New thing

School Church Home Friends Work Dog

All those listed above are the new things in my life. My wife and I have made quite a niche for ourselves here in Central Florida. With two years under my belt I have changed degree programs At school from Graphic Design to the preferred Digital Cinematography.

Little by little I'm not only learning the details on being a Cinematographer but, more importantly I've learned balance. Previously when given any kind of project wether it be school, film, household I would completely absorb myself in the given assignment/project. Even at the expense of others around me. The real trick in being success full in anything you put your mind to is balance. I've just began to tap into this uncharted territory in myself. To get to this point I had to cut out certain things in my life. I came to the realization that it wasn't really the one thing that was keeping me from succeeding but it was how I dealt with it was what made it my downfall.

My obsession with anything StarWars was the "thing" that I let take over me.

It's been three months now and I have no idea what is going on in the world of StarWars other than in two years Celebration 6 will take place again here in Orlando. Partly inspired by the sabbatical that our pastor took. I decided three months ago that after the last StarWars Weekends at Disney's hollywood Studios that that will be the time where I begin my sabbatical. The time off includes no websites, blogs, twitter personalities, etc until Celebration 6. I can not willingly seek out information on anything related to StarWars. I'm sure that includes some major events like the previously announce bluray releases and clone wars season 4 premiere.

The etc above is a big deal for me. The etc.. became the midshare that StarWars had on me. As anyone knows I had StarWars on my mind 24/7. So with the help from the awesome Cale Duncan I've take strides on replacing that mind share with more Bible centric teachings and school/career related things. Yes some are sad to see my yoda voice fall to the wayside but yes that too has to go.

I have stayed away from broadcasting this until now for the reason that the mere act of letting people know about this too early on would feed into the mind share. That would hinder me from completely severing it. That's what I did this is the first time I have even type the words star and wars together in months. Just this passed weekend I tried letting it creep back in a little with the idea of connecting to youth at an event we as leaders put on at church. That in itself , even for good, was a bit too much for me. Now this. The final notion of StarWars for a long time.

This silencing out of anything that triggers obsessive (more on that later) tendencies that are not God, Wife or school related is somehthing I plan to master little by little.

Star Wars in Song

The following video is funny, cool, very time consuming, and a great way to tell the Star Wars story so bask in all of the geeky Star Wars tributeness to John Williams.



I think he should have put in the Harry Potter theme also
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R2-D2 = iMac

I came upon this little quote while reading a blog a bout the many star wars designs. Here's what the blogger had to say about R2-D2: Nearly all the tools and utilities are hidden inside the casing of the droid making him something like an iMac or an Swiss Army Knife on Wheels. (via)

I found interesting that a robot, that was created 33 years ago, would be compared to the best and most practical computers ever made. A sign of the times lol

I have to hand it to HIM

No really, God really comes through when you sit down and truly seek him as the center of your life. Just a bout a year ago on my birthday, I came to the realization that I needed to get my life in order. I was not a kid any more I had to grow up. So from there I began take charge and pray and think of Gods plan for the rest of my life. at that time I wasn't in school I had decided to take a break but deep down inside I knew I had to go back but I lost my scholarship and everything so it was too difficult. Not to mention I was torn between staying here or pursuing my dreams of going of going to Full Sail and making films (im thinking about being a cinematographer).
To fast forward a bit almost 22 engaged to Kristina M. Selecky preparing for our wedding then embarking on our jouney to central Florida to stat our lives together. WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW What a change!!! Im so glad to have found some so amazing. I remember growing up before a new school year would start I would say a prayer that would go some thing like this: "God, if its your plan please let me see the woman you have for me I don't want to miss her" and I didn't. I found her at a video shoot I was doing for the childrens ministry. From there we became friends and then Passion happened. Not only would I never forget the time we sat next to each other before the first day and how Amy got me to talk about those stars on the screen. It was a good way of making me talk to her cuz next thing I know I was in an all out conversation about our dreams and passions, But I will never forget the drive up when I sat next to her and we were playing word spell on her iphone and our hands grazed (for the first time) because she didn't move. I knew from there she was special.....

I have to say to the person out there that is reading this don't be down that life isn't really going your way stick it out stay true and remember that God has a story that He is writing Called Your Life that the He is willing to finish.

Here's a vid she gave me a the other day. I combines her favorite band (Relient K) and my favorite movies (uh I think you know the answer to that) here ya go:



I thought it was interesting how they compared the life story in the sing to that of Darth Vader, it really fit well and the whole rewind thing showing his deeds were erased was a good touch. but it could have been done without Jar Jar at then end.


I really don't know how to end this post other than saying I LOVE YOU BABE!!!!

