Saturday, February 9, 2013
Time to get Busy even though I am a bit Busy!
So the meet up was a success in my opinion. I met up with Micheal G. a friend of mine who was going to film school with me. We talked at length about ideas and topics. Mostly we were seeing if we were interested in the same things. I managed to write notes through out the 3 hour talk session. I wrote quick notes on ideas and homework to do. Today when I have a chance I will be going back to my notes and memory to see what we should work on first. I will choose which one first after i make a pros and cons list. I also will be doing research on how to make a documentary. I will update the blog with how I narrowed it down later. OK until then peace!
Thursday, February 7, 2013
Today is a big day!
No post last night.. nothing huge happened to write about.
Today I am going to be at the Library researching and planning. I made an event on Facebook to let people know. We shall see what comes out of this meeting at the public library. I just have to keep positive and radiate positiveness. People are attracted to sunlight>? Right>>??? hmm
K BBL
Today I am going to be at the Library researching and planning. I made an event on Facebook to let people know. We shall see what comes out of this meeting at the public library. I just have to keep positive and radiate positiveness. People are attracted to sunlight>? Right>>??? hmm
K BBL
Wednesday, February 6, 2013
Woke up walked my dog and started planning!
So I just finished sending out messages to all the people on my Facebook I think are into Film. Hopefully I get some responses back....
Yes, I did get some responses back! All looking pretty Positive.. also still waiting on people to get back to me... But it all looks good so far.
A buddy of mine from Film school wants to work on something. I threw some potential ideas around for a documentary.. He has a camera... God Bless his soul!
And my friend's mom might be able to get me to work with her on some of her film projects.
Right now I am handling my Miami Dade College application process. I might have to go see an adviser tomorrow in person if he/she doesn't get back to me by e-mail. Only bad news is the spring semester started two weeks ago. Hmmm maybe I can get in :)...>??
Yes I'm fkin Excited so far so good. I will make another post tonight. Peace.
Yes, I did get some responses back! All looking pretty Positive.. also still waiting on people to get back to me... But it all looks good so far.
A buddy of mine from Film school wants to work on something. I threw some potential ideas around for a documentary.. He has a camera... God Bless his soul!
And my friend's mom might be able to get me to work with her on some of her film projects.
Right now I am handling my Miami Dade College application process. I might have to go see an adviser tomorrow in person if he/she doesn't get back to me by e-mail. Only bad news is the spring semester started two weeks ago. Hmmm maybe I can get in :)...>??
Yes I'm fkin Excited so far so good. I will make another post tonight. Peace.
Tuesday, February 5, 2013
Let me clear the dust off this blog...!
Hey empty web world with people/creatures reading this. I am going to start up this blog again. This time I am just going to focus on keeping up a record of what I am doing to start stepping towards doing some creative work for a living... or a main hobby lol.
The other night I was feeling pretty down on myself because my life wasn't going in the direction that I wanted... it was going nowhere and fast.. and it was all my fault. BuT!!! It's time to Man Up and do the damn thang. You know what I am saying? Yes? Gooood!
First thing I got to do is look into getting FAFSA and finishing my film production degree in my free time. I am close to finishing it (just two semesters) and It will help me put my foot through the door into some production companies.
In the mean time I am studying, I will try to network and find any work in anything related to production. I just got to keep busy and stop wasting time... (playing too much video games).
Another thing I will be doing is working on writing short stories, scripts, and novels. I have a lot of ideas I just need to expand, research, and SIT DOWN AND WRITE!!
A big priority is to put all the money I make into paying off my credit cards and set up a cash flow... eventually obtaining my own film equipment. DSLR come to me baby!!! =)
A list of items I should get:
The other night I was feeling pretty down on myself because my life wasn't going in the direction that I wanted... it was going nowhere and fast.. and it was all my fault. BuT!!! It's time to Man Up and do the damn thang. You know what I am saying? Yes? Gooood!
First thing I got to do is look into getting FAFSA and finishing my film production degree in my free time. I am close to finishing it (just two semesters) and It will help me put my foot through the door into some production companies.
