slyology

GPOYW - Waking up on a Barcode morning

Wed, 07 Oct 2009 06:52:00 -0400

GPOYW - Waking up on a Barcode morning

GPOYW - On On

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 08:28:00 -0400

GPOYW - On On

A First

Sun, 06 Sep 2009 20:09:00 -0400

The last time I attempted to do this, a few weeks ago, it was put off by an argument a few minutes before I was supposed to begin. What is this? Ensuring that my clothes for the next day’s work is prepared thus eleminating one thing from the morning routine.

Tonight I did this and I must say I deserve to pat myself on the shoulder even though it’s such a small thing.

The suggestions you get when you type “guy”

Fri, 04 Sep 2009 19:32:00 -0400

The suggestions you get when you type “guy”

Me, eating fastfood.

Sun, 30 Aug 2009 14:43:38 -0400

Me, eating fastfood.

My TooManyBrands Submission. This was just off the top of my...

Fri, 28 Aug 2009 17:28:00 -0400

My TooManyBrands Submission. This was just off the top of my head.

"O, son of Bounty, send down a shaft of light. Grant us pity, grant us grace. By thy beauty, we come..."

Wed, 26 Aug 2009 06:21:00 -0400

“O, son of Bounty, send down a shaft of light. Grant us pity, grant us grace. By thy beauty, we come with no provision but our sins, with no good deeds to tell of, only hopes.”

- ‘Abdu’l-Bahá

A Reinvention Dawns

Sun, 16 Aug 2009 21:38:00 -0400

Over the past year things have changed alot in my life. For example, I have a day job, where I’m expected to be at from 8:00-12:000 and from 13:00-16:30, monday to thursday and up to 15:30 on fridays.

Currently, there are many things which I’m trying to change and achieve but I’ve come to realise that most of my shortcomings are in the realm of “self-mamagement” thus my new goal for the months to come is to develope a self-management system.

The system will include a number of physical/health, emotional, spiritual and a host of other standards — a set of rules I will design, revise when necessary, and live by. Through out the past month I’ve been attempting to eat healthy and take my vitamins every day in order to gain 10-15 pounds, since I’m somewhat underweight. Work and emotional factors are making this a bit challenging however — I will endure.

I discovered this British musical outfit, UNKLE, a few years...

Thu, 18 Jun 2009 22:57:13 -0400

I discovered this British musical outfit, UNKLE, a few years back via this song “Burn My Shadow.” It’s awesome music.

A Moonlike Person

Tue, 16 Jun 2009 08:20:00 -0400

You hide your emotion sometimes .You are a moon type of person. You tend to be the quiet type or in contrast, you are happy but sometimes you act it out in order for you to no burden your friends with your problems. You’ve faced some problems in your life. Your heart has dealt blows before. You tend to think about things alot more than other people. And you may get annoyed with people who act out without thinking about what would happen later.You are also the type of person that others often come to you with their problems because you’ve been through plenty, and you are very understanding. Though you sometimes feel lonely. Your demeanor is usually chill, and relaxed.You usually are logical, and rely alot on facts and information on decisions. You often keep things to yourself. This is just one side of you, and you have different faces in different situations and environments, just like the moon has phases. Sorry if this is incorrect, but still, I would like to have comments, please rate it! and if you like, try to get your friends to take the quiz also! please try to send it to as many people as you want. thanks for taking the quiz. Much appriciated..

via Facebook’s “What is your Inner Self?” Quiz

Awesome!

Tue, 05 May 2009 18:16:31 -0400

Awesome!

A Saturday Morning Convo

Sun, 26 Apr 2009 14:20:36 -0400

She: You Know Slydell, I really don't see myself with you. It's like make believe.
Me: Yeah, I know...
She: No, You don't. Stop acting like you know everything.
Me: Yeah it's like make believe... Like a Fairy Tale... You don't like fairy tales.
She: Look, I'm going... Going to clean up...
Me: Yeah, keep running...
She: Bye...
Me: Later.

Amazing by Kanye West

Fri, 24 Apr 2009 19:54:34 -0400

Amazing by Kanye West

"The long testimony of history and the recent researches of behavioural scientists, clearly indicate..."

Tue, 07 Apr 2009 17:55:00 -0400

“The long testimony of history and the recent researches of behavioural scientists, clearly indicate that the cool exercise of logic is only one influence in how people think and therefore act. There are other influences at work which are all too often more powerful.”

- Ian McDonald (“Think Again” from his newspaper column “Ian on Sunday”)

Some of these influences in his article are:

-fear of feeling regret

-cognitive dissonance

-anchoring

-status quo bias

-we compartmentalize

-being over-confident

-magical thinking

-vulnerability to hindsight bias

-emotions and being emotional

“Anyone thinking that politicians, businessmen, husbands, wives, investors, or bankers, poets or pastors, scientists, beggarmen or presidents, Noble Prize winners, thinkers, tailors, soldiers, you, me or anyone else will think straight and act accordingly, please think again and act accordingly - if you follow me.” –Ian McDonald

"A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a simple system that worked...."

