I know that I've talked about 13 Reasons Why plenty of times on here, but I've only covered one part of it, and that is suicide. The essence of 13 Reasons Why isn't just the suicide of one of the characters, it's why she committed suicide. The underlining story of it, is about the rape culture in this country. In the second season it follows a story line that is similar to the Stanford race case of just a couple of years ago. You know the one. Where the college student raped a drunk girl behind a dumpster and then only got 6 months for the crime. In that case, the judge said that a prison sentence would have a severe impact on him. In 13 Reasons Why the judge says that he saw no need to ruin two lives any further than they already had, and only gave the rapist 3 months probation.
That is the view. Men or boys are given a bit of a pass on this, and it starts at an early age. I'm sure you have seen several things about rape culture and how things need to change, but more often than not, they don't have a solution to the problem or any ideas on how to change it. I'm going to give you some ideas on how to change it, and it starts at that early age.
I came up with this idea after hearing two different people talk about this in a similar way, and I'm just putting the two things together. I don't remember their names and I wish I did so I could give them the proper credit. You will just have to settle with knowing that this isn't my idea, I'm just bringing two sources together.
The first one was a woman who told a story about her little nephew who was around the age of 6 or so. He was moping around the house one day, and she asked him why. He said that he asked the girl that he liked to be his girlfriend, and she said now, so he was said. She then asked him what he was going to do about it. He gave the answer that all men are told to give when something like this arises. "I know, I'll keep trying.". The woman turned to him and said, "No, leave her alone and find another girl that will like you." The little boy had a look of astonishment on his face from this response. It wasn't expected, and why would it. At an early age, males are told to be persistent. Don't take no for an answer. Keep on trying and you will wear them down. Sound familiar? I know it does to me, because that is the way I was raised. That is the beginning of the culture. It is in all of the best intentions, but somewhere along the line it goes a little astray. We need to teach out boys differently if we want different results.
We always teach girls what to watch out for, and how not to get into bad situations, but we don't always teach our boys the same lessons. We teach them to be aggressive, we teach them to be the strongest, and we teach them to take what they want. Those are all valuable lessons, but not when it comes to sex. Since we teach them that way, and boys and men confuse the message. We should be teaching them like that Aunt did for her little nephew. If a girl says no, then that is it. If she really doesn't mean know, and she wants the so called,"chase", then she will start it up on her own. It's as simple as that.
The other lesson was from a man, who happened to have daughters, and he mentioned something very simple. It was the words that we use, when we talk about sex. It always starts out like this. Well, a man puts his penis into a woman's vagina. Look at that sentence. It's innocent right? It should be, and in simple terms it is, but look at the wording used. It gives the man power. I'm going to write it a different way, but saying the same thing, and watch how it changes. Well, a woman lets a man put his penis into her vagina. It says exactly the same thing right, but it changes the power structure. I know what you are thinking, what power structure? The first sentence says the a man puts his penis in a woman, it doesn't give consent, that is implied, but since it is only implied, it doesn't have to be there. The second sentence doesn't just imply consent, it is a must. If we started using different language when we are talking to kids, it can change the culture. It won't happen over night, but it can happen within the span of a generation. It's not saying to make boys weaker, it is empowering the girls. It is saying that they have power over their own bodies. We have neglected that for far too long.
It is all very simple. Choose your words wisely, when you talk about sex with your kids. Words have power, even when it doesn't seem like they do. You can be the start of changing a culture that has gone on, well since the matriarchy fell in very ancient times. Don't get me wrong on this either, I'm not calling for a matriarchy, but would that really be a bad idea? What I'm calling for is equality. If we treat our kids with equality, they will grow in equality, and they will share equality. Change can happen. It's all up to you. Peace in and goodnight.
Thursday, June 7, 2018
Tuesday, June 5, 2018
Let's Go Crazy For Pizza Tank Tops
I have a couple of picture for you tonight. The first one, is the one I promised on Sunday night. It's the picture of my new tank tops that are pizza related. I got these so that I can change it up from time to time on the PR. Here they are.
That is a great song, but it isn't my favorite song of his. I have been wanting to hear that one a lot lately, but the true all time favorite will be coming soon, and I can't wait to share it with you. Peace in and goodnight.
How great are those? I especially love the DJ Pizza Kitty, spinning on the pizza pie. I think I'll wear that one for the next PR that we do.
