a good friend, and having us peek into his, and many others', obsession for awhile.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6DmShrH6eLHb2hqUqwWVLv1IDstQxCsG6IroG6kNFZVDf25ukUdNLo_S_r3BPlACV1UVKS6w5ce2HRyCFrFOTCrjG2I5ylikgEIjLYzcXADOfOC5zdAllFT0QnbgYveqeRTYy/s1600-h/IMG_0208-01.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6DmShrH6eLHb2hqUqwWVLv1IDstQxCsG6IroG6kNFZVDf25ukUdNLo_S_r3BPlACV1UVKS6w5ce2HRyCFrFOTCrjG2I5ylikgEIjLYzcXADOfOC5zdAllFT0QnbgYveqeRTYy/s320/IMG_0208-01.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387367495846011618" border="0" /></a>U2 are great performers. the sound was great. the stage was amazing. overwhelming. a modern day, moveable cathedral. i suppose that's the point. U2's Cult of Personality is having us always look up at them and be overwhelmed by spectacle. I have never thought of the shows I've seen on video, DVD or photographs to be intimate experiences for the audience. But still, that's <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpTAkDuV4fslXybeh6oOftBBl2OGbgapOpljxM0oT1wfoLx7VTPBJ1H6Hr65NwOINuId5sGaWZpQ1VI30bCpcqn14G69yAA_3FYoG5HmAC8b38GCVqLRcauNrJPPwWNTA4zDWQ/s1600-h/IMG_0196-01.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpTAkDuV4fslXybeh6oOftBBl2OGbgapOpljxM0oT1wfoLx7VTPBJ1H6Hr65NwOINuId5sGaWZpQ1VI30bCpcqn14G69yAA_3FYoG5HmAC8b38GCVqLRcauNrJPPwWNTA4zDWQ/s320/IMG_0196-01.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387367381580660194" border="0" /></a>okay because I was amazed by everything that went into the show. An outside observer would have seen me standing still while everyone jumped around me, in time to the music. I was wide-eyed, intensely watching The Edge as he played through the songs. <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1OOxBl1KNB_yDcJmaE8LuSyLp2eSN96x-CO9NqcLuMnHwNB77M9Ksd-GS_6SYv_7EpCtBBf8WMtZEeiI7q9uaWWiWsAelCsB0v5NDqDQ2A0rmNhG-20KiLzgOJwTPNczb83On/s1600-h/IMG_0176-01.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1OOxBl1KNB_yDcJmaE8LuSyLp2eSN96x-CO9NqcLuMnHwNB77M9Ksd-GS_6SYv_7EpCtBBf8WMtZEeiI7q9uaWWiWsAelCsB0v5NDqDQ2A0rmNhG-20KiLzgOJwTPNczb83On/s320/IMG_0176-01.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387367370747058130" border="0" /></a> I was fascinated by the flow of everything and how easily they traded guitars--it had been done many times over and was familiar. So were the songs, even though there were a few times with The Edge appeared to be "searching" for a note over the pre-recorded other guitar tracks that were playing. I tried not to smile when I heard a possible flubbed note--it made me happy. That was a human being up there, playing in front of 60,000 people.<br /><br />There was a point when Bono walked over the inner circle area where we were. I caught this picture of everyone looking up. It was very strange. I felt I was the calm person in the middle of some kind of madness. I don't like big crowds at all and Raj was concerned about my anxiety, but i managed to handle this by concentrating on one thing at a time. First I would watch Adam Clayton stomp around the stage like a bass Godzilla in his sparkly trimmed gray pants (gents, I don't know how he does this, but those pants made him look <span style="font-style: italic;">super fine</span>.)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6EM6hnmnCx1YtdB5nLSk0CGgWQ1wBD7CmwkRy8SIJztGhNS4IRM4n9EGrYjDIoy6oJ4-Se5fjonpTD4JJ_W8mjHumXTFw4F2mO9Qt0g0gEsyFp8SMmn8GB98TJqd-7BERtJ5F/s1600-h/IMG_0192-01.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6EM6hnmnCx1YtdB5nLSk0CGgWQ1wBD7CmwkRy8SIJztGhNS4IRM4n9EGrYjDIoy6oJ4-Se5fjonpTD4JJ_W8mjHumXTFw4F2mO9Qt0g0gEsyFp8SMmn8GB98TJqd-7BERtJ5F/s320/IMG_0192-01.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387367374682590130" border="0" /></a>I wondered if it feels completely odd to be sitting at your drum riser and have it spin around at pre-determined times. Then, at the end of the show, Bono wears a jacket that has lasers, literally, <span style="font-style: italic;">shooting out of it.