Sometimes it’s closer than you expect.

The Mrs. and I often talk about the usage of our websites and our blogs and we seem to be stuck in somewhat of a rut when it comes to ideas for our blogging.

We aren’t dealing with dedicated blogs talking solely about food, games, or parenting. We have blogs about all aspects of our lives, including the aforementioned few categories.

What it does for us is cause an overwhelming feeling of unnecessary stress towards our writing, thus causing us not to write anything at all. I mean, with all of the day-to-day goings-on and all of the interruptions, it makes for a difficult time to sit down and think/talk about only one topic. All we really want to do is share our lives, but there is too much going on and not enough time to share.

When we do get the 15 minutes of inspiration, it usually ends up with a picture and a two sentence description, which in all actuality isn’t that bad, but it doesn’t really make for a great back story.

There is also the idea of censoring our feelings and our lives from the internet out of fear that “the entire internet will look down upon our worthless lives.” I will take into consideration the styling of a great quote I once heard and I will say that this post, as well as any post on the internet has the potential to be the first post that someone may read. That alone builds my inspiration in belief that someone out there may read this post, having the same fears as we do, and possibly be motivated by our story so that they will start writing freely as well.

Where I am going with this is that we need concentrate on at least one thing per blog post and expand on that topic; or where we would like to see our topic progress in the future. Plus we need to stop moderating ourselves in fear that we will be scrutinized and castrated on the internet for expressing our points of views; or our lives for that matter.

I guess the only appropriate ending for this post would be for me to tell you that I’ve become inspired to start writing and sharing more of my and my families life with anyone who is fortunate to stumble across my postings.

Enjoy.

If you are ever in the Round Lake Beach area, Bento Café is one of those places you will not want to pass by. The Mrs. and I frequent this place and it never disappoints. It mostly features fresh and decently priced sushi, although their namesake is of course bento boxes.

I just had to share this. Is there nothing that is an original idea anymore?

There was a time when I would write on my blog almost on a daily basis. That was when there was more room in my schedule to get little random things like that done. But that is in the past and time is a very precious commodity nowadays. But I have learned that I can adapt to accept new challenges and with that knowledge I shall and will be updating my blog here on a more regular basis.

I mean, I do have a ton of stuff I would like to talk about….

Join me in a world where everything is slowed down more than 100 times. Thanks to an expert videographer and editor named Tom Guilmette and a Vision Research Phantom Flex camera, we get a peek into an alternative universe. (Technically its the same universe, just slowed WAY down).

According to Guilmette on his Vimeo site:

“I was working a gig in Vegas with a brand new Phantom Flex high speed digital cinema camera. I had to try it out. In fact, I never did go to bed that night. I opened up a wormhole shooting at 2,564 frames per second.”

Most video is shot and played around 24 to 30 frames per second, but when you play back this 2,564 frame-per-second video at the usual speed of 24 or 30fps, the view is amazing.

Locked in a Vegas Hotel Room with a Phantom Flex from Tom Guilmette on Vimeo.

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5Ilq3kFxek

Oh, here is that amazing jumping cat video I promised to you in my first post.

Hi there. Welcome to my blog. Here I will be posting a lot of random things. Sometimes you may see little insights into my very soul. Other times you may see a cat, failing to jump over a child safety barrier. You will just never know. And I’m sure there will be plenty of fun things to find on here.

This is roughly the 4th incarnation of my blog and website, but it is the happiest I have been with the overall design and functionality. I can’t wait to push this baby to the limit and I hope to give you’ll some enjoyment out of this as well.