Superstition Ain’t the Way

January 20th, 2010

Earlier this evening I watched (for the umpteenth time) Stevie Wonder’s performance of Superstition on Sesame Street back in 1973. Whenever I listen to that performance I find myself bouncing around to it for the rest of the day.

Last night Sharon and I checked out Avatar. Cool film, especially the visual effects. It’s in this new 3D format and looks crazy good! The plot was somewhat predictable but it dealt with issues of imperialism and native displacement which I thought was brave of a Hollywood film.

Speaking of film, there’s another invasion of my neighborhood by the Caprica crew who have set up for a few more days of filming on Gore Ave. It’s strange walking home through sidewalks filled with lighting gear and cast members in their full sci-fi outfits. It’ll be fun to watch the series to see if I can spot my local areas. I remember the pilot episode had a part where you could see a BC Ferry in the distant background.

I’m still sorting out my new schedule now that I’m back to full-time work and working out how I’m going to fit in everything I want to accomplish this year. The first thing on my list is to get back into my gym routine, which has been spotty over the last couple of months. The other thing I’m making an effort to do is to practice the drums every day. I have this philosophy that you can predict what goals you will accomplish by looking at how much time you spend on those things each day. So for me I want to whip my ass back into shape so I need to be doing something active each day and I want to be a half-decent drummer (like Janet Weiss!) so I’m trying to sit myself down behind the drum kit each day.

And on that note I’m going to move over to the drum kit…