Kids say the darnest things about Star Wars

Well, here I am on the third day of this terrible sickness with fever, body pains,throat swollen and this head and neck pain that makes me feel like they're gonna fall right off. It all started Monday morning I woke up and couldn't move. Long story short I ended up taking a FREEEEZZING COLD shower to bring down my temp. of 103 (Never want to do that again!!) I haven't been at work for 6 days missed Elevate (Not Cool) but the good thing is that it seems like I'm recovering. After A TON of sleep, watching episode 3 and Episode 4 back to back, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, and Blue Harvest (The Star Wars Family Guy episode). I think I have stored enough strength to surf the internet and blog.

When I went on I said to my self "I want to see something thats funny see if it can cheer me up". So out of the blue Homestar Runner came into my head. If you don't know this site, well you just have to check for your self, it's a collection of funny flash cartoons made by the Brothers Chaps(that's the only way I could describe it). Its been months since Ive been on this site. Well I saw one of the toons and MY GOODNESS I haven't laughed so hard in my life. My head felt like it was on fire but I didn't care I kept laughing and laughing and laughing. I showed it to my sis and she laughed but not as hard as I did. If You want to see it: homestarrunner.com (theres a link to the site in my COOL SITES list) under toons and the title is: Somber Vacation.

If You're wondering "What in the world does this have to do with Kids and Star Wars?" Then worry no more because I am about to tell you about my little discovery on the Star Wars Message Boards. I found this thread tittled "The misconceptions you had about Star Wars, when you were a kid" and I clicked on it thinking: "this should be good". Little did I know the amount of laughter that the post would trigger. I had to tell someone about this so I told some of them to Kristy (My Pelican) and she loved them. So here are some of the ones I found to be the most honest and funny. Keep in mind these are real stories!

- i thought chewie came from the same planet as the ewoks, he was just a different version (like how there are housecats and lions sort of thing).

- (love this one)i didn't understand about the ep IV thing either, and when i asked my parents they told me that GL must have been on drugs or something because a lot of people did drugs during the time they were made, so for a long time i thought he just numbered them wrong because he was on drugs and forgot how to count, and i thought it was very sad.

- I thought that Vader grew back his head after getting it sliced off by Luke on Dagobah and pow he's alive on his super star destroyer talking to the bounty hunters

- I thought the Jawa's had a crush on Luke! There is that scene when Luke is walking over to the Jawa Sandcrawler to look at the line-up of droids. They show Luke walking, and the next scene is shows Jawas getting excited, screaming, and running away. It looks just like teenage girls watching a boy band. I still wonder about that one...

- thought the first Death Star run was a game, sort of like the Olympics. Some kind of contest. It was because of the medals at the end, with the award ceremony!

- "I thought stormtroopers were Vaders sons!!
Hes got alot of 'em!!! "

- (This one was popular) "Personally I always used to think that when Ben's sabre blade dissapeared in ANH i thout his battery had run out."

- like the guy that said "When I was a kid, before I saw the film I thought C3PO was a bad guy. He had glowing eyes you see." (LOL LOL)

- When I was a kid, I remember seeing R2-D2 and C-3P0 in a commercial telling about how you shouldn't smoke. I didn't realize at the time that they were in Star Wars, so years (and years) later when I first saw Star Wars, I was like "OMG, It's those robots from the smoking comercial!!!"(LOL Pricless)

- (This one happened to me too!!) When I finally saw all three Star Wars movies, all of the Star Wars references on the cartoon "Muppet Babies" suddenly made sense!

- Dark Vader--I called him that for the longest time, until I got into a fight with a kid at school over it(HAHAHA!!)

- I remember thinking that Princess Leia selfishly doomed Alderaan by looking out the window at the planet and confirming the location of the rebels in a German accent. "Dat one, they're on dat one." (Instead of Dantooine get it? LOL)

- during Star Wars, where Luke is watching the hologram of Princess Leia. In the scene he says, "Old Ben lives out beyound the Dune Sea. He's kind of a strange old hermit.." I mis-heard it was, "Old Ben loves out beyond the Dune Sea. He's kind of a strange old kermit." For a long time, I wondered if Kermit the Frog was a Jedi. I was a very odd child.(Yes, he was)

- Also, I thought that Obi-Wan disappearing was a censorship thing because they weren't allowed to show him getting chopped in half!(guess that could have been true)

- I first saw the movies when I was 3 or so, and I had a terrible problem with the accents and figures of speech. When you think that Ben felt that "millions of oysters suddenly cried out in terror," or that Darth instructed Piett to "prepare the bowling party," well, it becomes clear that there was something else of interest beyond the dialogue. (LOLOLOLOL)

- when I saw the word 'rebels' in the opening crawl (in 1977), I thought that the movie was going to be about the United States Civil War. (WOW)

- me and my childhood friends came to the horrifying conclusion that obi wan was alive and had escaped in the nude. just a naked old man running through the death star ::shivers:: (funny but bad thought came flushing into my head!!!)

I do admit not seeing the movies and reading this must have felt like stepping into some weird confessions meeting. But nonetheless those were hilarious!!! as for me my only misconception was thinking Boba Fet's name was really Boba Fleet (the name of some fleet of starships). How about you guys? Those of you that have seen the movies probably have some funny stories you can tell. feel free to comment.

