Tom Milsom – Autumnsong

Stop.  Stop whatever you’re doing.  Take a deep breath.  Relax.  Put some headphones on.  Turn the volume up.  Play the song.  Close your eyes and let it run it’s course.

I Want to be a Ford Fiesta Agent!

So my friend Karen & I just applied to be Ford Fiesta agents and we REALLY want to be chosen.  Please help us out by watching the video below and commenting on the video:

If you could also share it out and tell others to help us.  The more views & comments the better.

ALSO, if you care to tweet to @fordfiesta saying ” @fordfiesta You should pick John & Karen to be Fiesta Agents: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6jNbSKn7Rk ” that would be FANTASTIC!

If Karen & I do get chosen, we’re going to up the challenges given to us by Ford by allowing you to challenge us on missions.

So yeah, if you want more videos, a chance of me visiting you in your home town and making me do random but hilarious missions, help me become a Ford Fiesta Agent!

Asleep in the Snow

“If you fall asleep in the snow, you don’t feel death coming.”

- Francine, “Paris, je t’aime”

Phoenix – 1901

La Blogotheque is back after a 2 year hiatus and they return by featuring Phoenix in their newest takeaway show in the shadows of the Eiffel Tower to the surprise of tourists, the French and music lovers.

A Beautiful Mess

No surprise, I’m sitting in a coffee shop again, sipping my coffee, people watching and relaxing.

Pause.

That’s right, just pause.  Pausing the mess that is my life to sit back and enjoy it.  Odd as it may sound, but it’s true.

One year ago, my life was uprooted and I was thrown into a bleak recursion.  I lost all the love and joy in my life.  Living became a chore, but I trotted on.  Life sucked and I was very confused, unsure what I was to do next.  Sounds familiar?  Doctors call it vicus vita articulus, but it’s more commonly known as the quarterlife crisis.

The more I interact with the Internet (that includes you who’s reading this…that’s right, I see you), the more I realized that we are a complete mess.  We all have issues, problems and are all over the place.  And yet, we all flock to the Internet to find an outlet.

Don’t deny it.  It’s true.  But be happy and joyous about it because it’s a beautiful mess.

I interact grossly with bloggers and YouTubers.  Looking at each one that I personally know, I can’t help but smile and fall further in love with each one of you.  We each have our own mess, but each one is unique and beautiful.

Don’t believe me? Just look at each one of these folks:

Jenn leaves Chicago for LA and is now taking a blogging hiatius.

Doniree and Ashley leaving their respective towns to move to Colorado for a new start.

Erika and her dating escapes.

Karen is trying find a job and applying to grad school while juggling a life of a nanny.

Rachel and Jaime anxiously waiting for their soul mates to return from Iraq.

Erin, Rachel and Kendall dealing with their infertility.

Monica learning to live a new life with a disease.

Liz and Ari trying to find a way to move out and live their own lives.

Ashley dealing with her enormous debt.

We are all in such a mess.  Our lives are in turmoil with no specific direction, goal or endpoint.  We live each day hoping that the next will be better.  We’re all thirsting for an adventure.  For something different; something joyful that would bring a smile to our faces.

We live not because we have to, but because we know that something great is near and coming.  Our lives may be all over the place.  Our future unknown, but we know that something great will come out of all of this.

So today, as I sit in a coffee shop, now on my second cup of coffee, I can’t help but smile.  I am a mess.  I don’t know what is next.  Then again, I don’t want to know.  This time last year I was hoping for something different; an adventure that will turn all things around.  And I did, I had an adventure of a lifetime.  But today, I feel like I’m at the same place as I was last year.  And yet, I know that I’m not.  I may be anxious and curious of what is next for me; waiting for another adventure to start.  Except, I know that my next adventure has already begun and it will become apparent to me in due time.

This pause, it’s not because I want to escape from my mess of my so called life.  This pause is meant for me appreciating the mess of my life.  I love my life and I would not have it any other way.  From the triumphs and the failures, I love it all.  The mess and the successes, this is my life.  Without it, I would not become the person who I am today.  Without it, it would not be my life.

My life is a mess, but it is beautiful.

MysteryGuitarMan – Make Me Play A Song

This week’s Unknown Music Tuesday, we’re going to do something different.  With the help of MysteryGuitarMan, today’s song will be composed & played by you!  How?  Watch the video and follow the directions!

“Writing” a Blog Post