13 posts tagged “kuyman”
Sorry about writing here again :). The persistent allure of content creation got in the way of the realization that writing a blog may be a futile effort. However, it's almost summer and I want to start keeping some sort semiannually (lol) updated online journal. That puts your here, once again on the Kuyu Blog.
It's been a while, eh? You'd be appalled at the number of things that I've done since I last posted an entry here. I've written about eight songs, taken tens of thousands of pictures, developed as a photographer and writer, learned to play the piano, drawn plans for houses (it's something to do in Chemistry), told hundreds of jokes, and kept an excellent relationship with Stephanie which is now approaching 1.25 years. I've also designed dozens of websites that I never did anything with (face it, they never got out of Photoshop) and written things that I never turned in to anyone. Which just seems like a waste to me, the guy that always likes to not only show off but to show out. Introversion in the field of creativity... is it even worth writing down? I never understood that one.
I suppose you'll want to know all about the travels that I've taken as well, eh? Well, I'd like to try and impress upon you, you wonderful handful of readers, the magnitude of my journeys through Photography. And maybe a few words, just for effect.
The following shots are all from the trip I took in band to Mexico and Belize by way of Royal Carribean ship Navigator of the Seas. Also, we stopped at Disney World on the way down.
Thanks for reading,
Kuyler
Feedback is a thing to be cherished in this here online world. You see, whenever someone posts a comment, it gets me thinking about the next post. Then I get more comments and more posts. It's a vicious creative cycle.
I haven't really had much to write about in a while, but today I think I'll write a post. Lots of stuff to cover.
A couple of years ago, you could've found me eagerly writing a blog for pretty much every day of the year. That went on for probably two years. Then I sort of slacked off the pace. I still enjoy writing, but sometimes I struggle with things to write about. Writing about my daily life doesn't really work anymore as most days are pretty much nothing to write about that's interesting. And sometimes I worry that I'll write something that I'll think is cool but no one else would understand. Sometimes I worry about my writing not being as good as it could be. It's also time consuming to write something like a blog. That's time I could use to take a hundred pictures and upload them to my Flickr. (I got a Flickr Pro account for my birthday, check it out at http://flickr.com/photos/kuyman)
But sometimes it is fun to write a blog. Sometimes it's just worth the effort involved. If I have a story to tell or a point to make, I'll go ahead and write it. I feel like I should always be able to tell a story worth reading in my blog, but sometimes I just can't. And that's annoying. It's one thing for me to tell you "Hey, I got a thirty foot pool" but it's another for me to tell you how really neat-o that thirty foot pool is. I feel like i can do that better with pictures. That's why I got a Flickr Pro account. That's why I don't write blogs so often. But I promise I'm still going to find time to write my blog and find time to do things worth blogging about, more importantly.
So for now, think of my Flickr Pro account as a Photo Blog. Think of it as an extension to the onlineness of me. Think of it as easier to digest a large amount of information in one dose. Think of it as a nifty place to get new desktop backgrounds ;)
Also I need a small army to tag, title, and descript all of the pictures I'm going to be uploading to my Flickr. Any help with that would be totally cool.
Kuyman Style means nothing in particular, in reality. It means getting back to the top of the Google Rankings, if that counts for anything. But it doesn't really mean anything particular, other than that.
However I do have a story tell you.
It was the period between twilight and darkness, the time of near darkness while the thoughts of daytime mixed with those of the night. In a park nestled between a small, old school and a large hill, some children played baseball. Boys and girls stood in a line, waiting for a chance to hit the ball. The ball was thrown by John Smith, or at least that's what his shirt said.
His name's not really that important anyway.
As the next girl stood up at the plate to have a chance at hitting the ball, a group of spectators stood just outside the fence, observing a game of baseball.
None of this would be worth telling at all if they had been in the same dimension.
No really, the two ball fields were exactly identical. But the people just weren't the same. Instead of one group of people, there was another, occupying what looked like the exact same space.
Go figure, huh?
In... uh, the fourish years that I've been producing Internet content, I've never really stopped to think why any of it's really important. Never thought why it was important to have stuff out there, to have a presence, even if no one pays a single bit of attention.
After about twenty five seconds of thinking, I came up with this. It's important to have a web presence in order to better yourself. No one's perfect when they start out, but basic human nature is to get better. It's hard to get better when you don't do whatever it is you're trying to get better at. At least a little bit of doing. And at least a little bit of getting better.
I've written well over three hundred blog posts in random places on the Internet, made dozens of forum posts, written close to a dozen websites, composed eight or nine songs (you don't really want to hear those, I don't think), made four or five videos, photoshopped hundreds of pieces of digital art, and taken roughly five thousand pictures, all for an audience in total of less than two dozen. (Approximately) I personally think I'm better because of it. Sure, nobody reads this stuff, but that doesn't mean it's unreadable. Maybe if I had blogged constantly for the last year, people would be reading on a regular basis.
Bust it's just the need to express myself that makes me blog and do all those other things, even if no one reads them. I personally find that the more you express yourself online, the better you get at it. I could be absolutely crazy though.
