Jordan Larrigan dot com http://www.jordanlarrigan.com Just eat it. It's good for you. Wed, 03 Dec 2008 06:04:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc en Beauty in Chaos http://www.jordanlarrigan.com/2008/12/beauty-in-chaos/ http://www.jordanlarrigan.com/2008/12/beauty-in-chaos/#comments Wed, 03 Dec 2008 06:04:02 +0000 Jordan Larrigan http://www.jordanlarrigan.com/?p=216 I will soon be causing utter chaos to my blog. This is a personal experament to descover what I am capable of with out an once of planning. Calling it, breaking out from the shell of order.

Don’t forget, always try to win the war before the first battle starts!

]]> http://www.jordanlarrigan.com/2008/12/beauty-in-chaos/feed/ BrainFart http://www.jordanlarrigan.com/2008/11/brainfart/ http://www.jordanlarrigan.com/2008/11/brainfart/#comments Mon, 24 Nov 2008 20:30:42 +0000 Jordan Larrigan http://www.jordanlarrigan.com/?p=214 I have come to the realization I am great at nothing. While at the same time I am good at everything. Think jack of all trades if you will. I bring this up because I have been having trouble thinking about where I should go with my life, job, and hobbies. Which has lead me to a sort of depressing brick wall in which I have no clue what to do with my life.

However, I am starting to see the benefit of being the so called “jack of all trades”. For example, after my last week of learning how to use ableton live, I am fully able to record an HD video, create my own soundtrack and any graphic arts I might need. I am a one stop shop for making completed videos. I might not film the best video or create the greatest music but I can produce a solid 7 or 8 out of 10 quality production. Which opens a door for a side career. I have also come up with at least 8 different possible side careers where I am able to do 100% of the work. Which to me is an amazing accomplishment wether I do them or not.

So with all of these new found ideas and a short conversation with my friend Jeremy Lane, I have discovered what my real skill is. The ability to quickly learn and adapt to anything while not being hindered by past schools of thought and reasoning.

On the opposite side of things, this does present a problem. Staying at one job for a long period of time and furthering a single career is boring and difficult. How does a jack of all trades create the perfect working environment and thrive in the world, self employed?

On a side note, I will be in Washington this week, expect photography.

]]> http://www.jordanlarrigan.com/2008/11/brainfart/feed/ First Music Videos http://www.jordanlarrigan.com/2008/10/first-music-videos/ http://www.jordanlarrigan.com/2008/10/first-music-videos/#comments Wed, 15 Oct 2008 18:04:40 +0000 Jordan Larrigan http://www.jordanlarrigan.com/?p=210 These are the first two videos I made from the Rockin for children with AIDs show. I recommend watching them in HD.


Patrick Emswiler from Jordan Larrigan on Vimeo


Big Eagle from Jordan Larrigan on Vimeo

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Big Version
To download

Band Line-Up:

Emily Wryn

http://www.myspace.com/emilywryn

Big Eagle

http://www.myspace.com/bigeagleband

Patrick Emswiler (of the Spaceshots)

http://www.myspace.com/patrickemswiler

Skating Club

http://www.myspace.com/skatingclub

Austin Hartley-Leonard

http://www.myspace.com/austinhl

Macek

http://www.myspace.com/macek

Nico Stai

http://www.myspace.com/nicostai

Castaneda

http://www.myspace.com/castanedaband

Stephan Martin (of Socadia)

http://www.myspace.com/socadia

50 Cent Haircut

http://www.myspace.com/50centhaircut

Lemon Sun

http://www.myspace.com/lemonsun

AM

http://www.myspace.com/amsounds

The Forward

http://www.myspace.com/theforwardmusic

Year Long Disaster

http://www.myspace.com/yearlongdisaster

]]> http://www.jordanlarrigan.com/2008/10/rockin-for-children-with-aids/feed/ Quote of the Day http://www.jordanlarrigan.com/2008/09/quote-of-the-day/ http://www.jordanlarrigan.com/2008/09/quote-of-the-day/#comments Tue, 30 Sep 2008 19:32:03 +0000 Jordan Larrigan http://www.jordanlarrigan.com/?p=199 “Anticipate the difficult by managing the easy”

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Also the old jeep is destined to land at Jeremy’s property for some future off roading excursions in Washington.

