Reflection

Eric and I have been watching old videos on Vimeo and YouTube (Christine's Vimeo, Eric's Vimeo, Christine's YouTube, Eric's YouTube) tonight. Eric's been hanging out with me at work since I have to work until 7 tomorrow morning. It's been really interesting to go backwards in time to see how far we've come since we started out. To see how our methods have changed, how the quality of the things we make has changed, how our perspective has even changed. To see how each of us has our own signature techniques and yet to see at the same time how each works so perfectly well together. We can be ourselves and still be a couple. We can do things separate and still do things together.

It all started a little more than five years ago when Eric and I met at a local coffee shop, each of us not really knowing what we were going to do with our lives. Eric wandered into the coffee shop I frequented regularly simply by chance. And then he sat down at a table at Greenhouse with myself and my friends. He didn't say much. I didn't say much. We were both kinda just caught up in our own worlds. But Eric would come again, would join my group of friends for more nights of lounging about, waiting for something to do. Eric and I would get to know each other over time, would learn each other's sad sad stories which were very soon followed by much happier times (though there would still be trying times as there always are). And then one day, Eric would finally decipher my blatant hints and meet me at my office. From that moment on, we have never been apart for longer than a couple of days.

The pictures are out of order on our Flickr account, and Eric has now deleted his old one. It's October 6th, 2005, and we visit friends (oddly, who are now divorced):

It's the day before our wedding, and we go to Greenhouse once more to relax before the big day. We didn't spend that night with each other. Eric spent the night at our apartment in the Avenues, and I stayed at my mom's.

It's the month I will graduate from the U of U for the first time, and Eric and I are doing laundry at our first apartment in Murray which I had moved into with my sister when I returned from my internship in Alaska.

It's the day after Christmas the first year that we are together. Eric had taken me to meet his family Christmas Eve, and I hope that my blue hair hasn't freaked anyone out.

Then, suddenly, we're married, and we have a little girl. A beautiful little girl who we were not altogether prepared for, but who we are very happy to have in our life.

We take a trip to Washington the next Spring, and I make my first video on my old Dell laptop that I had bought from a friend.

More times ensue, and next thing you know, we've done so many things over the past several years that it's really quite crazy how far we've come. Music, art, photos, videos, anything you can imagine. We've probably tried our hands at it at least one time or another. Even podcasting. Blogging. Everything.

The Discobeats Trilogy

Long tracks, each with an over arching story and many parts. Meant to be listened to on long drives. The name "Discobeats" being a play on "Disc o' beats" and not having anything to do with Disco.

[audio:http://freedownloads.last.fm/download/263631440/Discobeats.mp3]
01- Discobeats

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[audio:http://freedownloads.last.fm/download/263631441/Discobeats%2B2.mp3]
02- Discobeats 2

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[audio:http://freedownloads.last.fm/download/241998268/Discobeats%2B3%2BPart%2B1.mp3]
03- Discobeats 3 Part 1

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[audio:http://freedownloads.last.fm/download/241963934/Discobeats%2B3%2BPart%2B2.mp3]
04- Discobeats 3 Part 2

Snyder Vector by ~mistyvesper on deviantART



WEB THREE by ~snyder on deviantART

And here we are now, with our lives still not quite figured out. But we're working on it. And we're getting there. Slowly but surely.

Christmas with The Mahlers from Christine Mahler on Vimeo.

There's a lot of our stuff out there. If you're ever interested, you can find us almost anywhere.

(We have over 5,000 photos on Flickr. The oldest can be found here and the newest can be found here. The easiest way though is to browse through the sets found here)

Comments

[Jen]

I totally love this. I can relate to being all over the web for a decade back... and it makes for fabulous nostalgia when you go back through it. It really makes me appreciate how far I've come, and how happy I am to be where I am! It's nice having it documented. :)

Seeing yours is so fun... I remember you guys at all those stages. :)

I loved this post, and your old pictures. And for what it's worth? Your blue hair totally didn't freak me out. :)

[Lindsay]

Ha! Like your blue hair could freak any Mahler kid out... :-)