Lights, Camera, Action

So just like the coming and going of the seasons, another epic era of employment comes to a cease, making way for an even epicer one. I'm no longer working at Fast Fours & Rotaries, left on great terms to chase bigger dreams of working in film.
It's quite daunting leaving a workplace when you're on such a high. There's many fears and doubts that try to hold you back, after all it's natural to fear anti-climaxes. If you ever find yourself in such a situation, just remember that you're springing from strength to strength. If where you are going is where you're meant to be going, then that's a level up.
I've been working casually at Fox Studios on a Few Best Men in the art department since, as a casual member of the swing gang. It's everything that you'd imagine it to be and then some! Challenging, fun, energetic. However for me it raised a lot of interest in Brutal Prophecy, our graphic novel.
A lot of people at Fox know about our novel now thanks to the world-moving efforts of my partner-in-crime, and thus I'm now on a big vendetta to get my part of this novel done. I've been quite slack and have some work cut out for me. So how's that for a life of a Freeman?
My days are filled with photography, errand running, 3D modelling and the occasional freelance bit of work here and there. It's handy to have your finances under control if you ever find yourself in such a place.
So where to from here? It's time I got my hair cut, had a shave, went for a jog and got my actors portraiture taken so I can finally apply at some talent agents for some extras work. I've been speaking to a few of the photographers at work to see if they can help me out, I might have to talk to a pro.
If you haven't already seen my flickr account, I suggest you do, I'm really enjoying photography and find it my release in my downtime.

Render, render, render

I left my work computer rendering a 3D animation scene over the weekend, rendering pretty much throttles your CPU to 100% non stop to produce video data. With no a/c and blistering hot days, my CPU was getting floored... My boss came in on Saturday and heard the poor thing wailing and shutdown my system mid-render =(

S'all good... luckily I set the render to render frame by frame instead of shot by shot... Otherwise I woulda lost the lot...

Hoonage and new work

Well happy belated Easter everybody!

Time warp..
It's good Friday, a public holiday... damn it's early... But damn I'm late! 7:15! We all have to be at church at 8:00 am for the prayer meeting! Now 8:30 am is hard nuff on at Burwood on a Sunday morning let alone 8:00am at Baulkam Hills on a Friday public holiday! Oh man I had a hard training session last night so went to bed as smashed as a plate at a greek wedding and would really appreciate the sleep. Anyways I said I'd be there so be there I shall... Damn gotta not be late, it takes 45 minutes to get there usually so that means I have 0 minutes to get ready! So on go the pants, in goes the toothbrush... A quick good morning to mum as I run out to start old faithful... No way am I gonna make it... Oh well, let's just try... Hahahaha... It's double demerits, I'm not silly enough to speed on these main streets... So here's there driving technique for the day... PUNCH it until u hit the speede limit hahaha... Well, I can tell u it works... I get to church at 7:54... Took me 25 minutes... that's a PB ladies and gentlemen hahaha

Anyways... Working back at the video store now... That's right I mentioned it in my last post... Been training with the gang on their Australia's got talent show... Man they work hard... Inspiring... So that's my weekend... but then check this out...

A few crazies are crazy enough to organise a run for Sunday night (double demerits btw)... so we all meet up late Sunday night, this whole time I'm under the impression we're heading out into the boonies for the runs, but lo and behold, we're going to old pacific highway... Hot damn, why not call the police in advance and ask em 2 bring the salad for the party? Anyways, I decide to go, there's a fair few of us... Too many actually... about 15-20 cars meet at the meet point... Mainly hard parkers... So the first group take off... we wanna run... not park... We arrive before the start point and chill for a minute, there's about 8 of us... A few middle easterners see our meet and come to check us out in their 4 door GTST... Realise we're waiting for sumone so they rip a few heli's on their way out hahaha... Real classy boys (sarcasm much)... So we take off for the touge... was a pretty epic run, seems that rwd silvia's do better on the touge than awd rexies and evo's?! So I find I'm stuck behind the awd's at a crawl, we clear the first stage and I'm called to be in second place, and punch off again, during second stage, we come across a T intersection and what else do we see but the boys in blue... Nice... So the guy in front of me sprints out into the hills... and I'm following close behind... This was the fun part hhaha, we actually had something to run away from... Pity we can't keep going to do 3rd and 4th stages, we just pull back onto the freeway and head off to Sevo's for some demo'ing at an estate. So you'd think that was a pretty close encounter hahaha, not close enough... I notice around Baulkham Hills, the car behind me is flashing me like mad, I have no idea what he wants, the car in front of me is acting strange to, he signals to turn into a back street, and doesn't commit... Eventually he does so I follow him, the car that's been flashing keeps driving off on the main road and another car turns in behind us and we end up splitting up, then I look to see who it is and notice the disco lights flare up hahahaha... Oh dang... I pull over and he stops behind me, the car in front turns the next left and get's away... Then... what is this? The copper pulls out and goes after him?! Man I punch it outta there QUICK SMART... a left here, right there, another right, a couple lefts, and I'm in someones yard, I shut my car down and lay low for a while. You'd think I'd go hoome after this, but no I think we were thirsting for trouble that night... I end up meeting the guys again at Sevo's, we hang for a bit, too nervous to do demo's... The dude that got chased got defected, he's pretty shattered, but ok... We all go home...