In the mean time I am studying, I will try to network and find any work in anything related to production. I just got to keep busy and stop wasting time... (playing too much video games).
Another thing I will be doing is working on writing short stories, scripts, and novels. I have a lot of ideas I just need to expand, research, and SIT DOWN AND WRITE!!
A big priority is to put all the money I make into paying off my credit cards and set up a cash flow... eventually obtaining my own film equipment. DSLR come to me baby!!! =)
A list of items I should get:
- DSLR
- Boom Microphone
- zoom h4n recorder (or something better)
- access to a mac for final cut haha
- 1tb external hdd
- zoom lenses
- lightning equipment
- ????
- profit.
Friday, February 19, 2010
Habbit 1 : Be Proactive
"The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People," by Stephen R. Covey is the book I am currently reading at the moment. I touched a bit on the first chapter in my last post. The first chapter is about how we think effects us greatly especially in our actions. The second chapter, which I will discuss in this post is about the first habit in the seven habits talked about in the book. The first habbit is about being "Proactive." Covey explains that theres two kinds of people in this world, Reactive and Proactive. Reactive people tend to blame and make excuses whereas Proactive people take charge of their problems and seek solutions. For example, a Reactive person would say:
There's nothing I can do.
That's just the way I am.
He makes me so mad.
They won't allow that.
I have to do that.
I can't.
I must.
If only.
A Proactive person would say:
Let's look at our alternatives.
I can choose a different approach.
I control my own feelings.
I can create an effective presentation.
I will choose an appropriate response.
I choose.
I prefer.
I will.
The Proactive person's language shows his attitude and how he is in control. And if we remain in control of ourselves we can direct our way to where we want to be.
Another subject the second chapter in the book touched on was the Circle of Concern and the Circle of Influence. The Circle of Concern is the things in our life we worry about but have no "mental or emotional involvement." For example, the flaws of other people, the problems in politics, and circumstances they have no control over. The Circle of Concern results in blaming, accusing attitudes, and feelings of victimization. The Circle of Influence is things we can do something about, which produce positive energy. The biggest influence we have is ourselves and the best thing to do is change yourself to fix a problem. If you are having problems with someone else's weakness it would be reactive to ridicule them about their weakness. The best approach, would be to first set an example by being a role model that could inspire the person to change his/her weakness. "By working on ourselves instead of worrying about conditions, we were able to influence the conditions."
A Proactive person focuses on his/her Circle of Influence which begins to grow and lets the Proactive person eleminate concerns because his influence starts to have an immediate effect on what use to be in his/her Circle of Concern.
There's nothing I can do.
That's just the way I am.
He makes me so mad.
They won't allow that.
I have to do that.
I can't.
I must.
If only.
A Proactive person would say:
Let's look at our alternatives.
I can choose a different approach.
I control my own feelings.
I can create an effective presentation.
I will choose an appropriate response.
I choose.
I prefer.
I will.
The Proactive person's language shows his attitude and how he is in control. And if we remain in control of ourselves we can direct our way to where we want to be.
Another subject the second chapter in the book touched on was the Circle of Concern and the Circle of Influence. The Circle of Concern is the things in our life we worry about but have no "mental or emotional involvement." For example, the flaws of other people, the problems in politics, and circumstances they have no control over. The Circle of Concern results in blaming, accusing attitudes, and feelings of victimization. The Circle of Influence is things we can do something about, which produce positive energy. The biggest influence we have is ourselves and the best thing to do is change yourself to fix a problem. If you are having problems with someone else's weakness it would be reactive to ridicule them about their weakness. The best approach, would be to first set an example by being a role model that could inspire the person to change his/her weakness. "By working on ourselves instead of worrying about conditions, we were able to influence the conditions."
A Proactive person focuses on his/her Circle of Influence which begins to grow and lets the Proactive person eleminate concerns because his influence starts to have an immediate effect on what use to be in his/her Circle of Concern.
