I have found love

Love is quite an interesting thing. You love many things in life such and friends, God, family ect. But to be in love is the greatest feeling in the entire world (second to God). I questioned whether I would be in love again anytime in the near future. But it appears fate has decreed that I am. You heard that right, I am in love!

You may be asking me, who is it oh great and handsome Andrew? Well to answer your question it is not a who, but a what. I have fallen back in love with Film! The past 2 years my camcorder had been sitting in my room catching dust. Recently I have taken it out to film a studio update (still in the making) for Led To Victory and also some video for my moms glass class. It brings back such great memories of a love that once was.

Corseph, Kev-O, and I have decided to combine forces and bring forth a youtube show so funny it will make one pee themselves. Each episode with be made up of two main segments of randomness with little micro segments sandwiched between. It's a good way to get my face out to the public.

The reason I would want my dashingly good looking face out in the public because I wan't to be a film maker. Lately I kind of settled on the fact that I should go for a more realistic plan which is Archaeology. So my film dreams were kind of left in the shadows. But lately I have come to the realization that even though they are just dreams they are still worth pursuing. Of course I am still going to go to school (not this semester cause I'm poor) and have a fall back plan so I'm trying to find alternative ways to break in the film business that aren't paying big bucks to go to school for it. I may even do work as an extra on movies for I hear that is one of the best ways to break into it.

I wan't to buy a Canon XL-2 because without a prosumer camera I am going to get nowhere. I love my camera to death but more so because it's my only link to the world of film. The video is okay but not great and the audio plain sucks so I wan't something that can bring my dreams to reality. First I need a job to save up for it. But at least it's making me more dedicated to find a job. And if I start driving soon maybe I'll work at a movie studio as a director's assisant (aka coffee getter). Sucky job as it may be it's still a good way to get somewhere if they like me.



One day....

Ghastly ghouls

I'm aware I already posted a blog tonight but something has driven me to write another: my curiosity.

Naturally I am a very curious person. This is a good and bad thing. It's good because it leads me to become very interested in things and learn them. But its not skills I learn just information. This helps with the whole Archaeology thing I'm pursuing because my curiosity drives me in the field. Now the downside of this is that sometimes I come off as nosy when in reality if someone doesn't want to talk about something I wont press the matter any further unless its one of those things where they taunt me or kind of leave me hanging. But also the fact that I become interested in certain things is also a bad thing.

All of my life I have been really interested in ghosts. You or may or may not believe in them and if you don't (not to sound mean) I could really care less. I will be the first to say I do believe in them. Not from any kind of personal experience but I'm one of those people who believe that theres a lot in this world that we do not understand and there will always be that fact. Centuries from now all of what we learned now will most likely no longer be relevant. For example, certain understandings from even so much as 100 years ago have become outdated and useless. Medicines, how things work ect. I'm getting off topic here.

Back when I was a wee lad (probably less than a year old) when we lived in Georgia, my mother went to feed me and she encountered a spirit in our living room. My mom isn't the type of person that would make something like this up. I've also encountered "strange happenings" at my house where I was on top of our bunk bed and something fell off. Seconds later it shot back up onto the bed. Also I have encountered strange things at a friends house.

The thing is the thought of encountering a spirit frightens the crap out of me. And lately I have been watching a lot of Ghost Adventures and Ghost Hunters on TV. I really like those shows but whenever I watch them I have trouble sleeping and sometimes have bad dreams. Tonight I was looking at a site with a bunch of ghost pictures and made me feel uneasy. Whether my house is haunted or not, I have no idea. In fact I don't want to know. If there is some kind of spirit in my house they have done nothing to hurt me.

A couple of weeks ago Pastor John mentioned cutting out bad things for us. Whether it be commercials, tv shows, or even small things. Things that we know aren't good for us but may be fine for other people. I think this might be one of those things. But the thing is I am cursed with a unquenchable curiosity. Plus I enjoy watching those shows. But I guess its in times like these we have to cast out certain things that may hinder our relationship with God.

My past few days (and then some)

I'm bored so you are about to receive an update on me. Don't like it? Well why on earth are you on here to begin with? So obviously you are interested.

ANYWAYS today I went to resubmit and application at Medieval Times. My friend couldn't find my other one. So I went to leave it in the office since he told me not to leave it at the window. I go in there and wait for a receptionist. She never came. But some lady in an MT polo with a walkie talkie came in and asked me what I wanted. I told her and she told me to take it to the window. I tried explaining to her that my friend instructed me to leave it with the receptionist but she was lame and just kept suggesting to put it in the application box or at the window because "the receptionist may not get it if you leave it on her desk". Well I left it on the desk anyways because where the hell else would it run off to. But yeah that lady was not very nice and she just made me nervous leaving it where I was instructed to.