Fri, 03 Apr 2009 17:43:00 -0400

“A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a simple system that worked. The inverse proposition also appears to be true: A complex system designed from scratch never works and cannot be made to work. You have to start over, beginning with a working simple system.”

- John Gall, from his book Systemantics: How Systems Really Work and How They Fail.

via yimmyayo

Tue, 10 Mar 2009 14:51:13 -0400

via yimmyayo

Tue, 10 Mar 2009 14:46:00 -0400

FORGET HER

Thu, 22 Jan 2009 17:36:00 -0500

while this town is busy sleeping
all the noise has died away
i walk the streets to stop my weeping
‘cause she’ll never change her ways

don’t fool yourself
she was heartache from the moment that you met her
my heart feels so still
as i try to find the will to forget her somehow
oh i think i’ve forgotten her now

her love is a rose pale and dying
dropping her petals and men unknown
all full of wine the world before her
was sober with no place to go

don’t fool yourself
she was heartache from the moment that you met her
my heart is frozen still
cause i try to find the will to forget her somehow
she’s somewhere out there now

oh my tears are falling down as i try to forget
her love was a joke from the day that we met
all of the words all of the men
all of my pain when i think back to when
remember her hair as it shone in the sun
the smell of the bed when i knew what she’d done
tell yourself over and over you wont ever need her again

But don’t fool yourself
she was heartache from the moment that you met her
oh my heart is frozen still
as i try to find the will to forget her somehow
she’s out there somewhere now

oh
she was heartache from the day that i first met her
my heart is frozen still
as i try to find the will to forget you somehow
cause i know you’re somewhere out there right now

via travie

Pretty awesome!

Sat, 03 Jan 2009 12:39:57 -0500

Pretty awesome!

Reflections and Transitions

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 11:12:00 -0400

I woke up with the intention of not having a bad day regardless of what happens then I begun to reflect on the not so distant past. The pass two months have been really hectic, challenging but definitely a lot of fun. I was graced with the opportunity to work on a few thoughtful, challenging and creative projects for which I have profound interest and passion.

The first was a collaborative web development project for a news company. I met a cool or “not so cool” web designer and other casual meets since for the first time in a long time I worked in an office-like setting (nothing close to an office) and a girl who I haven’t called. I managed to catch up, online via IM, with an old friend from early secondary school days, another who is a sort of artist. A great personal benefit was the walk to and from this location especially at nights; the morning sun was great too. This time was ideal for thinking - walking and thinking is like yoga to me and it increases cognitive alertness. When tired and can’t sleep I often leave the house, go for a walk around the neighborhood or to the Seawall. Overall being out of the house was refreshing.

The second was a UNICEF project for Carifesta’s Youth Village in the National Park. I was brought on by my friend who was hired as a consultant. This was by far the first project that required a lot of visual creativity and absolutely no coding/web development whatsoever which made it interesting because I wasn’t expecting or ready to contribute/develop ideas and concepts that would be taken seriously by artists especially. During this project I got to collect lots of notes and data for my communication experiment/research: txt msg vs. voice/phone. For me txt msg is the best medium and I came to realize that people are not aware that more can be communicated this way for example stating your location, current action and what’s next on your to-do list. This project was completed a few days into Carifesta and I’m very proud of my friend, his ability and performance except certain aspects of his communication skills. For me I’m just glad that I was busy; got to meet some great folks; decreased my reclusiveness and channeled my anxiety in rewarding directions.

In addition to all this and the other personal stuff I definitely enjoyed the time spent with friends having beer, guinness, donuts, home made sandwiches, lots of Jamaican food and great conversations especially with a friend (she’s great + she blogs) whom I hadn’t hung out with for the year and Carifesta. I got the chance to see a lot of the art during exhibition preparations from artists such as Ivor Thom, Winslow Craig and others. Didn’t get to see much paintings though. The opening ceremony wasn’t that great but I’m thankful for the effort of the organizers and participants - the rain changed people’s mood too. The grand market was very nice even though I attended one night. I managed to see two plays: River Bottom and Love Games which are from Jamaica. One so called super/mega concert featuring Akon which was the “lamest” thing ever. All the other events were experienced on television. Instead of attending the Closing ceremony, which I was anticipating to be better than the opening, I opted for a movie at home with two friends then beers, food and conversation with one I hadn’t seen for a couple of weeks.

I hope to continue enjoying the coming weeks and months with less personal and emotional difficulties so lets see what happens.