Friday, October 1, 2010
A Very, Very Obscure Song
The Studio of Long Valley
http://www.tricma.org/
Song: With or Without You
Artist: U2
Performed by: The King of Funny Faces
September 9, 2010
Story of My Life
My Dad and I went to New York City twice after he was diagnosed with PSP. The last time, we got a room in nice hotel overlooking Central Park. Very expensive. We woke up after they stopped serving dinner. Since he was severely disabled, they let us eat leftovers from the continental breakfast in the lobby of the hotel. I was twenty seven years old, but it felt sort of like this.
Word of the Day - October 1, 2010
Funny1 a.
1. Affording fun mirth-producting, comical, facetious.
2. Curious, queer, odd strange. colloq.
Example according to someone recently blocked by me on Facebook: "...every 37.8 seconds, somewhere in America a man is battered, according to the National Violence Against Women Survey."
1 The Oxford English Dictionary: Volume IV F-G. New York: Oxford University Press, 1933. p609.
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
It is a Good Day to Die
Thank you for making me a human being.
Thank you for making me a warrior.
Thank you for my victories and my defeats.
Thank you for my vision...
...and the blindness in which I saw further.
RIP Arthur Penn
RIP Greg Giraldo
Take care of my son here. See that he doesn't go crazy.
Warm Regards,
Erik B. Anderson, the King of Funny Faces
Independence Township, New Jersey
Established 1782
Thank you for making me a warrior.
Thank you for my victories and my defeats.
Thank you for my vision...
...and the blindness in which I saw further.
RIP Arthur Penn
RIP Greg Giraldo
Take care of my son here. See that he doesn't go crazy.
Warm Regards,
Erik B. Anderson, the King of Funny Faces
Independence Township, New Jersey
Established 1782
Concept of the Day - September 29, 2010
A double bind is a dilemma in communication in which an individual (or group) receives two or more conflicting messages, with one message negating the other. This creates a situation in which a successful response to one message results in a failed response to the other, so that the person will be automatically wrong regardless of response. The nature of a double bind is that the person cannot confront the inherent dilemma, and therefore cannot resolve it or opt out of the situation.
...the essence of a double bind is two conflicting demands, each on a different logical level, neither of which can be ignored or escaped. This leaves the victim torn both ways, so that whichever demand they try to meet, the other demand cannot be met. "I must do it, but I can't do it" is a typical description of the double bind experience.
For a double bind to be effective, the victim must be unable to confront or resolve the conflict between the demand placed by the primary injunction and that of the secondary injunction. In this sense, the double bind differentiates itself from a simple contradiction to a more inexpressible internal conflict, where the victim really wants to meet the demands of the primary injunction, but fails each time through an inability to address the situation's incompatibility with the demands of the secondary injunction. Thus, victims may express feelings of extreme anxiety in such a situation, as they attempt to fulfil the demands of the primary injunction albeit with obvious contradictions in their actions.
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Example: Judge to young man: "Leave that woman alone!", while the man knows the woman will approach and antagonize him to get into trouble.
...the essence of a double bind is two conflicting demands, each on a different logical level, neither of which can be ignored or escaped. This leaves the victim torn both ways, so that whichever demand they try to meet, the other demand cannot be met. "I must do it, but I can't do it" is a typical description of the double bind experience.
For a double bind to be effective, the victim must be unable to confront or resolve the conflict between the demand placed by the primary injunction and that of the secondary injunction. In this sense, the double bind differentiates itself from a simple contradiction to a more inexpressible internal conflict, where the victim really wants to meet the demands of the primary injunction, but fails each time through an inability to address the situation's incompatibility with the demands of the secondary injunction. Thus, victims may express feelings of extreme anxiety in such a situation, as they attempt to fulfil the demands of the primary injunction albeit with obvious contradictions in their actions.
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Example: Judge to young man: "Leave that woman alone!", while the man knows the woman will approach and antagonize him to get into trouble.
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Two Frogs In a Hole
There were two frogs leaping around in a swamp. Suddenly they fell in a very deep hole. All the frogs gathered and told them that its impossible to get out of this mud-filled hole and that they have to give up.
The first frog tried to jump and jump but he never make it, the rest of the frogs outside the hole kept making him down.
Eventually he gave up and died.
The second frog however keep on jumping and jumping trying to reach the surface, despite the discouragement of the rest of the frog. He finally made it.
The rest of the frogs were amazed and told him why didn't you listen and give up like the other frog? Then he explained that he was deaf. He thought that they were encouraging him to get out. That's why he kept on trying.
The first frog tried to jump and jump but he never make it, the rest of the frogs outside the hole kept making him down.
Eventually he gave up and died.
The second frog however keep on jumping and jumping trying to reach the surface, despite the discouragement of the rest of the frog. He finally made it.
The rest of the frogs were amazed and told him why didn't you listen and give up like the other frog? Then he explained that he was deaf. He thought that they were encouraging him to get out. That's why he kept on trying.
Monday, September 27, 2010
Down By the Water - Open Mic - 9/9/10
Studio of Long Valley
Song: Down by the Water
By: PJ Harvey
Covered by Erik B. Anderson
http://www.tricma.org
Sunday, September 26, 2010
Testimonial
"There is honestly no one I can think of that would be better to play Murdock or Hamlet. I'm not just blowing smoke up your ass because I'm your friend either, I seriously mean it. You would be fantastic in either one of those roles. I really hope you get them."
-Ritchie Murder
-Ritchie Murder
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