</span> Trust: it was not cheesy, but incredibly cool. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu2qMS_vdZROjzh-RAUoTbnabLgIngv3Kd9Yc1R0jI4NzxLF-NcSRr3AsMNpqESwdgP_izLatYxp_ewno2G5BqGxo2K718ymusd37hnP0246kFooCqA2e42Vlr25yBqV8rZZXF/s1600-h/IMG_0164-01.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu2qMS_vdZROjzh-RAUoTbnabLgIngv3Kd9Yc1R0jI4NzxLF-NcSRr3AsMNpqESwdgP_izLatYxp_ewno2G5BqGxo2K718ymusd37hnP0246kFooCqA2e42Vlr25yBqV8rZZXF/s320/IMG_0164-01.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387367362303101986" border="0" /></a>But my favorite part was watching The Edge. I confess, I did have one of those moments where I thought: <span style="font-style: italic;">is he looking directly at me?</span> So i tried to give a little smile. Now, on reflection, it makes me laugh. I must have been a little starstruck.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilTKqcqcV5hSZBYEN-eUKyI-YT6tCnupki__1FE3jsVyWZvePkXF4wQEmIz99aZeL4UnLVd5at7kld2BJHDwakbWrGf3r7NrvfFcf2JsCkSVLs5T2B8LWgKjLICmLHQQpwyQxu/s1600-h/IMG_0122-01.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilTKqcqcV5hSZBYEN-eUKyI-YT6tCnupki__1FE3jsVyWZvePkXF4wQEmIz99aZeL4UnLVd5at7kld2BJHDwakbWrGf3r7NrvfFcf2JsCkSVLs5T2B8LWgKjLICmLHQQpwyQxu/s320/IMG_0122-01.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387367358718949746" border="0" /></a>It's going to take the crew 2-3 days to pack up this stage and move it to the next location. Amazing.<br /><br />It reminded me of what I saw last summer in Wisconsin: <a href="http://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/2239">The Forevertron</a>. It's possible that your life is unfulfilled if you don't have both the U2 and the Dr. Every experience at least once. I highly recommend.ellen cherryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02985824840029999391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14800617.post-87943680091477099492009-09-30T13:53:00.000-07:002009-09-30T13:55:23.336-07:00last week's video blog....oops, sorry it's late<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ty6Sg_TKwF8&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ty6Sg_TKwF8&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>ellen cherryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02985824840029999391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14800617.post-87957278313803522392009-09-10T18:44:00.001-07:002009-09-10T18:44:26.945-07:00video blog--trying to get these started again....<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/JoQ0ByLRagY&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/JoQ0ByLRagY&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>ellen cherryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02985824840029999391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14800617.post-79153051509796458102009-08-31T14:55:00.000-07:002009-08-31T14:59:31.683-07:00maine<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvy-fzSetAiw2QUnfactJOWmSabf5p8l_5N7wfp72AuYsyL2jq5vWGf9ZFZgbGIChc36UCQLc5aLBTWT-S7sCqa537F49Xp73UuLhyphenhyphen1Fm5n-oHMB7QN1dTI-qIjqlGxtH2CzrH/s1600-h/ellen+with+blue.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvy-fzSetAiw2QUnfactJOWmSabf5p8l_5N7wfp72AuYsyL2jq5vWGf9ZFZgbGIChc36UCQLc5aLBTWT-S7sCqa537F49Xp73UuLhyphenhyphen1Fm5n-oHMB7QN1dTI-qIjqlGxtH2CzrH/s320/ellen+with+blue.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376250213787934498" border="0" /></a><br />have to get to a meet and greet dinner with other Summerkeys students, but so far, cello camp is FUN. we stopped at this blueberry stand along the way. apparently, Maine is the capital for blueberries. i admit, they were very delicious!!ellen cherryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02985824840029999391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14800617.post-76688071800055279662009-08-13T08:00:00.000-07:002009-08-13T08:15:33.936-07:00mini tour with the lovely Dylan SneedLast night, <a