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Long time no blog. At least not on this forum. So here it goes...
Knee:
My knee seems to have settled to functional levels. No where near 100%, but, functional none the less. According to the orthopedist, the knee cap has settled. It may float a little, but, the ligaments are okay (albeit stretched), the meniscus is okay (so no surgery), and little scraping of the cartilage (something akin to bruising). So basically, all I have to do are my exercises and let time heal it. If anything were to go wrong, like say the cartilage decaying, I have an open ended check up with the doc to further analyze the situation.
I'm tempted to want to actually join a gym in order to do my exercises properly. Stuff like leg extensions, leg curls, light leg presses, etc. Although, I'm also researching if I can replicate it at home through purchasing strap on leg weights. I always preferred free weights over machines. Then all I'd need would to get a small stationary bike and maybe a balance board. The whole notion of muscle confusion is cool. Some friends are pushing me to get one of those balls for CORE exercises. I'm too afraid that it would pop under my weight. Sure wish I had this weight back in highschool. Maybe colleges would have actually scouted me for their football programs. Yeah right.
10 Years:
Yep. It is indeed approaching my 10 year highschool reunion. Last year my friend Jono tried to organize a pseudo reunion. It was okay. I believe other than Omar and Colin, it was all Asians. So in the emails there have been jokes about NOT repeating that.
There have been other gatherings. The one with the most people from our grad class to attend was a funeral. It was the oddest reunion I've ever attended. There are people I still hang out with or at least see on occasion. Then there are those whole segments that, like in the clip above, have not seen in 10 whole years. There are those whom you wish saw more. Then again, there those who you don't mind not seeing for another 10 years. I don't personally have any of those. I generally got along with everyone. Mind you I was a big tall geek jock that didn't bully anyone and volunteered around the school. However, because I got along with a lot of people, I knew there were some pretty intense rivalries and hatreds within my grad class.
Hopefully, this upcoming gathering won't be exactly like highschool. This was something that occurred a couple years after graduation. There was one of those pseudo gatherings held at the "Wild Coyote". Seriously. Why? A lot of us were laughing at the ridiculousness of it all. Yet, some were still grasping to that time in their life.
My time at that school was okay. I enjoyed and survived that experience. I guess I was lucky that I was able to transition away from highschool slowly. Still involved after graduation by assistant coaching, and by acting as a pseudo parental representative for my younger brother.
Work:
Haven't worked much since I hurt myself. I've worked a day call on a feature and did a commercial. If that didn't prove to me that I'm not half the worker I used to be, I do not know what will. Not used to not being the workhorse anymore. This injury has forced me to relax. So weird. Got a call today about some upcoming work. Steady gig hopefully. Although, the guy keeps bugging me to join the DGC. I know he's just looking out for me. Yet, I have no interest in joining the Director's Guild of Canada. It doesn't really function like a real "union". That and I don't really want to become either a locations manager or assistant director. This only makes me question what I am doing.
What I really want to do is make my own material. This means I have to write more. Or write period. I have ideas and notes tucked away in my head. Formulating something. With the progress of technology, it is becoming more affordable to attain the means to produce something passable. Then through working I attain contacts and favours that I will one day cash in on.
But lately, I have been thinking about walking away from "the film industry" to do something else. I dunno. Anything. I'd have to go back to school to train myself though. One day I'll go to BCIT. And on that day I will actually accomplish this weird general plan towards something. A guideline I made back in elementary,
- get through highschool
- go to Langara to sneak into UBC
- go to UBC
- eventually go to BCIT for training
To think I almost didn't go to UBC since I was considering enrolling into BCIT for their journalism program. Also, I was still pretty bummed about not getting into Carleton's Journalism program and I didn't think that Vancouver Film School was very practical.
Although, I'd probably opt for HR or something that could be useful in an office setting. Maybe, I could follow the family route and get into accounting. This was what a lot of my family thought I’d get into since I used to be a mathlete.
Home:
Being February, it is that time of the year where my father decides to go back to the Philippines. It also means I'm back to looking after the bills. This year I have to add looking after my baby brother and step sister. Mind you it just means that I just have increase the babysitting, groceries, shuttling, etc. Stuff that I usually do. It also means I tend to stay in more often. I also try to keep my weekends free. This often harder to do because of work obligations. Some times it necessitates I work weekends. Since, my step mother and her side of the family are devout Baptists, church attendance is very important. With my father absent, shuttling them to and from mass falls upon me. I can sacrifice soccer with DSBH, but, I cannot really get out of film work. I try to organize my younger brother to fill-in. However, everything contends with his schedule. He’ll probably read this bit and complain about me dissing him. But in truth I am not dissing him; I am just stating the truth. He’s a busy guy. I don’t know what he does all the time, but, he is always busy and is often fatigued when home.
I better end this now before I start ranting. And those are reserved for private posts.
Hehehe…
Later Days.
End Transmission.
