Half of the year 2012 is over. Originally I was going to post a half year retrospective
on how I think things have been going, but it would have turned out very
negative. No need for that.
=====06.02.12=====
A few friends and I went to Austin to take part in an open casting call
for extras in the upcoming movie "Machete Killing." The line was very
long outside and we were there around 10 in the morning. 2 and half hours
outside in the heat...and only 5 minutes inside the building. We just filled
out forms and they took headshots of us and explained a few things. A cool
thing they mentioned was that we were not just there for "Machete Killing."
It was possible that we could also be chosen as an extra for a Lifetime TV
drama or an extra on "Sin City 2."
And as of posting this entry (07.01.12), none of us heard back from
them. Oh well.
On the way home, we decided to visit the Blue Bell ice cream
factory. Unfortunately for us, this happened to be a day they closed early. It
was nice to see, but ice cream would have been so cool to have on such a hot
day.
Later on that night, DC and VC came to visit and talk. DC
had already told me about their pregnancy sometime ago, but this was the first
time I got to see the baby bump. Very happy for them.
=====06.04.12=====
DW had talked to me about making a video for his church
group, the 429. We met to eat and throw ideas back and forth before filming
scenes. It was a fun time shooting and it went pretty well.
After editing the first draft of the video, DW wanted to
reshoot some scenes. We met a couple days later and got those done. We
unfortunately forgot to shoot one scene so I had to meet him again the next
day.
The video turned out great and a lot of his church group
really liked it.
=====06.09.12=====
CC held a going away party in the park. She is now in Japan doing
research there. The party was fun. People ate, took pictures, played with Nerf
toys, and sweated in the heat. Afterwards, a few of us went to an antique
store, others joined us later for dinner at Nardino (good live singer doing Sinatra
songs), went to play pool (which I sucked at...didn't win a game all night),
and then got drinks and sang karaoke at 3 Sheets.
=====06.11.12=====
Today was the first day filming a video game podcast for
"The Game Fanatics Show." RC and I talked about it at CC's going away
party and decided to try things out. It was pretty fun and I enjoy video games
so the content is something I am interested in. I'm just happy to be doing
something with the Royal Flush name. Check out episode 5.
=====06.16.12=====
Some of us got together to celebrate BT's belated birthday.
We did a lot. First we ate dim sum, then we spent time at the Phonecia market,
and spent most of our time at the APAHA Festival (got to see a friend there
also). People were also joining and leaving us throughout the day. Next was a
big dinner, dessert at "Nu Cafe," walking around the area, and then a
final late night snack with just myself, AT, and BT. Very full and active day.
=====06.19.12=====
Well, episode 5 was a success so I was asked to film the
podcast again. More silliness ensued. Check out episode 6 of "The Game
Fanatics Show."
=====06.22.12=====
DJ Cesca (on Soshified) was celebrating her 2nd year of
being a DJ by doing a 7-hour show. It was a fun show. She did go on longer
(apparently 9 hours), but I only did 7 because...unfortunately I got violently
ill. I'll spare the details, but I ended up not being able to sleep because of
it and even pulled out of the Soshified I AM photo project I planned to do with
Houston SONEs. In the end they didn't do it and rescheduled it. I ended up
sleeping 18 out of the next 24 hours (11AM-3PM then 9PM-9AM).
Felt okay the next day and was back to normal by Monday.
What caused this? My guess was a large intake of sugar that Friday. I started
to feel a little like I did last year when had a panic attack after my
birthday. It is in my best interest to lay low on sugar from now on, which
sucks because I do have a sweet tooth. I'll do it in moderation even more so
than before.
=====06.26.12=====
So the rescheduled Soshified I AM photo project for Houston
SONEs commenced. At the most there were just 6 of us with one leaving before
our last stop. Man, was it hot outside. There was one point that the
thermometer in my car said it was 111 degrees, ha. All our breaks were great.
I'm especially proud of getting our last shot at NASA. I just knew we had to
get that to show off a truly unique aspect of Houston. You can check out all the photos we
submitted with the following link (don't know if you need a Soshified account
or not to view).
