Music in Various Forms

Being a music lover, I find myself searching the web for the sounds that fit my ear best. I am an avid rock 'n' roller when it all comes down, but I am drawn to anything that moves me. I would absolutely love to have a soundtrack running for my life. (That's a fairly common thing, I think. I mean, just look at all the people with headphone cords hanging down their necks. We want to be immersed in a music-driven life.) So I will regularly be posting video links to some of the coolest and most innovative forms of music I can find.

This first one has rocked my socks for over a year now. The fine people of Eastern Asia seem to always be the most daring in trying new things. I mean they have, what, half the world's population in China? You're bound to get a few genetic combinations that produce children who say, "Hmmm. I wonder what happens when I mix this with that and spin on my head while eating this...thing...here."

I give you, DJ Kentaro:

Astoria Trip

Leaving your mark
Originally uploaded by jasonjodock.

Julie and I had a fantastic time in Astoria this week. It was less than 3 days away from home but it felt fantastic. I'm still quite relaxed. And then I think about work tomorrow. Then I remember this photo and wonder if our names are still in the sand or if the tide came in by now and shook up the enormous Etch-A-Sketch. I kind of hope so because my cursive sucks.

Click on the image to see a few of the photos from our trip.

Jodock Family Photo - Easter 2007

100_4826
Originally uploaded by jasonjodock.

I'm hoping that by clicking on this image, you'll be able to link to all of the photos I uploaded from this Easter. Julie, Evie, and I all dressed in yellow. (Yes, I'm wearing a tie.)

It was a glorious day. I always feel giddy on Easter. There's just something about the thought that on this "exact" day 2000-something years ago, Jesus rose from the grave. How cool is that?

We then spent the afternoon at Julie's folk's place eating more food than my stomach could handle. Evie also ate too much because she woke up with the flu (or something like it) on Monday. Poor thing couldn't keep anything down and had no energy what so ever. But she's feeling much better now....uh...that's the end of my story.

Evie Crawls!

It's alive! Just having a proud Daddy moment. I was so excited I had to go to the bathroom. You'll see my feet toward the end of the video and hear the beautiful sound of *flush* *gurgle gurgle*.

Long Awaited Vacation

I just booked a room at a bed and breakfast in Astoria, Oregon for the end of this month. This will be Julie and my first vacation alone since Evie was born... wait a tick... this will be our first vacation alone since we went to Disneyland in 2004. Needless to say (but I'll say it anyway), I'm looking forward to this much needed vacation.

I'll be sure to get pictures up once we get back.

Getting Started

I've finally given in. I'm blogging.

Let's take a moment of silence to let that sink in.

Okay. First things first. I intend to use this place as a meeting place for friends and family. Mostly I want to post my pictures here. I can't use Soteria's site to post pictures and if I use Costco's online print center to store my images I have to allow permission to people (versus letting the world into my life as they please).

So here we go...into the great abyss of the Internet...and then into history.