Category: General

I’ve been running out of music. I got gigs of it, but I need something new. Help me here people.

• I got the new Fiona Apple album, which is just a rerecording of the album that Sony never released. On the whole, I prefer the unreleased album. They just added more production and slowed songs down so you could understand the lyrics. There is one new song which is nice.
• Kristen Dunst has a play list up on iTunes. She has “God only Knows” by Langely Schools Music Project as one of her songs. I told you she was adorable… (actually she’s probably a nut job for all I know. I don’t want to sound stalkerish)
• On a somewhat related note, I downloaded the Elizabethtown soundtrack from iTunes (where I buy everything now). I’ve been listening to “Jesus was a Crossmaker” by the Hollies and “Shut Us Down” by Lindsey Buckingham.
• I also downloaded some singles from Johnny Cash and Tom T. Hall that I didn’t have. I’m downloading some Hank Williams as I write this.
• I’ve been trying to listen to artists I liked from the SXSW music download that was offered last year. They had a gig of free music from all the artists that were there. I did buy some stuff from Keren Ann, so who says free music wont lead to sales. I should also note that its hard to make a purchase decision after listening to a song for 30 seconds.

For those of you new to my website (and there are several), I wrote last January of my intentions to travel around the world once I finish my current degree.

I haven’t mentioned it much since then because there hasn’t been much to mention, but I’ve quietly been compiling plans for how and what I want to do. Most of it has been with regards to technology, but the trip to Argentina has got me thinking of how I’m going to pull this off and just what I need to do to get it done. It will be much more difficult than I first thought.

To recap for those not up to speed, here is the sort version of the plan: circumnavigate the globe and visit at least 100 countries.

The long version is much more involved. I want to create a document of my travels online. Text, video, audio, photos, everything. I want to do it as live as possible (which might be difficult depending on where I am). I want to use the site to meet people around the world and document all the people and things I experience. If possible, I’d like to take what I create and bring it to a different medium, like TV, but that would be just gravy. I want hours and hours of video, of which maybe a fraction could be used for other purposes. I want to talk about the science, politics and history of all the places I go in a depth that you can never see on TV. I fully intend to interview the Prime Ministers of Nauru and Tuvalu.

I’ve already reserved a domain name: everything-everywhere.com. It has a hyphen I know, but I thought it captured what I’m trying to do and it was available. I will need a team of support people back in the US who can work reservations for me, get my shipments, and manage the website. I also want to take a bunch of rock samples and have them sent back to the US as well.

I got some help already lined up here to help me while I’m on the road, but I’m sure I’ll need more. I haven’t even begun to make the website yet. I have no idea where this project will go, or how big it could get, but I’m not too worried. If nothing else, I get to see the entire world before I die.

…and that’s pretty cool.

I don’t really know how many people read this site. I know I’ve had people come out of the blue and tell me they read it, but other than the Apple fanboi incident, I really don’t suppose I get that much traffic.

I do want some help on something(s) from the few people who do read it. In particular:

1) I need a new image for the top of the site. I’m looking for a collage of photos I’ve taken. You can find those on my Flickr account. The text in the image is actually text and not part of the image, so you need to put the white space in. I have no talent in Photoshop.

2) You may or may not have noticed that I don’t have an “about me” part of the website. I’ve tried doing it, but I can’t write stuff about myself. I just can’t. Everything comes across as boasting or self deprecating. I have a Friendster profile, and I don’t have anything written about me there either. What I’d like is for one or more people to write and “about me” section for me. Feel free to do it in the comments, expand on what other people write, or email me. Feel free to be honest. I can’t get my feelings hurt. The only requirment is that you have to know me in real life, not just through reading this site.

You have your assignments. Godspeed.