The second picture has to do with Saki. I don't think I mentioned it, but I ordered a new set of bar ends for Saki. I was hoping that these new ones would stop that bar wobble that I get around 55 MPH. Unfortunately, they didn't, I checked this morning, and the wobble was still there. I can say, that for some reason, and it may all be in my head, but Saki seemed smoother. Part of it could be that I made a slight adjustment to my throttle grip, and it did make a big difference in the performance of the throttle play. I had mistakenly pushed the grip up to far on the throttle side, and it was doing a slight amount of rubbing, that caused the throttle to be less than smooth. I figured since I was going to be working in that area, I may as well solve that little problem, and it worked like a charm. Note to self, don't push any new grips that far up on the throttle tube. Anyway, here is the picture I took after putting the new bar ends on.
The top is of course the new Puig Racing bar end in red, and the bottom is what I had on before next to the new one. It was also Puig Racing, but it was shorter and had less weight. The new is also less weight than the OEM ones, and I think that weight is what is throwing the bars off, and causing that bar wobble. I still need to put that in a video for you to see. I have the clip and everything, I just need to remember to talk about it, and put it in a video. The new ones are about half the weight of the OEM, the other ones were only about a quarter of the weight. I guess I could put the original ones back on and see if the wobble is still there, and if it is, then it is a much bigger problem, but the problem that that could be, I already checked for. It would be the head bearings going bad, but I did the preferred check for that, and everything was ok, so it has to be the weight of the bar ends. The only time this affects me, is if I take my hands off the bars when I'm going above 50 MPH, so as long as I don't do that, I'm A'OK.
I would fill up this area with what is going on at work, but I really don't even want to talk about it right now, so let's just get to Favorite Song of the Week. This is one that I have been waiting to post on here for as long as I have been doing it, but the artist kept a close eye on their work, and wouldn't allow it on YouTube or to be streamed. I had a deep respect for that despite the fact that it meant I couldn't share it. This song comes from the first record album I ever bought. Well, I had to get my sister to buy it for me, because there was an age limit on it at the time. It seems ridiculous now, but I did give her the money, so it counts as the first album I ever bought. It is also from my favorite all time artist. We lost him in that horrible year of 2016 when so many major figures passed away. Seven days after his death, I got a tattoo commemorating him. Why seven? Seven was a very important number for him. It had religious tones and sentiment for him, so that is why I purposely got it seven days after. I wear that tattoo with great pride, and I still listen to this album, although in digital form now, but I still have that original record album tucked away in a closet. The artist is none other than the Purple One himself. AKA TAFKAP, The Kid, O(+>, The Artist, and many more. You may not know him by those names, but everyone knows him as Prince. This is the lead track on the Purple Rain album, and kicks it off in style. This is the radio edit, so you miss out on a large part of the intro, but here is Prince & the Revolution with "Let's Go Crazy".
That is a great song, but it isn't my favorite song of his. I have been wanting to hear that one a lot lately, but the true all time favorite will be coming soon, and I can't wait to share it with you. Peace in and goodnight.
Sunday, June 3, 2018
Morty At The End
Work completely wore me out this weekend. So much so, that I really didn't do anything except rest. I did get in the PR which I mentioned last night, when I posted about not being able to do The Patchwork Knight. I took a nap after writing that, and was able to muster up the energy to get the latest video for the PR done. Sorry, I can't show it to you, because it isn't scheduled to be released until the 14th. I do have the video I did last Monday though. It went live this morning, and I have yet to check on whether or not anyone watched it yet, so I'l find out when I go get it to post it here. Here we go.
Looks like no one has watched it yet, so you will be the first. It's another one in the Remember When Series. I promise the next video will be something different. I had hoped to have the energy to get out and ride and get something done this weekend, but as I said yesterday, I was obliterated. I will get out during the week and put something together for next Sunday. I don't have any plans for this weekend yet, so I may be able to get a little ahead, and put a couple of videos together for the next couple of weeks release. I did find some music yesterday when looking stuff up for the PR, that inspired a vision.
That is how a lot of these videos start. I hear a piece of music and I begin to see the scenes that should accompany it, then it's all up to me to try and get those scenes from my head into a camera and then on the computer to edit. This is another one of those videos that's going to take some work, and finding the right location. I have confidence that I will find it, and get the scenes I need, and then I will show them to you right here.
I go back to work tomorrow, and I'm not looking forward to it. It's going to be more of the same, and it will last for several weeks if not months, so I will have no time for my own break, and will be running around trying to keep up with other peoples breaks.
Enough about work though, I forgot about something I ordered for the PR. There is going to be a change coming to the PR, and that is my clothing. I have been wearing the same shirt for each video, because it's the only shirt I have that's pizza related. Well, I ordered two new tank tops that are pizza related, and I can't wait to get them on camera. Why did I choose tank tops? For a couple of reasons. Summer is coming and it's going to be hot, so what better than a tank top to keep those temperatures moderate. The second reason is, that I can't hide in a tank top, and it's time to get busy and lose some weight.