Long time no blog. At least not on this forum. So here it goes...
Knee:
My knee seems to have settled to functional levels. No where near 100%, but, functional none the less. According to the orthopedist, the knee cap has settled. It may float a little, but, the ligaments are okay (albeit stretched), the meniscus is okay (so no surgery), and little scraping of the cartilage (something akin to bruising). So basically, all I have to do are my exercises and let time heal it. If anything were to go wrong, like say the cartilage decaying, I have an open ended check up with the doc to further analyze the situation.
I'm tempted to want to actually join a gym in order to do my exercises properly. Stuff like leg extensions, leg curls, light leg presses, etc. Although, I'm also researching if I can replicate it at home through purchasing strap on leg weights. I always preferred free weights over machines. Then all I'd need would to get a small stationary bike and maybe a balance board. The whole notion of muscle confusion is cool. Some friends are pushing me to get one of those balls for CORE exercises. I'm too afraid that it would pop under my weight. Sure wish I had this weight back in highschool. Maybe colleges would have actually scouted me for their football programs. Yeah right.
10 Years:
Yep. It is indeed approaching my 10 year highschool reunion. Last year my friend Jono tried to organize a pseudo reunion. It was okay. I believe other than Omar and Colin, it was all Asians. So in the emails there have been jokes about NOT repeating that.
There have been other gatherings. The one with the most people from our grad class to attend was a funeral. It was the oddest reunion I've ever attended. There are people I still hang out with or at least see on occasion. Then there are those whole segments that, like in the clip above, have not seen in 10 whole years. There are those whom you wish saw more. Then again, there those who you don't mind not seeing for another 10 years. I don't personally have any of those. I generally got along with everyone. Mind you I was a big tall geek jock that didn't bully anyone and volunteered around the school. However, because I got along with a lot of people, I knew there were some pretty intense rivalries and hatreds within my grad class.
Hopefully, this upcoming gathering won't be exactly like highschool. This was something that occurred a couple years after graduation. There was one of those pseudo gatherings held at the "Wild Coyote". Seriously. Why? A lot of us were laughing at the ridiculousness of it all. Yet, some were still grasping to that time in their life.
My time at that school was okay. I enjoyed and survived that experience. I guess I was lucky that I was able to transition away from highschool slowly. Still involved after graduation by assistant coaching, and by acting as a pseudo parental representative for my younger brother.
Work:
Haven't worked much since I hurt myself. I've worked a day call on a feature and did a commercial. If that didn't prove to me that I'm not half the worker I used to be, I do not know what will. Not used to not being the workhorse anymore. This injury has forced me to relax. So weird. Got a call today about some upcoming work. Steady gig hopefully. Although, the guy keeps bugging me to join the DGC. I know he's just looking out for me. Yet, I have no interest in joining the Director's Guild of Canada. It doesn't really function like a real "union". That and I don't really want to become either a locations manager or assistant director. This only makes me question what I am doing.
What I really want to do is make my own material. This means I have to write more. Or write period. I have ideas and notes tucked away in my head. Formulating something. With the progress of technology, it is becoming more affordable to attain the means to produce something passable. Then through working I attain contacts and favours that I will one day cash in on.
But lately, I have been thinking about walking away from "the film industry" to do something else. I dunno. Anything. I'd have to go back to school to train myself though. One day I'll go to BCIT. And on that day I will actually accomplish this weird general plan towards something. A guideline I made back in elementary,
- get through highschool
- go to Langara to sneak into UBC
- go to UBC
- eventually go to BCIT for training
To think I almost didn't go to UBC since I was considering enrolling into BCIT for their journalism program. Also, I was still pretty bummed about not getting into Carleton's Journalism program and I didn't think that Vancouver Film School was very practical.
Although, I'd probably opt for HR or something that could be useful in an office setting. Maybe, I could follow the family route and get into accounting. This was what a lot of my family thought I’d get into since I used to be a mathlete.
Home:
Being February, it is that time of the year where my father decides to go back to the Philippines. It also means I'm back to looking after the bills. This year I have to add looking after my baby brother and step sister. Mind you it just means that I just have increase the babysitting, groceries, shuttling, etc. Stuff that I usually do. It also means I tend to stay in more often. I also try to keep my weekends free. This often harder to do because of work obligations. Some times it necessitates I work weekends. Since, my step mother and her side of the family are devout Baptists, church attendance is very important. With my father absent, shuttling them to and from mass falls upon me. I can sacrifice soccer with DSBH, but, I cannot really get out of film work. I try to organize my younger brother to fill-in. However, everything contends with his schedule. He’ll probably read this bit and complain about me dissing him. But in truth I am not dissing him; I am just stating the truth. He’s a busy guy. I don’t know what he does all the time, but, he is always busy and is often fatigued when home.
I better end this now before I start ranting. And those are reserved for private posts.
Hehehe…
Later Days.
End Transmission.
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posted by Shockah Karl at 10:45 p.m.
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