"Everything happens for a reason."

This is a somewhat trite phrase that often loses its deeper, more substantial truth whenever it is bandied about in the often cavalier manner it so commonly appears. Tonight, as I was contemplating its relevance and even thinking to discount it a bit more than my usual gut reaction, it actually happened to me... and that thing that I intended to discount gave me a simple, direct flick in the nose.

I was driving home and coming around a slow corner behind a vehicle in the passing lane. It slowed down as it exited the turn and I wanted to pass it but a different car was merging into the slow lane at the same time and made it impossible for me to do so before the car in the passing lane clogged up all options. It proceeded to slow down to slower than the speed limit, basically matching the slow lane car's pace, annoying me immediately and causing me to feel quite uncomfortable with my poor emotional state about the whole thing. After stewing about the apparent idiocy of the situation for a not-so-brief moment I finally noticed that the car in the slow lane was likely an undercover police car.(exempt plates and make/model being the primary signs) I would have likely been pulled over by it had I passed it when I wanted to... this maddeningly slow car had actually saved my hide.

My contemplations of it's 'reason' where all the motivation I needed for this post. A moment of clarity expressed in my experience with the truth of things. Sometimes I am blessed to notice such things.

Survival of the insane.

Regardless of my basic non-sleep I was still in it for the art of it. We had a fun little shoot today. Good, self-instructive activity with a couple good friends. I look forward to doing more in the future... preceded by more regular sleeping patterns.

Shooting the cool stuff.

I was told it is a rare opportunity to film Queensryche for one of their concerts. This makes it all the more of an honor that I was one of the few able to enjoy such an opportunity. The whole thing was fun on top of that and I really think I got some pretty awesome footage that I can be proud of. I hope the band enjoys it as well!

Lots of busy work.

From moving offices, to location scouting, to equipment planning, to shoot organization, to live show coordinating... it has been and will be a highly active week and weekend. I probably should have more to say about it right now but really I'm just kind of wiped out and would rather go take a nap... so, ya... there's that.

The ultimate b-roll challenge!

Okay... so it wasn't really all that ultimate, but it was quite a long, enjoyable day anyway! Seattle is a lovely city. So full of interesting, cool stuff! The Pacific Northwest is a lucky place indeed!

Long, busy days.

It feels good to be consistently busy but it also feels a bit tough. I do prefer it, though, and find much more purpose in life through it. I also enjoy getting the unexpected raise from time to time. I know it's on a job to job basis but it still feels good... like an unexpected gem in the rough.

Extending the vision.

One of my favorite things to do is finding a beautiful scene and capturing its visage for the echo of its influence later. That is probably a fairly unconventional way to put it but it really is the way I feel about it. Somewhat for me but also somewhat for others. I really do love my job sometimes!