Oops! So I've been pretty bad about writing in this blog...

If there's anything I've learned in my year and a half of working for a website it's that people don't return to pages that aren't update frequently. Seeing as how my last post is from late October it'll be a miracle if anybody reads this. Soon after it's posted at least.

Here's a rundown of where I am in this awkward stage of life that is the first couple years out of college.

I was fortunate enough to leave school with a good job working at American Express Publishing as a freelancer. In November I accepted a full-time job there and have been pretty happy. I get paid well, the benefits are great, and my job is usually pretty interesting.

Outside of my job at Amex I've overburdened myself with lots of side projects. I'm shooting a wedding in June, I'm editing James and Kate's wedding footage that was shot by other people, I'm going to be the webmaster for Cineaste Magazine (NOTE: I am in no way responsible for its current design), I'm working on a top secret (not anymore I guess) front-end and back-end overhaul of Lucid Screening, the status of 11:45am is up in the air (I haven't given up on it yet!), and there are some other web projects that I'm working on (all of which require learning Ruby on Rails).

In addition to all of the above, I've also started regularly going to the gym for the first time in my life in preparation for soccer season this Spring. I'm determined to get off my ass and finally join a team.

Needless to say, I have a lot of stuff to fill my time with.

But, despite all the stuff I have on my plate I've also found a lot of time lately to play video games. This has resulted in me getting a Nintendo Wii, a Playstation 3, and a new widescreen TV. When I'm not sitting in front of my computer trying to figure out how to install something in Linux (one of my recent projects was setting up a Linux/Windows XP dual boot system on my computer) or getting Ruby to communicate properly with a MySql database, I'm probably blowing away aliens or playing FIFA soccer (currently undefeated as Arsenal).

Wait a minute, don't I have a girlfriend you ask?

Yes, in fact, we just celebrated our third anniversary! But, we haven't seen each other much lately since she's been studying for the LSATs like crazy. However, she's a genius and after she rocks the test this Saturday I may end up with less time to do the things I've been doing lately. Luckily, she's really into Mario Kart 64 so I can often kill two birds with one stone.

Then there's the film thing. There's been a big shift toward video at work and that's pretty exciting but making cooking videos isn't exactly my idea of a great time and the month to month repetition of working at a magazine is already starting to grow old. I've recently started submitting my short I made while in school to various film festivals. I was denied from South by Southwest but that was no surprise since it's a pretty big festival. I'm waiting to hear back from about 20 others. I did get into the Macon Film and Video festival but they're not exactly SXSW, nevertheless, it's exciting and would be fun to go down there for the festival. The only thing is that I don't know if I want to use my vacation to do that since I've submitted so many other places as well.

After I get this film behind me, which I'm kind of in a hurry to do, I really need to sit down and start writing again. Even better, I need to find people who enjoy writing who might want to collaborate on writing some shorts. I'm planning on investing in a nice digital camcorder soon and would like some simple material that I could shoot on a low budget. E-mail me if you know someone or are someone who has written something they want made into a movie!

What else? I dunno. I've accepted the fact that I'm addicted to gadgets but I'm making sure that I only invest in things I actually use so my main goal at the moment is getting that camcorder. Maybe once I achieve that goal I'll start posting videos on my website again? Who knows, anyway, stay tuned...