When cliches make sense

You’ve all heard them before, you know, the ‘life’s too short and fragile’ kinda thing. The sort of comment that in everyday life you just brush off as the throw away comment it often seems to be. Today I’ve been reminded just how true that is!

A very good friend of mine, the guy who was Best Man at my wedding only last year, has just been through possibly the worst Xmas and New Year ever after he was diagnosed with some kind of virus making him seriously ill. To the point that if it occurs again, in his own words, ‘I’m fucked!’

Not only have I just realised how shit a friend I’ve been since last August, but it’s made me think that procrastinating over stuff in life that has no overall consequence is totally pointless. And you know what, I think everyone could do with a wake up call every once in a while, though without such possible drastic consequences.

And it’s go go go!

Yep, I can finally announce that after a number of weeks of intensive coding by Father Fil, www.f1shoutbox.net is live and open for business!

So if you’re a fan of Formula 1 and want to keep up to date with all the latest happenings from the F1 Circus, then head over there and add it your favourites. As the season begins this Saturday with qualifying then the Bahrain Grand Prix on Sunday we’ll be on hand to bring you all the news as it happens from the Gulf State, and beyond for the full year of racing ahead of us.

Now if you’ll excuse me, I better get to writing some content for you guys to read!

Discoveries

Two posts in two days, what the hell is going on!

I’ve had a few ideas floating around my head for a while now on various little projects I want to have a go at, and hopefulyl over the next few weeks I’ll get chance to give at least one of them a go.

It started a while back when my Mum gave me her old Camcorder, we’re talking tapes here, not digital. After viewing a number of different movies over the internet (no, not porn!) it got me thinking more and more as to what I can do. Looking at it, I have all the equipment, a basic idea for a couple of films, it’s just a case of applying the time and imagination to get them done now.

Whilst I’d love to make some epic tale of this that and the other, imagine something short, minutes in length, rather than a four hour tale. Let’s be honest, you’d all get bored shitless! Some of you reading this may remember my very early attempt using GTA Vice City. Well my new concepts are quite different from that, although one does use a game but it’s more a musical piece and the other is a live action idea. I can’t say much about them becuase they really aren’t formed to well right now, and I frankly don’t know exactly how they are going to turn out when I do them, it’s that rough! If anyone is interested in seeing my first go, then just leave a comment and I’ll see if I can find it, just don’t expect much, as it was put together one afternoon in about 4/5 hours.

Not since my younger days of jamming with an old mate of mine have I had such a creative urge, if you will. Maybe it’s out of some desire to leave something behind, or I just have an unfulfilled desire to be a directing genius. Legacy could be taking it a bit far, but it’d be nice to make something that touches one person in some way, makes them think. What about doesn’t matter. We’re not talking leaving some kind of legacy on film here, that’s just pretencious, but it could prove quite a cool way of expression. There’s so much that I hear and see that I want to use; music, film, people doing what they do, mundane shit, exciting events, anything that grabs my attention. Maybe it comes of being a worrier, spending time watching other people, questioning stuff that doesn’t always need to be questioned. Maybe I’ll find out when I get round to doing this stuff!

So here I am!

I think I just found out the reason why I started this blog!

Turning out to be an odd week!

I decided to try and make an effort to post more on this here blog thing. I guess those of you who do bother to come over here are getting bored of seeing just the one post every month or so. There is actually someone who reads this isn’t there?

Anyway, it’s only Tuesday and already it’s turning out to be an odd week. Not because of anything in particular happening, well except Saturday but that’s another story, and not one I’ll be sharing on here (that’s got ya wondering ain’t it ). Then last night, Monday, something just felt different.

Whether it was the fact I’d spent a couple of hours ironing earlier on and the steam and got to me, or the distinct lack of alcohol, I don’t know. But something seemed different! Only problem is, for the life of me I can’t work out what it is.

Then this morning, one of the temps we currently have with us at work got some great news that he’d been offered a permanent position following a interview last week! He was describing what the job is, who he’ll be dealing with, and suddenly I felt really useless. Don’t get me wrong, I’m really chuffed for the guy, as he’s a hard working intelligent chap, but here I am, essentially pushing paper all day long, answering dumbass emails that in the long run mean feck all, and for what? A decent paycheck granted, but that’s it! I’m 28, doing the job that a school leaver could do with a few months coaching. Oh the pride!

Somehow I see this turning into some kind of highs and lows week at this rate.

Now I don’t really know what else to write.

So I’m gonna give up, except to say get yourselves along to f1shoutbox.net as we’ll be going live very soon, and of course the new F1 season begins this Saturday (11th March), at long last!!!