Over the past 4 or 5 months or so, I put back on a lot of the weight I lost last year. Not all of it, but enough that I'm not happy, so changes are coming in that area as well. I need to get it together, and if I'm wearing tank tops, I will have to get in better shape to be camera ready. These are pretty fun tank tops too. When they come in, I'll take some pictures of them so that you can see them here. I think they will be here on Tuesday, but it may take as long as Wednesday, so I may not get to post anything until the Thursday night post.
I started watching the new season of Kimmy Schmidt, and I also finished watching the new season of Kimmy Schmidt. It was only 6 episodes, so I was a little bummed that it was over so fast. I'm hoping that they are splitting it up, so that there will have more episodes in a few months or so. they definitely left it wide open for more episodes, so I don't think this is it. Since that was over so fast, I did get to start the new season of Trollhunters as well, and it is great. I only watched two episodes last night. I think they shortened this season as well, and that there are only 8 episodes if I remember right. It's not like there are a whole bunch of other things in my queue, but I want more Trollhunters than just 8 episodes.
I also watched the last episode of the new David Letterman show, that featured Howard Stern. it was fantastic, and fun. Those two are always great together, and you tend to wonder who is interviewing who. I learned a few things about Howard that he somehow managed to not talk about on his show, which is saying something, because he talks about everything that happens in his life on his radio show. He explains the mindset he had for many years when he was on the radio, and it tells a lot about him and where he was and where he has come. If you are looking for something interesting to watch, give that show a try. Dave did a really good job with all the interviews he did during the course of the 6 episodes that he had.
I don't have much else for you, so I'll say my goodbyes with a picture of Morty, that I took in the yard yesterday. Peace in and goodnight.
Looks like no one has watched it yet, so you will be the first. It's another one in the Remember When Series. I promise the next video will be something different. I had hoped to have the energy to get out and ride and get something done this weekend, but as I said yesterday, I was obliterated. I will get out during the week and put something together for next Sunday. I don't have any plans for this weekend yet, so I may be able to get a little ahead, and put a couple of videos together for the next couple of weeks release. I did find some music yesterday when looking stuff up for the PR, that inspired a vision.
That is how a lot of these videos start. I hear a piece of music and I begin to see the scenes that should accompany it, then it's all up to me to try and get those scenes from my head into a camera and then on the computer to edit. This is another one of those videos that's going to take some work, and finding the right location. I have confidence that I will find it, and get the scenes I need, and then I will show them to you right here.
I go back to work tomorrow, and I'm not looking forward to it. It's going to be more of the same, and it will last for several weeks if not months, so I will have no time for my own break, and will be running around trying to keep up with other peoples breaks.
Enough about work though, I forgot about something I ordered for the PR. There is going to be a change coming to the PR, and that is my clothing. I have been wearing the same shirt for each video, because it's the only shirt I have that's pizza related. Well, I ordered two new tank tops that are pizza related, and I can't wait to get them on camera. Why did I choose tank tops? For a couple of reasons. Summer is coming and it's going to be hot, so what better than a tank top to keep those temperatures moderate. The second reason is, that I can't hide in a tank top, and it's time to get busy and lose some weight.
Over the past 4 or 5 months or so, I put back on a lot of the weight I lost last year. Not all of it, but enough that I'm not happy, so changes are coming in that area as well. I need to get it together, and if I'm wearing tank tops, I will have to get in better shape to be camera ready. These are pretty fun tank tops too. When they come in, I'll take some pictures of them so that you can see them here. I think they will be here on Tuesday, but it may take as long as Wednesday, so I may not get to post anything until the Thursday night post.
I started watching the new season of Kimmy Schmidt, and I also finished watching the new season of Kimmy Schmidt. It was only 6 episodes, so I was a little bummed that it was over so fast. I'm hoping that they are splitting it up, so that there will have more episodes in a few months or so. they definitely left it wide open for more episodes, so I don't think this is it. Since that was over so fast, I did get to start the new season of Trollhunters as well, and it is great. I only watched two episodes last night. I think they shortened this season as well, and that there are only 8 episodes if I remember right. It's not like there are a whole bunch of other things in my queue, but I want more Trollhunters than just 8 episodes.
