SONOFA...MONKEY.
I did it again. I told myself I wouldn't, but I did it anyway. I failed to post on time AGAIN. Geez, Austin, what in the world is wrong with you? I feel like I ask this question a lot more than is healthy.
Anyway, I am terribly sorry for disappointing you all again. I know I had you all on your toes all day Thursday, rapidly refreshing the page to see if a new post would appear. I am so sorry for your suffering and anguish. But hey, at least I didn't skip this week all together, right? Better late than never, right? I know, I know, no excuses. But I'm going to give you one anyway.
So the reason I didn't post yesterday was not that I got too busy. In fact, I had plenty of time, I just failed to do so. I was actually playing Minecraft for awhile, trying to perfect a house design. I tell you what, as addicting as this game is, I feel so inadequate every time I play.
For those of you who aren't familiar, the whole concept of the game is very minimal. Gather resources and build/do whatever the heck you want. You can do a variety of things, such as simply building structures, or you can venture off, discovering caves, fighting monsters, collecting loot, etc. There is no right or wrong way to play, really. Anyway, I have seen some amazing things done in Minecraft, so I always feel like I have to live up to them. And I simply cannot. I have no creative capacity when it comes to this game. Well, let me rephrase that. My creativeness does not translate onto this game. This house I was working on wasn't even my design. I looked up some simple designs and found one I really liked, and set out to replicate it. But all I had was one picture of the outside (one side of it) to go off of. So I tediously tried to recreate this house block by block, until I had, more or less, a side of a house resembling the picture. From there, I tried my best to improvise, but it just did not work out well. I had all these ideas for it, but none of them turned out the way I envisioned. I'm still tweaking the first floor of the inside, which is pretty much a disaster zone at this point. It might be awhile before this project every gets finished. But it will be a glorious day when it finally is.
Anywho, I actually had a really great idea for yesterday's (today's) post, but I decided against it. For one, it had the potential to get a tad inappropriate (sorry mom and dad), but mostly because I wanted to save it. For what, you might ask?
For YouTube of course!
That's right! I'm really strongly considering pursuing the whole YouTube thing. Not soon, though. Between school and my job this summer, I'm not really going to have time. But I do want to start at least preparing to be a YouTube sensation (if only). Figuring out how to go about it, what I'll need, what I'd post, yadda yadda yadda. I think it's high time I actually set out to do something instead of just wishing for it to happen. Follow your dreams, kids. They just might come true.
Well that about wraps it up for this post. Once again, I'm sorry for the lateness. If you don't usually get around to reading these as soon as they go up, you probably wouldn't have even noticed, but I would know. And that's what matters. Man, I've really gotta get my sh*t together. Anyway, thanks for being patient with me, and, as always, for reading. Tune in next week for a new episode of Let's Play: Life! And remember kids, if you're not old enough to sign your own paperwork, you're not old enough to get pregnant!
Thursday, March 21, 2013
Thursday, March 14, 2013
Episode 9: What Is My Life?
Hey there people! First of all, I just wanted to apologize. It's been not one, but TWO weeks since I've posted, and I just know you've all missed me and my incredible wit. Things got really busy and I just failed to post last Thursday, but I just want you to know that I am back on track and ready to go.
That being said, let's address the question so eloquently stated in the title of this post: What is my life?
And my response?
I have no idea.
Now, I know I posted a while ago about trying to figure out what I wanted to do with my life as far as a career goes, but there are plenty of other things I haven't figured out either. For starters, I am terrible with females. Can't talk to them, can't express my feelings or communicate my thoughts.
I am a mess.
As far as girls go, that's just a confidence issue. And an overwhelming fear of rejection. But I think the biggest thing preventing me from knowing what I want to do with my life and things of that nature is that I can never focus on one thing for an extended period of time. I don't mean this as in, I can't study for more than 10 minutes because SQUIRREL. No, I mean that I jump from activity to activity. Examples: I have what I call Video Game ADD. I'll pick up a game, play it a lot because it's shiny and new and fun, then after a period of time ranging from a few days to a few months, I'll get away from it and go onto a new one. I may return to that game in the future, but usually not after a significant hiatus.
I think my ideal career would to just come up with big ideas and then give them to people to carry out. Seriously though, if that was an actual job, I would be SO good at it. At various points in my life, I've gotten really great ideas, and just never followed through with them. Here are the highlights.
1. A Capella group. You all know how much I love music. Like, LOVE music. After watching The Sing-Off, I got really inspired and wanted to make beautiful music with just my voice (along with other voices). I really wanted to recruit people to the cause and at least pull something together for a talent show, but never got around to doing so.
