Wednesday, March 29, 2006

Alive
I had a moment of clarity today while running at practice, for lack fo a better term.

I guess I could best describe these moments when "Self awarness is attained. Realization of abilities is attained as well and you begin to push beyond your recognized limits".

I have these moments while running or cycling. You better know this as "The Zone". Athletes talk about finding it and staying within it.

I guess I'm lucky in that fact that I can nearly self enduce "The Zone" when necessary, but only with the proper stimuli such as physical exertion.

It has varying degrees.

Sometimes you'll feel a sudden surge of energy when you are at your most tired all the way up to time dialation and near third person "sight" as they call it.

None of this is crazy at all. Scientists have conducted studies on this idea of a "Zone" and have found that this actually is all a factual idea.

It's a part of a mental system to keep you going in your most desperate times. Like how in complete darkness people can create a "unreality" in their minds and escape to it.

One of the most striking ideas that has been found to be true was the idea of time dialation.

Time dialation is when you take time and stretch it out to last longer. So 1 second may now take 10 seconds to pass. Studies have shown that when massive amounts of information need to be digested all at once by your mind, the brain will actually slow down one's perception of time.

Today I had a slight time dialation, but nothing too noticable. This is all a part of the training techniques I apply to the ones my coach has us use.

A healthy body may be able to run a sub 4:30 mile, but without a healtier meantal drive, sub 4:30 will only be an after thought.

So go out, and find a way to enduce your "zone". Mine is through music, hence why during competitions I perform so poorly, I have no way to find my "Zone" without music.

Maybe you can find yours, so I encourage you to find it.

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Busy days ahead and a funny list of stuff if you're a car buff
Well, I have two things to do this week.

Send off my press credentials to ESPN for the X Games and also send them off to the people at the LA Auto Show for this November's show.

This will be my fourth year applying for press credentials to the X Games. Every year ESPN has deemed me too young to allow to be press, but now I'll be over the 17 1/2 year old minimum they impose by the time the X Games roll around.

Did you hear what the added to the X Games? Rally racing. I'm still trying to figure it out, but hell, who cares.

X Games + Rally Racing + Press Credentials = New pair of undershorts necessary?

Possibly.



So the LA Auto Show I know I have already. I asked a representative there when I was at the show two months agao and she said there would be no problems getting me in as press.

So now I get to sit in the cars. As long as I can fit in them.

Don't get my started on the list of cars I couldn't fit into at the auto show. Well, here they are anyhow.

By thw way, I'm about 6' 3'' and 150lbs roughly, so I'm tall and lanky to say the least.




Chrysler Crossfire - Too claustraphobic for me.

Mazda RX-8 - Ditto on the RX-8 and being claus.

Mazda Miata - I could see over the windsheild.

Nissian 350Z Roadster - Too cramped. My knees were practically in my face.

Nissian 350Z Hardtop - I hit my head getting in, much to the humor of those around me and myself. I closed the door and smashed my legs.

Any Porsche - God, what a real pisser. I couldn't fit in any goddamn Porsche. F@%# Porsche anyhow, they're selling out. Making a SUV and a 4 door car. What the hell are they thinking? Not much, that's for sure.

Lotus Exige - I sat in it, got one leg in, and then the sales guy looked a little concerned. All i could get in was one leg.

Honda S2000 - Sat down, and couldn't even get a leg in.



Everyone always glorifies being tall, but I think this list offically proves that it sucks to be tall.


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Tuesday, March 28, 2006

I miss it
Improv. I miss performing Improv so badly.

You know, like "Whose Line Is It Anyway?". That's what Improv is in case you didn't know.

Yes, I performed it. But not with my high school Drama class (althought I did perform this year in everyone of their shows), with a professional group.

"The Blown Out Speakers". 6 months of the most fun I've ever had with 10 of the funniest friends I know. Three performances on a real stage, it was so awsome to do Improv professionally.

Then we disbanded.

But we'll be back. Our leader is talking about getting another group going over the summer. I'll be out of high school then, so the governemnt wont have to track my slurs against education anymore from within the education system.