I also watched the last episode of the new David Letterman show, that featured Howard Stern. it was fantastic, and fun. Those two are always great together, and you tend to wonder who is interviewing who. I learned a few things about Howard that he somehow managed to not talk about on his show, which is saying something, because he talks about everything that happens in his life on his radio show. He explains the mindset he had for many years when he was on the radio, and it tells a lot about him and where he was and where he has come. If you are looking for something interesting to watch, give that show a try. Dave did a really good job with all the interviews he did during the course of the 6 episodes that he had.
I don't have much else for you, so I'll say my goodbyes with a picture of Morty, that I took in the yard yesterday. Peace in and goodnight.
Saturday, June 2, 2018
I Am Obliterated
I am completely obliterated. I'm still exhausted from work this week, and doing the PR today, took more out of me than I thought it would. I don't think I can put what is needed into a quality chapter for The Patchwork Knight tonight, so I'm going to take the week off and pick it back up next week, when I hope to be fully rested, and better mentally equipped to get a chapter done.
I am still thinking about the move to a new platform, and I'm hoping to make a final decision with in the next week. I'll let you know what is going to happen and when it will happen, when I know myself. Peace in and goodnight.
I am still thinking about the move to a new platform, and I'm hoping to make a final decision with in the next week. I'll let you know what is going to happen and when it will happen, when I know myself. Peace in and goodnight.
Thursday, May 31, 2018
Just One Of Those Days
Oh what a day. I kept having one thought go through my head at work. I want to quit. That was the thought. I just wanted to quit. I felt like I was done, and I can't do it anymore, but I stuck in there and finished the day. Will It feel like that tomorrow? Probably, I don't see anything changing from today to tomorrow. We added another employ, so I have now lost 35 more minutes to my day to get things done. That is the length of time I have to give out breaks to this person, that is on top of the other people I have to give breaks to as well. It's great that we are busy, and that we are working, but my workload has increased dramatically. I don't even get to take a break to eat my lunch now. I just take it and sit and watch over a machine while I eat. I have to get up constantly to take care of what is going on with that machine, and try to get my lunch in while I'm doing it. If I don't do that, and take a break, there is a very good chance, and when I say a good chance, I mean a 100% chance, that something will go wrong with the machine. I can eliminate that problem from happening, by sitting there while I eat. It saves me one less problem, but it also takes away any time I would have to just sit and relax while I eat. No one notices this, because I don't complain, but I'm quickly approaching a breaking point. I'll just have to see how long it lasts before I snap.
To top of the bad experience of the day. I had to stop at the bank to get some money out to pay for my guitar lessons. I pulled up to the bank, got out of my car and walked up to the ATM. I slide my card in, and I hear someone yelling at me, "Hey you, I know you heard me." I turned to see a guy that had just pulled his truck up. I asked him what he was talking about. He told me that he was waiting for the ATM and that I jumped in front of him. He was in a truck parked 50 feet away, how was I supposed to know he was waiting for the ATM? I told him I didn't hear him, and that I would just cancel it out, and he could go ahead. He wanted to complain more and told me not to, but it was too late, I already pulled my card out, and walked away and stood and waited for him to take his slow walk up to the ATM and then take his time, all the while still complaining that I had, "busted in on him". I wanted to just tell him to let it go, and that he got what he wanted, but I just sat back and kept my mouth shut. I didn't see any reason to create a scene over an ATM machine. He drove off still mad, despite that fact that I basically rewarded him for being lazy and not standing in line, all because it was raining. If I still drank, this would have been a good day for it.
The latest video for the PR is up and running, and I just published the blog. I didn't feel like waiting until the morning, so I just hit publish on it. I did the proofread and fixed a couple of small errors and put it up. I realized I forgot one element in the video. I usually put the address of the location in the video, and I forgot to do it. I'll have to remember that in the future. I did post links for the place in the blog, so it can be found if you put a little extra work into it. I doubt anyone wrote down the address from the video anyway, but it is a nice feature to have in there. It looks a little more professional.
We are going to have a drive for the next location. This will be the furthest we will go, as far as I know. It's at the very end of the county, and it's beachside. I just looked up their website and their Facebook page, let's see if my partner does his job, and does his research for the place.