Not there's no craving for people to read my stuff. In fact I'd really like it if more people did read my stuff ;)
It's a habit of mine, to start something and not finish it, let it sit around for a while, and then start something completely knew. Personality flaw, and I do it all the time. Anyhow, I'm currently trying to re-establish my web presence. Try Googling my name. Depressing, huh? Now try Googling kuyman. Better?
While Googling for kuyman is a lot better than just doing a search for Kuyler or Kuyler McComas, I would like something really cool to pop up in the first place for all of them. I'm still working on ideas for my movie, even though I don't have any real evidence except what's in my notebooks, a bit on my computer, and in my head. And I'm always working on some sort of website for myself or someone else. Writing a bit of "music" in GarageBand, playing around with my camera and Photoshop, and any of a number of other things that no one ever sees.
Maybe someday I can actually finish something.
Until then, enjoy some of my fantabulistic pictures I took in Universal on the band trip.
Between insanity and normality.
I like it better that way.
Between running outside in the middle of a thunderstorm to clean off my window so I could take some decent video to spending three hours in the Cingular Store to pick out a cell phone... That's on the line of insanity.
However I did get one of those new fangled cellular telephones. And it rocks. Or at least everything about it rocks except the talking part. Insanity, again.
This nifty phone does pretty much everything. It includes a two megapixel camera (pictures coming up), good MP3 player, some sweet headphones that won't stay in my ears because they're funny shaped, and an unlimited Internet plan. I use it as a modem for my Mac so I can use the Internet anywhere I get cell service. Yeah, that's pretty darn cool.
That Stephanie girl. Man. She rocks. You should meet her. She's going to kill me for putting those pictures on here too.
Pictures are worth a thousand words, so a picture that's made of three different shots must be worth three thousand. Here are several words worth of pictures now (because my writing is... umm... terrible at the moment)(and i'm tired)
The last few days of writing my blog, I hadn't been in the best mood when I got to the actual writing of my blog. Being in a much better mood today, I think I'll try again. Even if Aunt Sissy liked the seventeen seconds thing.
First let me explain seventeen seconds thing. Radiohead, a band I've recently taken a liking too (thanks Vinny!) has an album called Kid A. Some one was playing this wonderful weird album on two different players and managed to get a seventeen second gap in between the first playing and the second. This produces one of the creepiest effects ever, and it most definitely one of the more amazing things I've ever done, especially audio wise. You should definitely steal buy this album just to do it. I'm sure that this works on lots of albums as well, and definitely adds to my subliminal messages theories.
I am in a much better mood today. Not that I was in a really bad mood before, I'm just in my normal extra happy mood tonight. In health class today (I was seventeen seconds ahead!) I participated in a skit. (I just Googled for the script but I can't find it) Anyway it was pretty lousily written, but my hilarious acting made it better. It was pretty amazing. I got to be this suicidal guy and my acting was histaricle. Could not keep a straight face. I wish i had a video. Sure suicide is a real issue, but if you would've been there, you would've laughed histarically.
Hmm... Is there anything else? Oh yes.
Ten year old Apple Computer are still viable in todays world. I managed to get a web server, a file sharing server between my MacBook and it, and a VNC remote desktop connection thing. I even found a way to hook four computer up to two monitors with switching wires around. And then when we finish the basement, I can hook most of them up down there. Anyway, dinner is done (we're at Dairy Queen again) and my battery is dying (4%, about eight minutes worth) and I have finished writing this blog. Now just to post it and say goodbye to the people on my buddy list.
Your Superpowers and You: Part III of II.
Every superhero has a weakness. To some the weakness may seem to not be very apparent or very strong, but everyone has one. To a certain extent, even mortals have weaknesses (I know, how could they be any more weak.) that they have to deal with. If you are a superhero, your weaknesses can seem overwhelming and can cause you to do be increadibly frustrated. Dealing with weakness is not something to be done alone, but rather, in the company of others. Making plans to come to each others aid in times of crisis when a weakness is revealed can be very helpful. Certain learnable skills can be used to cover up your weakness. (For example, instead of flying over the building, you could use super speed to run around the building.) Thinking abstractly and practicing alternative skills are all you need to succeed.
Dealing with loss is also very important while being a superhero. Loss is a form of weakness for many heroes. In fact, loss and the side effects have been the end of many a superhero. Loss is tragic to mortals, but downright deadly to a superhero, if not handled carefully. One must never upset a superhero going through a loss. When something or someone is lost, a chemical equilibrium breaking occurs in the superhuman mind. Mental superchemicals combine to form a deadly cocktail that can only be resolved with time and mourning. Proper superhero mourning involves being in the company of others, no distractions, and the acceptance of what has happened. SuperFaith, no matter which faith, can be a comfort in these times of loss, and many heroes dealing with loss that turn to SuperFaiths never turn back from them after they have been comforted. As the superhero John Lennon once said, "I believe time wounds all heals."
Some important things never to do around mortals:
- Never heat up your food with heat vision just to show off
- Never cheat in gym class by using your super speed
- It's no fair to cheat in hide and go seek by going invisible
- Never become so big headed you can't fit your head through the door
- Don't bring up your Superpowers unless you can help it
- Don't ever purposely harm a mortal (unless they really deserve it)
And so concludes Part III of a three part series, Your Superpowers and You.
