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JEFFREY NORDSTROM

I got the part!

1/30/2017

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I accepted a role in the Chilliwack Theatre Guild's April production of Jitters. It's my first role that I actually auditioned for, so it feels pretty good, even though I'm extremely nervous about it. I struggled to remember all my lines for the pantomime in December, but I didn't really have anybody to run them with; here, I should be able to get together with people involved and make the play happen.

And maybe even remember my lines so much that I don't have to stand petrified, just off-stage, script in hand, hoping to not miss my cues when I step on stage.

Yay!

I bought a few of these types of scripts for university literature courses 15 years ago, but this is the first time I get to have one for its actual purpose. Woo hoo!

A photo posted by Jeffrey Nordstrom (@jeffnords) on Jan 30, 2017 at 9:40pm PST

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A few recent social media posts.

1/26/2017

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I've tried writing a few blog posts over the last few weeks, but my brain has not been able to create anything interesting and blogworthy. So here are a few recent posts to other places.

On Instagram

#fraservalley #fraserriver #agassiz #britishcolumbia #ice #river

A video posted by Jeffrey Nordstrom (@jeffnords) on Jan 15, 2017 at 7:28pm PST

When scaffolding meets tree. #victoria #victoriabc #YYJ

A photo posted by Jeffrey Nordstrom (@jeffnords) on Jan 21, 2017 at 4:15pm PST


On Tumblr

http://jeffnords.tumblr.com/post/156330420431/todays-run-that-feels-good-running-fitness
http://jeffnords.tumblr.com/post/156193839601/a-red-flag
http://jeffnords.tumblr.com/post/156276514311/this-paragraph-made-me-think-about-residential

On Twitter

Just for fun. pic.twitter.com/U6Dkk6Nc3i

— Jeffrey Nordstrom (@jeffnords) January 26, 2017

Could use something surreal right now. | ‘Loving Vincent,’ a Feature-Length Film Animated by 62,450 Oil Paintings. https://t.co/sjv87aC2Ke

— Jeffrey Nordstrom (@jeffnords) January 21, 2017

Reflection. #teacher #TeacherLife #literacy pic.twitter.com/5RsFTZMkqU

— Jeffrey Nordstrom (@jeffnords) January 21, 2017
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10 albums that influenced me as a teen.

1/13/2017

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My bellydancing, Piers Plowman-studying friend Noelle Phillips posted this to Facebook today; I asked her if I could post it here because it got me thinking. And she consented.

This list is making me overthink. @Belladonsah #nostalgia pic.twitter.com/gXjX0kSowS

— Jeffrey Nordstrom (@jeffnords) January 13, 2017
Since I try not to use Facebook anymore, I didn't post anything there. For my purposes, a list like this belongs on Tumblr. So here goes:
http://jeffnords.tumblr.com/post/155824934566/10-albums-that-influenced-me-as-a-teen
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Just one note about my love for The Cars.

1/5/2017

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I get down on myself: this is a fact. I tend to badmouth my own music and creations. I'm finally at a point where I might be able to get my last set of demos mastered and I'm totally reluctant to do it because I really can't picture anybody being interested in them. Those are a couple self-confidence reasons that I should address through therapy and experience and get-down-to-work-and-get-it-done-edness. Not what I want to talk about here.

I also feel like my music is dispassionate. tedious, and essentially archaic. I think to myself, I can make whatever music I want, but nobody wants to listen to this shallow, pseudo-intellectual whiny stuff. And it sounds old.
But then I look at my music tastes and I realize that I started listening to The Cars when I was in Grade 7. And I still listen to their songs more often than any other artist's songs. This should embarrass me. Shouldn't music tastes change a little more between Grade 7 and age 36? And, despite my vast musical tastes, why am I still listening to this one artist on a regular basis?

Then I heard last Sunday's edition of... The Sunday Edition where Michael Enright and Robert Harris discussed a couple albums that continue to move them despite decades of distance. Harris discussed how much the recording of Wonderful Town moved him as a child even though he didn't understand all of it, even though he hasn't listened to it for years and years.
So I don't feel so bad about my love for The Cars now.

And perhaps there's someone out there who might be moved by the music I make, despite my own aversion to it.
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General knowledge books, pre-Internet.

1/4/2017

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Every once in a while, I come across a book from my childhood and I try to introduce it to my daughters. And I'm almost always disappointed at how they just don't seem impressed.

​This is one such book:

Back in the pre-Internet days, books like this were precious for knowledge-seekers like myself. pic.twitter.com/UYcYFT5T87

— J. Nordstrom, edu. (@jnordedu) September 26, 2016
From that book, I learned about Esperanto, Andorra, Alfred Nobel, and the history of candy. I read its articles over and over again and used it in school projects. This book and books like it were my bread and butter for learning and company at home.

There's a long tradition of books like this one:
  • 1000 Things Worth Knowing
  • 1000 More Things Worth Knowing
  • The Maker of Many Things
And here are a few that I've bought for my classroom: my Grade 7s in particular choose them for silent reading time.

The Internet is killing this type of book. It makes me sad. pic.twitter.com/ntOjNnIDKv

— Jeffrey Nordstrom (@jeffnords) January 3, 2017
So why don't I read them very often anymore?

I blame the Internet.

​​Because these books were the Internet before the Internet. These books were a wealth of information that a person just might be looking for. There seemed to be so many times when I would wonder something, crack open one of these books, scour the Table of Contents and the Index, and actually find an article that addressed my curiosity. The writing was always edited carefully and written in a lively, interactive tone. They were perfect for knowledge-seekers like me,

Now I first go to the Internet and these books often lay dormant. I feel a little bit o' melancholy about it, as if something's been lost. But that's probably just me being a sucker for nostalgia.

Which isn't all bad. But I miss the careful editing. The Internet's slapdash chaos is useful for finding specifics, but nothing beats good editing and copy for getting big ideas across.

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