That reminds me. I was proven right today about something. I have been telling my partner to post our videos and/or blogs on the Facebook pages of the places we have gone to, if they have one. He has failed to do this for any of them. One of our locations, posted it themselves today. How do I know this? Well, remember when I said I was just going to not look at the numbers anymore? I have been doing that for a little while now, and today was the first time I saw the numbers for the PR. I noticed a huge uptick in traffic, and wanted to know why. I looked at the posts, and there it was, one of the locations had all the numbers going to it. I checked their webpage, and there was nothing there. I checked their Facebook page, and there it was, a link to our little blog. They posted our review, and our traffic skyrocketed. I told my partner that this would happen, but he fought me on it for some reason, and now he sees I was right. I kept telling him, that those places have a built in audience that will look at something they post. If he posts it on their page, they will share it so that everyone that follows them can see it. If we keep doing that, we will eventually get subscribers, and that is what we want in the long run. He always fails to see the full picture. I say full, because, It think he sees the big picture, but he only focuses on the end result, and not everything it takes to get there. Its a, can't see the forest for the trees sort of thing. It's there, he knows its there, he just doesn't want to see any of the details surrounding the thing that's there. I'm fretting over all the details, and I'm going to stop doing that. He is going to have to start seeing them. I'm just going to look at it like this from now on, I'm production, I don't worry about anything else. I film, I edit, I write, and I do that little intro thing on the other side of the camera.
Enough about that. I have a ton of things to watch this weekend. Kimmy Schmidt has a new season. Trollhunters has a new season. The final episode of David Letteman's show has Howard Stern as the guest. I still need to start on Santa Clarita Diet's new season. I need to get Clone Wars into my queue and start watching it. When will I have the time to get all of this viewing pleasure in. I think there is even more, that I haven't remembered, but when I go on Netflix tomorrow night, I will figure it all out. Oh yeah, I have to write a new chapter for The Patchwork Knight at some point, and since I'll be doing the PR on Saturday, I may have to do that tomorrow night, or maybe Saturday morning. Morning sounds like a horrible idea, but who knows. I don't think I will have the time to hit the deadline if I try to do it after the PR. Lately, my partner has wanted to just lounge around these places, and I just want to get out, and start working on edits or writing. I'm not hanging out on Saturday, I have a lot of stuff to get to.
That's it for tonight. If you want to see the video, it's on YouTube. If you want to read the blog, well you know where that is too. See, I'm just production, I can do this. Peace in and goodnight.
To top of the bad experience of the day. I had to stop at the bank to get some money out to pay for my guitar lessons. I pulled up to the bank, got out of my car and walked up to the ATM. I slide my card in, and I hear someone yelling at me, "Hey you, I know you heard me." I turned to see a guy that had just pulled his truck up. I asked him what he was talking about. He told me that he was waiting for the ATM and that I jumped in front of him. He was in a truck parked 50 feet away, how was I supposed to know he was waiting for the ATM? I told him I didn't hear him, and that I would just cancel it out, and he could go ahead. He wanted to complain more and told me not to, but it was too late, I already pulled my card out, and walked away and stood and waited for him to take his slow walk up to the ATM and then take his time, all the while still complaining that I had, "busted in on him". I wanted to just tell him to let it go, and that he got what he wanted, but I just sat back and kept my mouth shut. I didn't see any reason to create a scene over an ATM machine. He drove off still mad, despite that fact that I basically rewarded him for being lazy and not standing in line, all because it was raining. If I still drank, this would have been a good day for it.
The latest video for the PR is up and running, and I just published the blog. I didn't feel like waiting until the morning, so I just hit publish on it. I did the proofread and fixed a couple of small errors and put it up. I realized I forgot one element in the video. I usually put the address of the location in the video, and I forgot to do it. I'll have to remember that in the future. I did post links for the place in the blog, so it can be found if you put a little extra work into it. I doubt anyone wrote down the address from the video anyway, but it is a nice feature to have in there. It looks a little more professional.
We are going to have a drive for the next location. This will be the furthest we will go, as far as I know. It's at the very end of the county, and it's beachside. I just looked up their website and their Facebook page, let's see if my partner does his job, and does his research for the place.
That reminds me. I was proven right today about something. I have been telling my partner to post our videos and/or blogs on the Facebook pages of the places we have gone to, if they have one. He has failed to do this for any of them. One of our locations, posted it themselves today. How do I know this? Well, remember when I said I was just going to not look at the numbers anymore? I have been doing that for a little while now, and today was the first time I saw the numbers for the PR. I noticed a huge uptick in traffic, and wanted to know why. I looked at the posts, and there it was, one of the locations had all the numbers going to it. I checked their webpage, and there was nothing there. I checked their Facebook page, and there it was, a link to our little blog. They posted our review, and our traffic skyrocketed. I told my partner that this would happen, but he fought me on it for some reason, and now he sees I was right. I kept telling him, that those places have a built in audience that will look at something they post. If he posts it on their page, they will share it so that everyone that follows them can see it. If we keep doing that, we will eventually get subscribers, and that is what we want in the long run. He always fails to see the full picture. I say full, because, It think he sees the big picture, but he only focuses on the end result, and not everything it takes to get there. Its a, can't see the forest for the trees sort of thing. It's there, he knows its there, he just doesn't want to see any of the details surrounding the thing that's there. I'm fretting over all the details, and I'm going to stop doing that. He is going to have to start seeing them. I'm just going to look at it like this from now on, I'm production, I don't worry about anything else. I film, I edit, I write, and I do that little intro thing on the other side of the camera.