href="http://www.dylansneed.com">Dylan Sneed</a>, my fellow Texan and now a South Carolina resident, played the El Rancho Grande in Baltimore, MD. we had a great crowd, thank you guys for being there! I was worried--sometimes it's hard to get people out on a Wednesday in the town you live in. But we did it, it was really great. Dylan is a wonderful performer and an amazing guitar player. Alternate tunings, looped stuff, and just beautiful tone and technique. it was an education to watch him play. I feel like i learn so much just by being around these great players. <br /><br />we play DC <a href="http://www.quarryhousetavern.com">tonight</a> and again tomorrow night (in Georgetown). We have some guaranteed cash, so that takes some of the pressure off and we can just play and enjoy without worrying so much about the size of the crowd. <br /><br />'cello camp is coming! i'm stoked. I met with my pals at Naked Blue, Jen and Scott Smith, who are making the trip with me. Jen and I played 'cello together yesterday for about 10-15 minutes. we are going to have a great trip, i'm excited for this adventure.<br /><br />There's some other adventures going on that I wanted to mention just because I'm excited and happy for my friends and their pending new additions to their families. My drummer, Darin and his wife Carrie are expecting a girl, due in December and my friends Doug and Jaia are expecting a boy. For some reason, it makes me so happy to know that these caring and thoughtful people are producing more people. It's like a balancing act, ya know? I know that they are going to make great parents and raise kids that are also thoughtful and kind and caring. We need more people like that. So kudos to you guys for doing that hard work! I appreciate it and the world appreciates it too. Keep me posted, okay?ellen cherryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02985824840029999391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14800617.post-64482969050546926092009-08-07T09:07:00.000-07:002009-08-07T09:16:53.316-07:00where did July go?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGBtTTVW1PRLl4HHAQ3O57_lmPf0lNDSMe3aEMb3OYeqYvrT8TPa853qfqGuW2iBVg61zn0qu5KtDv33bM7MYF6z-QUBGVsRq51Zq8UooIAx2M74oKQQiAnTQMnK_c7Q3w4Qsh/s1600-h/SquidFire-3053.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGBtTTVW1PRLl4HHAQ3O57_lmPf0lNDSMe3aEMb3OYeqYvrT8TPa853qfqGuW2iBVg61zn0qu5KtDv33bM7MYF6z-QUBGVsRq51Zq8UooIAx2M74oKQQiAnTQMnK_c7Q3w4Qsh/s320/SquidFire-3053.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367254313972229378" border="0" /></a><br />i feel like i missed the whole month of July. i'm a bit sad about that. summer is my favorite season and it's been flying by. i'm not complaining. busy is good. busy is money to invest back in the e.c. company. busy is money to pay for strings and food and bills. busy is just....well, busy. i did alot of stuff in July, but the enjoyment of the stuff, it was too small. too rushed. i couldn't sit back and watch things happen. i was in the thick of it with little or no time for reflection.<br /><br />i'm sorry if you've visiting here and wondering what the heck happened. also, not blogging has meant that i haven't been keeping up on my diary either. i think today's the day to catch up on that. and a whole host of other things too.<br /><br />plus, the weather is insane today. sunny, sparse whispy clouds. breezy. this dry, warm day.......i just had the feeling come over me that it was 1980 and it's May in Texas. i'm sitting on the curb outside my house and i have that thrill. you know the thrill: everything is front of you and you don't know anything. everything is still yet to be learned, to be heard, to be seen. i'm only 5 years on the planet and although i've observed alot, there's still alot to be observed.