My Journey

I watched Bullet Train today with Brad Pitt as the lead. Man what an entertaining movie dude. I love some of the camera work like the water bottle scene, the pacing was impeccable, the editing was outstanding honestly, and the direction was generally great. It had some really cool characters uplifted by the eye-catching visuals. A huge fan of the introductory neon titles in Japanese letters for all the characters they really gave the film a cool vibe. The writing itself was absolutely insane for a movie, of course, after all, it was based on a novel but the film was also fucking hilarious dudes like comedy gold.  I also loved how the film utilized an idea I've had myself (got it from JoJo Rabbit, another outstanding film.), of using familiar and crowd-favorite songs and then using their covers in a different language to make it sound fresh. This way you can stick to the classics and still branch out to stay fresh. Thor Love and Thunder could have used that trick, which is odd becau...

Well, what do you know, here I am on day 2. I give it one more day max before I forget about it for a month lol. I had to study a bunch of financial people on LinkedIn so that I and my friend can run his client's page effectively. The client wants to improve their online presence as a marketing tool to drive more sales. So I spent a couple of hours researching some other people that were making successful financial content on that platform. Here's what I learned today: - Regardless of how I feel about a person's line of work or their approach to it, anyone who is popular is helping people in one way or another. A pretty big lesson for me. - How to handle inner conflicts and self-doubt a little better. Dealing with my problems head-on, trying shit out, and taking steps is the way to solve things instead of thinking about it or worrying. When I engage with something that I feel could be valuable, I get worthwhile returns more often than not, even if I'm worried about some...

It has occurred to me just now as I was reading Norman Lewis's Word Power that I am in fact highly motivated to learn things and I feel great joy in feeling growth. I have been trying countless ways to drive my own for as far back as I can remember without ever really sacrificing my sense of joy. In that way, I have learned everything that I know today organically.  I recently made the transition from the culinary to a writing profession and am seriously considering the visual arts like comic book drawing and character design to one day achieve my dream of working with other people to create fresh, new, interesting, and most importantly, useful stories worth experiencing. I have become obsessed with my current need to do the legwork required to master the skills I will need to achieve that dream, much less to create the stories themselves.  As such, I have tried many different things. I've started a new blog stemming from my familiarity with the written word about things I fee...