2. Drama Camp. This one actually came closer to being realized than the others, but still had a long ways to go. A few years ago, back in high school, I was talking to a friend of mine who was also part of the theatre department, and we came up with a great idea to make some money over the summer. We wanted to host a drama camp for younger kids, teaching them the basics of performing on stage and possibly putting together a little one-act play or something. We actually started thinking about this at the beginning of the school year, so we had plenty of time to get things together. We started planning the structure of the camp, figuring out all the factors we had to account for. But, in the end, we got too busy with other activities that we just never put this plan into effect.
3. YouTube. A few years ago, I thought it would be fun (still do) to be on YouTube. I didn't really have a plan for what my channel would look like, or the kind of videos I would post, I just wanted to go for it. I actually ended up starting a video blog (a vlog, if you will). I recorded my first video, but then when I couldn't figure out how to edit the freaking thing, I just gave up. I actually am thinking more and more about picking this up again in the future. I really like blogging now, and I think having my own, consistent YouTube channel would be super awesome. Maybe post a weekly rant, a let's play or two. Alongside this blog, of course. I wouldn't just up and quit. I wouldn't want you to have to suffer in such a way.
Anyway, that's about it for this week. Once again, I'm sorry I missed last weeks post. I promise to try my hardest not to let it happen again. Quick shout out to my friends up in Lawrence who I'm going to go visit! I'm excited to see you! That's it for this weeks post. Tune in next week for a new episode! And remember kids, don't talk to strangers (unless they offer you free candy)!
That being said, let's address the question so eloquently stated in the title of this post: What is my life?
And my response?
I have no idea.
Now, I know I posted a while ago about trying to figure out what I wanted to do with my life as far as a career goes, but there are plenty of other things I haven't figured out either. For starters, I am terrible with females. Can't talk to them, can't express my feelings or communicate my thoughts.
I am a mess.
As far as girls go, that's just a confidence issue. And an overwhelming fear of rejection. But I think the biggest thing preventing me from knowing what I want to do with my life and things of that nature is that I can never focus on one thing for an extended period of time. I don't mean this as in, I can't study for more than 10 minutes because SQUIRREL. No, I mean that I jump from activity to activity. Examples: I have what I call Video Game ADD. I'll pick up a game, play it a lot because it's shiny and new and fun, then after a period of time ranging from a few days to a few months, I'll get away from it and go onto a new one. I may return to that game in the future, but usually not after a significant hiatus.
I think my ideal career would to just come up with big ideas and then give them to people to carry out. Seriously though, if that was an actual job, I would be SO good at it. At various points in my life, I've gotten really great ideas, and just never followed through with them. Here are the highlights.
1. A Capella group. You all know how much I love music. Like, LOVE music. After watching The Sing-Off, I got really inspired and wanted to make beautiful music with just my voice (along with other voices). I really wanted to recruit people to the cause and at least pull something together for a talent show, but never got around to doing so.
2. Drama Camp. This one actually came closer to being realized than the others, but still had a long ways to go. A few years ago, back in high school, I was talking to a friend of mine who was also part of the theatre department, and we came up with a great idea to make some money over the summer. We wanted to host a drama camp for younger kids, teaching them the basics of performing on stage and possibly putting together a little one-act play or something. We actually started thinking about this at the beginning of the school year, so we had plenty of time to get things together. We started planning the structure of the camp, figuring out all the factors we had to account for. But, in the end, we got too busy with other activities that we just never put this plan into effect.
3. YouTube. A few years ago, I thought it would be fun (still do) to be on YouTube. I didn't really have a plan for what my channel would look like, or the kind of videos I would post, I just wanted to go for it. I actually ended up starting a video blog (a vlog, if you will). I recorded my first video, but then when I couldn't figure out how to edit the freaking thing, I just gave up. I actually am thinking more and more about picking this up again in the future. I really like blogging now, and I think having my own, consistent YouTube channel would be super awesome. Maybe post a weekly rant, a let's play or two. Alongside this blog, of course. I wouldn't just up and quit. I wouldn't want you to have to suffer in such a way.
Anyway, that's about it for this week. Once again, I'm sorry I missed last weeks post. I promise to try my hardest not to let it happen again. Quick shout out to my friends up in Lawrence who I'm going to go visit! I'm excited to see you! That's it for this weeks post. Tune in next week for a new episode! And remember kids, don't talk to strangers (unless they offer you free candy)!
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