T-52 Days to Go 27 November 2012 Prodigal Altar Boy 100 Day Countdown

 

T-52 Days to Go

27 November 2012

Prodigal Altar Boy 100 Day Countdown

Goal:  2 hours per day working on the film

Details: 

·     Processed new donations

·     Mailed thank-you cards for donations

·     Wrote thank-you cards for recent donations

·     Answered emails requesting link to Cine Salon rough cut

·     Sent fundraising letter to new address

·     Answered creative vision questionnaire for logo designer

·     Drafted text for movie poster

·     Forwarded proposed poster text to Advisory Board for review

Total time:  2 hours

Goal:  30 minutes per day music practice

Details:

·     Warm up – Roland Ready Strat (It’s Jimi’s Birthday, a white Strat seemed right)

·     Dies Irae

·     Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door

·     Cissy Strut

·     Granby Street

Total time:  30 minutes

Goal:  15 minutes exercise per day

Body Opus Week 14

Treadmill work

5.5 mph

3.25 miles

Total time:  36 minutes

Goal:  30 Minutes “Tangential Endeavors”

Morrie Warshawski Inner Circle Mastermind Recording

Total time:  60 minutes

Happy Birthday, Jimi

Jimi Hendrix would have been 70 years old today.  While he’s been gone 42 years, the ripples from his impact on the music world continue to wash over us.  On the live recording of “Johnny B. Goode,” he changed the lyrics back to Chuck Berry’s original and sang, “…lived a colored boy named Johnny B. Goode,” connecting the old with the new linking them with an acknowledgement of America’s racial divide.  It took the stars of the British invasion, acknowledging the influence of black musicians, to start America’s “Rock World” on the patch of giving them their due.  I miss Jimi and wonder like many, what he would be up to today.  On “Doriella Du Fontaine,” Jimi, Buddy Miles and Lightnin’ Rod predicted not only Rap-Rock, but also Gangsta Rap.  How would the planned collaboration between Jimi and Miles Davis turn out had Jimi lived? Happy Birthday, Jimi.  Thank you for all you gave us.

                                                                                                                          

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T-77 Days to Go 2 November 2012 Prodigal Altar Boy 100 Day Countdown

T-77 Days to Go

2 November 2012

Prodigal Altar Boy 100 Day Countdown

Goal:  2 hours per day working on the film

Details: 

·     Phone consultation and email exchange with second web designer

·     Email exchange with board members on web design

·     “Trailer Mechanics” – Fernanda Rossi

·     Final details for Fernanda Rossi Seminar

Total time:  2 hours

Goal:  30 minutes per day music practice

Details:

·     Warm up – Roland Ready Stratocaster

·     “So What” – Miles Davis

·     “Cissy Strut” – The Meters

·     “Granby Street”

·     “Dies Irae”

Total time:  30 minutes

Goal:  15 minutes exercise per day Body Opus Week 10

Depletion workout

Flat Bench Press – 8X8 135lbs

Leverage Row – 8X8 70lbs

Seated Military D.B. Press – 8X8 (30lbsX2)

Roc-It Lat Pulldown – 8X8 86lbs

Roc-It Chest Press – 8X8 100lbs

Roc-It Mid Row – 8X8 102lbs

Tricep pressdown – 8X8 40lbs

Bicep Curl – 8X8 60lbs

Treadmill work

36:08/3.10 miles

Total time:  1 hour 35 minutes

Goal:  30 Minutes “Tangential Endeavors”

“The Boys of Baraka” – DVD (it was a toss up between this and Hoop Dreams) watched it straight through, then with the directors’ commentary turned on.  Good insights.

"Heartbreaking" does not even come close to describe this film.  I don't know what's more disheartening, the stories in this film, or the fact there are so many heartbreaking stories in Baltimore, in Maryland, in the country, and in the world.  Whatever you do, don't Google "Boys of Baraka updates."  I mean it, don't do it!

 

Total time:  3 hours

T-79 Days to Go 31 October 2012 Prodigal Altar Boy 100 Day Countdown

T-79 Days to Go

31 October 2012

Prodigal Altar Boy 100 Day Countdown

Goal:  2 hours per day working on the film

Details: 

·     Mailing tasks continue (postage, duplication)

·     Reviewed rough cut.  Made minor changes.

·     Reviewed/implemented Advisory Board comments on fundraising letter

·     Fine tune mailing strategy (mechanics)

·     St. Kateri You Tube clip promotion (3495 hits so far)

Total time:  2 hours

 

Goal:  30 minutes per day music practice

Details:

·     Warm-up on the Roland-ready Stratocaster

·     “Dies Irae”– Stratocaster

·     “Cissy Strut” - Stratocaster

·      “Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door” - Stratocaster

Total time:  30 minutes

Goal:  15 minutes exercise per day Body Opus Week 10

Treadmill Intervals

60 seconds 4.1 mph

120 seconds 6.5 mph

11 “sets” 

3.22 miles

Total time:  33 minutes

Goal:  30 Minutes “Tangential Endeavors”

“Axis: Bold as Love” – DVD

Total time:  1 hour

Principle of Adaptation

TQ spoke a lot about the Principle of adaptation and used it throughout his life as a priest.  A product of the Second Vatican Council (Vatican II), the Principle of Adaptation held that taking scripture and adapting it to the modern age was desireable.  Let TQ break it down for you by clicking here!