Happy New Year!... Okay, okay, I'm a little late with this post, but it's the thought that counts, right? Not a whole lot to report though. I mean there is, but I'll be brief.
My last post was just under a month ago (by one day) so I guess a lot has happened. A holiday here, moving, a holiday there... That was easier than I thought. Anyway, I did the whole Christmas with my family thing, which is always nice. I've never been huge on Christmas, except for now it's nice to be able to see my brothers and sister and mom, and I do like getting gifts for others. I'm not particular to getting gifts, I mean I like them, but it's not big deal really. But my family did pitch in and get me a little home espresso machine, so let's just say I've been extra caffeinated these days.
The day after Christmas, my lovely girlfriend Hannah and I moved out of the awful Cedar Run apartments (yes they are as bad as the name sounds) and into a cozy, not so little apartment on Capital Hill (Denver). It's great because it's a two bedroom, and it's about 15 minutes walking distance from Downtown. I set up the "studio" in the spare bedroom and we are living large. And for just a fraction bit more than the other place.
New Year's was great. My brother, sister-in-law and nephew (will be known as the A-team) came over to the new digs, along with a few of our friends, and we kept it mellow. I made some greasy finger foods (tempura fried jalapeno poppers and sweet potato french fries) and Hannah made deviled eggs. And there were drinks, games and good conversation for the rest of the evening. We don't have cable so we watched the count down through the white noise. I always try the New Year's resolution thing and fail, so I tried to be real about them this time. Here goes...
1. Don't move. (since I moved 3 times last year)
2. Write more. (kinda a given since I'm in film school and have writing classes)
3. Get rid of unnecessary crap. (already started)
4. Take advantage of the park near my new apartment and walk/jog/run more. (also already started.
5. Watch more movies.
6. Read more books. (I have 11 books to read for next semester, so I'll just count that.)
7. Blog more. (Like, at least every week or two)
Anyways, that's pretty much it. We've just been getting settled in to the Apartment, having people over to see it and getting back to work and the like. I've been outlining a script that I will be writing for class next semester and that's been coming along rather well. I think I will start a chain of blogs about it once I make more progress, just to track it. And Hannah has started writing the web series she wants to produce. I've even got to write a little bit for that as well. We will hopefully be shooting next summer, so look for updates on facebook or my website. We start classes next week, so I hope I will be able keep up on my posts, we'll see.
That brings me really briefly to the topic of writing. I realized something, just this morning actually, since I wrote an episode for Hannah's show. I've always had a hard time with comedy. People tell me I'm funny, but I've never written anything that embodies my sense of humor. But when Hannah read the episode I wrote, she was laughing at a specific character that I was able to write in a funny way. So the realization is that I CAN write funny, I just don't have any of my own funny characters. My characters are way too melodramatic. So, maybe a little off topic, but it was a sort of milestone in writing for me and I hope to start incorporating more humor into my work, or write something that is humor focused.
That is all for now.
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