NAB 2014 - Day 3

Today was a much nicer paced, more relaxed and pleasant day overall. I got to a few of the intended interviews, caught a little more useful b-roll, and didn't even need to buy any expensive food(outside of the expensive gatorade I needed to squelch my dry mouth challenges.) Based on the timing of things I don't expect to be going back tomorrow for the final day but I am fairly happy with all that I was able to do anyway. Now I just look forward to next year's event!

NAB 2014 - Day 2

Today was quite similar to yesterday in almost every way. The only thing specifically different was my liberal use of time lapse photography technique for b-roll... and no use of GoPro. Other than that I think I am fairly prepared for tomorrow's challenges and look forward to all that I discover in the process.

NAB 2014 - Day 1

Well, despite my best efforts to sabotage my experience here(speaking totally facetiously, of course), I made out with quite a good first day experience here. Everyone I met was enthusiastically positive, and I am not in any pain after all that walking. It might accumulate over the next several days but I suppose the truth of that happening yet remains to be seen. Now... sleep time!

Excitement for the coming NAB trip.

I plan to make something different out of my trip and I think it will be a great thing for me overall. The focus of working on my craft is always a good opportunity. I just need to buckle down a little as I go.

Analytical mediocrity.

I was assessed by some of the folks at my internship as being average in my analytical skills... which is a strange and fairly unusual assessment of me. I am not offended, though I am curious how I might be able to replicate such results in the future. It seems like it could be a very useful skill to have.

23-year anniversary of my patriarchal blessing.

I happened to glance at the date on my patriarchal blessing tonight and was surprised to see that it said April 2, 1991! Wow... I guess I'm quite a bit further in life now... yet how much further back I have often felt recently. Life is loaded with challenging choices designed to improve us... though, through the silly actions I often choose, it feels like improvement is simply not part of the plan for me. I know technically this is not the case... but the feeling still remains. Anyway, I was quite happy to read over my blessing tonight. It did actually fill me with some much appreciated, much needed, hope.

Considering the future.

In somewhat typical fashion I am often thinking of where I am headed in life with a bit of a curious optimism about all the possibilities I am seeking. Certain things don't seem to get much wiggle room in my mind. Things like my career as well as my interests in general don't seem to project any differently in my mind. Other things like eventually finding a wife are nearly invisible to my imaginations. I wonder if that's a good or bad thing? I'm not really sure. Either way I guess it's just part of the landscape of my thinking at the moment.