Camera fun

These are a couple videos testing focus and low light video... In the daylight, this camera is fantastic!

Day 8869 - Idea

So, after a long an arduous day at this lucrative business we call college, I have nothing inspiring to reflect upon in regards to my day-happenings... But I can reflect upon this:

Dr Horrible. Love it. Hated it in a hipster kinda way to begin with, but now that I am immersed in theatre and Music, I love it. To most of you, this is not news, but I still have to take the time to reflect and explain. I think my  fantastic mother put it into concrete words which made sense of my theoretic nonsense gibberish you all know as my perspective...

It is a story about a young and naive teenager fighting for recognition. A social underdog turning desires into inner turmoil and eventually into hate. It's about "the one that got away", and the douchebag who used them without understanding their true beauty. And because of this story and theme which I believe nearly everyone can relate to, I need to reproduce it and let people see it the way I do. What better time than now, what better place then here?

So, that being said, I am placing my name in the random hat that is "Ottawa Fringe". There will be no poultry mathematics, I understand the concept of a draw. I just need to challenge myself, and this is how. I found out recently that for a show of this scale, Mr Whedon will not charge for the rights, so why the freek not!

Now I have a great play to "cover" and a perspective to imply. But I need more... A twist. The idea I had was to take teenage angst a little further, and market the show to a target audience, particularly Fringe goers... And I realize that the 2 bird 1 stone theory led me to one conclusion: The story must be one of coming out, constantly confronting boundaries, and being self-conscious of every interpretation. This play could be transformed beautifully into a satirical gay comedy. Now, before I get a rush of objections, hear me out: I understand that the brunt of the humour cannot be focused on homosexuality, but it must be the focus and add to the conflicting nature of a struggling teenager.

I already have a wonderful stage manager who has offered her services, and I have full confidence in her abilities. I also have someone who will help oversee the "publicity and production" aspect of the show, but I need a lot more... I need talented musicians, devoted actors (seriously, this is a strong time commitment), a dance choreographer, a dance choreographer, among other roles to fill. And I need input, insight and ideas!

If any of you reading this are in Ottawa, interested in putting in a serious amount of hours for little to no pay and a phenomenal experience, please let me know. We need you.

Also, feel free to post any comments/questions/suggestions... This feels like a good idea, but different perspectives will give me a better understanding of the big picture, and all opinions are valued and appreciated.

Goodnight!

Day 8868, continued

It has come to my attention that I lack structure in writing, and particularly in the strategical implementation of ideas using thoughtful and communicative means. So here's my attempt at structure:

In future blogs, I will arrange my brain spews using this categorical breakdown:

Brain Farts: Nonsensical gibberish spewed forth in point form.

Criticisms: Kind of self explanatory. Whiny rants about people/things I don't partularly care for.

School: Take a guess... My fabulous community college undertakings.

Ideas: Like brain farts, but with a purpose. Mixed media and reflective journals.

A/V wonderland: Fun stuff with my beautiful new baby DSLR. I hope he grows up to love me half as much as I him.

These'll be part of the titles of my posts, so you can just read the title and decide whether you want to give a crap and read on...

So yeah... And those I offend with opinions, understand that this is an inner monologue, so I only express the inner truth within my soul. And if you know me, you know this is how I work. I won't beat around the bush, I won't try and put it mildly to avoid provocation or hurt feelings. Understand that though I criticize everything and everyone around me, if I didn't appreciate who you are I wouldn't befriend you. If you're reading this, I've only shared this blog with people I like, and that's you. So suck it up...

Day 8868, still alive.

So far so good. Survived every supposed apocalypse till now.

This blog is for me... I don't tweet. I don't care if you follow me, and I'm offended that you're offended I don't follow you, you self righteous attention whore. This is above all else a public diary. Read it if you want perspective, comment if it's constructive, but first and foremost, this is for me. Later on, when I realize I'm a failure, I'll use these blogs to write an instruction booklet, or something...

So

Day 8868

Today, I held a bird's eye view of my life and times and realized that I had no wings. So I landed in my eye.

I gave a perspective of a fawn to a goat and she thought it was "baaaaad."

Two ferrys cross in a pond, and I don't even have a life preserver.

If I were sold as a slave to an Irishman, would he allow me to listen to christian rock?

Do the Jonas Brothers pee together?

On a different note, I chose a research topic for my psychology class.  This is my proposal:

Religion. The moral bonding agent of society since time began. How has religion spread so fast? How have major religions survived, grown and thrived over millennia? And how will they continue to survive in the age of social media and fickle change? Are the tactics of recruitment similar to tactics corporations and marketing companies employ on a regular basis?

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the use of Cialdini’s principles of persuasion in modern religion. Through critical analysis of the six principles, the veil of common religion will give way to a market, an enterprise, and at its core... A business.