Jerksalot Of Camelot

ahh, work. what's to say of you? not much, if you ask me. which you didn't. so i won't even say not much. i will say not anything. this morning was spent doing not much of anything, though i did get up at a reasonable hour today. tonight at work, we were going to have a great night, but it ended up being not-so-wonderful. tibet didn't come, so it was just me and becky, and we didn't get our big nugget tray from chick-fil-a for dinner. sad times! christin and i got in an argument, and i had a big, bad plate from sbarro for dinner. it was terrible.

but i got home and played around with my camera a bit, trying out settings and lighting and such. tomorrow will be an action-packed day of adventure, as i'll be heading out to d.c. with some friends from youtube. that'll be good. but for now, there's nothing really going on tonight. i was going to attempt to get to bed at a decent hour, but i ended up cleaning up the house [since we're having visitors] and getting all that squared away. but now it's far too late, so it's time for bed.

Kerning

it's friday! i got my new stuff today. excitement! new computer, much faster than my old one by a factor of, like, thousands. maybe not that much, but it's pretty exponentially better than the old thinger. dinger. majigger. i got one out of two monitors and the computer itself, as well as a 32gb memory card for the new camera... which i bought afterward! best buy was out of them, i was misled by the website. but i got it at hhgregg, and honestly, i'm kind of glad i did. i ended up getting a 3-year 'oops' plan that basically allows me to replace the camera/lens if anything happens. and the best part is that they give me the newest version of whichever one. good times.

oh, i posted this video today. check it!

after i got everything and set up the new p.c., i recorded a little bit to see what the camera can do. without the lights, there isn't a whole lot i could do in the house, but i got a taste of what good depth of field looks like in a viewfinder. after that, i headed out to see christin at work and bid farewell [for a short time] to judy [a friend of ours], who is getting shipped off to russia soon. did some homework while i was there, and we headed to applebee's afterward for drinks and late dinner with becky. that was fun! i actually took some video and edited it when i got home. this was the result. bedtime.

Leaving You Alone

that's right, you guessed it. more filler! i like pie. really, i do. actually, i like cake better, but pie is quite delicious. at the time of posting this blog, i'm watching this, which you should watch too. it's my friend justin's new band, sea breezes. they're good. it's like his old band, age sixteen, procreated with a shoegaze group and had this band as a child. i like it a lot, and i look forward to a proper release. wish the songs were longer, though. good times. okay, i think this paragraph is long enough. i hate posting these filler blogs. blah. wish i could remember thursday.

Mariachi Sucker

this is a filler post, because i was unable to blog this day and it's too far beyond the day. i have no idea what i did! i'm a bit nuts, so i can't stand there not being something posted for this day, as well as the next day, so i'm posting this nonsense here. don't read this. it's not interesting. there s nothing of value. actually, i do remember that on this day, i posted this video. you could always go watch that, if you're not doing anything else. if you've already seen it, or aren't interested, just move on to the next day. actually, skip tomorrow too, because it will be more filler. good day!

Nearslighted

i accomplished many things today, but only a few of them were things i had set out to do. many of the things i had set out to do were not accomplished, as i was seriously impeded by lack of creative energy. couldn't write a good set of lyrics and a song structure to save my life. i had a song stuck in my head [which i won't mention, because it's embarassing], and usually the way for me to get it out is to listen to it way too many times. i did that. it didn't work. i listened to it on my way to and from the gym, which was nice to go to, but yeah. didn't work.

earlier in the day, i went and visited the lovely wife at work. she pulled a double today, so i'm sure she's ridiculously tired. seemed like it, since when she came home she immediately plopped down on the bed and nearly fell asleep before i could even rub her feet! so yeah, hanging with carter and her for a few hours around lunchtime was cool. came back to the house with the intent of writing, recording, and filming the song/video for tomorrow, but got none of that done. i did record what i had intended to be friday's video [will end up being wednesday's — no song this week], so that's good. but most of the time was spent being uninspired and chatting.

tonight, i priced computers and cameras. it looks like i'll be picking up a well-priced gateway i7 number from a wholesaler, because honestly it's cheaper than buying the components and putting it together myself, plus i get the added bonus of a warranty and legit operating system. i also found two pretty nice 23" acer led monitors for under $300, so that's good. if the wife approves the deal, i'll be buying the computer and camera as an early graduation present for myself. kind of lame, i know, but i don't want to ask people for money. i want to make good videos and sell them real products. would help to get over the writer's block first, though. perhaps new gear will bring new drive/inspiration.

Octopus Complex

so today at work, becky and tibet bought a party platter of nuggets to share [with lego man] for lunch. when the people at chick-fil-a asked how many people were in the party, tibet responded quite enthusiastically with, 'two!' that made me laugh. i made this before i headed off to work, and edited it when i got home. i'm pretty satisfied with it. the funny thing is, in the beginning of the video i play with the macro function [to simulate nervously adjusting focus á la luke conard], and i was afraid that i had accidentally left it on macro for the remainder of the video.

i didn't. that was a relief.

yeah, my wife called me at work to inform me that the switch was 'on the mountain,' which was nice of her to do. speaking of work, i had a pretty good time. me and flanda chilled, it wasn't busy at all, so we didn't do a whole lot of anything besides clean. we cleaned a lot... i have tomorrow off, then two days of opening before a free friday [w00t!] and a saturday of closing. hooray for decent work schedules! i have no idea what next week is going to be like, but i hope it will enable me to play with my new camera if i end up ordering it this week. excitement!

Permeate

too late again. too much on my mind. too much food in my belly today. too much salt consumed. tomorrow i close the shop, today i went to church. i'm a member of the orthodox presbyterian church now, which is good news. tomorrow i'll film and produce a video, and maybe it will be good and enjoyable and people will like it and share it around the internets and i will enjoy that. or it will be not good and the opposite will happen. who knows? not me. now it's time for sleep with hopes that i don't sleep too long. tomorrow is swiftly approaching. goodnight.