For the full screen version go Here

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Full screen Version

]]> http://www.jordanlarrigan.com/2008/09/flowers-and-sydney/feed/ Washington Labor Day - Mt Rainier http://www.jordanlarrigan.com/2008/09/washington-labor-day-mt-rainier/ http://www.jordanlarrigan.com/2008/09/washington-labor-day-mt-rainier/#comments Mon, 01 Sep 2008 18:25:49 +0000 Jordan Larrigan http://www.jordanlarrigan.com/?p=189 We woke up at the butt crack of dawn, roughly 4-5am Saturday morning. Only to find the sky completely covered in clouds. Yet, we decided to head to the mountain anyway. I mean why not, the weather report said partly cloudy and good hiking conditions. We filmed a little video and take off around 5:45am.

We took a pit stop on the way up for survival food and gas. Nothing particularly interesting about the food stop. However, the gas, wahoo was that intense. I have recently come to find out there is such a thing a “speed pumps” for semis. These things spit out gas a billion miles and hour and let me tell you, gas in the face is unpleasant in every way. Moving on…

We arrive at the mountain at around 8:30am. Walk into the ranger station to release the tension of last nights Mongolian grill extravaganza. On our way back to the car we ask the rangers how the hike is. He tells us, most of the hike is white out but around 8k elevation is clear. I say sweet, great for photography, let’s do it. So we head out at 9am.

One question was continually posed by the crew the whole hike up. “Do we really think the sun is up there?” The entire hike up we encountered many people who assured us the sun was coming only 1000 feet up to go. So we pushed on, and on and on. I would say we reached around 8500 - 9000 feet when we came across the only honest guy on the mountain. He told us, “nope, there is a small bit of sun at the top but it should be gone by now.” At that point we decided we were done. At 3pm Rob released more furry on the top of the mountain. Good thing we brought the toilet paper.

Next, was probably the most exciting part of our trip. Sliding down the mountain! Not only was it exciting, it was completely scary. Visibility was around 20 feet and there were crevasses all over the place. First Sean goes, then Jon, Drew, me, then Rob. Top speed around 20 miles an hour. The only breaks we had were our feet and they didn’t work. My method of stopping was bailing out and come to a rolling stop. We were able to do this for around 2 miles and then had to hike out the rest.

The final mile was the worst. The sky was clear, and the sun was out….

Here are the photos from the hike. These were taken by all of us with random cameras. The video will come in a week or so once I figure out how to edit videos.

Click here for the Full Screen Slide Show

]]> http://www.jordanlarrigan.com/2008/09/washington-labor-day-mt-rainier/feed/ Summer Party at Myspace http://www.jordanlarrigan.com/2008/08/summer-party-at-myspace/ http://www.jordanlarrigan.com/2008/08/summer-party-at-myspace/#comments Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:51:08 +0000 Jordan Larrigan http://www.jordanlarrigan.com/?p=184 I lost most of the photos in a smudging accident. Here are the saved ones.

Full Screen

]]> http://www.jordanlarrigan.com/2008/08/summer-party-at-myspace/feed/ Nader Protest http://www.jordanlarrigan.com/2008/08/nader-protest/ http://www.jordanlarrigan.com/2008/08/nader-protest/#comments Wed, 27 Aug 2008 21:46:06 +0000 Jordan Larrigan http://www.jordanlarrigan.com/?p=178 There was a Nader protest at myspace HQ today. Since they really didn’t tell us what their purpose was I am going to choose not to write about it. As far as protests go, this one was a major let down. Hardly any yelling or screaming, no riots, no nothing. The Police showed up, looked at the crowd and left with a look of disappointment.

But here are the photos.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jordanlarrigan2/sets/72157606984712289/show/

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