Wow I'm really feeling better laughter really is the best medicine!

umm... OK

Well its been over a month since my last post. Ive been pretty crazy busy and tired. To be honest ive had down time where I've spent on the computer but i just couldn't push myself to actually blog. oh and theres been stuff to blog about!:

• I now have a wonderful girl friend! I love spending time with her, my lil pelican lol

• I want to congratulate her parents, Maria and Bob Selecky on 29 years of marriage. and thank them for allowing Kristy and i to spend time with them at the Hotel on Sunday.
  

• I just found out that StarWars holograms are now real!!! don't believe me? watch this:

• I can't get these two songs out of my head!!!

• More congrats go out to Mauricio and Steph and Phill and his wonderful wife on their marriages.
• I'm so stinking excited that Elevate is growing!! I still remember the days where it was still resident62 and it was just 10 of us in the lobby. June 2 Bowling!!
  
• Got indy fixed (my jeep) but gunna have to sell it. Cant even tell you how bummed out i am :( Just too much of a hassle,it is LOL
  
• Excited that on the Grey's Anotomys season finale there were two Star Wars references!!! and a Jon Foreman song!!! and the references weren't like some small nod to the movies but it was more like one of the characters explained Han Solos complete journey from the cantina on tatooine to his marriage to Leah and the births of his twins. As for the Jon Foreman song, it s was one of my favorites: "Learning how to Die" it played over the turning point of the episode!! Its from his Winter EP, which is third in is solo effort.
• Im starving and all i have to eat right now are doritos
• I just remembered i haven't done my Wii Fit in 2 days!!
• Ive been working on my Anakin/ Star Wars video. I want to make a video to show Anakins fall to the dark side because i don't think it was really done well in the prequels and thats why most people don't like and understand episodes 1-3
• So far the summer movies have been off the charts AWESOME!!!! Except for Indy 4 (WHAT HAPPENED?!?!?!?) Looking forward to the hulk and The Dark Nightoh yeah and WALL E. I'll be post my reviews later.
• Can't wait for AUGUST 15!!

• Im crazy ready for the Demon Hunter show in orlando. They dont tour much so when they do they put on an insane show!!! Also thinking about going to star wars weekends. Any one up for it?
  

I did it. YAY!!! off to do laundry, help mom cook,and then spend some time with my lil pelican. Cant promise when the next post will be but it shouldn't be too long lol

George Lucas In Love

Here's a hilarious short film about George Lucas's college years, writing star wars, and finding the love of his life! !!!!!!!LOL LOL LOL LOL!!!!!!!!!!




Hope you enjoyed it as much as I did.

Nerds at their finest

Stacie sent me this and I can't stop watching! Just love the time and effort put into it.



and I thought my tie fighter was cool: l-0-l

Just in case the "Sith" hits the fan

HAHAHA!!!!!!
You never know when one might show up.

An ACTUAL TIE Fighter!!!

Here's an interesting article describing NASA's attempt to travel to two large asteroids:

http://www.venturacountystar.com/news/2008/mar/18/star-wars-tech-now-headed-to-asteroids/


The Star Wars connection is that the craft being used to get there and study the asteroids is being propelled by 3 ion engines. (TIE fighters used twin ion engines...um hence the name) That is AWESOME!!!See below for an excerpt:

"The ion thrusters push on the spacecraft with less force than a sheet of newspaper does on your hand, he said. Here, that thrust is puny, but in space, which lacks gravity and friction, it can add up to something else.

"It takes Dawn four days to go from zero to 60 miles per hour; that doesn't exactly evoke the image of a hot rod," Rayman said with a laugh. "I call it accelerating with patience. But, over time, the effort builds up. Over the long haul, we will be able to achieve fantastically high speeds."

Try up to 25,000 mph. Ion propulsion is a much more continual thrust — five years in total for Dawn — than conventional chemical propulsion and, he added, is more than 10 times as efficient. Without it, it'd be too expensive for NASA to make the trip.

Ion propulsion, Rayman noted, has been around a long time, once only in the domain of science fiction. He first heard of it in a "Star Trek" episode. Most people know it from the "Star Wars" movies and their TIE — Twin Ion Engine — fighters.

Alluding to Dawn's three ion engines, Rayman said, "We're doing the Star Wars' TIE fighters one better," and added, "The joy of turning that from science fiction to science fact has been very exciting to me."'

Look What I Found!!

I woke up today to find, on my desk, nothing other than the coolest mouse pad PERIOD! So cool I didn't want to open it! (now i think about it i shouldn't have might be worth some thing)lol

Well take care everyone!

Star Wars is back!!!!

The Star Wars Animated T.V. series, The Clone Wars, will premiere IN THEATERS August 15, 2008 and continue with 30 minute episodes on Cartoon Network and TBS.