Friday, March 28, 2008

Realization from Video Editing

To make that two and a half minute "Do you know?" took about 2 hours of rough footage. And when you are editing you basically have to watch all of it.

As I did I began to see myself as others must.

Observation 1) Out of shape - Why did nobody tell me how out of shape I am? I think when men look at their bodies they imagine the best case scenario of what they see. (Women do the opposite.) This isn't so pressing to me, I've already joined a gym and seen a doc. I'm basically disappointed that nobody stopped me and said, "Trey, I'm your friend and you're killing yourself." Almost nobody, Stacey was willing to pull me back from the cliff face. Shame on the rest of you.

Observation 2) I don't shut up! - Watching those 2 hours of rough footage, basically 70% of the dialogue was mine. Which is saying something because of how verbose Jeffro is. A lesser tongue may not have been able to get even 10% in. I just kept up a string of rambling jokes, observations, instructions and know-it-all-isms. I told Jeff, upon watching the rough footage I wouldn't be my own friend.

He claims I've got a complex and it wasn't that bad. That at the time all those comments and jokes seemed to fit it. Still, can I trust a man who wasn't willing to pull me back from the cliff face?

THE PLAN) Solitude!

I've been trying too hard in social situations, placing too much value on what others think of me. The video reminded me of the 8th grade version of myself who never stopped talking because he was desperate to prove how smart and funny he was.

I need to refocus this in a spiritual bent (as I've tried to do with my weight). While at Harding I spent 1 day a week in solitude for an entire semester. This meant no human contact, no tv, no internet, no phone, no reading, no writing, nothing to keep my mind preoccupied. I'll spend that time listening to God.

Obviously my schedule is different now. I plan on being in solitude one day a month. If you try and call or text me you won't get a response.

Sub-plan) Shutting UP!

I plan on shutting up more. I want to console myself by saying that even though I talk a lot, I assure you I have been listening. The things I said in that video where mostly responses to things Jeff said, so clearly I'm not just waiting my turn to talk. I don't plan on trying to change myself entirely either. I know I'll always be a talkative, bombastic, know-it-all, grandiloquent, loquacious, blathering fellow. But maybe I can tone it down a notch: Just enough to remove blathering from that list.

I want to get back to that Trey from late 11th grade who only needed to say one short sentence or just raise an eyebrow to get a laugh or cause someone to think.

"Brevity is the soul of wit."

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Wednesday, March 19, 2008

Final Promo Video for Spring Retreat 2008

"If you watch Rob & Big you'll think this is awesome!
If you don't you'll just think we're idiots.
Either way you're right."
~Jeff Brooks"


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Monday, March 17, 2008

Promo 2: Gladiators Parody

Gladiators Parody featuring the Music of Bib Fortuna



If you don't know Bib Fortuna, here he is

Sunday, March 09, 2008

YouTube Goodness

Sesame Street Hip to Be Square!



Saturn Road Promotion Video for Spring Retreat.
300 Parody

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Tuesday, March 04, 2008

H2BS: Huey Lewis Saved My Life (Honorable mention to The News)

(Mrs. Hey Man mentioned my hair cut and that got me thinking.)

Huey Lewis Saved My Life (Honorable mention to the News)



I was recently in a very receptive state and fate shined on me and the Huey Lewis and the News song "Hip to be Square" played 5 times in one weekend.


I then bought it on iTunes. After long hours meditating to the message of H2BS I decided to change my life.


Here are some quotes and changes they inspired in my life.


1) "I used to be a renegade, I used to fool around / But I couldn't take the punishment, and had to settle down" - First line right out of the box! I feel it. The world has broken me finally, I'm more willing to conform.


2) "I'm working out most everyday and watching what I eat / They tell me that its good for me, but I don't even care" - This is now true for me as well, I'm averaging 7 hours of working out a week. Take that! I'm also eating better. And like Huey, its not really just about the health benefits, its about being a part of the health club scene.


3) "Now I'm playing it real straight, and yes I cut my hair" - Self-explanatory. Also, long hair at the gym is like jogging will wearing wet mop as a hat.


4) "But don't you try to fight it; 'An idea who's time has come.' " - Take my advice, never question the collective will of your culture. They enjoy hammering down the proud nails and it hurts. I'm waving the white flag, I feel like a rat sometimes. Then I feel the warm acceptance of my culture, that comforting feeling that most of my thinking has already been done for me. Also, I can fit into my fat jeans again. (I have 4 categories of jeans: svelt, chunky, fat and morbid.)


Are these changes permanent? Some prolly, some prolly not.


One of the places I heard H2BS during that fateful weekend was in the movie "American Psycho" here is a quote from said movie. (Bear in mind the man saying this is getting ready to go crazytown with an ax.)


"In '87, Huey released this, Fore, their most accomplished album. I think their undisputed masterpiece is "Hip to be Square", a song so catchy, most people probably don't listen to the lyrics. But they should, because it's not just about the pleasures of conformity, and the importance of trends, it's also a personal statement about the band itself. "


And now, I feel like H2BS is a personal statement about me as well. Thanks Huey.


You might think I'm crazy, but I don't even care
Because I can tell what's going on
It's hip to be square

Saturday, March 01, 2008

3 Things

1) Leap Day

It came and went and I didn't get a chance to say anything. What a strange day! Leap day always proves to me that the METRIC SYSTEM WILL NEVER WORK! Sure you can make a nice "Base 10" system for measuring length and width, but what you can NEVER have a easy 10-scale measurement of time!

Leap day is the case in point! - There aren't 100 perfect days in a metric year. There aren't even 365 even days! We have that 1/4 day hanging around waiting to mess you up! In fact our calendar isn't even that great! The Mayan calendar was more accurate than our current calendar 4000 years ago!

Ok, so Leap Day is cool. Metrics will never work, quit feeling guilty that America won't convert.

2) Wellness update

I'm feeling fine, haven't heard anything new. The waiting may kill me.

3) "Moonbeam"

Had a few comments about my name selection. "Moonbeam" was going to be my name (according to my mother) if I had been born a girl. That's right, Moonbeam Laminack. That really tells you something about my upbringing. Two yuppies who used to be hippies. I think I still have the free spirit of a "Moonbeam" even if I have been forced to cut my hair because of the man.

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