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I love being part of fan filled events. Midnight releases are the biggest part of that. Whether it be a movie, a book, a game, what ever, I love being in that crowd, standing, sitting, waiting, with hundreds of people who share a common love with you. A bond, that that although minor and short lived, is strong, and can be felt in the air.
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They say you can never go home again, and that’s one of the truest statements out there. We (people, places, relationships) are constantly changing. Things can never be what they were, but they can be new, but only if you’re willing to let go of the past, and look to the now, and put all that energy that we use trying to keep the past alive, into forging something new. Especially in the digital age.
Example: The X-site. It was a beautiful thing, and one of my fondest memories, but when it went down, we put energy into trying to recreate it, and it just wasn’t the same. So we put that collective energy into CoH, and that was something new and filled with stories, but that too changed after awhile. And Eric has started playing WoW with me now, and I focus on that, because I know if I were to try to go back to CoH, it wouldn’t be home. What I remember from that game was a small ragtag team against the world, and Bam is now a higher up in the servers biggest SG, so even going back to that game, despite who I do or don’t’ know, the worlds moved on, and It would never feel like home to me. I think the only place that world is unchanged for me still is in my mind, and I like keeping that part of it alive.
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I read a great book “Soon I will be Invincible”, and there is a one man show in it, I can feel it. It’s a super hero story told by two narrators, one hero and one villain. It’s very clever, and has a “swimming to Cambodia” feel to it. I think I may work on it my third year.
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It’s about to be burnt once more, and I’m all out of wood to rebuild it again once it’s through.
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I got an e-mail today from a few of film students in Georgia today, and they’re forming a small…guild…company…cult? I don’t know what to call it, but they are writers, and directors, and basically all the behind the camera folk, and they want to have me be a part of said group as their actor. Not that they need only one, but just so they have me on for all the projects they do, to play a lead, or a support, or even do voice overs. Should make for an interesting project, and allow me to do a lot more film this coming year.
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As August grows closer, I wonder how the year will be.
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So…”I now pronounce you Larry and Chuck”…don’t get me wrong, I like both Adam Sandler and Kevin James a great deal…but is this movie really calling out for a midnight showing? For some reason, this town is having one. I think I must be missing something.
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People run for exercise or to relieve stress, but when was the last time you HAD to run. Like, life or death, no thought to form or breathing patterns, don’t feel your arms or legs, panic, fight of flight, dead sprint run?
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All that Jazz I said earlier about the not going home again, I realize now sitting here, how prevalent it is to some situations going on, not just in the digital world.
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Week and a half left, and it’ll be my 6th season of CRT closed down. Wonder if I’ll be back next season.
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I’ve been reading some really great stuff on different forms of courage in this book for my summer reading list. I may try to copy some of it down later, it’s really striking.
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I was in the commons getting lunch the other day, and the girl in front of me ordered tuna on wheat, and the guy behind teh counter asked if she wanted her sandwhich toasted, she said yes. He puts it into the oven, then turns back around and says
"You get your Tuna toasted a lot don't you?"
loooong silence
"I...wha...I beg your pardon?"
She glances at me, to see if my mind went there too. I try to keep the poker face. The worker, not aware of his unintentional inuendos presses on.
"You order this sandwhich alot and get it toasted don't you?"
"Oh, um, yeah. Well, not in awhile, I havne't gotten this sandwhich in a while..."
And behind her, my, holding in tears of laughter.
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They say you can never go home again, and that’s one of the truest statements out there. We (people, places, relationships) are constantly changing. Things can never be what they were, but they can be new, but only if you’re willing to let go of the past, and look to the now, and put all that energy that we use trying to keep the past alive, into forging something new. Especially in the digital age.
Example: The X-site. It was a beautiful thing, and one of my fondest memories, but when it went down, we put energy into trying to recreate it, and it just wasn’t the same. So we put that collective energy into CoH, and that was something new and filled with stories, but that too changed after awhile. And Eric has started playing WoW with me now, and I focus on that, because I know if I were to try to go back to CoH, it wouldn’t be home. What I remember from that game was a small ragtag team against the world, and Bam is now a higher up in the servers biggest SG, so even going back to that game, despite who I do or don’t’ know, the worlds moved on, and It would never feel like home to me. I think the only place that world is unchanged for me still is in my mind, and I like keeping that part of it alive.
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I read a great book “Soon I will be Invincible”, and there is a one man show in it, I can feel it. It’s a super hero story told by two narrators, one hero and one villain. It’s very clever, and has a “swimming to Cambodia” feel to it. I think I may work on it my third year.
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It’s about to be burnt once more, and I’m all out of wood to rebuild it again once it’s through.
------
I got an e-mail today from a few of film students in Georgia today, and they’re forming a small…guild…company…cult? I don’t know what to call it, but they are writers, and directors, and basically all the behind the camera folk, and they want to have me be a part of said group as their actor. Not that they need only one, but just so they have me on for all the projects they do, to play a lead, or a support, or even do voice overs. Should make for an interesting project, and allow me to do a lot more film this coming year.
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As August grows closer, I wonder how the year will be.
------
So…”I now pronounce you Larry and Chuck”…don’t get me wrong, I like both Adam Sandler and Kevin James a great deal…but is this movie really calling out for a midnight showing? For some reason, this town is having one. I think I must be missing something.
------
People run for exercise or to relieve stress, but when was the last time you HAD to run. Like, life or death, no thought to form or breathing patterns, don’t feel your arms or legs, panic, fight of flight, dead sprint run?
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All that Jazz I said earlier about the not going home again, I realize now sitting here, how prevalent it is to some situations going on, not just in the digital world.
------
Week and a half left, and it’ll be my 6th season of CRT closed down. Wonder if I’ll be back next season.
------
I’ve been reading some really great stuff on different forms of courage in this book for my summer reading list. I may try to copy some of it down later, it’s really striking.
------
I was in the commons getting lunch the other day, and the girl in front of me ordered tuna on wheat, and the guy behind teh counter asked if she wanted her sandwhich toasted, she said yes. He puts it into the oven, then turns back around and says
"You get your Tuna toasted a lot don't you?"
loooong silence
"I...wha...I beg your pardon?"
She glances at me, to see if my mind went there too. I try to keep the poker face. The worker, not aware of his unintentional inuendos presses on.
"You order this sandwhich alot and get it toasted don't you?"
"Oh, um, yeah. Well, not in awhile, I havne't gotten this sandwhich in a while..."
And behind her, my, holding in tears of laughter.