The school year has begun again, and now i have some time on my hands...more time than i've ever had, so it seems. This year kat and i have determined that we are going to get out more and see more of the country. already we have taken a short trip to Andong, just a couple hours south of Taebaek. Now, this in itself doesn't seem to be particularly interesting, so let me tell you of a few of the other ways i've decided to fill my time.

1. Lord of the Rings Online. Potentially the most addicting game I've ever played in my life, moreso than Diablo 2, moreso than Magic Cards Online (yeah, i am a geek, i know). This game has kept me riveted night after night for nearly 5 months now, exploring Middle Earth and saving it's inhabitants single handedly (or in a group) from all the evils of the fantasy world. I've walked Rivendell with Frodo, comforting and preparing him for the journey, have seen the fellowship off to their brave deed, and wasted damn near 500 hours of gameplay time to an imaginary world where the game never ends, isn't beatable, and just continues to morph and grow.

2. My Portfolio Site. I am not a web designer. I can make webpages, but they must be simple, and it usually takes me an ungodly amount of time. I am quite thankful for my new computer, as it has a program called iWeb, which is like iMovie, but for web design. a program that is simple to use, largely drag and drop, and vastly customizable, i've done more work toward a website in 4 hours than i have in damn near a year. it is limited in the scope, you're restricted to the templates, and it's difficult to add anything outside the normal realm of simple web site, but it'll do the trick. the site is still a work in progress, but all my video, and the best of my recent photographs are all together in one place.

3. Kat has the Key - As Yet Untitled EP. We succeeded in laying down enough tracks for a healthy EP. This group took an intense nearly 8 days (or part-days anyhow) laying tracks for about 8 songs. we'll see how this progresses, as it is still being worked on across the ocean. however, i have faith that this will turn out to be a solid recording.

4. Silent Hill 5!!! I just downloaded it today, and i'm excited to see if it holds up to previous versions. this is the first one of the series programed in High Definition, and i finally have a computer with High Definition playback.

5. Reunion. My first attempt at a feature length script. I have completed the outline (in itself, 10 pages), and have completed about 20% of the script. I know that although I've been working on this idea for a few years, progress goes in leaps and bounds. most of the completion of the script took only a few days, whereas the outline took most of last year. It was my intention to be finished it last January, so I am trying to weasel it into my priorities above LOTRO (though it's hard).

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other than that, i spend a lot of time surfing the internet, pretty sure i've visited every site there is, twice. i only teach about 18 hours a week (in the rare instance that i work the full week), and that means i have 22 hours a week of sitting at my desk, staring at the computer. i try to fill it working, but when i only have two hours of work in 22 hours of downtime, it's pretty boring.

i'm starting work on some more video projects as well, and now that i have the tools to, finishing up the two projects i spent working on all last year, the Linger video reedit, and the Nine Inch Nails Ghosts 33 video that is about 85% finished...i hope to make this year the year of tying up loose ends, especially when i have five projects within a solid evening's worth of work to completion.

here's an entertaining video i found on the internet:

These images are the first captured on motion picture film, back in the late 1800s. hard to believe it even exists. i particularly enjoyed the shot of the busy street in the city, with no power lines, and horse drawn carts being pulled everywhere. it's hard to believe that the technology for making motion pictures precedes the car, precedes common electricity, and precedes the mp3 player...hard to believe, i know.