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
I am reading "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People"
Like the title of this blog post says, I am reading "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People," by Stephen R. Covey. I highly recommend this book even if you are a proactive person, it is good to know the formula to smooth out your rough corners. The first chapter talked about paradigm shifts.
Paradigm shifts are drastic changes in methodology and practice. The book touched on how the way we think effects the way we see and feel about things. There is an example in the book where the author is on a bus and everything is peaceful and calm untill a man and his child get on the bus. The kid is making a racket and disturbing everyone, and the father is doing nothing about it. When the author couldn't stand it anymore he told the father to do something about the kid. The father tells the author that he is sorry, that his wife just died and they are coming back from the hospital. The author had a paradigm shift and now he understands why the kid is acting like that and has compasion for the father and kid.
So, when you feel agitated by someones mean act towards you or foul attitutde, try to imagine a possible excuse for the other person. What this will do is give the other person a chance to redeem him/herself, instead of having you labeling the person as an "asshole" and letting the person get under your skin. Because there can be a chance that the person experiencing a miss comunication, which is where most problems arrive from.
A weak person let's the action's and words of other people affect how they feel emotionally inside. The way towards becoming a stronger a person is to change the way you think, to perform a paradigm shift. If we stick to our strong ideals we will perform our priorities with a purpose that will not be dilluted by other people because we will not be influenced by negativity. Set your goal, find out what you have to do to accomplish this goal, and then execute the task in the order you determined to be most effective. It's the same as climbing up stairs, one step at a time and you will reach the top (your goal).
Paradigm shifts are drastic changes in methodology and practice. The book touched on how the way we think effects the way we see and feel about things. There is an example in the book where the author is on a bus and everything is peaceful and calm untill a man and his child get on the bus. The kid is making a racket and disturbing everyone, and the father is doing nothing about it. When the author couldn't stand it anymore he told the father to do something about the kid. The father tells the author that he is sorry, that his wife just died and they are coming back from the hospital. The author had a paradigm shift and now he understands why the kid is acting like that and has compasion for the father and kid.
So, when you feel agitated by someones mean act towards you or foul attitutde, try to imagine a possible excuse for the other person. What this will do is give the other person a chance to redeem him/herself, instead of having you labeling the person as an "asshole" and letting the person get under your skin. Because there can be a chance that the person experiencing a miss comunication, which is where most problems arrive from.
A weak person let's the action's and words of other people affect how they feel emotionally inside. The way towards becoming a stronger a person is to change the way you think, to perform a paradigm shift. If we stick to our strong ideals we will perform our priorities with a purpose that will not be dilluted by other people because we will not be influenced by negativity. Set your goal, find out what you have to do to accomplish this goal, and then execute the task in the order you determined to be most effective. It's the same as climbing up stairs, one step at a time and you will reach the top (your goal).
Friday, January 8, 2010
Dream Journal and Lucid Dreaming
This morning I woke up and took my girlfriend to work. When I got back home I tried to go back to sleep. I don't remember how much time passed during my sleep. I went to sleep at 8:00 am and I woke up around 9:00 am. I remember dreaming about my girlfriend and I think we were shopping for groceries, and I became sort of aware that this was impossible because I could hear her voice with me but I knew she was at work (which made me sad cause' I did not want her to go). I think this is when my sleep paralysis started to happen.
Now I use to react to this with fear and I would try to move myself physically, but recently I read a wiki article about lucid dreaming and I had a conversation with Christian (the same friend I mentioned in my second blog post) who told me that what you have to do when you enter a sleep paralysis, is not try to move yourself physically but do things mentally. I remembered this when I tried to move physically but couldn't, so I tried to float or have an out of body experience and I did!!
It was so ... amazing and weird and scary, that when it happened I wanted to go right back in my body and I did. When I am in sleep paralysis I am aware of my surroundings and environment and I can sort of see the room I am in, it's dark and it's probably cause' the lights are off. Now my body or mind tried numerous times to trick me into false awakenings, like I could hear my mother calling me.. and then I got up and went to talk to her and we got into an argument cause she was looking for something but couldn't find it and I got mad because she completely re-arranged my living room. I wanted to kick her out and she wanted her printer back, but it's my printer I yelled back at her. Now she got into this weird pose that she would never get into in real life (up on a table with her legs really spread apart) and everything felt pretty surreal so I had an instant recollection of what I learned about dreaming and I said to myself loudly in my dream, "THIS IS A DREAM."
