Still lots to do!

Today was a very productive day and I still feel a little overwhelmed by the amount of things I still need to be working on. Mostly school stuff, mind you, but the pre-production on the music video is certainly important as well. Now, sleep is the most important thing. Ha.

Looking for the network.

I had another productive, encouraging day for pretty much the entire day again but that was almost not quite the case a few hours ago. I was heading to a networking event where I was hoping to meet people from the Seattle area film community which I somehow thought started at 7pm. When I got there, a little after that time, I learned that the event actually went from 5-7pm and that I basically missed the whole thing. The positive twist of what happened, however, was that I connected well with the organizers of the event who were very positive and helpful and seemed quite interested in helping me make those connections in future events. Lucky me! So, ya, it was a solid day after all.

Gettin' it done!

I put a LOT of hours into my portfolio website today and after reviewing the results so far I think it has turned out pretty good. I have a great deal of work left to do, and the endless chore of updating and revising in years to come, but I really feel like I have made good strides in keeping better tabs on the whole thing. It is a great feeling, I have to say.

Wiped out all by myself.

Which just means that I didn't really need to pull an all-nighter last night... which I didn't technically do, but two hours of sleep later still felt like I did. And somehow I got myself around fairly okay, between school, home, and FHE. I was even quite productive in my job hunting development and whatnot. It was a good day, all in all. And there's even a plus side to the non-sleep... which is, that I am super tired right now. My awesome bed will be comfortably beneath me shortly.

Already finding too much to do.

I don't normally do homework on Sundays but I am quite certain I don't want to get ridiculously far behind... you know, versus the stupid far behind that I already am... and I'm not even really procrastinating like normal either. Ha. Here comes the busiest two weeks in recent memory!(possibly distant memory, too)

The busy days of the weekend.

This one pretty much kept on giving all day long. I even skipped work to try to recover a bit but I still had to fight the sleepy-time station several times throughout the day. I think tomorrow will remain somewhat busy but at least it is all relaxing stuff anyway. The bed rarely seems so appealing as it does right now.

What was likely my last student video shoot.

It happened today, and considering how well it all went I consider myself very lucky! Fun, technical, and high-quality for sure. I wish I could do the experience justice by writing much further in depth right now... ugh... tired.

All kinds of scheduling crazy.

I think I drove somewhere between 180-200 miles today... whoah! And it's mostly because I didn't really think of a more efficient way to connect the necessary locations very well. I enjoy keeping myself busy but I am certainly going to pay the price sometime soon, I expect. My sleep has been atrocious!

Getting closer to one of the big shoots.

We are down to the last couple days and there is quite a bit riding on the big shoot that day for sure. It is basically the last big thing I will be involved with during my schooling career(assuming I don't pursue any further education) and it would really be nice for it to be a high-quality piece. It should be a fun experience in any case!

I really need my naps.

I mostly say this now because I had a semi-profound thought sometime in the middle of the day today that I wanted to write about and now I can't remember it. I even screamed it in a weird voice in an attempt to create a more easily recalled memory but it apparently didn't work. And now, when I try to think back on anything interesting I might have thought about during the day, I just come up blank... and a little annoyed at myself because it is probably mostly difficult to recall right now because of my self-imposed sleep deprivation. Whoops! Ha.

An actual holiday off.

Not as if it hasn't been happening much lately(since it certainly has been) but I am still in the mode of appreciating it quite a bit. Today was no exception since I got to go hang with a bunch of cool people in the process. I might have been smarter to do some homework but I think the break could have been more productive for my future plans since my mental strength was highly renewed because of it... though, the clunkiness of that last sentence my make it seem otherwise. Ha.

A big week ahead.

This should be a fairly eventful week, between work, school, and play, with lots of memorable happenings all the way through to Sunday. I am glad it starts with a holiday break tomorrow, too, since the rest might become a challenge to manage as it is. It is an exciting thing to anticipate in any case.

Small steps closer to something.

Whether it was work, school, play, or girl related, I felt like at least a little progress was made in each area today. I have a good deal of things to do in order to really feel like progress actually is being made on any one of those particular topics, though, so I shouldn't float my own boat too soon. Ha.

Rockin' the internship road.

I have a lot of work ahead of me in order to secure a suitable internship for my program during the upcoming term... however, I am feeling much closer now than I did even yesterday. I had some good collaborative sessions with my advisor folks at the school. Things seem very promising.

Beyond all that, I didn't get nearly enough sleep but I still had a fun day with fun people when the fun times rolled around. The radness of my friends makes me feel quite pleased about life. Ha.

Instructive disappointment.

I had a rough go at my basketball game tonight. There wasn't anything dramatic that happened, no event in particular which triggered things in a way that I can pinpoint it, but I certainly didn't feel like myself. I normally push my challenges aside in favor of the optimistic mentality... I'm not sure what I skipped out on today. No worries, though, as I am thankful to recognize that piece of my humanity without letting it break me down. Even our strongest traits are still flawed and that's okay.

Hurdle #1 now behind me.

I found out today that I passed the management assessment test and now I am simply waiting on my background check results to begin training as a supervisor at work. This is exciting news! I am certain it will be a difficult road to travel but I am also certain it will be a great positive step in my life. The financial stability alone is extremely valuable to me! The experience will only help to improve my future plans as a creative producer, whether that be directing specifically, or anything else that I find in the creative field. Fun times! Big brown for the win!(not poo, I mean)

Almost there.

Literal system crash has prevented me from finding out my test results thus far but that looks to be remedied by today. It was a good day outside of that, though, so I can be happy enough for that... even if this journal entry is abysmally short because of it. Ha.

Back on the upswing.

