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I love playing the ukulele. It's been the most fun I've had this week just messing around with chord structure, learning new songs and strum patterns. Man. Good stuff. Will definitely be going back to some of my Chris Crocker / folk influenced writings trying to put them to tunes now. Maybe the Rops "Paranoid" EP might surface afterall haha.
Movie stuff seems to be going well. Have almost all the casting done. Have 2 masks and 1 pair of gloves for the wolf. Doing editing tests and screen tests with the costume and actors to see how to keep things scary and try different techniques. It's a lot of fun, I just wish I could jump into it soon and skip all the planning. But planning is super duper important as I'm learning.
Classes are okay. Some are interesting, some are gen eds that I really wish I didn't have to take. So it goes. Not looking forward to a 30 page paper only using primary sources. But hopefully my teacher approves my topic so it'll at least be sort of fun to work on.
Saw The Social Network in theaters. One of the best movies I've seen in the last couple years. Truly an amazing piece of cinema. I encourage everyone to see it.
NotThatBand's H1N1 album is pretty amazing. I had reservations about it when it was finished but even with a few lyrical flaws I love all the tracks. There's not one I feel like skipping. They all have great themes, good flow, fun stories, and some nice rhymes here and there. I think we've really found our groove in the last few. I don't see any more slumps in the near future.
Halloween is fast approaching. Trying to decide what I should be. Thoughts? Ideas? The only thing I can think of at the moment is a SceneKid (like crunk / emo kid), or Scarecrow from Batman Begins; mainly because I already have everything I need to be to be either of them.
Starting to miss my long hair a bit.
Magic is a lot of fun. Just made a W/g lifegain deck that's pretty fun to play with. Hoping to take it to an FNM soon and see how it does.
Went to a club last night and danced for two hours straight (plus another hour or so after a little break). First one in the club of our group and last one to leave. Had a great time. Truly felt like my environment. I missed dancing. I missed being around large groups of people. Will definitely be wanting to go back.
I like being 21. I feel like I have a lot more freedom to go out and do things. It's comfortable.
I had a great time in Vegas. Don't really miss it or Disneyland / LA though like I did last year. Last year all I wanted was to be back in Disneyland.
I think it's because I'm satisfied. I'm incredibly happy with my life right now. There's not much I'd change. I'm keeping busy, I'm having lots of fun, and I'm doing things I want to do. I'm living for me to further myself as a person personally, interpersonally, and outwardly (as a career path). Can't complain. Last year I was incredibly dissatisfied and all I wanted was to be back at a place where I could always be happy. But now, I'm happy with almost everything around me. And it's great to be in this place again. I haven't felt this in a long time.
Got quite a bit of homework to do for my classes. It's not all that fun. But it's not too bad. At least the time passes relatively quickly when I work on it.
Along with The Monster Inside, after seeing Devil and a mask at the Spirit Halloween Store, I've come up with 2 more ideas that I'm hopefully filming this year. One will be a feature length thriller/horror about people trapped in a classroom / school building due to supernatural forces. Things will be explained as the story goes, twists, turns, reveals, etc. The other is a exploitation style trailer (think Grindhouse) for an Easter themed slasher movie where the killer wears a creepy bunny mask and tries to kill people with carrots and stuff. Seriously, the mask I found is scary as heck and I can't wait to mess around with it.
I really hope I can get this all done. I know my ambitions are incredibly high, but one has to aim high to achieve success right?
Anyway, I suppose that's most of it for now. Hope y'all are doing well.
-Rops
Movie stuff seems to be going well. Have almost all the casting done. Have 2 masks and 1 pair of gloves for the wolf. Doing editing tests and screen tests with the costume and actors to see how to keep things scary and try different techniques. It's a lot of fun, I just wish I could jump into it soon and skip all the planning. But planning is super duper important as I'm learning.
Classes are okay. Some are interesting, some are gen eds that I really wish I didn't have to take. So it goes. Not looking forward to a 30 page paper only using primary sources. But hopefully my teacher approves my topic so it'll at least be sort of fun to work on.
Saw The Social Network in theaters. One of the best movies I've seen in the last couple years. Truly an amazing piece of cinema. I encourage everyone to see it.
NotThatBand's H1N1 album is pretty amazing. I had reservations about it when it was finished but even with a few lyrical flaws I love all the tracks. There's not one I feel like skipping. They all have great themes, good flow, fun stories, and some nice rhymes here and there. I think we've really found our groove in the last few. I don't see any more slumps in the near future.
Halloween is fast approaching. Trying to decide what I should be. Thoughts? Ideas? The only thing I can think of at the moment is a SceneKid (like crunk / emo kid), or Scarecrow from Batman Begins; mainly because I already have everything I need to be to be either of them.
Starting to miss my long hair a bit.
Magic is a lot of fun. Just made a W/g lifegain deck that's pretty fun to play with. Hoping to take it to an FNM soon and see how it does.
Went to a club last night and danced for two hours straight (plus another hour or so after a little break). First one in the club of our group and last one to leave. Had a great time. Truly felt like my environment. I missed dancing. I missed being around large groups of people. Will definitely be wanting to go back.
I like being 21. I feel like I have a lot more freedom to go out and do things. It's comfortable.
I had a great time in Vegas. Don't really miss it or Disneyland / LA though like I did last year. Last year all I wanted was to be back in Disneyland.
I think it's because I'm satisfied. I'm incredibly happy with my life right now. There's not much I'd change. I'm keeping busy, I'm having lots of fun, and I'm doing things I want to do. I'm living for me to further myself as a person personally, interpersonally, and outwardly (as a career path). Can't complain. Last year I was incredibly dissatisfied and all I wanted was to be back at a place where I could always be happy. But now, I'm happy with almost everything around me. And it's great to be in this place again. I haven't felt this in a long time.
Got quite a bit of homework to do for my classes. It's not all that fun. But it's not too bad. At least the time passes relatively quickly when I work on it.
Along with The Monster Inside, after seeing Devil and a mask at the Spirit Halloween Store, I've come up with 2 more ideas that I'm hopefully filming this year. One will be a feature length thriller/horror about people trapped in a classroom / school building due to supernatural forces. Things will be explained as the story goes, twists, turns, reveals, etc. The other is a exploitation style trailer (think Grindhouse) for an Easter themed slasher movie where the killer wears a creepy bunny mask and tries to kill people with carrots and stuff. Seriously, the mask I found is scary as heck and I can't wait to mess around with it.
I really hope I can get this all done. I know my ambitions are incredibly high, but one has to aim high to achieve success right?
Anyway, I suppose that's most of it for now. Hope y'all are doing well.
-Rops