word to the world

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2011-06-13T21:42:00.001-05:00

Ask me anything http://formspring.me/petrov82

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2011-04-10T17:22:00.001-05:00

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is there anywhere in the world you'd like to visit?

2010-03-27T00:25:00.001-05:00

South Africa

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formspring.me

2010-03-08T22:31:00.005-06:00

Ask me anything http://formspring.me/petrov82

formspring.me

2010-03-08T22:31:00.003-06:00

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Is there anyone else you've ever thought about being? If you could be anyone else who would you want to be? Throughout history even, maybe top 5.

2010-03-08T22:31:00.001-06:00

Demosthenes, Leonidas, Nikolai Tesla's assistant, FDR at the the Yalta Conference, and the guy who came up with "Chad Vader - Day Shift Manager"

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MUTEMATH: Out of Order

2009-08-27T10:13:00.004-05:00

Long ago...

2009-08-27T08:56:00.001-05:00

In a galaxy far, far away, I used to post on this blog. Well, I'm back, gang, and I have a reason to blog. sorta.

I've been invited to regularly write for a friend's online publication, and I figured I can post it here as well. Here's what I am planning on:
I'll be writing about music, offering my favorites, reviews, and opinions, focusing on independant sources of talent, as well as the songs I currently have on my playlist.
Just as a heads-up, there are musical references that I may or may not make, and you may not like it. I didn't study music in school, and I never listened to all the mainstream, popular influencers of today's "sound." Radiohead, Joy Division, stuff like that. Never registered on my radar till I turned 25. You may all cry for me now...
You will hear my opinion of the sound, lyrics, and overall delivery of the stuff I review. I will compare to what I know, and hope for the best, so, next up I'll be listing some if my influences and favorites. Catch you on the rebound,

--PR

boring

2009-01-18T20:44:00.000-06:00

nothing going on here, move along folks...

Stepping on out toward the ledge

2009-01-17T23:18:00.001-06:00

As we speak, I am practicing an age-old method of learning...trial-and-error. I am running boot camp in order to install the debian-based Ubuntu Linux just to discover as much as possible regarding Linux. I figured that I would one day need to switch everything i own over from windows to Linux that isn't a mac. I also figured the best way to do so would be to use the mac.! I could be very wrong...but I am too excited and I've already backed up my hard drive, so I'm cool...

Rambling over!

Sent from my iPhone.

Crainial weather patterns

2009-01-16T12:09:00.001-06:00

To all my friends from apple, DHS, and school, I'm going to begin a series of blogs that track and include pieces of my brainstorming and general progress on my history research paper.

I decidied to do this because I am more likely to look at this than my evernote (sorry @voxaeterno), and moleskins are good for creative writing only at this point in my life.

So I was thinking about my topics and had thrown up the idea of writing on either politics in SoTex or the History of the American West in Art. After tossing the idea around and directly at my professor, the Art thing seemed to really click.

Now that I had a general theme, it was time to get down to the specifics. I needed an argument. I don't mean the kind I have with some I my coworkers. I needed something to prove about the topic.

One particular artist who painted the West, Albert Beirstadt, approached his portrayal different from his colleagues at the time of the late 1800s. Instead of painting what was is front of him (the landscape itself or a photo), he merged features of different famous landmarks into one painting, giving the west an other-worldly sense.

This perspective on the west reflects an idea in cultural studies that people develop a mythology about their history that is seperate but tied to the actual facts of the past.

I think I can approach Beirstadt's work through this lens and come out with some good arguments and, maybe, add something to the discussion of history.

More to come...

Finally

2009-01-16T09:38:00.001-06:00

I finally found an app for my iPhone that will post blogs! I'm so happy right now. The app is called BlogWriter. I am using the Lite version to test it out, but if it works, I'm definitely upgrading for the $4.99. So today is my day off, and that means that I am going crazy, because I just realized that it isn't. My morning is free, and for some reason, I'm interpreting that as a full day. Hmm.
Anywho, there is much to do here at the family ranch, so, I'm off.

random update

2009-01-09T22:43:00.000-06:00

that's all this is...I have been thinking of different ideas to blog about, and i've come up with about 3 or 4. Unfortunately, i've forgotten all of them, but at least half have to do with twitter, which, i suppose wouldn't be surprising. i have found more and more useful applications for twitter, thinking, "man, if only my iCal had a twitter to remind me of when my hours are for work" or "my dog's holding kennel needs a Twitter to let me know when he's whining alot." I probably shouldn't tweet this, only because it might actually make money...hmm.

I also just realized I wrote "tweet" instead of "blog." Somehow that is significant i the way i perceive communication, the web, and the world now. It is almost 11...i will not get esoteric or profound...i will not over-use ellipses.

past posts

2008-12-05T01:28:00.001-06:00

ok...just for those who want to see...my myspace blogs are available @ www.myspace.com/wordtotheworld

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social islands

2008-11-20T19:57:00.001-06:00

I have discovered a new way to do social networking thru creating your own network, much like blogger mated with facebook. The mutant atrocity, progeny of narcissism, is Ning.com.

I have also just discovered that Twitter has ruined me for writing in phrases longer that 140 characters. Y'all should have seen me on xanga.com...those were the days.

*sigh*

enough about me...for now.

-what? were you expecting more?

in case you are wondering...

2008-11-12T22:00:00.000-06:00

how to place twitter updates on your blogspot.com site, check out this link at twitter (not well advertized...)

http://twitter.com/badges/blogger

Peer's Law

2008-11-12T20:40:00.001-06:00

I must say that when I saw this, I connected immediately. This seems to be the one constant at work and life in general...

http://twitter.com/iheartquotes/statuses/1003167411

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Blog about nothing?

2008-10-29T20:14:00.001-05:00

Well in lieu of having something to say, I thought I'd through up random stuff from the internet, starting with a Johnny Cash Remix. Enjoy!

LISTEN: Johnny Cash vs. Apparat, "I Heard That Lonesome Whistle Blow"

found @ http://blog.wired.com/music/2008/10/scalpel-johnny.html

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