2009

Its a new year, a time for fresh starts, a time to re group and do things you didn’t think possible in the previous year. 2008 will be a tough one to top. Maybe topping 2008 isn’t my goal at all. Maybe I just want to build off of the year that was.

I believe in the word EPIC. I say it a lot, it makes my fiance laugh every time I say it but I really believe in this word. I find certain songs epic (example: Explosions in the Sky’s track The Birth and the Death of the Day) You can’t listen to that song and tell me it’s not epic. The definition of Epic: Grand in scale or character. 2008 was an epic year for me. I began dating the most beautiful woman alive, got on one knee and asked her to spend the rest of her life with me (she said yes!), I made friends, I lost friends, this was a year of change. This was the year I officially felt like an adult.

2008 is over and on to 09 we go. There are certain things I want to accomplish this year and as silly as it sounds this blog is one of them. (the other is to have a six pack by my wedding night…that’s 363 night of a lot of sit ups…) One thing I discovered in 08 is that I have really been suppressing my creativity. I say I love to write, but I don’t write. I say I would love to develop as a photographer, designer, and videographer but rarely is my camera out, rarely is Photoshop or Illustrator opened, and Final Cut scares the hell out of me. It’s time to quit talking about these things and time to start doing them. This blog will be the home of all those things. This will be my creative side. Here will be my writings, my photos (flickr), and if I ever have the courage maybe some print design…. (I have a tough time showing my work..It usually gets deleted within minutes..) hopefully some short videos that are in the works as well.

This is my creative start. I should have done this long ago but better late than never. This blog is awful really, if I were you I wouldn’t look at it. But luckly I don’t care if you do. I mean that nicely.. This site is for me. Its for me to grow. For me to explore my imagination.

So here we go 2009! We are off and rolling.