Yeah, I also dislike school.
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Rain
I like the rain, but not todays rain.

Unlike that refreshing downpour we had like, a month ago, this is a more miserable feeling rain.

I am suddenly writing at a furious pace. By the way, if any has read the so far 5 chapter of my story series, what do you think of it?
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Monday, March 27, 2006

Stuff I like
Just so you can know a little bit about my likes and dislikes. I’m taking all of it from my website I have. Hence the boxes.

Television:

Mythbusters

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Top Gear! (one of the few Americans who has even heard of it…lol)

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Digimon

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Modern Marvels

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The Daily Show with Jon Stewart

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Monty Python's Flying Circus

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The Benny Hill Show

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Are You Being Served?

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Entourage

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When I can't get to sleep, I turn on The Weather Channel and it puts me right to sleep. Does it count as TV or sleep aid?

Movies:

The BMW Films

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A Clockwork Orange

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Full Metal Jacket

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2001: A Space Odyssey

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Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb

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Blazing Saddles

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Silent Movie

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Spaceballs

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Mel Brooks's History of the World: Part 1

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High Anxiety

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young Frankenstein

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Bullitt

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The Island

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Bad Boys 2

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Face/Off

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The Matrix (just the first one)

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Star Wars (yup, I'm also a nerd)

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This Is Spinal Tap

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Best In Show

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Waiting for Guffman

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A Mighty Wind

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Back To the Future

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The Sandlot

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Sleeper

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Love and Death

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What's Up tiger Lilly?

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What's New Pussycat?

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The Pink Panther

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Top Gun

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Star Trek: The Wrath of Kahn - just for the acting of the guy that played Kahn, the only good actor in the Star Trek movies

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Dodgeball

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Anchorman

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Zoolander

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all of the "digimon" movies

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Interstella 5555

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that's all for now...

I am probably the biggest fan of both Mel Brooks and Stanley Kubrick. I hope to be as successful in Hollywood as both of them, especially Kubrick. He’s my directorial God.

Music (the long list!):

30 Seconds to Mars

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4 Strings

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A Perfect Circle

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AC/DC

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Aerosmith

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The Album Leaf

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Alien Ant Farm

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Andy Hunter

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Aphex Twin

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Apocalyptica

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Apollo 440

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Audioslave

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Bad Company UK

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Basement Jaxx

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The Beastie Boys

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The Beatles

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Beck

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Beethoven

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Ben Neill

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Benny Benassi

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The Blue Man Group

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Blur

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Boards of Canada

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Booker T and the MG’s

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The Bravery

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BT

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Caesars Palace

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Cake

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Carlos Santana

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Cheap Trick

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The Chemical Brothers

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Chris Classic

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Cirrus

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The Clash

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Coldplay

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Cop Shoot Cop

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The Crystal Method

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The Cult

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Dabrye

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Daft Punk

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Deep Purple

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Depeche Mode

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Dick Dale and his Del Tones

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Diplo

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Don Davis

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The Doors

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Dope

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E.S. Posthumus

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The Eagles

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Elton John

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The English Beat

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Fat Boy Slim

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Fats Domino

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FC Kahuna

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Feeder

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Felix Da Housecat

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Filter

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Fluke

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Foo Fighters

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Franz Ferdinand

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Frou Frou

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Gary Numan

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Goldfinger

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Gorillaz

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Grand Theft Audio

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Gravity Kills

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Green Day

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Guns N’ Roses

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Heart

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Herbie Hancock

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I, Monster

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Incubus

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Jack Drag

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James Brown

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Jane’s Addiction

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Jimi Hendrix

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John Williams

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Johnny Cash

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Jono

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Junkie XL

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Juno Reactor

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The Kinks

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Kinobe

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Korn

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Led Zeppelin

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LFO

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Link Wray

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Linkin Park

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Lit

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The London Symphony Orchestra

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Lunatic Calm

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Lynard Skynard

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M83

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The Mars Volta

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Matisyahu

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Metallica

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Midwest Product

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Mirwais

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Moby

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Monty Python

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Motorhead

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Muse

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The New York Philharmonic

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Nine Inch Nails

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Outkast

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Overseer

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P.O.D.