Enough about that. I have a ton of things to watch this weekend. Kimmy Schmidt has a new season. Trollhunters has a new season. The final episode of David Letteman's show has Howard Stern as the guest. I still need to start on Santa Clarita Diet's new season. I need to get Clone Wars into my queue and start watching it. When will I have the time to get all of this viewing pleasure in. I think there is even more, that I haven't remembered, but when I go on Netflix tomorrow night, I will figure it all out. Oh yeah, I have to write a new chapter for The Patchwork Knight at some point, and since I'll be doing the PR on Saturday, I may have to do that tomorrow night, or maybe Saturday morning. Morning sounds like a horrible idea, but who knows. I don't think I will have the time to hit the deadline if I try to do it after the PR. Lately, my partner has wanted to just lounge around these places, and I just want to get out, and start working on edits or writing. I'm not hanging out on Saturday, I have a lot of stuff to get to.
That's it for tonight. If you want to see the video, it's on YouTube. If you want to read the blog, well you know where that is too. See, I'm just production, I can do this. Peace in and goodnight.
Tuesday, May 29, 2018
Video Is Done And AGT Started Tonight
I have Sunday's video done and uploaded. It is ready to go at 6 AM on Sunday morning. It's not the video I intended to make. I went for another Remember When, and when you see this one, you will see why I had to do this one now. There was a bit of a time crunch in order to do this one, so it had to be done. I will do that other video eventually, but that is one of those videos that I can do anytime. It's a back pocket idea. I have a few of those, and they won't be brought out until I need them, and it turns out, that I didn't need it this week.
I've decided to wear the GoPro when I ride in in the morning, for at least a little while. I might just come up with something I want to talk about when I'm going to and from work, so if anything comes to mind, I'll blurt it out, and make a video of it. This is just a new way of thinking, so If it works, then you will have content to look at, and if it doesn't, then I'll try something else.
It's only going to be a four day week for me, and then I have to do another PR on Saturday. The video for the latest one that we have done, will go up on Thursday evening, and the blog will go up the following morning. I hope you give it a view and a read, since we didn't get much push on the last one. I'm at a loss now, for how to get more viewers. We hit a mark on one of them, and I thought that was going to be a turning point, but it's gone downhill from there. I enjoy the process, but I hate the waiting to see something happen. I think from now on, I'm just going to post it, and then leave it alone. I won't check the numbers or anything. It will live or die on it's own, and I will be none the wiser until I have to post something new, and wander across the numbers at that time.
America's Got Talent started anew tonight, and they had some really good acts on. I'm getting tired of Simon's schtick though, so I could do without him, but the acts were good. There was one in particular that caught me. It's wan't the golden buzzer act, but in my eyes, it deserved to be. It was a trio of siblings, that were singing a song about their mother who had passed away a year or so before, due to cancer. You don't get to see the video piece that the show did for them prior to their performance, but I can fill you in a bit. From the time their mother was diagnosed, they only had 4 months of time left with her, so her passing was tough on them. They found an old journal of their mother's in the attic, that documented her own mother passing when she was young, and it let the kids know that she understood what they were going through, since she was having the same feelings then. The song they wrote is from the perspective of their mother saying goodbye to them, in the final month of her life. I am also making this my Favorite Song of the Week. It's that good. Here is We Three with "Heavens Not Too Far Away".
There wasn't a dry eye in that auditorium after that performance, and I'm suspecting that your eyes are a bit wet as well. After they were finished, the judges remarked about how great the singers voices were, and they were great, but no one seemed to notice that the drummer was also playing keyboard. How do you just gloss over that fact. For that alone, they should have gone through to the next round, everything else should have garnered them the golden buzzer. Maybe the judges felt they can do it on their own. If they keep playing songs like that, they will.
Short one tonight, I really don't have much to talk about, that's the problem with an uneventful holiday, it doesn't lead to any good stories. Peace in and goodnight.
I've decided to wear the GoPro when I ride in in the morning, for at least a little while. I might just come up with something I want to talk about when I'm going to and from work, so if anything comes to mind, I'll blurt it out, and make a video of it. This is just a new way of thinking, so If it works, then you will have content to look at, and if it doesn't, then I'll try something else.
