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  • Noise hurts.

    Posted on by beno 2 Comments

    On the back of the last introvert post, there is this;

    http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/25/opinion/sunday/im-thinking-please-be-quiet.html?pagewanted=all&_r=1&

    If we close the bedroom window, it keeps the noise of the freeway and sirens out, but it gets really stuffy. (Even with the celing fan on).
    Freddy and I have talked about it and we would rather the noise than the gulping goldfish syndrome.

    But things like church. Its supposed to be a calm place, and for the most part it is. Until its over, and then the noise of a few hundred people talking, just fellowshipping, hurts my head. Not just hurts my ears, but further in.
    The sound of the people talking happily hurts. And not just hurt, as in pain, but it can cause me to feel anxious. Like almost a panic. But only sometimes.
    And not just if I am drained from the week, sometimes I can be totally exhausted from the week, and its no problem to sit and talk, other times, I just have to get out and away from the noise.

    It baffles Freddy because I can’t take people talking, but now and then, there is nothing that sooths me like a nice loud rave in the garage. Yeah, get that Trance blaring and its just so calming. What?

    I can’t find the link yet.

    Like I said, there is something going on or not going on. I don’t really know what I am saying or asking, or even if it is a question……
    Just throwing this stuff out there for now.


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  • Its haunting me.

    Posted on by beno Comment

    This photo……
    Its never going to go away… proving (as if any of us needed proof) that once something is on the internet, its there until the internet implodes.

    http://www.tested.com/news/news/451911-results-james-camerons-deep-sea-dive/

    One of these days, I might tell the story behind this shot.
    (Frankly, I have never been to the Mythbusters website, so was a little surprised to see it pop up there.
    (Thanks to my friend Mark for pointing it out).
    Looking at the site, I guess I should not have been……)

    But, for now, you just need to know that one of the reasons why things went a bit quiet for me over the past month or so is because I got to do some more work with the whole sub project.
    This time, thankfully(?), I did not have to fly back to Australia for it. The work took place somewhat closer to home.
    It was, once again, interesting, stressful and extremely tiring. To the point of exhaustion.
    The movie world is brutal. No question.
    Was great to see some of the guys from the expedition, to work with them again, to hear stories that never got told due to lack of time while at sea. Most of all, for me, to hear how that last deep dive went…. Im still struggling with the decision to leave before the last big one.

    Its good to see some of the science results come out from the dive.
    If you are interested, there is a short video version here;
    http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/news/environment-news/james-cameron-agu-vin
    And there is a longer text version here;
    http://news.yahoo.com/filmmaker-cameron-expedition-finds-weird-deep-sea-life-215833028.html

    Bottom line is (see what I did there?) that we, the human race, found stuff out that we did not know before.
    Science is cool.


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  • 365 days of thanks.

    Posted on by beno Comment

    A few days before we took time off for our week long church gig, I finished up my latest 365 project.
    Writing down one thing that I was/am thankful for each day for a year.

    Its a bit hard for you to see, but I wanted to put it up for proof.
    I have deliberately made it impossible to read. I have always said that you should be accountable to someone when you do a 365 project, in this case, I broke my own ‘rule’. I did not share it with anyone, but the doc and the edit log will show that every day I wrote something in there.
    Why did I not share it? Very soon after starting it (like within a few days), it became very apparent that it would very quickly become very personal. (That’s a lot of ‘verys’ in that sentence!!)
    I did not expect this, I mean its just one thing from each day that I was thankful for, how personal can that be??
    The reason I started the project was two fold. First up, someone I greatly respect suggested that I do the project as a way of trying to cope with some of the pressures I was under since moving here. Secondly, just as the reasons we had for moving here did not turn out like we expected, I found the things I was truly (daily) thankful for to be unexpected. I’m still trying to understand exactly whats going on in my life to cause such a result, and its just all a little too personal to be airing about the place.

    Anyway, I guess I just wanted to share that its done.
    I really want to do another project next year, but am unsure what. Freddy said I should give it a break, I see her point, but I am so impressed and pleased with my personal growth each time I do one that I feel there is some real value.
    (That said, I am still stinging from the person that said I wasted a year doing the photo a day thing as it was done only for selfish reasons. I was so shocked at the time that I did not think to suggest they look at the photos I have taken for the church and how the quality of them has improved due to my ‘selfish’ project. So many church people have commented how pleased they are to have those photos…. I wonder what they would say about my latest, one thing a day that I am thankful for…. sounds a lot more selfish than taking photos?)

    Anyway, all pettiness aside, its about 2 months till Jan 1st, if you have been thinking about a 365 project, get serious and start working out what exactly you want to do. You don’t have to start on Jan 1st, but it makes it nice and neat if you do.
    No matter what you pick, try and be accountable to someone, make it something YOU want to do. Get the support of your family and go for it. It will change your life.

    I’m thankful for both of my projects.


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