Why the Fuck Not?

I need to get back into updating my blog. It’s been about 3 1/2 months since my last entry, and I haven’t gone back to read them all yet, but I’m saddened. I’m saddened by the fact that I was able to actually update the thing from July of last year to mid-October (2 1/2 months), but not keep up with it. I think if I can even try to post *something* each night, I’ll be able to get back into the whole thing and actually have it as something to do, something I stick with. That’s not to say I don’t stick with anything, it’ll just be nice to have something that I constantly update.

You don’t know the amount of times I’d either think about coming back to my blog to make a post, or how many times I’d actually come back to the blog just for the links section to check out some webcomics and whatnot. What actually got me back into it? Nothing persay. I was about to skim through my old entries and figured I’d stop being so lazy and finally update it. Mom said she’s had journals for a few years now…the fact that she can keep up with it for that long makes me think that I suck for not being able to even make it HALF a year, let alone a full year or multiple years.

So do I go through what happened in the last few months before I continue on? Well for one, I’m not going to continue on in *this* post persay. Mainly because I could probably add a decent entry (hah, yeah right) and don’t really feel like typing that up right now, but I’ll add one for maybe what I did over the weekend later tonight.

But to say what happened since mid-October to the beginning of February? Well, we have a new president, Barack Obama. World of Warcraft came out with it’s 2nd expansion, Wrath of the Lich King. I finished my first paid wedding video and am actually preparing for my 2nd one soon (14th). I’m a bit nervous for it, but we’ll go into that at another time. Tried to get to know 2 girls in that span of time, both I met through OKCupid, and both didn’t work out. Hmm, anything else I’m forgetting? Saw a plethora of movies, which sucks cause I would have liked to have typed up something for them, but I definitely won’t do that right this moment. Maybe when I do my nightly blog update, if I didn’t watch a movie that night, I’ll review a movie I had seen since then as a little bonus to myself. Yeah, that’s a good idea. Oh, and last but not least (since it just occurred to me), Lost season 5 has started up and it’s been amazing as expected.

If you can’t guess, WotLK (Wrath of the Lich King) had taken most of my time up since my last update. Obviously not between mid-October / early-November, but once it did come out, it was like an obsession. I didn’t stop doing everything else in my life, but I did play the game a lot more than I had hoped I would. Up until the expansion’s release, I doubt I was really doing anything that exciting with my life anyway, but now that the game is in a lull again, I can and will hopefully tranverse other aspects of life. Not that I will be going to clubs and bars and “doin’ ladies left and right”, but I’ll hopefully be getting myself out and maybe coming up with ideas.

I mention that because my resolution to myself this year was to come up with, shoot, and edit my own short film that I could possibly submit into a film festival. Sadly I wouldn’t be able to make it into this year’s Asbury Park film festival which I believe is in April with submissions being due a few months ago, but just to be able to create something from my own mind…that’d be incredible. Not that I haven’t ever filmed and edited anything on my own, but this is more of a personal project that I would like to do, something that would make me feel like film is my path in life and that I won’t be JUST a wedding vidoeographer for the rest of my life (or work at this engineering company for the rest of my life either).

I’ll end this post with what I need to do very soon: I need to go to Circuit City and use this gift card that Matt & Brenda got me for Christmas ($20) before that place goes completely out of business. Sure it won’t get me much, but I could pick up a pack of tapes for my camera. Speaking of which, since I’ll be getting paid before making this next wedding video, I’ve been thinking of investing in an additional video camera. Before that, I need to clean out my car and see if I can find the damn piece that attched my cam to my tripod. That way I can have one stationary camera filming something and a second camera filming from a different angle (mainly for things like the ceremony and family dances). With that I’ll need to pick up a few extra battries as well. Then after the wedding (if I can’t muster up the strength to start it now) and after I finish and give them the video, then I need to work on the Halloween video that I filmed last year. I also need to pick up some nice DVD cases so that I can make the video somewhat more presentable.

That’s just a taste of what I’ve gotta do in the next two weeks. Anyway, I’m out for now.

-John

We’ve got nothing to worry about, we’ve got nothing to worry about.