I've made it a habit to collect some songs that have had an impact on me throughout the year. I've called it different things over the years but the name "JSR CD" has resurfaced again this year, with the affixation of "2012."

So here's the track list. You should be able to click the link and it will open up iTunes.

1. God Yu Tekem Laef Blong Mi by Hans Zimmer
2. Light & Day / Reach For The Sun by The Polyphonic Spree
3. Hard To Concentrate by Red Hot Chili Peppers
4. 'Unfinished Symphony' No. 8 In B Minor by Franz Schubert
5. I Am A Man of Constant Sorrow by The Soggy Bottom Boys
6. Our Truth by Lacuna Coil
7. Love of the Loveless by Eels
8. Home by Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeroes
9. Waiting for My Real Life to Begin by Colin Hay
10. Without You by David Guetta
11. Cruel To Be Kind by Nick Lowe
12. No Woman No Cry by Bob Marley

Here's some songs that didn't make the cut. They're all good, especially the first on the list, but it seemed like too much, literally and figuratively.

• Book of Love by Peter Gabriel
• P. S. I Hate You by Reel Big Fish
• Craigslist by Weird Al Yankovic
• Psycho Killer by Talking Heads
• Hello, I Love You by The Doors

Clothing Color Schemes

From time to time I get a compliment on my color scheme of the suit I am wearing. Other times I get a weird look and I know they think my colors don't match. If you have ever thought this then rest assured that it does go together, it is just a rather dangerous combination.

I thought I would share my color schemes, for hose of you who are curious. I've told several I use this tool and they have asked for it, so here it is.

I use a six-part color wheel which consists of Yellow (Y), Orange (O), Red (R), Violet (V), Blue (B), and Green (G). I negate any shades or tints (adding black or white, respectively).

I also make use of the neutral colors. Obviously the neutrals all go together, but white tends to go well with the cool colors (V, B, G) and Black goes well with warm colors (Y, O, R) while Grey goes with all. You can also switch: put white with warm and black with cool, but that is often too bold or hard to round out with a jacket.

Schemes

In standard practice there are complementary colors and analogous colors. Monochrome is a scheme too, but gets boring if you do it too often. Conversely, it can become a very bold statement if you rarely wear a monochrome scheme. You can spice these up with a triad, a double, or a split. Thus there are eight schemes: Complementary, Analogous, Triad, Split, Split Triad, Double, Split Analogous, Split Complementary.

Complementary

Complementary means the colors are directly across from each other on the wheel. That means there are exactly three complementary color combinations.

• Y/P
• G/R
• B/O

Analogous

Analogous means the colors are right next to each other on the wheel. That means there are exactly six analogous color combinations (you can also make it an analogous triad).

• G/B/(V)
• B/V/(R)
• V/R/(O)
• R/O/(Y)
• O/Y/(G)
• Y/G/(B)

Triad

Triad means choose the colors that make a "Y" shape on the wheel. That means there are exactly two triad color combinations.

• Y/B/R
• G/O/V

Split

Split means you take out the middle color from the triad. That means there are exactly six split color combinations

• B/R
• G/O
• O/V
• V/G
• Y/B
• Y/R

Split Triad

Split Triad means you take out the middle color from the triad and add the color that is one step warmer or one step cooler. That means there are exactly six split color combinations. BUT once you venture outside of the complementary, analogous, triad combinations, you start getting repeats. SO, then, there are only four split color combinations that cannot be classified any other way.

• B/R/O
• G/R/O
• Y/V/B
• Y/R/V

Double

Double means you combine two complementary colors with one analogous color. That means there are four double color combinations that are not able to classified another way.

• B/O/G
• G/R/B
• G/R/Y
• Y/V/O

Split Analogous and Split Complementary

These are the categories where the above combinations found their repeats. Split Analogous means you take your split triad and remove the last color and replace with the original middle color from the triad. Split Complementary means you take two complementary colors and add one analogous color. There are four Split Analogous or Split Complementary colors that cannot be classified any other way.

• B/O/V (Split Analogous)
• V/G/Y (Split Analogous)
• B/O/Y (Split Complementary)
• G/R/V (Split Complementary)

Danger

I mentioned earlier how you can be bold with a color scheme, but you could also be too flamboyant with colors, which makes others feel uncomfortable. In order from least dangerous color scheme to most dangerous they are:

• Monochrome (B/B/B)
• Split (B/R)
• Triad (Y/B/R)
• Complementary (G/R)
• Split Complementary (B/O/Y)
• Analogous (Y/G/B)
• Double (B/O/G)
• Split Triad (B/R/O)
• Split Analogous (V/G/Y)

Obviously you can pull off a very dangerous V/G/Y split analogous combination by changing the tints and shades.

Table

Here is a quick-reference table to all the schemes and combinations. I also have given all the combinations a name. They are sorted by danger rather than by scheme.

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Scheme		Combination		Danger		Name
Complementary		BO		1		Boot
Complementary		GR		1		Great
Complementary		YV		1		Wavy
Split		BR		1		Cold
Split		GO		1		Go
Split		OV		1		Done
Split		VG		1		Lady
Split		YB		1		Bib
Split		YR		1		Rye
Analagous		OYG		2		Goya
Analagous		VRO		2		Rover
Analagous		ROY		2		Roy
Analagous		YGB		2		Big
Split Complementary		BOY		2		Boy
Split Complementary		GRV		2		Hard
Triad		BYR		2		Bird
Triad		GVO		2		Grover
Analagous		BVR		3		Brave
Analagous		GBV		3		Bum
Double		BOG		3		Bog
Double		GRB		3		Grab
Double		GRY		3		Gravy
Double		YVO		3		Mom
Split Analagous		BOV		3		Bye
Split Analagous		VGY		3		Girl
Split Triad		BRO		3		Bro
Split Triad		GRO		3		Grow
Split Triad		YVB		3		Mad
Split Triad		YRV		3		Hot

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