<br /><br />*****<br /><br />two men just walked by on the sidewalk behind my house, speaking a language i don't know. it brought me back to here, where i'm sitting on my porch in Baltimore. that 5 year old i was talking about above, she's 30 years ago almost. i'm back here now, but it still feels like a Texas day in early summer. i'm suddenly homesick. not for a place, but for a time and place that can never be again.ellen cherryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02985824840029999391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14800617.post-5416706252370730232009-07-08T12:56:00.000-07:002009-07-08T12:59:41.371-07:00too long, out of touch<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLZT3aBxud3Z3tZ9fAr3HceD8zaPE2RvWrBRUzfN_GjlFSlaXcEWTrW3mk4GDRb3YHgX5o0vjJMQh3AAzV18Nlw7gj3FiuGwg1tLKSMWga4Gmz9zh_1f3v95AGHObz3rPQn73k/s1600-h/stoop.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 198px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLZT3aBxud3Z3tZ9fAr3HceD8zaPE2RvWrBRUzfN_GjlFSlaXcEWTrW3mk4GDRb3YHgX5o0vjJMQh3AAzV18Nlw7gj3FiuGwg1tLKSMWga4Gmz9zh_1f3v95AGHObz3rPQn73k/s320/stoop.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356180576284156818" border="0" /></a><br />sorry, my little chicklets....i've been avoiding the computer. not really avoiding, just spending as little time as possible in front of it. spending time outside, painting my house, etc. actually playing some music!<br /><br />but fun things have been in the works and June's show were great. there's always so much going on...it's been nice to have a few moments to myself to just sit. sit and think. those moments are few and far between and i've cherished them.<br /><br />The big show this weekend is the Stoop Storytelling summer show, called "Baltimoored: Summer in the City." It features the tales the Stoop is famous for, as well as featured music by me (ellen cherry), Caleb Stine and the Brakemen, Arty Hill, The 5th L and also performances by the Baltimore Improv Group. It's an old timey radio show and is going to be super fun. Starting tomorrow night, Thursday, July 9 through July 11. Tickets are still available, just click <a href="http://www.stoopstorytelling.com/">HERE</a>.<br /><br />more to come.....promise.<br />in the mean time, get out there in the world. get some vitamin D working in your skin. i'll see you out on the town!ellen cherryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02985824840029999391noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14800617.post-24432995108746111242009-06-04T07:26:00.001-07:002009-06-04T07:35:18.932-07:00ouch.I watched Ray Kurzweil on TED.com this morning. And my brain began to ache a little, attempting to keep up as he was talking about the advances of technology. But he mentioned the establishment of his Singularity University and I realized, I didn't quite "get" what they were using the word for. So I looked it up.....I googled "What is singularity?" Little did I know that while I'm painting the back deck today and power washing the sidewalk, I can ponder and attempt to ponder <a href="http://www.singinst.org/overview/whatisthesingularity">THIS</a>. It's possible that there is a nearby future of smarter-than-human intelligence within my lifetime. This is the Evolution, no? Will we evolve right out of being human? And the bigger question is: once there are beings with smarter-than-human intelligence, will they be things that won't war, don't cry, laugh only on command or as a pre-set, designed reaction to stimuli? More importantly, will they be bigger jerks than us or more "compassionate"?<br /><br />Shout out to Jim in Dallas: I read your comment and I'm too lazy to comment back on my own blog, but just wanted to say....well, I don't know what I want to say to that. If we figure out what happened the second <span style="font-style: italic;">before</span> the Bang, well....I don't know: what happens to mystery? What happens to Wondering? <br /><br />Back to powerwashing--which I am finding super fun and satisfying, but it's hurting my arms!!ellen cherryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02985824840029999391noreply@blogger.com1