Archival

I'm feeling it necessary to archive my life right now...
I have been wrapping my mind around where I am right now alot lately. My Parents, as well as myself, are concerned about where my future is going to take me. Bills are starting to pile up and it's time for me to get back to working. Back to making a serious living. They want me to make it so that they don't have to worry. They want me better than anyone in the world. So where do I start?

I have a distinct feeling that I need to run away for a long time. To a place that allows me to run wild. I've felt chained to Denton and Southlake for a long time now. I'm now more than ever ready to EXPLODE out of here. It's not that I don't love Denton and Southlake, or the people living there. I love everything about living here. I'm just at that point in my life when I want to go on an adventure, a very long foolish one. I want to explore and appreciate being young and stupid for as long as possible. There may be no NEVERLAND, but I sure can try and make one.

So if I'm going to be leaving I thought it to be appropriate for me to try and make a farewell video, shot like a documentary. It will contain footage from all points of my life. I've been filming things over the place, for a long time now. Sometimes for no reason at all. Who knows what this mess might turn into. There are hours of things we've shot that are flat stupid. Some things are really funny, some sad, some gross, and some just really really cool. I never thought I'd ever go back through these things, but it's the only time I'm ever going to invest for a while, in something I really want to spend time on. In the end I may just have a portfolio, or a film. The theme for the film is where I'm getting held up. But I think I'm going to find that out real soon.

So far I'm thinking of a few things.
It's got to have 3 parts.

I was thinking for starters. Maybe a story about finding Denton, letting it leave its mark on me, while at the same time I find a way for me to leave a mark on it. Practically a documentary centered around a salute to Denton, and a thanks for the good times.

I'm beginning to think that this could be fun.



In the mean time I've been reviewing old videos I made in high school. They are pretty funny, and really amateur. But they are pretty entertaining. One thing in particular I've been watching is footage I got when we visited the poop factory back in science classes. Which is hilarious by the way. I'll post that soon. Another thing that I haven't seen in forever is the footage I shot when I went to Costa Rica. It was such an awesome trip, that I almost completely forgot about. In it we go ziplining through the rainforest, white water rafting, and we played soccer with the native kids. It's really cool.



The weather outside tonight reminds me of how it felt being out there. I've been listening to Jack Johnson while watching these video's which fits really well. I'll throw some songs in with these video's real soon. Only problem is I'm missing a few tapes, i need to hunt down people that went on this trip with me and see if i can barrow their video. I just want it cataloged I guess. We'll see what happens...




I saw this and thought it was pretty funny.