Today was a somewhat unexpected, though totally appreciated, positive emotional boost. Things just went well, and were fun, and showed me a little life love in the mix. Tomorrow I find out about my possible promotion, and I think I did alright on my test last Friday, so it should prove to be another big plus in the coming week. I may even get my internship stuff moving if I am diligent... which I plan to be diligent. So, ya, good stuff!

Going for the 4-5 hour experience.

So, I suppose I should have thought of it earlier, but now I am glad to realize that I can visit the singles branch for their last two hours anyway. It is a nice thing that makes me a little more excited about church again. I am not sure how often, or how long, I will do it but it certainly seems good for easing my transition away from them. Life is better with them, in my opinion. Ha.

Shooting commercials can be fun.

Today's shoot certainly was, anyway. It probably helps that both of the folks that I was working with are fun people, and the talent was fun too. I know this will not always be the case, though, so I am ready for the less fun commercial shoots to happen in the future. This shoot was almost entirely at our discretion as well, and I am sure that played a huge part in the fun factor of it. Flexibility is definitely a desirable feature of any creative endeavor!

Assessment is an interesting term.

I know the test I took at work this morning was for my employer's assessment of me, as a potential supervisor, but as it made me examine myself in the process I found it to be unexpectedly interesting. I had to think about the actual ways I would treat various challenging situations, some of which were not really something that I think even could happen to me in real life, but the hypothetical imaginings were a fun challenge anyway. I guess the process of simply putting yourself in hypothetical situations is a reasonably useful practice to engage in from time to time.

Basketballness!

I have probably said it many times before(I am sure I have said it before, in all reality) but I really love basketball season. I love playing organized games even with referee challenges, technical fouls, ejected players, and every other seemingly bad thing that comes along with it all. I guess I like running, passing, and shooting a lot since that's pretty much what the game is mostly made of. These are the finer things in life to me!

All-nighters sure make a mess of the next day.

If for no other reason than the foggy mental state it incurs. I do remember going to classes earlier today, and driving home, and dinner and stuff... but it actually all feels like a dream more than reality. Ha. I guess tomorrow will be something a bit more real, anyway. I'll get a whopping 3+ hours of sleep to prove it... boom!

Certainty that I have chosen the right career.

Heck, I even enjoy doing the generally boring bits too. There is such a wide variety of things to do that I am almost never bored with it either. Variety is one of its finer qualities, I would even say. And there is always so much thinking to be done, too. The options are endless and cool!

Getting back into the swing of things.

School is a wonderful, challenging, fun place in ways that are basically not found in other areas of life. I am now coming down to the last five or so months of my current plans for college and I do believe I will miss the experience quite a bit once I am done. Sure, work in my chosen career will be a whole new set of wonderful, fun challenges but work is work, and school is something else. I am a blessed fellow, I must admit!

Motivated by awkwardness.

I attended the family ward, as a member of it, for the first time in quite a while... basically since 1998 or 1997. Not that the length of the time away from the ward has somehow made the experience strange to me, more that I have returned to it without feeling like there is a place for me there. The people were all quite nice to me, very welcoming in fact, but I think I need to have some sort of attitude adjustment in order for me to feel at home there. I am not sure how that will come about.

Anyway, in an unexpected way, it makes me want to actually go on dates and try harder to find a wife. I am sure this is a good side effect of my discomfort there. It isn't what I thought even could happen as it feels somewhat unrelated... but I really do want to go on dates with more invested energy than I can recall feeling motivated to do so in quite some time. Weird! It could also be that a certain single someone(who I am still attracted to, also somewhat unexpectedly) is now back in town and, even though I don't have the feelings for her that I once had, she is still very attractive to me. I suppose I need to at least make a good effort to get shot down. A little crash and burn is often good for the system. Ha.

Work change considerations.

I have to say, the possibility of changing my work situation by becoming a supervisor has been a very challenging decision to make. It seems like a no-brainer at a quick glance but there are really a good deal of future implications I am taking into consideration on this. What does it do for my future career in film/video production? That is my primary goal so all of the seemingly obvious benefits that would come right now might have undesirable effects further down the line. It's a tough one for sure!

Sleeping in the car.

It might be surprising how restful the sleep can be sometimes... though, last night was not exactly one of those times. I think I mostly dreamt about my job(which is pretty rare for me otherwise) and I can't say that was the kind of thing I wanted to be doing in my dreams last night. Meh. Either way I am really looking forward to my bed tonight. It is a wondrous place!

Another day 1.

I've seen a bunch of new years in my time.... 36 to be exact(I doubt I really remember much of the first few or so.) I was a bit against new years resolutions for a number of years, mostly because I felt it was silly to use the beginning of a new year as an excuse to make changes in your life(as if I was making life changes on some sort of regular basis in the first place.) Anyway, I'm down with it now. Maybe just realize how lazy I can be sometimes and any help to make life changes is good in my book.

So I hope my next day 2 goes well... even better than the last ones and I'd be happy. I know work will be earlier but I doubt that will make much of a difference. Ha.

Bringing in a couple new/old resolutions.

I have a semi-relevant resolution that I feel like describing a little bit here. That would be the resolution to be more focused on the quality of my writing here on this blog. I've noticed the need for more humorous sorts of elements but I think there are many other ways I can improve what I do here. A big part of that will simply be dedicating some more time to it than I usually do. Time is always a premium to the quality of anything.

And so it begins... again. I have more resolutions(not many to be honest) that I could address here but now doesn't seem appropriate for that. It is well enough that this is a basic commitment to do what I am setting out to do. I hope all goes well for me and for you!(see what I did there?.. got me a little rhyming action goin' on. boom!)