Mail from the Bottom

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So I got mail the other day. I NEVER get mail. It's soo nice to get mail. Thanks to Erik & Co. from the Bottom Union.

Matisyahu: The Hasidic Reggae Superstar

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Yes, yes ya'll. It's Matisyahu the Hasidic Reggae superstar.

Now this was unexpected. Crossing over, breaking boundaries... it's all good. Straight from Crown Heights, Brooklyn.

How R U Ending It?

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Last week was a lesson in discipline, with having to post a video a day for video blogging week. I have to admit, midway I thought I wouldn't make it through. Especially with heavy work deadlines pressing.

But what kept me posting was knowing that others were doing the same and that people were watching. All the videos I saw were so personal and I can't explain the feeling I got from having an inside look at a person's life, or how they view the world, how we agreed and disagreed. It felt like I was connected on a global scale. Like we were all connnected and forming one big global family. No, as Ian and then Richard said - "You can't do that in a podcast."

Anyway, I would love to continue producing videos daily, but unfortunately it doesn't pay the bills just yet (Hopefully someday! Cross fingers). But what I do want to do is post videos on a daily basis of things of special concern to me, or that I find interesting, or can help someone out in some way, or that is socially conscious. I will still post videos of my own life, and produce original content, but I like how discussions can be started through this medium. It's unlike anything else that I've experienced thus far.

So keeping in line with that thought, I found this web site dedicated to a global call-to-action on overcoming AIDS, starvation, and extreme poverty - especially among children. If you have a couple of minutes, check out the short videos above. And if you have extra time, email Tony Blair (even if you're not from the UK) and let him know that as a global family, we do care and that during the G8 summit in July, you'd like your voice heard.

Videoblogging week.07 (future)

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I saw Charlene's video blog the other day and thought it was cool how she fused the android-type voice with her emotions.

Then I came across the video above, and it all became a lot clearer. David Hanson, a doctoral student at the University of Texas’s Institute for Interactive Arts and Engineering has worked on an android with facial-expression recognition. So very freaky.

Videoblogging week.06 (dancing fool)

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Hope you made a fool of yourself today.

Song: Planet Rock by Afrika Bambaataa.

Videoblogging week.05 (freedom)

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Here's a remix of a video post by Erik Nelson over a bottomunion.com that was really sad. He and his wife went into a pet store and there was a little white finch who was missing the feathers on his back because he was trapped in a cage with a dozen other finches of a different color who were pecking him. The original post is here.

Unfortunately this is not uncommon, but we can always inform ourselves on what we can do if we think animal neglect or abuse is taking place. Here's one web site: pet-abuse.com. I'm sure there are lots more.

Poem: Part of I Know Why the Cages Bird Sings by Maya Angelou