It's only going to be a four day week for me, and then I have to do another PR on Saturday. The video for the latest one that we have done, will go up on Thursday evening, and the blog will go up the following morning. I hope you give it a view and a read, since we didn't get much push on the last one. I'm at a loss now, for how to get more viewers. We hit a mark on one of them, and I thought that was going to be a turning point, but it's gone downhill from there. I enjoy the process, but I hate the waiting to see something happen. I think from now on, I'm just going to post it, and then leave it alone. I won't check the numbers or anything. It will live or die on it's own, and I will be none the wiser until I have to post something new, and wander across the numbers at that time.
America's Got Talent started anew tonight, and they had some really good acts on. I'm getting tired of Simon's schtick though, so I could do without him, but the acts were good. There was one in particular that caught me. It's wan't the golden buzzer act, but in my eyes, it deserved to be. It was a trio of siblings, that were singing a song about their mother who had passed away a year or so before, due to cancer. You don't get to see the video piece that the show did for them prior to their performance, but I can fill you in a bit. From the time their mother was diagnosed, they only had 4 months of time left with her, so her passing was tough on them. They found an old journal of their mother's in the attic, that documented her own mother passing when she was young, and it let the kids know that she understood what they were going through, since she was having the same feelings then. The song they wrote is from the perspective of their mother saying goodbye to them, in the final month of her life. I am also making this my Favorite Song of the Week. It's that good. Here is We Three with "Heavens Not Too Far Away".
There wasn't a dry eye in that auditorium after that performance, and I'm suspecting that your eyes are a bit wet as well. After they were finished, the judges remarked about how great the singers voices were, and they were great, but no one seemed to notice that the drummer was also playing keyboard. How do you just gloss over that fact. For that alone, they should have gone through to the next round, everything else should have garnered them the golden buzzer. Maybe the judges felt they can do it on their own. If they keep playing songs like that, they will.
Short one tonight, I really don't have much to talk about, that's the problem with an uneventful holiday, it doesn't lead to any good stories. Peace in and goodnight.
Sunday, May 27, 2018
A Man And His Wookie
I nearly forgot that I had to write tonight. My schedule is a little off, since I don't have to work tomorrow due to Memorial Day. As you may remember, there is a person at work, trying to get me fired. I had set my resolve that I didn't care what happened, and I wouldn't let him get to me. Well, he became his own headache. When he finally realized that he wasn't going to be able to get in to my head, he lost it, and created problems for himself, because he was beside himself with anger. It was great. I highly recommend doing this to someone who perceives you as an enemy. It's a lot of fun.
You may or may not have noticed, that I did manage to get everything done Friday night. I wrote a chapter of The Patchwork Knight, and also put together a short video, which I believe is rather important. You already have an idea what it is about if you read Thursday nights post, so I won't bother giving you the run down. This was a simple video to make technically, because it is a one take talking video, with a couple of little things added with title boards and that kind of stuff. I didn't do this like my normal videos. There is no music with it, and I didn't do any of the end screen promotions for it. I wanted this video to stand alone. It is not for promoting me or the channel, it is a way for someone to get help. That is the goal, if this video helps just one person, then it did it's job.
If you know anyone that cold benefit from this video, please pass it on to them, or just the information within it. I don't care about view or minutes watched or anything like that on this video, I just want to get the information out there that can help someone that needs it.
I got all of this done, so that I would have Saturday free for seeing Solo the latest Star Wars movie. That is exactly what I did. I really liked it. I thought they could have done a little better job writing Lando Calrissian. I enjoyed learning the little ins and outs of Han and Chewies relationship. It's a fun movie and I hope you check it out. They do set up for either a sequel or another potential movie. I'm leaning towards it being another movie and not a sequel, but who knows what the studio will do. The early numbers haven't been promising, so maybe a sequel is out of the picture.
The friend that I went with, is the same one that told me of that blog platform called Medium. We talked more about it, and I'm still thinking about how I'm going to move The Patchwork Knight over there, and she brought up something I hadn't thought about. That would be maybe posting twice a week. That would bring the time down quite a bit from what is now 29 weeks of posting before I get to where I am now, to half that time. That does change things a bit, but I still have the problem of what do I do in the meantime. Do I stand back and wait for it to catch up and then begin writing again? Do I continue to write it and post it here, or do I write it somewhere else that won't be posted until it is time for it to go up? That last one has the largest potential of working, but since I'm writing in a way that I never have before, I could conceivably bear the burden of a long break before picking it up again. This is why I say that. I would normally write nightly, and for hours each day. This time I am only writing the day that I post it. I don't even think much about it until I sit down to write. Sure there is a little bit here and there, of what the next chapter is going to be, but that is it, and that normally happens on the same day as when I sit down to write. Normally hours before I begin. It is a quandary, but a good one to have.
