FAWM 03.14.09 San Dimas Showcase

On March 14, 2009, a group of people passionate about songwriting gathered at Home Brew Coffee Company in San Dimas and showcased their songs for the night. Each person showcased 2 songs they wrote for the FAWM challenge. It was nice to meet the musicians in person. Wonderful music rang and danced around the place, swirling with the warm and awakening aroma of coffee. I am glad to have been a part of it.

One of the songs I played was Black & White.

And here's the wonderful poster designed for the event by Steven Guiles:

the way i see it #7

Gershwin

Concerto in F by Gershwin is beautiful & moving. Of course the famous Gershwin piece, Rhapsody in B, is exhilarating, but Concerto in F has a different scent of beauty in it, it opened my ears.

I attended Jean-Yves Thibaudet's performance on Concerto in F @ Walt Disney Concerto Hall on Feb 12, 2009, it was my first time listening to that piece of music and my ears welcomed it very much, and a smile was put on my face while I was listening to it. Hadn't felt such genuine happiness in a long time.

pretty shiny... pretty & shiny

My friend made my car pretty and pretty shiny... contact me if you're in LA and would like your car polished (for a fee... would have been quite a steal if it was free ;> ).

CSS + E-mail clients

As technology advances and anything web-based is just slowing expanding its claw over all territory in its path, e-mails, once used to be only black and white and text-only, has now dressed themselves up with colorful backgrounds and images and clickable links and such, but they yet have to be completely acquainted with CSS, the governor of style in the web universe, and so working with e-mails + CSS sometimes can cause some head-banging (might that just be an attempt to add sound to the e-mails?)...

Recently I found this page containing very useful information on compatibility on CSS and popular e-mail clients, might this shed some light onto the realm of styling e-mails:
http://www.campaignmonitor.com/css/

And here's another link with tips:
http://www.9xb.com/blog-html-emails-and-outlook-2007.html

Cherish ...*

Once again I'm reminded to live every day like it's the last one.

Life and death - two things that are completely out of human's grip. We can only control how we face them.

While there's light this second, it could be utter darkness the next; warm hands could be claimed by frost the next minute.

Time continuously ticks as its steel heels knock on the ceramic ground. Microscopic sand trickles swiftly down the flask, escaping the finest woven net. You might be mesmerized looking at the grains of gold glittering in the sun, and exclaim how gracefully they glide; you might want to stretch out your arms to try to reach for the flask and turn it upside down, only to realize you're actually standing on top of the pile of sand, sealed inside the transparent glass...

So by "life and death", I'm reminded again to seize every chance, before it evaporates. There's no "redo", "undo", "rewind" or "replay" button...

The shimmering torrent is pretty to look at, I only hope to not slip away with it mutely, leaving no trace.

John Mayer 2008.12.06

Attended John Mayer's show at the Nokia Theater this night... his musical talents can't be denied --- mastery at guitar, groovy, rhythmic, energetic, artistic, has his own vibe. It was his solo performance but he used a machine to create his "drum loop" and pedal. It was an awesome concert. I left with notes bouncing off my head.

I think I saw 陶喆 (David Tao) there... or I saw a guy who looked awfully like him.