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Paul McCartney

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Paul Oakenfold

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Paul Van Dyke

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Pearl Jam (still is my favorite band)

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Peter Frampton

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The Pillows

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Pink Floyd

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The Pixies

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Portishead

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The Postal Service

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Powerman 5000

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Primal Scream

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The Prodigy

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Propellerheads

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Rage Against the Machine

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The Ramones

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Ratatat

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Red Hot Chili Peppers

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Reverend Horton Heat

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Richard Cheese

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Rob Dougan

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Rob Zombie

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The Rolling Stones

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Rush

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Sigur Ros

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Smash Mouth

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The Sonics

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Spike Jonez and his City Slickers

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Starecase

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Static X

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Steriogram

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Stratus

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Strauss

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Sublime

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Telepopmusik

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They Might Be Giants

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Thievery Corporation

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Thomas Bangalter

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Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

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The Transplants

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U2

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Van Halen

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Velvet Revolver

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The Ventures

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The Verve

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The Violent Femmes

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Wagner

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War

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Weezer

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Weird Al

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The Who

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Yello

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Yes

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To sum it up, what don't I listen to?

Might I add I am a part of the iPod nation with an iPod Shuffle.


And my interests, with embellishments (photos):


Acting

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Digimon

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Film

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Filmmaking

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Formula 1

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Improv Comedy and performing it with "The Blown Out Speakers"

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Writing...any style

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Running

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Road Cycling

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The Land Speed Record


So that’s me!

So you know…I…oh forget it, I forgot what I was going to write here. Seriously, I did.

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Here comes the writing gods
I do not know why, but everytime it rains, I seem to have a sudden explosion of ideas and my writing turns into a furiously fast paced precision keyboard dance.

I, like Mili Vanili, blame it on the rain. I'll go into more detail later, I gotta go eat.
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Sunday, March 26, 2006

"The Silent Project" - Website
I did make a website for my story series, as I saw no one had one for theirs, I thought I'd be different.

"Digimon: The Silent Project - V2" Website


I got the inspiration to do a website after noticing movies, TV shows and music artists all getting myspace websites. But I decided to do something I want everyone of my films to be known for: Try something new and radically different.

I've sent messages over myspace sites to the movie sites and such asking questions about the film, TV show or music artist.

I never got any responses.

I thought of an idea that could possibly change the way people read a story. In the story, the characters may be fictionalized, but could they possibly have some medium to interact with readers through?

Yes. That's the whole idea behind the website. Full immersive interaction with the characters for the reader. Send a message to one of the characters, and you'll get a message back from that character within half a day.

I decided that let the characters blog, and they can blog about anything they want to.

Then a few days after making the website and it running smoothly, I came up with an idea that could be an evolutionary leap in character interaction.

AIM.

I took my three main characters, set up AIM accounts for them, and people can now chat with the characters over AIM. This is the highest level of interaction between reader and story character that has ever been attempted (to my knowledge).

So look at the site, and interact with it. I can garuntee if you send a message or send a IM to one of the AIM accounts, you'll get an answer from the characters.

I have no control over the characters, I just sit back and let the characters have free range of whatever they want to do, so try it out and see what happens!

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"The Silent Project"
Well, this is the link to my story series. I honestly don't want to post it here, as it'll get too complicated and such, and I want to just keep this all as simple as possible.

"Digimon: The silent Project - V2"
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Set
I'll be putting some of my story up today if I have time. I'm a little pressed for time by school work, so I'll see if I can even get anythign done today.
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Saturday, March 25, 2006

It's my first time!
Okay. I honestly have no idea why I signed up for this, but okay. I'm going to try and figure it out as I'm very confused at the moment.

Am I able to upload stories to here or what? If so, can someone let em know exactly how I do upload stories. I'd appreciate it.

Cheers,

Jared Head
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