The whole reason she wants me to go to this new platform, is for more exposure. She believes I could get more readers on that platform, because is promotes things. That would be a huge help, but what is more important, is to have the support of someone like that. Someone who truly believes in what I'm doing with The Patchwork Knight. That, that is invaluable. If nothing else comes out of this, then that is enough for me.
It's not raining right now, despite the fact that the news said it was going to be raining all weekend, so I'm going to try to get out and shoot a video tomorrow for next Sunday. This could be a fun one. I told my friend about this idea, and she liked it, so look forward to it this Sunday. If I can't get out tomorrow morning, then I'll try during the week or maybe next Saturday, but I do have to go eat pizza for the PR on Saturday. The burden of a second job, am I right.
Speaking of the PR. I just finished the upload and getting the end screen add ons in place, so it is ready for it's Thursday evening release. I'll write the blog post Thursday evening after the video goes live, and it will go up on Friday morning, so you have a lot of things to look forward to at the end of this week. I'm going to go and sit back and get some rest. I think I've earned it. Peace in and goodnight.
You may or may not have noticed, that I did manage to get everything done Friday night. I wrote a chapter of The Patchwork Knight, and also put together a short video, which I believe is rather important. You already have an idea what it is about if you read Thursday nights post, so I won't bother giving you the run down. This was a simple video to make technically, because it is a one take talking video, with a couple of little things added with title boards and that kind of stuff. I didn't do this like my normal videos. There is no music with it, and I didn't do any of the end screen promotions for it. I wanted this video to stand alone. It is not for promoting me or the channel, it is a way for someone to get help. That is the goal, if this video helps just one person, then it did it's job.
If you know anyone that cold benefit from this video, please pass it on to them, or just the information within it. I don't care about view or minutes watched or anything like that on this video, I just want to get the information out there that can help someone that needs it.
I got all of this done, so that I would have Saturday free for seeing Solo the latest Star Wars movie. That is exactly what I did. I really liked it. I thought they could have done a little better job writing Lando Calrissian. I enjoyed learning the little ins and outs of Han and Chewies relationship. It's a fun movie and I hope you check it out. They do set up for either a sequel or another potential movie. I'm leaning towards it being another movie and not a sequel, but who knows what the studio will do. The early numbers haven't been promising, so maybe a sequel is out of the picture.
The friend that I went with, is the same one that told me of that blog platform called Medium. We talked more about it, and I'm still thinking about how I'm going to move The Patchwork Knight over there, and she brought up something I hadn't thought about. That would be maybe posting twice a week. That would bring the time down quite a bit from what is now 29 weeks of posting before I get to where I am now, to half that time. That does change things a bit, but I still have the problem of what do I do in the meantime. Do I stand back and wait for it to catch up and then begin writing again? Do I continue to write it and post it here, or do I write it somewhere else that won't be posted until it is time for it to go up? That last one has the largest potential of working, but since I'm writing in a way that I never have before, I could conceivably bear the burden of a long break before picking it up again. This is why I say that. I would normally write nightly, and for hours each day. This time I am only writing the day that I post it. I don't even think much about it until I sit down to write. Sure there is a little bit here and there, of what the next chapter is going to be, but that is it, and that normally happens on the same day as when I sit down to write. Normally hours before I begin. It is a quandary, but a good one to have.
The whole reason she wants me to go to this new platform, is for more exposure. She believes I could get more readers on that platform, because is promotes things. That would be a huge help, but what is more important, is to have the support of someone like that. Someone who truly believes in what I'm doing with The Patchwork Knight. That, that is invaluable. If nothing else comes out of this, then that is enough for me.
It's not raining right now, despite the fact that the news said it was going to be raining all weekend, so I'm going to try to get out and shoot a video tomorrow for next Sunday. This could be a fun one. I told my friend about this idea, and she liked it, so look forward to it this Sunday. If I can't get out tomorrow morning, then I'll try during the week or maybe next Saturday, but I do have to go eat pizza for the PR on Saturday. The burden of a second job, am I right.
Speaking of the PR. I just finished the upload and getting the end screen add ons in place, so it is ready for it's Thursday evening release. I'll write the blog post Thursday evening after the video goes live, and it will go up on Friday morning, so you have a lot of things to look forward to at the end of this week. I'm going to go and sit back and get some rest. I think I've earned it. Peace in and goodnight.
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