These Two Weeks In Entertainment and Photography

And yes, here I am again.

Behind.

I've made the same speech before, and, again, this one would be similar. So I'm not going to give any excuses this time. None. We're gonna get right into things. Starting with...

PHOTOGRAPHY 

As the Photography section of this site is still very much unfinished, it is not yet an accurate reflection of my portfolio and interest as a non-professional photographer. These past weeks, have granted me several opportunities to broaden my collection, and, luckily, I took advantage of it. Primarily, these shoots came out of pure roll of a dice; I took no considered effort to find them (I was already quite busy with other things at the moment). But I took them on, and, honestly, the experience I gained from such endeavors more than makes up for the extra work. And, not to mention, I pretty pleased with (most) of the resulting images. As is the nature of most things. Most of my shooting was spread out as follows:

50th Birthday Party - I was actually looking forward to this, and, as hoped, the shoot went well. It was, however, a considerable amount of work and the entire shoot lasted from 5:30 PM to 12:45 AM, requiring that I be awake and alert the entire time. From the yacht, to the surprise arrival to the concluding dinner and dancing, the party was understandably elaborate and full of interesting people with even more interesting dance moves. 

Now, just to edit 800-some photos I took. No, really - I've cut it down to about 150. Work in progress!

Trips to the Beach - If there's one thing that's almost universally accepted about Bermuda, it's that its beaches are quite awesome. Whenever I could (and weather permitting), I took myself down to one of the several surrounding beaches and just began shooting. Most of the time, I had no direction, no pre-rendered notion of what I would capture exactly, just that I wanted to take stuff that was truly awesome and memorable. And, indeed, I brought home a couple of keepers, some of which that have already been edited and posted in the archives on this website. Of course, you can find them as well on Flickr, my routinely updated photo blog.  

And before you ask, yes, pink sand does exist here.

ENTERTAINMENT

The world of entertainment for me has been almost non-existent as of late. Starting with increased speculation and rumors surrounding the potential cancellation of perhaps my favorite television show and lack of virtually any time to delve into anything other than work, I haven't really been moved to just 'tune-out.' Fortunately enough, my weeks haven't been completely absent of entertainment, but I have to think pretty far back to recall periods of time where it was a part of daily life (which kind of defeats the purpose of this post, aptly titled "These Two Weeks"). This does, however, make it easy to find a starting point from which to write.

24 Rumblings - Yes, of course I've heard the 'news,' and no, I'm not happy in the slightest. In fact, I'm downright frustrated. I may just devote an entire entry to it, even (this is a big may, since so many other 24-addicts are doing the same). Or maybe not. Who knows at this point? And that's the very thing about the whole situation. Who knows anything for sure about 24's state. But let's be honest with ourselves. 24 hasn't exactly been having its best season so far. True, the past few episodes have seen some considerable improvement but, as of now, there's still a lot of issues with Day 8. Hopefully, the past episode's upward trend continues, and the second half of season eight can re-align itself with the tracks. But that's not what I'm ranting about. Rather, its the dire situation that 24 finds itself in, a rut that's hanging it in a balance. Is it ending? Is Fox calling it quits? Is Jack really heading for the big screen? Or, will NBC pick it up? Will NBC take the investment and give 24 proper closure? Ah! The speculation is killing me. But, and perhaps this predicament's only high point, is that nothing is official yet. They're all unfounded rumors, and, as of now, I'm not buying into it. I just want one thing: my show to not get cancelled. Oh, and Mike Novick, too!

Music/Books/Other We'll make this one short. Call it, the shortlist, shall we? Oh, I'm a hilarious one, aren't I?

Reading: A Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin; a ton of photography books. (may blog about some of my favorites!)

Listening: A lot of Hard-Fi, The Gorillas new album, a couple of film/game soundtracks (Mass Effect, in particular), Daft Punk, random techno and a little Lily Allen when I'm feeling in the mood. What? She's brave with her lyrics!

Playing: Dragon Age: Origins, Heavy Rain

And there we go. Two weeks! But not really; I kinda cut corners with this blog post, as some of the things listed may have happened three to four weeks ago. Yet the blog title stays the same, as I like its flow and the way it sort of rolls off your tongue. Come on, isn't it catchy? "These Four Weeks" sounds... bleh.

Rest-assured, things should be back to normal work-wise next week, and I can get on with what I love. Until next time!

(Also: Check back to the Galleries often; I'm updating it as fast as I can!)