The best laid schemes o’ Mice an’ Men,
Gang aft agley,
An’ lea’e us nought but grief an’ pain,
For promis’d joy!
(The best laid schemes of Mice and Men
oft go awry,
And leave us nothing but grief and pain,
For promised joy!)
Robert Burns, To a Mouse (Poem, November, 1785) Scottish national poet (1759 - 1796)
Hello there. The empty bottle of beer sitting on my desk reminds me that I’ve re-written this article at least three times now. Because I’m still working out the right words that accurately explains my feelings about our relationship. About you coming here to visit me. About you coming here privately, away from the mainstream channels of the internet to see if I’ve drawn something pretty…
I’ve gotten used to being your little secret visiting spot. I’m okay with the fact that I’m not on any list of anything. I’m not in a fancy blog network, and I don’t really get mentioned anywhere. Long story short: I just want to keep doing what I love to do, and say “hello” to anyone who happens to pass through my little corner of the web, and tell them “thank you” when they leave. I like to keep it personal.
SXSW is once again coming around, and although the festival isn’t happening until March of next year, you have the chance to vote right now for what panels will be listed via the interactive panel picker. This allows the SXSW administration to create the most appropriate schedule based on your feedback. With that mentioned, I’d like you to have a look at the two panel ideas I’ve submitted, and decide for yourself which (or both) you’d like to see in person.
On Friday (August 1st), SXSW opened their doors once again for registration to their 2009 event (and with a new site from Blue Flavor, too). Why is this so early? Because it's that big. Waiting too long to register increases your odds of not getting a room in the nearby hotels. which is a crucial point in getting the most out of your downtown Austin experience.
Creativity is a funny little creature. Every so often, it will scurry off into some random corner of your mind, leaving you to guess which morsel of inspiration will coax it out of hiding. The difficult part is that the "carrot" to re-inspire can be literally anything in the world (or beyond). The process of getting creativity to come back might be easy, but it’s the process to inspire that’s actually quite difficult. Because it’s the inspiration that feeds.
They say that you don’t really know someone until you walk a mile in their shoes. Part of my core philosophy in life is that I strive to always consider things with an objective and unbiased opinion. I do not enjoy mixing facts with rumors, and make great effort to not speculate about anything. I also believe that everything should be questioned, however firm our belief in a subject. Faith works so much better when you have knowledge to back it up.