I went to Disneyland yesterday with my friend Brittany and her friend Mike who actually was a really cool guy. Reminds me of Harold from Harold and Kumar. Except only half asian. But he too was interested in film and we talked about it for a while. He really wants to collaborate on his script (as in have me act and POSSIBLY be the cinematographer). He also offered to help on the current script I'm getting started on. Problem is hes moving in a month. But this and the youtube show I'm making with my friends is really inspiring to step up my game. I haven't made a real video in FOREVER. Literally like over a year or two. If I want to ever achieve my true dream of being a director its not like this. But I really have faith in the script I'm going to start (if you are curious read my last post). And it was encouraging when he told me that he really liked the premise of it. And I know I can use it to throw in some good moral lessons and messages.

I realized I'm writing the events of my life backwards so I will continue that by mentioning the previous night. I was hanging out with Cory and Alex and we decided to go to the Gallegly home and hang out. We went out for food and never went back. This is because while we were in the drive thru (Cory, Micah and I in one car, Alex, Desiree, Celia, and Blue in the other) Cory got all devious and after we got our food we drove off and hid. Cory called the others and told them they had to come find us and we gave them hints. It was easy as hell but they took a looooong time to find us (we even told when EXACTLY where we were. They didn't find us for another like half hour). It ended up turning into a fun game of car hide and seek. We so won :). The other car of people will say differently.

But not all is fun and games. Lately (especially) I've been struggling more and more with certain things. It's not an easy thing nor has it been. I'm just hoping I will finally break away from all of it. I already thought it was over with but apparently its not. God will get me through it just fine.

(Lack of) talent

So I've come to face the cold reality: I suck at everything. I have yet to find out what my greatest of talents is. Sure I have hobbies but those hobbies I'm not particularly good at. But there has to be one thing out there that God endowed me with that I am naturally good at. I certainly hope its something cool that blows people away such as juggling sharp flaming objects. Though I will never attempt that to begin with I will never know.

For some reason all the talent was given away to my other brothers and sisters. Especially my brother Michael. He's athletic, does all this outdoor crap, snowboards, he's freakin' smart, he's a naturally gifted musician ect. I could go on but the more I do it makes me feel like a shmuck.

I get people that tell me that I'm good with words when it comes to lifting people up and sometimes I can see it. Some of the words that come out of my mouth almost freak me out because I have no idea where they came from. It's probably God speaking through me. I mean sure this is a good skill to have because it helps people. Hell, maybe it's way better than playing music or being good at foosball (or Street Fighter Rachel!). But for some reason I feel like a failure if I'm not able to physically impress people. It's pretty sad actually. Whatever my greatest trait is, I hope I use it for good and go far with it.This is Jari Maenpaa. Chances are hes more talented than you at guitar.

This has inspired me to write a script about someone who lacks talents and is trying to find what hes good at. Because that sounds like it would make a decent comedy.

Conola!

So I have been spending the last couple of days playing The Sims 3 on Cory's Macbook. The past few days Cory, Ricky and I have gathered and played it together. Even though there are Sim haters out there, I think it's an amazing game. I mean there's no way to beat it so I can genuinely want to play it rather than play it just to get it over with.

Even though its a game and all that, it does inspire me to do things. Its kind of sad when your Sim accomplishes more in a few days than I have in my whole life. It really makes me want to go out there and do more with my existence. And not for any materialistic reasons but because I know I'm meant for something greater. Its kind of weird that a video game can give you this kind of realization. I mean I'm aware that doing stuff in the Sims is a lot easier than in real life but really it just shows me how lazy I am. Maybe I should stop playing the Sims haha.

The best band ever (in my opinion)

So I was hanging out with a few friends a couple of days ago and we started quizzing each other on ourselves. I asked them what my favorite band was. No one had the answer. So I'm going to take the next few minutes to school you on them.

