Computerlove™

June 22nd, 2007

Cut some paper, stick some stamps

Friday is sushi day. Carlo forgot his iPod at the office, so we listened to S-club on the way to the restaurant. He needed to stop at Future Shop to pick up a friend. At which point I walked in and purchased the new Amy Winehouse album, so that I didnt have to listen to continue listening to the club on the remainder of the five minute drive.SOO much video editing. This week has been full of Adobe Premier, and Illustrator. We're putting together a dvd of a conference that was filmed in Vancouver last weekend. And at home, I'm working on a couple vectors. I've been meaning to get out to a friends house for a barbecue, but it's been moved down on my priority list. The supplies for the wedding photoshoot have been purchased. Two extra battery packs, and a 4G memory card. (and a new hdd, which is just a little something extra for me) So I'm good to go. Liz and I are gonna take a trip out to Kelowna to see the locations I'll be shooting at and figure out the layout of the town. Getting lost when you need to be somewhere is for losers.

I'm really not to excited about school this year. I'm starting to wonder how much I actually learn there. Some of these teachers courses amount to no more than 'buy this book' 'read this book'. I'm on the verge of not going, and just teaching myself the rest of this shit. If I didnt get accepted next year I really wouldn't be crushed. In fact it may be a push in the right direction. Who woulda thought that after a semester of CSS and flash training, I still wouldn't know how to put together a webpage. I have learned alot at work though. This new job is really a blessing.as much video I have to edit, its what I want to be doing. There isn't too much creative work, but we're taking a different direction pretty quick here. So hopefully that'll change.

The other day at work, I was reading a book on Actionscript. And in a moment of what I thought was divine revelation, I threw the book on Carlos desk and announced 'eff web'. I continued to tell him how I'll never understand actionscript, CSS or anything web. And how I'm going to concentrate on getting better at print instead of picking away at this mountain called 'coding' (which is beginning to look alot like my old nemesis mathematics) After that Brett suggested that I just might not have the aptitude for it. But I think (after another visit to the FWA) that I need to really give coding a good shot. There's too much shit that I say I ''just don't have the aptitude for' I'm sick of it. Besides, unless I can do a bit of everything, I'll never get a job in this town. A jack of all trades is master of none. But unfortunately, the guy who is REALLY REALLY good at doing just one thing, can't get a job.

I'm realizing how many other things are needed to be successful in life. One of which is a certain attitude to new endeavors. As much as I used to think that I was one up on all these people I knew, I'm starting to see that there's more to a 'successful person' than I first thought. This wedding shoot is a step in the direction I want to be heading. Normally I would have never taken the job. Worrying too much about things that could possibly go wrong, instead of thinking about what is possible in the future. And if I've learned anything in the past few years, it's that most things seem scary, untill you DO them. After you break through initially, it doesent seem like such a moutain to climb anymore. I watched that short film that Rob and Chris put together, and it reminded me that people are still making beautiful things all around the world. People who are much busier than I am, are making time to do great work. i have the tools, I'm pretty sure I have the creative mind (somedays i really doubt it) I just fell like I'm a step away from greatness.

One last thing, the coupling of this whole 'Mayan calendar ending in 2012' thing, the themes on the new Nine Inch Nails album, and the intense storyline of 'Children of Men' I've really started wondering how close the end of the world really is. And how gruesome it will be. If the 2012 Olympics logo was any indication, it's gonna be . . . gross.