Blogging Vs Games

Aiyyy. So long I haven't posted... Nothing special to talk about... I'm a boring old fart... Mortal Kombat guy keeps dicking around with us and is apparently 16 years old... So we're over it, doesn't seem legit... We'll keep focussing on the Australia's got talent performance since that ball is in our park. Now I'm bored and tred at home... As my twitter currently states... Let's get the emo juices flowing.

I Had my first shift back at the video store today, how cool, met Mary, a friend of uncle Luc's from Vietnam who speaks very little english... She's looking to start a life here. I have come think that I am an aweful person in that I have a very f4cked up relationship skillset with women... It's brutally honest and I can brutally honestly say that's most probably the reason why I can't stand the thought of having a girlfriend... It's easily hidden away with the guise of "I'm too picky", but my real thoughts are more along the lines of... "Oh poor lass to the girl who goes out with me... I have no freaking clue on how to properly treat a woman". Seems that I have a flaw (woopty f4cking doo)... And that flaw is called male naturalism... It's huge in my life... Anyways, I'm distracted by half life episode 1 right now... Let's continue on this later...

Jesus help me...

Oorah my firstie!

SO! Eugene reckons I should start a blog, so here goes. Never thought myself a blogger, but I guess it's fun to share cool things that I come across. Hahaha it all started yesterday I guess when I was BROUGHT TO TEARS by this adorable video!



ARGH! I love the music in that video, so these chixorz are a Nippon drift team called Galdori (girl drift)... My eyes teared up when I watched this, the music is to die for! Galdori have drift meets at a circuit in the mountains and they bring their kiddies along and they go drifting! They've got the CUTEST kids too! Check out the kid towards the end of the first song running away with his finders in his ears because of the noise! Hahahahaha!!!

I guess for the longest time, drifting has always been a man-sport but it's soooo good to see the ladies get involved! Especially mum's! I myself was out at easter creek skid pan this past Saturday David and CACA (Christian Austosport Club of Australia) doing a motorkhana... I'll be sure to get the video posted up... HURRY UP DAVID!

OH! I also had this I wanted to put in today when blogging became a topic of discussion on the Nth Strathfield to City train. I CALLED MY OLD TAFE TEACHER YESTERDAY! I can't believe it's been about 5 years since I've last seen and spoken to Vince! It was almost surreal! So I rang the TAFE front office and asked "I was curious to know if a teacher was still employed at the school? His name is Vincent Rossini" the lady was really nice "Yes from 3d Animation, he's still here I'll patch you through to the 3D animation office" And before you know it I hear a distantly familiar voice "freedee animayshun vis is Vince" Hahahaha I immediately teared up on hearing his voice... It was so damned good to hear him again. We spoke for about 10 minutes on small catch up stuff, I couldn't stop saying how good it was to hear from him. I told him about my shitty experience with TB and that because of that I'm afraid to get back into industry, it was encouraging being told that he's heard things about them and not to let that worry me because they were no-good... Hahaha. So anyways, I think I would like to go back and visit the school. It's wierd how I connected well with the teachers and member of staff but not really any of the students? I guess that's what sucked heaps about TB, everyone was like a droid... Sure people are into family guy and games and all that but it's like everyone was a droid playing human?

How much or how little am I supposed to write on a blog? I thought my first post woulda just been a Hi I'm Phils, bye kinda thing... Anyways, I guess I'll work on feedback, if you think I write too much, too little or whatever just tell me via comments! Muahahaha...