Peeling back the layers.

We don't ultimately want to be a band without a drummer... however... it is quite the delightful experience, once in a while. It seems to offer us, as a band, the important challenge of making music outside of our comfort zone. This is an excellent practice for any artist. So, in short, we sometimes get lucky that our drummer is not available. How strange that statement sounds. Ha.

Busy bumble bees.

Work just needs to get done sometimes. I am often one of the people who enjoy the crunch... but I am also often one of the people who unnecessarily create the crunch because of my procrastination. I guess I like it more than I thought. Fun times!

Rain and shine.

I don't get to see it very often but whenever it is very sunny whilst raining I am pretty much always quite impressed and delighted by the scene. Today was a loadball of such wonders and I look forward to the rest of life because of it. Score!

Networking with the biz.

A friend from school and I went to a social mixer for film and music people in the industry. It was a fairly intimidating thing at first but I think we made a couple good connections. It looks to be a good thing to go back to each month. I will likely report on it then, too.

Sleepocalypse!

I really tend to forget the basic stuff whenever I throw my sleep out the window! It's a terrible thing to do! I also recently heard that a study was done that stated that you lose more brain cells under sleep deprivation than you so under the influence of alcohol... sadness! I have always prided myself on doing well at avoiding the temptations of substance abuse... but now I need to avoid the temptations of mental abuse as well! Ugh... WAY more challenging!

The delightful variety.

Yet another positive experience was had at my internship today. This was mostly because it was a somewhat attention deficit experience - meaning I went from project to project the whole time I was there. But I also got to do a few lines of voice acting so that's pretty awesome, too! Doubt I'll get to do that again in the future but I would certainly be happy to do it again if asked.

Finding my way to the end.

Though, in reality, there is no such thing as the end... it is more of a transition... or a beginning of something else. Nothing too fancy, really. Just different. And I feel like I am running along that path lately, so it's a fairly splendid feeling.

Final mid-term.

Dang, the days fly by! I am already half way through my final term and it feels like it just started! Which means I'm almost done, as well! Which means I am WAY behind on getting my portfolio projects together! Which means I exclaim and capitalize(yell) things FAR too much right now!

Work becomes less with patience and time.

And that may sound like a somewhat redundant statement... until one recognizes patience as a non-temporal skill/quality... which is a tremendous life asset for sure. I really had to flex mine a lot last weekend and, even though I am never truly out of the dust in this setting, I am finally starting to feel a big of the peace afforded one's conscience by a job well done. I have yet to really find that 'well done' status in tow... but I feels quite a bit closer now... which is really a nice feeling.

Basically half-way there.

I know week five is technically not the exact middle of a ten-week term but it's close enough. And I am starting to feel the crunch with a decent amount of intensity. It's a good, motivational thing, I suppose. I just need to avoid getting buried by my wimpy inadequacies. Boom!

The frustrations of disrespect.

I was quite wound up at work today and was nearly putting plans in my mind for quitting the job sometime soon. I am not a quitter, generally speaking, but absolutely recognize how unlikely things are to change in a positive way and it is definitely unnecessary work stress that nobody should have to deal with on a daily basis. I made it through those challenges today(somehow), though, and I suppose I'll continue to fight what seems inevitably soul-crushing anyway.

Semi-useful.

I thought the couple extra hours of sleep would have been much more noticeably beneficial... oh well... I can't complain. I know it was still the right thing to do. Ha. Off to bed late, once again!(sadly)

Getting to bed early!

I didn't take my nap today and it paid off in slumberness tonight. I am quite looking forward to my bed time and even more so I am looking forward to a semi-rested day tomorrow. I hardly remember what that feels like on a regular work day. It has been QUITE a while since I last did something like this.

The fun experience.

I am really enjoying my internship opportunities a lot. I get nearly infinite ability to choose whatever path I want to explore there. Certainly, I am obligated to follow up in any of the areas I already commit but I get to choose wherever I go next. I really like doing the editing stuff I am doing since it is allowing me to see lots of good raw footage... which I expect will improve my cinematography skills since I get to see what sorts of shots get tried on a shoot even though I don't get to be on the shoot in the first place. Radness!

The better life.

I think about all the reasons I experience difficulty in life. Much of it is simply a product of circumstance. A normal and expected sort of test that comes based on the fact that life is supposed to be that way. Some of it comes because of our own choices, though, and I think that, even though I have made this realization many times in life before now, it seems even more clear to me that I am attracted to a relationship because of the typically better choices that I make when I am in one. Simply put, I am happier when I have someone else other than myself to care for. I hope that's not a bad reason to want to find a relationship.

Prepping for another fine week.

Though, I think this one will be somewhat smoother than the last one was. I suppose the work stuff could get more challenging but that is not what usually happens during the normal progression of practice. Plus, we get to play a couple shows with my band this coming weekend. That's always fun. Should be a good week!

A lazy Saturday.

These are nice to claim once in a while. If it is a weekday I don't quite feel like it's a very good idea but the weekend is something else. Games and naps make a nice combo. Now I am kinda wiped out just from the length of the day. Also not a bad thing, I suppose.

A little bit of a grip.

And it helps me to feel somewhat useful now that I kind of understand what is going on at work now. I am far from knowing all that I should like to know but I feel like I might be past the half-way point at least. Productivity is finally starting to feel like it is setting in. This is a very good thing indeed!

Productivity power!

There is certainly more than one thing to be said about being consistently productive throughout the course of a day. It keeps me positively distracted, keeps me positively directed, and keeps me positively motivated. Plus, today there was a high variety of different things which fell into this awesome category. So, even though I had a couple or so down-notes, I am still thoroughly plussed about the day as a whole. Boom.

Research is challenging.

It requires a great deal of complex thought as well as the temperament to realize when any particular line of research might need to change. Dead ends can not be too daunting as they are a more than regular occurrence. Overall, you just need to be fine with doing what feels like a poor job almost continuously. No biggie. And yet I still enjoyed several hours of doing it today. Ha.

Wrapping up the season.

Despite our losing record it has been a fine year of basketball this year in the men's league at church. Lots of great moments in every game and I feel like I still contributed a decent amount to some of our successes overall. Plus, I feel like I am in better shape than I have been in recent years. I am not entirely sure what to attribute that to but I am glad for it anyway.

I have lots of cooler thoughts, on average.

But it always seems to be the most boring part of my day when I sit down to write this stuff out. I often think I need to record voice memos of the shinier thoughts in order to recount and expand on them later but I just don't seem motivated enough about changing my ways at the moment. Maybe next time... so sayeth the procrastinator within.

Getting back to it... again.

My consistency has been really spotty lately but I think I'm finally getting back to a normal pace again. It has not actually been particularly busy, actually, more as it has basically been sleep-deprived. My brain and body have been in more of a pre-sleep stupor than anything functionally writer-like. Anyway, it is another reboot which I am sure to repeat again not before too long. Sleep is a precious, somewhat elusive, commodity these days.

Sleeplessness.

Which is a terrible excuse for my lack of entry consistency lately. Terrible because it just shouldn't be happening, not because it doesn't have an effect. Now, I need to sleep as soon as possible. Boom!