So I finished another chapter of Warzone #3 today. I've been dreaming about this story for about 9 years now. How does time pass by so quickly? You say to yourself that you will get around to something and before you know it almost a decade has passed and I'm just now starting on it. That's insane to think about.
Warzone is a project that I have not been putting nearly enough time or energy into over the years and that needs to change. The goal now is to write at least a chapter of these short stories a day, in order to start getting them out in a timely manner. I want Warzone to be my comic book universe, only in words, not so much with the pictures. That's really just because I can't draw, back in the day it was conceived as a comic book universe. As I worked on chapter 4 of this book I released a mistake I made. When I wrote Relics #1 it was going long so I broke the story into 2 parts, the second of which I haven't started on yet. Now how does that affect Warzone #3? The plot of this book is triggered by something that happens in that one. So after I finish this book I need to go and write Relics #2 and put it out first. Confusing right? Tell me about it. Back when I started reading Marvel comics they use to all relate to one another. Something that happened in one could change the course of another. If someone popped up in one issue they might not be in their own. It was a real universe that made sense, now they just do whatever they want without really paying attention to what is happening in the other books. I want Warzone to feel like the old Marvel, where everything fits together and if you only read one that is fine but if you read them all they complement each other. If say Lex, were to go and visit another book for a month, he would be missing from Warzone and it would be pointed out. He wouldn't be doing everything all the time like Deadpool or Spider-Man or Wolverine. I want my story to have the logic that Marvel comics taught me as a child.
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OK, so the bandcamp idea didn't plan out like I would have liked. I haven't given up on it yet, just trying to figure out a way to make it work. Till then, It's Not My Fault and the Bonus Pods are now Member only pages. Once I talk it over with Ashley we will figure out what to do with it. I'm thinking something along the line of what Maxwell did, where for a fee you can have access to them.
That's most likely how it is going to go down. So stay tuned for more updates as we figure all of this out. So today me and Ashley got into an old fight that we have had many times. One of the few fights that I've ever won with her. Until today. It is about the fate of It's Not My Fault. The original podcast that me and Ashley started years ago.
The podcast means the world to me. It is a reminder of old times, of when everything was simpler and things were more light hearted and fun. To Ashley they are a reminder of the past, something that she no longer cares to think about. In her eyes the past should be wiped clean every few years and we should recreate ourselves. I believe that we should never forget where we come from. We should embrace the past, even if we are no longer that person because it is what made us who we are. So today the argument got to the point where she said if the Pods aren't erased than she leaves Clean Jeans for good. I said if they are erased than I walk from the pod. It was a stalemate. What do we do and where do we go from here? Neither one of us wanted Clean Jeans to end we just both felt strongly about the past and what to do with it. I came up with a suggestion, one that fit in with what both of us wanted. I remove them from the website, but not delete them. Sometime this week I will move the Pods to a secure page where you have to pay in order to listen to them. The Pages for It's Not My Fault will stay on here but lead you to the paid page. That way the past isn't open to just anyone but it isn't gone either. In a way we both get what we want. I thought I'd throw the bonus pods in as well since, well they are bonus pods, not supposed to be tossed in with the normal ones. So the pricing will be as follows: $1 an episode of It's Not My Fault or $10 for the whole set. $3 an episode for the bonus pods. And through this action Clean Jeans lives on. A new episode is being edited as we speak. Enjoy! So the last two days I haven't really been working, besides during the reviews which you all should check out! Instead I have been going with Ashley to the park to play with the kids. Big Baby, if you listen to Clean Jeans you might have heard him yell once or twice, wore me out. Running all around like a crazy little monster, even throwing my glasses around like some kind of bouncy ball. It was so much fun.
It is refreshing to act like a kid again, even for a few hours at a time. Tomorrow we are going to Legoland, which should be fun. From what I hear it isn't a big theme park like it is in San Diego, but more of an inside attraction for kids. But hey, it should still be fun. Sometimes to get your mind off of bad events you just need to let go and go have some fun. So that is what I am doing and Tuesday it is back to work. So what do I do? Do I email my teacher and the rest of the class the blog post I wrote yesterday? Do I sit through class and suck it up or do I go to the Dean and report him? Now if I report him it won't just be because of what he did in class on Friday. There is also a long list of other complaints.
The fact that he uses students names as insults for messing things up. The fact that he tears down students and grades people by his opinions of them and not their work loads. A large part of me wants to pay him back for how he treated me and the rest of my class but I don't know if I want to do that. It will turn me into him and the last thing on Earth I'd ever want to be is that old bitter man. The stress that I worked so hard to free myself is back thanks to this asshole and I just want to be free from it all. But I can't run away, not from this man. Not from the guy who treats students like forced labor. So I'm going to the dean. Let him answer to his boss for his actions, let him explain to his boss why he makes fun of students. And then wash my hands of the matter. My revenge will come when I make it and show him what I can do without his interference. Teaching is one of the most important professions we have in this world. Passing on the knowledge and skills to the next generation. The importance of that can not be overstated. We need teachers, and good ones who care about the subject and their students. Because the only thing worse than having no teacher, is having a bad teacher. Here is some advice for the bad teachers out there.