Thankfully we ended at a good time because I was still
scheduled to film the seventh episode for "The Game Fanatics Show." I
was exhausted from the heat, but the recording went well and was as fun as
usual. Check out episode 7.
=====06.29.12=====
So I spent about 8 hours in a karaoke room for DW's surprise
birthday party. That was so much fun. I pretty much sang every song that was
played as well as going up on stage about 4 times for songs I sang with others.
It was just a fun night surrounded by fun and energetic people. So much fun. DW
always knows how to throw a fun party. I'm glad I was there and helped put it
together for him.
=====06.30.12=====
Met up with Houston SONEs again since our bulk
order of the new "Paparazzi" single arrived. My voice was still
working properly (thanks to years of training) and I was okay even though I
slept for maybe 5-6 hours only.
It was nice just chilling with them and talking for a bit.
We're so silly.
I spent most of the day just chilling, rearranging posters, organizing other things in my room, and exporting all the
video I took from DW's karaoke party the night before. I left 2 video cameras
running for 5-6 hours each, which totaled to 70gigs.
I was actually ready to wrap things up for the day until MW
sent a text wanting to go to 3 Sheets for his birthday. I was cool with it.
Spent some time playing with their dog and playing "You Don't Know
Jack" with MW and AT while waiting for AC to join us. We just spent a
couple hours there having a drink and singing a few songs. I opted out on a
late night meal since I was already running low on sleep. I can't recall any
other time I did 2 consecutive nights of karaoke, ha.
=====WingedVoX and Royal Flush Media=====
Small hiatus on new videos. But for the month of July I'm
doing a Twitter exclusive photo project. Follow me to see them.
I'm glad we did the 4s29 video and have started doing
podcasts with "The Game Fanatics." Definitely better than not doing
anything at all with RFM.
I also started promoting WV and RFM through my personal accounts more because unfortunately not all my friends/family Subscribe/Follow/Like those ventures of mine. Don't know their reasons, but if you don't want to support me in my hobby or business, that's your choice.
=====Final Thoughts=====
- As of posting this entry (07.01.12), I have been growing
out my beard and mustache for 136 days. Still don't know when I'll shave it.
Waiting for a reason I guess.
- "Hating everything and being dissatisfied with the
world is not sufficient basis for a character." I think that applies to
people in real life also.
- "I have to be educated about my complaints, don't
I." I think others should apply that before complaining in general.
- I did a lot of cleaning up on all my external harddrives.
Literally took days moving an deleting tons of video files.
- Military reunions easily get me teary.
- "Were You A Nineties Gamer?" This was fun.
- E3 was alright this year. Post E3, I plan to give Nintendo
$275-320 for games. Add another $250-300 for the WiiU itself.
I didn't play much games since I am still on my hiatus after
the video game tournament. I did play a few demos and "Mega Man X2," but
that's all. But in July I will get 2 games for my 3DS (and they both happen to
be rhythm games), "Theatrhythm Final Fantasy" and "Rhythm Thief
& The Emporer's Treasure." Those will be fun.
- I can't believe I missed out on buying "Superman VS
The Elite" on the release date. I got confused seeing multiple release
dates and thought it was coming out in July. I'll get it along with one of the
games I'm buying.
- To update on my Ranma viewing progress, I've finished
season 1-6. I took a break for a while, but I'll start back up with season 7
soon.
- I know most of my friends watched this because of Keone
and Mari, but I watched it because I'm part of Team Grimmie. Rawk!
- On one of DJ Cesca's shows, a group of us joked around and
made up "Ces. M Entertainment." It spun off a segment on her show
called "SSF's Got Talent" and me commenting that she needs to start
her own music company. Well...we now have our own site, YouTube, Twitter, and
Facebook. You can find me on there as Vice Chairman/Dancer/Singer. I've also
inherited the job of adding our logo to videos and uploading those as well.
It's all for fun, nothing serious.
- f(x) made a comeback with their new single "Electric
Shock." Their performances are good. They're getting better and better.
- SNSD released a new single in Japan called "Paparazzi."
I'm biased, but it's pretty good, ha. Check out the music video.
- Thank for reading. Be healthy, be thankful, be loved.
Take care.