For those of you who don't know who my favorite band is, they are a power metal/hard rock band from Germany by the name of Edguy [not Viking metal from Norway cough cough :)]. So anyways I'm going to compose a top 5 list of what I love about this band:

1. Tobias Sammet: Definitely my favorite singer of all time. This guy can pretty much hit any note he wants. Not only that but he is the most hilarious human in existence and incorporates it into their music and live shows. Plus he is super creative.
2. Diversity: Whatever mood I'm in Edguy has got me covered. If I want to laugh, they have humor. If I am feeling down they have songs that I can relate to on a personal level. Their music comes in all shapes and sizes: funny, happy, sad, angry pretty much any mood that can be portrayed.
3. Guitars: They have some pretty awesome guitar work. By no means is it shredtastic(the spellcheck claims thats an actual word) like Children of Bodom but that doesn't stop them from writing fantastic stuff.
4. Live Show: They put on one of the best shows on the planet. Not only are their stage presence nearly unmatched but the songs are nearly dead on. I love going to a show and getting to laugh through most of it.
5. Avantasia: Okay this isn't really a part of Edguy but I'm counting it. What Avantasia is is Tobias Sammet's side project in which he makes concept albums with multiple power metal singers and musicians. Each singer sings a different character in the story and speaking of which, the stories are pretty deep. Plus the album The Scarecrow is my favorite album of all time.

So now you know. I mean don't expect to go listen to them and like them because they are a very selective taste. Some might find his vocals not to their liking (by means of how they sound not how well he sings). But if you do find them to your liking be sure to let me know and maybe I'll be nice and give you some of their cds. I have a few of their songs on my music player below. I also have some Avantasia which some of it is a little more mellow than the Edguy I have up.

I love that people enjoy my blog

So I am going to turn the volume up to 11. But not really. I cut my hair today and I'm looking puuurty goood. Most importantly I will now use less shampoo and it won't annoy me as much (like when I'm eating).

So yesterday I went to Disneyland with my friends Alex and Celia. It was a lot of fun. Except I got really hungry and got extreme back pains. Then we went to Chris' apartment and we all went hot tubbin' and did Weeds trivia (I got two right even though I don't watch the show). We were all there until about 4 in the morning and I went to sleep around 5:30. Sucky thing was, my body was so fixated on waking up at 9 for some reason. But somehow I fell back asleep and woke up at 11ish. Nice.

Today I went to Disneyland AGAIN with Alex and Celia with the (awesome) addition of my friend Rachel. We didn't go on anything and left within like 30-60 minutes. So now I'm home. My back still hurts and so does a many other things. It sucks. But it s'okay.


SHRED CHRISTOPHER LEE!!! SHRREEEEEEEEED! With a hint of sea salt ice cream

Are you there?

So tonight I was feeling a little down. Heck it's been like that a lot lately. It didn't help that I was sort of struggling in my relationship with God. Then tonight a good friend made me promise to do one thing. Pray. So I fulfilled my promise. I prayed in a way I have never prayed before. I felt connected. What seemed like 5 minutes ended up being 20-30. By the time I finished praying I felt more calm and level headed. God has been here looking over my shoulder the entire time and for some reason I failed to take notice. In my dire need of him he came through. And I hope he comes through for everyone else as well. I prayed for aforementioned friend and the struggle in said persons heart. Hopefully God will help them in their need as well. I guess its always in our hour of utmost need that he appears to us and brings balance in our hearts. Thank you Jesus for speaking to me through my friend to bring me ever closer.

A brand new CAAAR!

Went to Price Is Right yesterday with all my friends for Casey Jones birthday. Twas a lot of fun. A ton of waiting and having to pee but my friends made it a grand ol' time. Being in Hollywood really makes me want to live my dream as a film maker. But alas, I have no idea where to start that will realistically give me a chance. Well I guess if that's what God wants me to do it will happen for me some way or another. Saturday I'm going to Ren Faire with my brother and mother. Funny thing is I'm going to be wearing a pirate outfit (even though I think vikings are way better). The viking costume I have would be embarassing to wear so I'd rather have a real viking outfit. But one thing is for sure, I look damn good in the pirate outfit haha. I lack boots though :(
By the way this is my brothers costume so don't go thinking I'm a weirdo who owns a full on pirate costume haha

Oh so very excited!

I am currently super duper excited. Here are the two reasons why...:
Concept art for the new Zelda. Notice he is not holding the master sword. Speculation is that the girl is the master sword in "human" form. The game will use WiiMotion Plus giving the sword fighting and archery more of a real feeling. Also if you notice Link is much older. NEXT order of business:

The Clash of the Titans remake! The only thing that bothers me so far is the fact that Sam Worthington has short and buzzed hair. Yeah I'm sure they weren't able to cut hair like that in Ancient Greece. Especially that perfectly cut. Would it have killed them just to put a wig on him? He would look effin' epic with long hair. Just imagine him having long hair in those pictures and you will see what I mean.