LifeStudent » LifeStudent http://www.lifestudent.com/hub The Unofficial Blog of John Halcyon Styn Wed, 01 Feb 2012 08:18:25 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 2006-2011 halcyon@cockybastard.com (Halcyon) halcyon@cockybastard.com (Halcyon) 1440 http://www.lifestudent.com/hub/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress.jpg LifeStudent http://www.lifestudent.com/hub 144 144 Another dose of positivity, love and growth with a healthy dash of pink. Love, connection, and dishes from the Belief Buffet. Hosted by John Halcyon Styn love, halcyon, burning, man, hug, hugs, hugging Halcyon Halcyon halcyon@cockybastard.com no no Comic Con Memories http://www.lifestudent.com/hub/2009/07/25/comic-con-memories/ http://www.lifestudent.com/hub/2009/07/25/comic-con-memories/#comments Sat, 25 Jul 2009 23:22:02 +0000 Halcyon http://www.lifestudent.com/hub/?p=2328

I’m not at Comic-Con this year. But here’s an old clip when I went (and dressed up as “Commander Hugalot”).

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It was an honor to spend a few minutes talking about my digital path with Zadi for PBS.

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Last year the Pink Ride was one of my Burning Man hilights. This year, it was again! The crew that showed up was AMAZING! And their swirling good vibes connected me to something deep and wonderful.

You can also catch footage of several of my ’08 Playa Projects: Snuffleoctobike, The Pink Esplanade Cabana, & my Bone Goggles.

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song: bass nectar
(voice sample, I think, is Thich Nhat Hanh)

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my nephew (20 months) and I got our groove on this afternoon!


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“How did you get the name Halcyon?”


“How do you deal with criticism?”

*The page I read from is here.

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At the end of HugNation on New Year’s Day, I told a story from my travels to Turkey 15 years ago.
It’s about 8 min. Click “more” to see a picture from the adventure.



Nemrut Dagi

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I pre-recorded the “Tao Buffet” story for yesterday. I did it for several reasons: 1) We’ve had some tech troubles last few weeks with audio and 2) They are doing construction at my apartment, so I wasnt sure what the background noise would be like.

And it worked out pretty well for the live show!

The story, “Don’t Pester The Monks”

And the Live Hug, too:

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My Thanksgiving was AMAZING! So much so, that it inspired THREE videos from the day…

To start the day, before I went to my folks to eat, I recorded some thoughts about one of my favorite holidays:


But one tradition that did not change was our annual trip to the beach. We try to time dinner so that we can be at the beach at low tide.
Every Thanksgiving and Xmas: Put the bird in, head to the beach, come back, clean up..and eat.

Today at the Beach we saw tons of starfish – purple and orange like the color of popsicles.


But then I saw a true tide pool treasure, the rarest of the rare, the “black orchid” of the barnacles…
An Octopus!

I didn’t want to pry it out of it’s hiding place, but I wanted to meet him, all the same.

So I held out my fingers to see if he would grab on to me.

HE DID!


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I broke out the iron and tried to work out the wrinkles in my previous green screen attempts…

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My roomie and I dressed up and went to comic con. We took the coaster downtown and had a blast! (inspired by our frineds at PulpSecret.com)

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You may know that while I have a mind that thinks up lots of crazy ideas, I lack the patience to learn many skills.

So occasionally I take on projects without any real clue of what I’m doing.

With that, I present you with another installment of “Crafting withOUT skill” This episode: The Comfortable Platform Shoes Experiment


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While taking a sunset bike ride, I had a magical encounter with a few dozen 13-year olds. I was so energized, I manically made this video for the next few hours after I got home.  Watch this vid if you are – or ever were – 13.


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You can’t spell “patchouli” without “OCF”! Here’s a short little video from my virgin experience in the woods outside Eugene:

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Hilights for me were my amazing camp mates, The Silent Rave (more later) and the blissful Ritz.

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PART 1 – includes intro and hug

PART 2 – includes the Tao Buffet Story about “Painting The Wrong Pink” And learning what “Float More” really means.

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Yummy carny goodness! Quick video from my adventure at the San Diego County Fair. Camera work by Tabatosh.


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Fun video from day with the Hugmobile and mom’s sewing machine.
Lots of lessons and laughs. My mom has a cameo, too!


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I’m riding a happy wave right now. I feel like I’m in the flow. Feeling filled with purpose…Listening to the signs. :) And when i faced doubt, I was visited by a Grease Angel.


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Saw a bunch of dolphins today…


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***This video was also submitted to Vlog Deathmatch!***

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My brother and I made this video last year for our mom. We recorded it all on green screen, improvised, and then added backgrounds later.


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The sun was setting and I was dancing on my balcony. So I grabbed my camera and turned it on myself to capture the magic moment.

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Little music video to mark the transformation on my 36th birthday…via new license plates.

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Any suggestions for what I should give as my 5 word speech?

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