5 things rocking my world

I thought it was about time I wrote another blog post, so here’s a post about 5 things that are currently rocking my world.

Being outdoors

More and more as I get older, I realise I love being outdoors. Indeed, I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve been camping this year, whether festival style (I do love an alternative festival or two) or not. For me, the best camping experience is rural, with an open fire. Cooking on the fire, foraging for wood and anything you can munch on and spending time with those favourite people around you. In my eyes – there really is nothing better than it. People often say to me ‘I can never find a campsite that allows me to have a fire’. There’s plenty – some of which very local to Sussex. Here’s a  good website to start with when locating campsites that allow a fire in the UK, but always check with the campsite owners first.

Soundcloud

For me, Soundcloud is really starting to come into it’s own and is now a contender against Last.fm and Spotify for a place for me to go for new music. I’m seeing all my favourite artist have a soundcloud account where they often post pre-release versions of newly produced tracks for feedback, mixes and ‘free to download’ back catalogues of their older material. The ability to comment on media at certain time stamps is great too – encouraging feedback and interaction. Soundcloud ftw. Go on – perform a search and see what comes back for you.

Ostrich burgers

I like occasionally trying something random for dinner. I’m lucky to have a fiance who gives my random taste excursions a go – even if only to humour me. Some time back it was pigs trotters. They went down OK. Though they took too long to cook and had hardly any meat on them. Ostrich burgers however are great! Purchased from the wonderful Principle Meats in Brighton, they are rich, tasty, lean and low in fat. Highly recommended on a rustic baked roll with salad and a tangy sauce.

Jay Rhoderick

Jay Rhoderick is a bit of an improv/training legend – running various courses on improvisation and how improvisation can benefit business and stimulate creativity, not to mention a whole host of other things. In his own words ‘Business improvisation is my passion’. I was lucky enough to attend a workshop run by him a couple of months back (he’s US based) and have since started following him on Twitter. His timeline is great and he’s constantly providing lots of useful resources for creativity, teamwork, commitment, business tips and improvisation techniques. Check him out on twitter or bizprov – he doesn’t have a mountain of a following, but I think we are going to see this grow in time.

Learning new musical instruments

I believe that all learning is good and I’ve always been one to constantly try out new things, sticking with some of the things I discover and putting others aside. My current foray into the world of experimentation is with the fiddle (or violin, depending on how you play it). I’ve always loved this instrument and finally decided to buy one and start learning how to play. True, it’s not the easiest instrument to play, but I am learning and it’s great fun, whether I continue for years or simply binge on it for a few months. I’m almost a tune down and as my fiancé is learning to play the Ukulele at the same time, I can get away with being noisy. I recently came across this video – which show that the fiddle is capable of some quite amazing stuff. Yes or Michael Jackson anyone?

My suggestion to anyone is if there is anything you want to try out, don’t hold back – give it a try, you never know, you might like and be a dab hand.

So those are the 5 things rocking my world at the moment. What’s rocking your world?