"So explain this to me... Everyone has a three day weekend for MLK day but I who usually has Mondays off must go to work because it is a Holiday. They will give me off another day during the week right? Wrong. Due to the holiday I'm now forced to work an extra day this week. Brings a whole new meaning to the term Comcastic"
Well this has been a very interesting weekend in a lot of ways, and I have a lot of ideas to write and feel like I won't be able to get them all out before I forget them, but here I go.
Well today I woke up in Reedville, don't worry it wasn't like a night of binge drinking or anything where I wake up over state lines, I was just visiting some good friends with my lady down there, and it was a good weekend relaxing out of town. But needless to say I had a lot of time in the car where Meg and I discussed options for the future and everything. Many ideas and thoughts and I'm not really sure how to convey all of them. I think I need to do a few things to reach my goal and they are as follows:
Create a pseudo goal/timeline. Basically create a series of events that exist between where I am now and my goal. Basically a "tree" if you will, where I can see myself move on up and to my branch etc. You must realize I'm both an excessively visual person, and also very plan oriented so I find it difficult to get to my goal without knowing the path I am to take and the steps to guide me there. I am excessively jealous of the "jump in with both feet" kind of people because I cannot even fathom that. So I must apologize to anyone reading this but a plan is what I do. But that is also another short coming of mine, I hesitate, and I am going to try and stop doing that. I let myself find reasons to put off moving towards my goal. I don't know why, perhaps it is fear of failure, or perhaps it is fear of picking something that will leave me feeling trapped and the only way to feel in control is to, ironically, do nothing. So I am going to not do that anymore. I am going to write my scripts and my stories as much as I can, and I am going to try to do freelance film and get the professional experience I need to be marketable in the Academic world, and I am going to try to get Adjunct teaching positions to get teaching experience in the college atmosphere. I just can't let myself get scared. Scary I know, but can't get scared.
Other interesting things we spoke of; Willmington NC. This is apparently the East Coast version of LA with the largest sound stage east of LA. There are also Colleges down there with film programs and as Meg was looking through their websites (she is definitely the one who drives me along whips and all... well, not in that way, more in a clean the dishes and get the job you always wanted *whip crack* kind of way) and they even have open teaching positions down there. I would enjoy being a creative writing for film teacher. It would be ... quite possibly ideal. So needless to say I need to do anything to get experience in that direction. A lot of research is around the corner I think. And I still need to buy a small timer so I can make sure I put in the effort. Talked a lot to the in laws about all this today too, so that was also very insightful, and talking to them really made me realize that I don't DO much now. I feel like I'm all talk. I have nothing to SHOW for my writing except outlines and ideas. So my goal is to have something in hand. Soon. I want a full script by...hmm. July 4th. I think I can get it done sooner cause the one in mind for this goal is already outlined with some small writing, but that is the goal. Whole thing by July 4th.
As far as working out today I wanted to go running but it was raining and my gym is like an hour away. I really want to join Meg's gym because it is across the street. Literally, across the street. Like I could cartwheel there across the street. Money. Le - Sigh. So I think I am taking today as a break from working out, and you should always have one a week. But then again I am going to watch a movie with Meg here soon so maybe I'll get a work out in then. No, not like that. Well, that isn't what I would consider a workout anyway. I think I might try to get some light exercise in with the free weights during the Movie. Meg says my arms have gotten smaller over the last year and she misses my muscle size. That is a slayer right there when you wife remembers when you were hotter. SLAIN! So I am getting back up to size and then some. As we all recall...
Living the dream. And speaking of odd blue people, the movie Avatar was apparently denounced by the Vatican this week. That's right. Jesus don't like blue aliens. And I know there was more to it, something about mother earth being BS next to God and so forth, but all I have to say is REALLY? Really Vatican, I know you have a stance and can respect your viewpoint, but you are never going to make any Friends going around denouncing Movies. Unless you feel like Denouncing the movie Garfield. I don't think anyone could really argue with you there.
But the Movie Avatar I had mixed feelings about going into the movie, not least of which was because since I don't have TV and never saw a preview for it I thought I was going to see the movie Avatar the Last Airbender directed by M.Night Shamalan and based off of a Nickelodeon cartoon about a fantasy world of magic and mystery. WELL, big fail on my part there. But in all honesty I did like the movie Avatar even overlooking the fact that they beat you to DEATH with the Pocahontas / Ferngully / Every Sad Indian Reference EVER as the storyline. I truly was waiting for, and must say was vastly disappointed, when there was a lack of trash rolling by a crying alien. Big fail Avatar. Big fail. But the movie LOOKED amazing. The writing made me laugh at how ridiculous the way conversations went, but I think it was best summarized by the guy sitting behind my brother in law whom every time something Pretty happened on screen went "oooh" out loud. It looked amazing and you actually felt very emotionally invested in the romance of the main characters if not their plight. Bit of good artistic directing there, which I think was probably easy because everyone was animated. Real people aren't that interesting to watch and never get the acting quite right. So needless to say the movie was ridiculously long, but enjoyable because you could care about the characters and how they grew towards each other, just make sure you don't listen to what they say because while they might be two blue giants in a world of mystery with visual panoramas that make the mind open like a flower on a lake of mercury, the writing was on par with all blue people animation everywhere and would have been adequate for people in white hats living in mushrooms with a robe toting wizard after them. So in closing, watch it for the spectacle. But you might want to listen to an audio book or something so it actually seems like interesting things are being said.
Over and out.
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I still think you should freelance for MavTV, even though Meg probably no-likey!
ReplyDeleteTough blow with the linguini arms!!! Dude, don't sweat the arms. You can get those back in no time flat, as long as you BLAST 'EM, at least that's been my experience. The more I workout, the more Arnold's words from the EofMBB resonate with the truth. His method is correct, but it's REALLY FREAKIN HARD TO DO. There's a theory in HIT workouts that is: if you lift a sh*t ton to failure within 8-12 reps, then you only have to do 1 set. You can then rest for 1 week so that the muscle has time to rebuild fully. Arnold takes that theory and suggests to do 4 sets at a time and then do it twice a week per muscle group. If you do the prescribed workouts, you will see results very quickly, just make sure you do them to failure. NOW. Lifting to failure is easier said than done. When you slow down your lifting speed, you will find that you can lift much more than you ever thought and it will make you either puke or lament or you're not doing it right! You puke when your liver is depleted and you lament when you realize you can keep going despite the burn. This happens when the weight you picked is 10 lbs. too low and you have to keep going despite any burn, because you need to go to failure. I often end up in this predicament with my shoulder raises. Just to let you know, when I do the workouts right, I scare myself!
Now... time for some linguine!
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ReplyDeleteI like this whole deadline thing. I have two or three scripts I am working on currently. I will focus on one of them and have it finished by July 4th. That's exactly 127 days away. Its totally possible.
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