jadedoto.net || vincent purcell

I just wanted to drop a line on the website about how thankful I am for all of you who tune in and everyone who calls in. I speak for the whole crew when I say that it means a lot, it means the world to us to know that we're touching nerves, exciting conversations, and broadcasting something that's like the last bastion of hope in Kentucky's monotonous media landscape. It is our duty to continue bringing enlightening (even controversial) discussion, and we sincerely hope you continue to listen, to challenge us, and to challenge those around you.

That sort of title almost makes this seem like it's going to be a post about xkcd! Well, I love xkcd. So here's a gratuitous xkcd comic:

Right. Well then. I'm currently listening to the GLEE soundtrack, however gay that might make me seem (which would be pretty gay, and totally justified I guess).

I'm currently working on several projects! One of which, that I'm pretty excited about is to show off at Tinker which is being put on by a whole hooray of groups in Lexington, not the least of which is Collexion. I'm working with learning about generating video signals! That doesn't sound too cool, except things like Framebuffers and on-the-fly video pulse generation enable some pretty cool stuff.

I've been known to blog pretty openly on the internet about my feelings and thoughts, and for the most part it's served me well. Perhaps once I had a creepy incident stemming from it, but I feel it's a great way to express myself. Sort of like reverse voyeurism, I like to expose my insides to anyone who might like to know. It sounds kind of creepy, but I find it rather relaxing. Sort of like how you know when you wrote "Dear Journal" as a kid, nobody would read it... it's like that, only now I write "Dear Blog" and assume nobody will read it for the pleasant surprise someone does...

I woke up this morning to a very unfortunate greeting with last nights dinner. It basically ruined by day, and I missed for the first time my show at WRFL this morning. Apparently Watson and Ross weren't content with not having the show, so despite my cancelling the show, the show went on. That's showbiz.

I feel better now. I was approaching severe dehydration, but have managed to keep enough fluids in so that I can kind of see straight and manage to walk up and down steps... I still feel very weak and exhausted though...

It recently came to me how utterly cool it is that I'm only 19 and doing the things I'm doing. I feel so incredibly privileged to be at a University with some of the world's best professors and professors who are renowned for their research; I am honored to be handed a radio show on 88.1FM WRFL in Lexington KY where I can speak my opinions freely on the air, play music and provide a platform for a weekly radio show I host called outloud! and share GLBT news with the world.

I am given a gracious gift by the powers that be for a keen photographic eye, and a scientific precision that allows me to master the analog processes.

I have been gifted a sharp and critical curiousity allowing me to question the world around me, challenge authority and work to change it for the better.

I am one of the lucky few who can call themselves among the ranks of hackers and engineers who tinker with technology to make really cool shit.

And above all, I am proud of my sense of morality, my sense of what is right and good, the strong character from my German mother, and the strange sense of humor from my older brother. The sense of calm and levelheadedness from my grandfather, and his wealth of technology and cameras from him I've inherited.

Rock on, world. Fear me, for I'm out there, and I don't plan on stopping anytime soon.

-V