Lunch Break Musings #1

Nothing serious this time around. Just talking about a few things :)

At long last, my website is nearing completion; which means that all of my blogs, videos, and other creative...creations will be available in one place. Though I technically have a website already, I was very disappointed with the outcome in various aspects (color, layout, interface). This time around I am using the [sometimes annoyingly] popular WordPress design, with a template from Elegant Themes.

Given the relative simplicity of using WordPress, my website should have been ready long ago. I mean hell, with the templates 90% of the design work is done for me! However with a combination of inexperience, a slight deficiency in attention, frustration, and thinking-too-much/overcomplicating-things, the process all but screeched to a hault for far too long.

I keep saying that I need to write more, and this is true. I honestly feel that writing (in addition to making videos) is both cathartic and therapeutic for me, even when I write about food & restaurants like in my other blog. Once the website completion is out of the way, that will be one less "obstacle" (so to speak) to take up my time from writing. You know, besides my general lack of attention and having to work. ...and video games

When all is said and done, I will post links pretty much everywhere I can think of: on here, my Twitter account, YouTube, Facebook, Google+, and Times Square (if it's affordable).

Random note on the topic of Twitter: I'll be creating an account for my dog Charlie. I know this sounds dumb to some people, but there seems to be a lot of "pet" accounts, and I think it will be interesting to see how many "Tweeps" he can meet on there. Or perhaps I'll create one account that all 3 of our pets will "use". Hmm...

...SQUIRREL! *runs off*

This was quite possibly the most nonsensical thing I've written since the emo songs/poems in high school.

Where Does My Mind Lay?

Lately I've been dedicating the vast majority of my creative attention to doing vlogs on YouTube. As a result, I have neglected my blogs and even my stories that I am a long way off from finishing.

My plans are to start doing more than just vlogs and move on to creating funny skits, how-to videos for cooking gluten & dairy free treats, and much more. There is so much I want to do, but I often lack a vital ingredient to accomplishing these things:

Focus.

At work, I find myself daydreaming of the creative things I'd love to work on. At home, when I think about working on writing or recording something, I find myself goofing off or getting stuck in front of the television. When I feel like working out, I'm conflicted because it's also time I could spend doing something with Jill, or writing, or playing with Charlie, or even playing a video game like I've done rarely these days.

I wish for more time to do things, but the reality of the situation is that if I were able to focus, I wouldn't need more time. For instance, I'm writing this at 1:15 CST when the idea popped in my head in between movies with Jill, Corrie, and Aaron.

This post originally started out as somewhat of a complaint about my lack of focus, but really it's more of a revelation for me. I'm not complaining, I'm just putting it out there. If I want to get things accomplished, I have to do them and not make excuses.

I want to write because I have stories to share.

I want to make vlogs because it gives me a chance to share my weirdness with the world.

I want to make videos because I want to take my ideas to another level.

I want to have a job someday that doesn't have me sitting on my butt all day staring at a computer screen. I do enough of that in my spare time.

I want to re-learn guitar because it's fun, and I don't care about being "good" at it.

I want to be quick and direct like my wife, because she's one of the strongest people I know.

I want to show myself that time is what I make of it.

And so much more.

How I Saved The World (Talking To God)

DISCLAIMER: If you're going to read this, you better have a sense of humor. Especially if you're of the Christian faith, because without a sense of humor this will probably just make you mad. Not that I care whether you get mad or not, I just don't want to hear anyone bitching about it. Oh, and for the younger audience, there's at least 1 "naughty word" below. I promise you won't have a moral epileptic seizure.


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May 21, 2011. The day that was to be the end of the world (according to Harold Camping). The end of days. The Rapture. But the world didn't end, did it? The vast majority of us are still here, and old Harold said that he was wrong.

But was he really wrong? So many of us laughed and joked about it, even going so far as to boast our preparedness for the Zombie Apocalypse (to which I say "BRING IT ON").

On Wednesday, the 18th, I noticed that God tweeted about how he accidentally scheduled the Rapture on his day of rest (that's right, He has a Twitter account). That's when it dawned on me: Jill's graduation was on the 21st. After all the work she put into completing her Masters program, I knew I had to try something!

Having seen the movie Bruce Almighty, I knew that He had a huge backlog of prayers, so I went the direct route and replied to His Twitter post.

Thus, the epic battle of "140 Characters or Less" did ensue to decide the fate of the world as we know it!

Crisis averted, Rapture rescheduled, and my wife got to walk the line at her graduation.

You're welcome.