Belated Ides of March Update

The Ides of March passed and I didn't have a chance to upload anything spectacular. I had skipped town to cast my net of specific skills on the other side of the boat: North Texas. I've taken only just enough equipment to finish projects unending and complete what may come.

As an avid enthusiast of MMA, more so martial arts of eastern origin,  I began training two friends of mine and some family. They did exceptionally well, adapting the text book examples into their own styles, however we no longer train. Because of my move I am unable to train them. Having studied copious amounts of content online and through various books (all official and unofficial) I still want to pass on my knowledge one way or another. I might posting videos on my YouTube account, or at the very least posting my notes here, it might become an ongoing series, but either way its going to be a party.

Speaking of series, I want to make a five episode short about mental health. Hopefully I can start working on that throughout April into late May, maybe even June, but no later than that. I want that whole thing uploaded by July. I'm still juggling around with the concept and which direction to go, no script yet, but its something that on my heart.

Still trying to get a final version of Nosferatu: A Modern Rendition up. As mentioned before my editing machine is back at HQ in the RGV. Its just about ready to go, just some post-production things to take care of. However, I am already looking into producing/ directing a short based on Norwegian folk lore. I don't want to go into too much detail, but the short will be based on one of Ibsen's plays and will probably be a "Modern Rendition".

That being said I am going to bring an end to modernizing old plays or just stories set in a time before the 1960's. I did it with the Jewish Wife and Nosferatu (originally Dracula). After the Norwegian short, I want to do two more "Modern Rendition"s. One of them will be the Greek tragedy Medea, and the other will be a Shakespearean work (possibly). I'll do more if they are royalty free or if it would be easy for me to obtain the rights to produce it, but I want to move away from reinventing the wheel and creating original work.

So for now the production schedule is as follows unless something catastrophic occurs. These do not include the release dates, but might be released within the time frame.
- March 20th - May 13th
   Norwegian Short
- May 22nd - July 15th
   Medea
- July 24th - Oct 14th
  Shakespeare

Aside from those productions all the other stuff I've mentioned will be released during and in-between those dates. Nosferatu by mid-April, a coffee short a friend and I were working on by the end of April, the Mental Health series, the MMA series, and the occasional life updates (here on the blog at least once a week and on the vlog every two weeks). My life may be more scrambled and fried than an omelette crafted by Bradley Cooper right now, but story telling is in my blood and I won't stop until God says "No."

Star Wars Ep. VII: The Force Awakens movie review.

(1/12/2016)

While Star Wars Ep. VII was filled to the brim with easter eggs and sci-fi fantasy space opera awesomeness, when compared to the Star Wars movie universe and Star Wars lore (most of which had been dismissed by Disney as non-canon) I feel it a just a tier lower than its predecessors (Yes, even the prequels). It would not be the same to say that I disliked SWVII altogether, but there were some technical aspects and creative choices that I did not agree with. Whether it was J.J. Abrams’ focus on insta-friendships or Disney’s happy endings, or a sick and twisted combination of the two, I give this saga’s entry a six out of ten.

(3/6/2016) 
And now its time for me to obliterate the movie into the oblivion of hyper space (but not really).

Its been more than a month since SWVII premiered to the masses, if you haven't seen it yet and you're reading this stop. Stop right now before I ruin the epicness of the movie for you. As mentioned above I don't believe it lived up to the original trilogy and the prequels, partially because of Finn's character, partially because of Poe's absence, mainly because of the story build up. Is it a script problem? I don't know, I'll leave that up to you.

Procrastinating Rest

With many projects and personal goals pending, I decided to use today as a day of rest. I almost did absolutely nothing but lounge around all day in sweat pants and a hoodie. I could have, and probably should, washed the dishes or at least tidied up the place, but I didn't.

What I did do was wear wrist braces and read about different cultures and religions. Mainly because its time to learn about other belief systems outside of the Abrahmic religions. Another reason could be because I could not feel my arms or stay focused past two moments of time. Either way as a Christian, I feel, it would be good to know the origins and basic beliefs that are or can be considered wholly deviant from the Bible.


A couple of years ago I got in an argument about women's health and the government in regards to mainstream Christianity and Wicca beliefs. I do not remember how the argument proceeded, but in the end I believe we decided to agree to disagree.  I like to stand for what I believe in, so that was a very hard thing for me to do.

I like to find the truth of things in the midst of popular social and political world views and mindsets in regards to all things. Its either a spectrum, a complex and ornate web of point of views, or black and white, wrong in the eyes of all. However, at the time I was not willing to risk being misinformed or misinforming others for the sake of my pride (the argument took place in front of a group of people from all walks of life and beliefs, an open forum of diversity).



To this day I feel like I fell short when the time came. I feel that I should have known where they were coming from. Instead I knew little to nothing about Wicca. Aside from general mythology, I know little to nothing about paganism or polytheism. 

Oh well. I'm off to do battle in the lands of Skyrim.