My Current Favorites

I've got a lot of things that I've really been into lately, and I thought I'd share them with you.

1. X-Box 360 Live - My roommate, Nic, just got a 360 at the beginning of the school year and we've been playing it quite frequently. I'm not a full blown nerd that plays 24/7 or waits in line at GameStop for 5 hours to get the first copy of Halo 3, but I do enjoy playing it. Games of choice: Gears of War and Rainbow Six: Vegas.

2. Home Improvement - Oh, man, I love this show. One of my favorite sitcoms. It's just good ol' clean fun. I love it. I want to model being a father after Tim "The Toolman" Taylor.

3. Heroes - Season 2 just started last night, and I'm hooked all over again. Season 1 was great, and I have to admit, I didn't see the last 5 episodes, I just read a summary. Nonetheless, a great start to season 2. If you haven't seen this show at all, do yourself a huge favor and get the first season.

4. Football - Usually it would just be college football, but not this year. Over the past few years, I haven't been as big of a Packers fan. Not because we've blown, which we have, but because I've gotten caught up in Alabama football being dead center in the nexus of it. Because of that, I haven't concentrated as much on the Pack as I'd like. This year, I was determined, and I couldn't be happier, footballogically speaking. Sure, the Tide just lost a close one, but we're still pretty good I think. And I could not be happier for Favre and the Packers, starting out 3-0 against 3 playoff teams. I'm so glad he's doing well. And now, my man Favre is one TD pass away from owning the sole record of most TD passes ever. You the man, Brett!

5. Fantasy Football - The Camoo City Merkins couldn't be off to a better start. I'm 3-0 in the division, with the best/worst running back of the league as my number one draft pick. Yes, LaDainian Tomlinson as well as Drew Brees are on my team, but I'm not worried about it too much. I've got Romo starting, T.O. and Marques Colston, Jeremy Shockey, and the Patriots defense. The team finds a way to get it done when they need to.

6. Writing/Filmmaking - You'll probably say "of course" to this one, but me and a friend are trying to put together a small internet sitcom, so that we can stay sharp with writing and filming while other things are in the works. All I'm going to tell you right now is that it is called "Home Room" and it's about unorthidox teachers at a small middle school. The Office, My Name is Earl, and Scrubs, meet Boston Public... I guess... it's the only school show I could think of.

7. Soft Serve Ice Cream - In particular the chocolate and vanilla swirl. I don't think any other explaination is required.

8. The Office - Season 3 starts up this Thursday, and I'm psyched! What happened with Pam and Jim over the summer? What about Michael and Jan? What's going on with Ryan now that he's corporate? A lot of interesting questions to be answered on the one-hour season premiere!

So, that's it. What are you into right now?

I'm Tired, Ready, and Hopeful

Well, it's been a few days since I've been on here, so I thought I'd add a post for all of you (zero) readers. I'm really starting to get tired with things. I'm tired of the everyday, the mundane. Day to day life is getting pretty old to me. I'm tired of school, and I'm tired of work.

Classes bore me to no end. I hate them. I'm so aggravated right now because the classes I'm taking have no importance for me with what I want to do with my life. I'm majoring in Telecommunication & Film, which you would think would have something to do with film since it's in the name of my major, right? You couldn't be more wrong. It gears more towards the Telecommunications part than the film. It's mostly about television and radio. Well, that's not what I want to do. My classes are as follows:

• Mass Communications Law & Regulation: I do not care. I'm not going to need this since the FCC (which is what's largly covered by this class) does not regulate film. The MPAA does. Not to mention... it's law. I, as stated in the previous sentence, do not care. I don't want to know about the open meeting law from a guest lecturer. I understand we have a 20 page paper due at the end of the year with a minimum 40 different citations, but I'm not going to barge into the Alabama State Senate's meeting to get stuff for my paper.
• Mass Communications Research: Wow. I'm certainly going to need this for screenwriting and acting. Now, you may say that I would for screenwriting, but you'd be wrong, because I'm only going to write comedy. If I need to look something up, it would be something like when Hostess started producing the Twinkie and I can do that on Wikipedia (it was invented on April 6, 1930 by the way). I'm not going to need to research at what point kids stop paying attention to something and what holds their attention best.
• Telecommunication Programming: Television programming. I'm not going to be running a television station or network, therefore, this information is unneeded, thank you.

I'm so tired of college. I'm ready to take on the real world and all of its challenges. I'm ready to have a job and have some money. I'm ready to have some responsibility. I'm ready to start having to get bills in on time instead of papers on the effects of 18th century literature on modern authors. I'm ready to do what I want to do with the rest of my life. I know that screenwriting and acting is not going to be easy, but I know I have the passion, the talent, and the perseverance to make it happen. And I don't care if I'm not making much money, I want to do something I love for the rest of my life, and this is it.

I'm also tired of doing the radio show. Yes, it's doing well, and yes, people are listening more than ever. The problem is I just don't enjoy doing it any more. I don't feel like I can be as creative and expressive with radio as I can when I'm writing a script. Why do you think I write on here? Because I enjoy writing, but screenwriting in particular. I can do so much with it, and I can do it when ever I want.

I'm tired of waking up at 6 am first of all. I could be doing something else with that time, like, I dunno........ sleeping? Secondly, I'm tired of being expected to be hysterically funny between the hours of 7-9 every Monday thru Friday. I can write when I'm in the mood to write. I don't have to force it then. The show has become such a strain on me at this point, and I just don't want to do it any more.

You could say that I should just quit, but I don't want to do that. A man's word is his bond; I learned that from my father. You don't quit something you started or that you told someone else you would do. I'm not going to stop doing it, because I made the promise that I would, and I can't break that promise. However, just because I don't like doing it any more doesn't mean I'm not going to try my best. I just wish I didn't have to deal with the hassle of doing the show any more when I could be concentrating on other things that I genuinely care about.

I'm trying to get an independent film started with a script I wrote over the summer. It's currently in it's second draft, and I'm working on a third right now. I really want something to happen with this so badly. I can't tell you how much I want this to work out. I'm really pleased with the story and the script is almost where I want it. We're working on a few options, and one may work out.

Anyway, I know this isn't what you are used to reading on my blog, but I just need to vent every now and then, and you may see more of this, since it is easier to write about what's going on than coming up with little gimmick posts. Anyway, if you made it this far through reading this, I really appreciate it...