Someone said something about a Vancouver meetup? I'm all for the idea. Unfortunately, seeing as how today has been the first free day I've had in weeks and seeing as how I probably won't get another free day until my Christmas break, I won't be able to make anything before then. There's always the Blenz Christmas party that I do every year. Konrad, totally invited. And bring Don too. Naturally, if any of you other guys will be in the Vancouver area around Christmas, you can come as well.
So, I'm feeling strangely fine considering the events of the past month. Mal, you were right. It was only a matter of time before Ori would break my heart. Yep, Ori left me exactly two weeks ago today. Something about going to college, meeting a bunch of guys in the acting program and suddenly deciding that since she was now eighteen, she could get any guy she wants so why stick with lamp op Ben when she can score a hot, young, up-and-coming actor. She planned it for a while too. Turns out that even though she knew them all for a month before deciding to leave me, she never even told a single one of them that I existed. And now, she doesn't even talk to me when she's around her new friends. People are lame. Oh well, I'm mostly over it now. Sure, it took a week of downing vodka and energy drink mixtures (which led to a lot of vague memories of dancing with girls I didn't even know the names of) and another week of mild to moderate depression in which all I did was count Tylenol and watch zombie movies, but right now, I'm feeling good. Even the college workload has lightened up a bit. Or maybe it just seems that way because I have so much alone time now.
Been spending more time with my kid brother, actually. He's not so bad. Even though he's in Grade 8, he's a pretty cool kid. I've been doing my best to corrupt him with R-rated movies so I recently took him to Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning, I showed him Day of the Dead two nights ago and just last night, I introduced him to the world of The Boondock Saints. He gets on my nerves sometimes but he's nowhere near as bad as before. I still have the scars to prove it. Really.
My friends are great too. Started recording with my band again and on November 25th, we'll be playing a show at The Marine Club in Vancouver. It's at 573 Homer Street, if anyone's interested. Meanwhile, I'm going to a drunken bocce tournament tomorrow with some of my film school friends, my chick friend Robin is having her birthday next week, I have a band practice tonight and film projects are likely going to keep me too occupied to even remember who Ori is by the end of December. All that and my buddies, Shannon and Pearce, have been helping me through this immensely. Guess you know who your real friends are when the poop hits the fan.
Oh, and one more thing. As of yesterday, I believe I have made the ultimate transition into film geekdom. With the help of a couple of the guys at my film school, I have now set up my own cutting station at home. Editing software, pro headphones and a 250GB hard drive and I am in business. No more hour-long commutes up into the mountains just to cut together five-minute assignments. It feels great. There's just something about a massive rat's nest of wires streaming out of your computer and onto the floor that makes you feel as though you're accomplishing something. And the best part? It's all 100% portable. The little iBook G4 that I'm typing this out on right now has just enough RAM to run my copy of Final Cut Pro 5.1.1 so if I wanted, I could cut together an entire feature film at the local coffee shop. It's like a new toy though. Even though I finished the editing exercise that I needed to do this morning, a big part of me really just wants to do more. Maybe I'll finally get that MiniDV video camera that I always wanted and cut together weddings or something in my free time. I hear there's a good buck in that racket.
So, NemoX, you never did tell us your little breakup story. I figure it's times like this that we should share. Show me yours and I'll show you mine. I still have plenty more to rant about. She was pretty horrid to me even after it ended.