My last post on this blog was back in May, but that wasn't a substantive post; it was a link to somewhere else. My last "real" post here was actually April 1st. Thought I'd provide some sort of update on how things are going.
The last thing I wrote about was a 'life reset' check-in; technically speaking, I should have provided another update back in June. Well...I've kind of given up writing publicly about that. I got the idea to write about it from Wil Wheaton, but I'm hardly a celebrity and don't really think it's that interesting to read about me. Plus in thinking about it...I'm not sure why I even read Wil's updates. It's great that he's doing well. But they're not providing me with reasons why I follow his blog (which is, to exclude a few things, I like his writing, and enjoy his updates on his creative stuff).
That isn't to say that I've given up on the ideas behind why I was writing these posts. Just works in progress, and you can chalk it all up to "self improvement". Everybody does it, you don't need to read about it.
What else I'm doing:
- Reading, sort of. You can see my Goodreads profile to catch up with what I've read recently. I've reached my 2016 reading goal (8 books) but still finishing a few things. I've had some trouble carving out time to read; partly because my normal reading time, lunch, is occupied by taking a walk. Perhaps I could combine the two. The most recent book I read was Fade In: The Writing of Star Trek Insurrection. I really enjoyed it, and recommend tracking it down. Watch Star Trek: Insurrection after.
- I recently re-watched Mockingjay parts 1 & 2 back-to-back with Vanessa. When we first saw Part 2, I didn't like it as much as Part 1. It's pretty clearly an inferior film, but when watched together with Part 1, it seems to work better the second time around. Thinking that maybe the film would have worked better as one film, rather than split into two parts. Make a few cuts here and there...and there we are.
- Writing - I'm working on writing more. This post is a bad example, but for instance, I'm working on a piece about what I would fix about Star Trek Nemesis. It's a pretty long piece so far, and not finished yet. But as it's not time sensitive, I don't feel bad taking my time. I probably won't get it finished until the end of September.
I've also been writing weekly posts on www.alternativeairwaves.com called Friday Playlist. It started out on a whim, and except for last Friday, I've been doing it weekly. I've had a lot of fun putting these together. The most recent playlist was the longest one I've written. Check it out! I eventually will set up a pretty URL. Probably http://www.alternativeairwaves.com/fridayplaylist.
- Podcasting - until August I was doing a great job posting monthly episodes. I have a playlist ready to go (songs picked out, at least) I just need to hit 'record'. Just didn't set aside any time for this in August, so I missed a month. No big deal. Only 3 more episodes before I hit #100!
That's pretty much it. Honestly, the impetus of this post was to talk about what I was writing. Turned into a bit more. Til next time!
