I’ll do it on monday!

I’m trying to reasses a few things.  Mostly I want to manage my time better, and I want to learn a few things.

I’m thinking of dropping my Lord of the Rings editing project.  I actually started it well before I first posted about it on here (like one post but still).  It’s probably not a good use of my time.  This is sort of making me feel guilty though, like i’m doing it because I just can’t cut it.  If you don’t know I was working editing the 3 extended versions of Lord of the Rings into a single 2 hour movie, with the plot wholly intact.  But i’ve been busy with work and haven’t had time to work on it.  Not to mention that eventually the movie wears out (for you to watch, that is eventually you don’t care anymore), and those are good movies that maybe I don’t want to wear out.  Also i’m figuring that my time could be better spent.  Like putting those home videos of the past 5-6 years onto dvd.  And other various things.  In any case i’ll keep you posted.  If for some strange reason, I started getting inundated with emails saying I shouldn’t quit the project, I might change my mind again but right now I shouldn’t bother with it.

I’m also wanting to get back into game playing.  For fun, yes, but also to increase hand-eye coordination, to see what works and what doesn’t, and just to keep my “mind in the game” pardon the pun.  I make games, and I probably should lay them every once in a while.  I was also contemplating how to go about playing them.  Should I master one and then go on to the next.  Should I play a whole bunch and just change them out frequently.  Is it better to Master a few, or to try alot?  Someone suggested I try a few, but then attempt to master my favorite ones, and this seems like a good idea, so I might take it.

As far as my schedule, i need to wake up at a regular time, go to “work” (that is start working early) and then get off at a regular time.  So far I figured i’d wake up at 6, read my bible, shower, drink coffee, then “go to work” at 7, work all the way till 3, and then at 3 I can get in some kind of exercise.  The 5-9 would be tv, and then 9-11 would be spent on the “special” projects.  Writing — I just get ideas all the time, ideas for movies, for games, for tv shows, or books, or what have you, so i really need to start writing.  And when I start on it I don’t stop, you can tell I type too much when i’m actually posting.  Then we have Drawing — I used to draw disney cartoon characters all the time, and then in later years just stopped.  Now I want to learn drawing again, because I do my own artwork in my games and what not and I want to get good.  Music — well making you rown games requires music as well and my musical arts are about is good as my programmer art.  I have an electronic keyboad and that would be a good place to start.  I also got free “tracking” software to make my own tracks.  Programming — well I am a programmer.  But I find it’s hard to do anything.  I need to learn alot of things before i’m a master of programming.  But if I do this and work on something fun it should make it easier to learn.  Only downside is I program every day for my contract work, so I don’t know how this will play out.  Finally there’s video editing.  I love movies so I wanted to learn video editing by my Lord of the Rings Project.  But instead I have to take care of a few personal things, like home videos.  I should be a little less selfish and instead help my family out.  Plus we can get rid of those tapes.

As far as playing games I figure I can do that on the weekends.  What better things to d on a saturday night than play games.  Also reading.  I want to increase my reading speed and my reading of fictional material.  So I can expand my brain a little.

Well after i’ve bored you to tears, I can honestly say that’s all follks.  (All two of you).  I just need to get a handle on this schedule stuff.  Hard for me, but hopefully worth it in the end.

Keith

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