Will we ever learn? Once again we go out cameraless and end up kicking ourselves the whole time.

Since it was so beautiful [and incredibly hot] today, we drove out the beach; the whole time Chuck, Amanda and I were walking around Venice, with every apartment we passed we wanted more and more to live there. To have a small little balcony overlooking the boardwalk - watching the sun sink behind the ocean every night. The apartments may be smaller, but I don't even know what to do with half the space I have here. Venice Beach and Santa Monica are like Ypsi and Ann Arbor, the more I visit the two the more I think I'm willing to make the move. Hell, the internship I interviewed for was in Santa Monica... I don't have to live in downtown Hollywood to be 'where it's at'. Not to mention Venice phone numbers begin with 358. Which happens to be Chuck's long time lucky / un-lucky number. The reason it's either or is because he hasn't been able to figure it out yet; the number seems to connect itself to good and bad experiences.

Crap! I just realized today is the beginning of a new "weekly movie". I have two and half hours left to upload something new, this weeks short didn't do as well as our first run. Last I checked it only had hit 55 downloads when the 'Great Tower' was in the near 80s. Ahh, you win some you lose some. Actually; here's a little something my brother sent me the other day, a short 30 second commercial for Onsted schools. I miss him, I miss my sister - I miss my family... this video defiantly brings those feelings to the surface. I am looking forward to visiting home for my bro's graduation, but unfortunately he won't be having an open house until he returns from Kenya [my brother is like Indiana Jones... he goes to exotic country's left and right].

Chuck the other night, while looking up who knows what, stumbled across a project called "loft cube". I want one. They build this special "loft" and fly it in on a helicopter, dropping it on a rooftop. It's crazy, and I want one really, really bad. If I could have one of these on a rooftop not far from the ocean; I would be materialisticly complete for the rest of my days. Okay, that's a lie - I would still crave a number of apple computers and toys [G5; iPod; Cinema display; maybe an iBook].

I got hired in at Ikea today, so now I am juggling two jobs... we'll see how long that last. I am plotting on starting up the video production work I did back in Ypsi out here, considering there are over twenty theaters with-in No Ho alone, I should be able to nab one repeat project. Plus I just can't stand to work for someone, I became spoiled back home with working my own hours and getting to cut video for a living. But whether I make more money or not doing it here - hell, I'll film theater productions and cut 'em up for the same 8 bucks an hour I make at toys 'r' us - I don't need to make a killing out here. The free time alone is worth the responsibility... out here I could use all the free time I can get for writing / filming / editing / living a life that will make me happy / enjoying the weather / you get the idea.