Right away I was back in my bed... now everything was happening too fast, I could order myself back into my dream and try to wake up normally and I think I did try that once... but when I got into my Lucid Dream again which I did because I said to myself "THIS IS A DREAM." I remembered Christian told me you can ask your brain questions like "what do I fear," and "show me my repressed fears." I did both and when I asked what do I fear I saw "IT," from Stephen King's movie standing by my wall, and I got really mad and I gave it the middle finger and it went away. When I asked for my repressed fears.... HOLY SHIT... fear choked my chest and the whole room started flashing black and white really fast and in the middle where IT was standing by the wall by my bed I saw this dark figure, and in the mean time this was happening I felt my body being dragged away from the figure. Right away I panicked and I said this is a dream! Then when I went back in my dream I told myself I was going to wake up and I did. And I saw black spots on the ceiling before I turned the lights on.
Now there might be some stuff I forgot, but I am sure I remembered the more exciting and crazy stuff. But, from now on I am going to keep something to record myself, and I think next time I won't rush things and really experiment. I will post my dream journal and lucid dreaming experiences in this blog, so keep reading.
If you want to try Lucid Dreaming for yourself, I recommend being very cautious. Do your research and read the article on Lucid Dreaming that wikipedia has.
Now I use to react to this with fear and I would try to move myself physically, but recently I read a wiki article about lucid dreaming and I had a conversation with Christian (the same friend I mentioned in my second blog post) who told me that what you have to do when you enter a sleep paralysis, is not try to move yourself physically but do things mentally. I remembered this when I tried to move physically but couldn't, so I tried to float or have an out of body experience and I did!!
It was so ... amazing and weird and scary, that when it happened I wanted to go right back in my body and I did. When I am in sleep paralysis I am aware of my surroundings and environment and I can sort of see the room I am in, it's dark and it's probably cause' the lights are off. Now my body or mind tried numerous times to trick me into false awakenings, like I could hear my mother calling me.. and then I got up and went to talk to her and we got into an argument cause she was looking for something but couldn't find it and I got mad because she completely re-arranged my living room. I wanted to kick her out and she wanted her printer back, but it's my printer I yelled back at her. Now she got into this weird pose that she would never get into in real life (up on a table with her legs really spread apart) and everything felt pretty surreal so I had an instant recollection of what I learned about dreaming and I said to myself loudly in my dream, "THIS IS A DREAM."
Right away I was back in my bed... now everything was happening too fast, I could order myself back into my dream and try to wake up normally and I think I did try that once... but when I got into my Lucid Dream again which I did because I said to myself "THIS IS A DREAM." I remembered Christian told me you can ask your brain questions like "what do I fear," and "show me my repressed fears." I did both and when I asked what do I fear I saw "IT," from Stephen King's movie standing by my wall, and I got really mad and I gave it the middle finger and it went away. When I asked for my repressed fears.... HOLY SHIT... fear choked my chest and the whole room started flashing black and white really fast and in the middle where IT was standing by the wall by my bed I saw this dark figure, and in the mean time this was happening I felt my body being dragged away from the figure. Right away I panicked and I said this is a dream! Then when I went back in my dream I told myself I was going to wake up and I did. And I saw black spots on the ceiling before I turned the lights on.
Now there might be some stuff I forgot, but I am sure I remembered the more exciting and crazy stuff. But, from now on I am going to keep something to record myself, and I think next time I won't rush things and really experiment. I will post my dream journal and lucid dreaming experiences in this blog, so keep reading.
If you want to try Lucid Dreaming for yourself, I recommend being very cautious. Do your research and read the article on Lucid Dreaming that wikipedia has.
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