Stop taking your problems out on your students and teach a class for once. Teaching is not watching a movie and saying go home. Nor is critiquing telling people they suck and to do better while never giving any advice on how to do that. And Advice is not saying do something easier and then belittling that person in front of the class for following that advice. If you feel your students aren't doing as well as you would like than maybe you stop blaming everyone else and become a better teacher. Or a teacher at all. Because no real teacher would go out of their way to insult their students, to mock them behind their backs to their classmates. Not everyone can be a teacher. Some people just don't have the patience and that is ok, until they get a classroom of their own and they go out of their way to break their students just for laughs. That is not acceptable and should not be tolerated by any school, let alone one that the students have to pay to attend. So I spent all day working on the short film for school. I spent l day Monday working on it and I wasn't happy with it at all. Today I started working on it again, since you know it is due tomorrow. My partner Luis met with me and I added some of his project into mine. After he left Mickendra showed up and redid another scene. Then the two of us went and reworked everything.
I went and found some songs to play under the video and Mickendra color corrected it.When it was all said and done I think it turned out pretty amazing. I mean it isn't what I planned on but it is something that I can call my own. Me and my team did well and now it's in the can. Time to kick back and enjoy Spring break. Well almost, I still have to turn it in and see what the teacher and the rest of the class thinks but that's fine. I can deal with the BS that comes out of that room. The only down side is that it means I have to wake up at 6 in the morning in order to get to school. I don't like waking up early. If only I could sleep in, that would be swell. We recorded a new Clean Jeans! Let there be hope in the galaxy once more! Rejoice! Blueroof Productions is on top of the world. I even started back up on War Zone, and this is the issue I've been dying to write for 9 years so just try and imagine how excited I am! Crusaders season 1 is almost finished writing and everything is going right with the world.
And on top of that after Friday we get spring break which is great! I could not be more happy if I tried. Now let's start work on Comics! and the damn Christmas movie. Seriously it is already March. So while taking a break and a nice long walk, because what better way to spend a break than by taking a long walk? While feeling the freezing cold weather over take me I came up with some ideas. For one, I am reformatting The Hidden Pages and the 4th Wall so that I can do them alone and not feel forced like it did these past two weeks. I've also started thinking about intros for all the different talk shows.
Now like I said the other day I want to start on season 3 for Blueroof Stories, but I also have some other ideas. Now I've been toying with a web series called Living conditions for a while now and I have the first 3 episodes mapped out. If I can get Law and Ash on board I will start filming it soon. But I just came up with another idea for a TV show. This one will be just me and Law and well maybe Ash in later episodes. I need more actors ASAP. A few years back, all the way in 2011, I went to Austin with my good friend Saul and had the craziest night of my life. You can hear all about it here: http://www.blueroofproductions.com/wolfcast/wolfcast-2-keep-austin-weird Well I wrote a movie about in class a few years back and it has just been sitting on my computer not doing anything. So I got to thinking tonight, what if I create a Web-Series that takes place before the movie setting it up. It can go as long as I need it to till I make the movie. My idea is to call it COMICS! and have it be about two friends who decide to open an online comic book store. Simple sets, few characters and lots of fun. I can't wait to dive into writing it. So I missed recording Clean Jeans today because I was too busy editing my short for class. Like I said yesterday it sucks when I don't get to record one that week. It's like therapy for me. A place to blow off of some stream. One that I could really use after the conversation I had today.
Besides that things are going well for me. My stress levels are down at long last. A few more weeks of things going the way they are right now and I will be back to normal. I need to learn to not let other people have so much control over my emotions in the future. I spent 5 hours reliving a conversation that stressed me out, who does that help? No one. Stress is a horrible thing and sometimes people tear into you, not because they are mad at you or want to hurt you but because they are upset at something in their own life and use you to work through their problems. I know it isn't right but at the same time I feel like I should be strong enough to be that person for them. It might not be healthy but I feel like they need me and as their friend I should be there for them. It does kind of make me feel like no one is there for me in that same way. And that does get to me. Makes me feel alone in this world more and more every day. But maybe that isn't bad. Maybe I need to learn to let go of other and just do everything for myself. Maybe that will help me get where I want to go in life faster. Who knows. All I know is that I've been in a really good place the last few days and I want to stay there. I don't want to get dragged down to feeling like shit. I want to feel like I matter, like I have worth. Because I think at the end of the day I do. I started this blog to talk about how I managed to save the short film after it fell apart. It turns out a lot of the scenes didn't go together and that my artistic film didn't look nearly as good as I had hoped but I managed to cut out some of the fat and make a whole new short that still fits the story but flows oh so much better. It isn't perfect but it is something that I can stand behind. Yesterday should have been a victory. Hopefully today will be. |
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