One of the good things about my disposition, or the way that God made me, is that it is very rare for me to have two bad days in a row. So this was kind of a bounce back day for me. Not fantastic, but still better than the day before. I woke up early and wanted to start my day of in a very healthy way. So I went kayaking at 6:30 am. It was awesome. The water was like glass, and it was very very quiet. Just me and God. That is what I want to do when I exercise have be a time of meditation too. Its so much more fulfilling than lifting weights. Still the exercise is so strenuous. It’s a very good work out. It got my day started off on the right foot. I drove a minute to the water, backed my mini-SUV to the shoreline, took the kayak out of the back and was paddling within seconds. That’s what prefer, just get out and go, with little preparation time. I did notice that I paddled by jellyfish in the water so that kind of freaked me out. But I didn’t fall over this time. I’ve gotten a lot of mileage out of that paddling past the baptism of a couple of days ago.
I got into the office rested and refreshed. Did a lot of work in a short amount of time. We had Nishad, our new Indian photographer that speaks very little English, out shooting time lapse footage of a client’s video billboard. I didn’t ask permission ahead of time, because I figured there would be too much red tape to go through. So I wanted to take my chances. He lasted until from 4 am to 2pm, then he called me telling me the police were hassling him. So I hopped in the car, and hurried out there. I got there like 60 seconds too late. I saw that they were escorting him in the police car. So I had to follow them to the police station. I explained to the Captain what we were doing, and he let us go five minutes later. They didn’t trust the Indian with a camera. But with the American they did. I think it was just a power play. We wound up only losing about 45 minutes, which shouldn’t be too noticeable in the time lapse realm. That’s the risk I take for doing the whole..its easier to ask forgiveness than permission thing. Sometimes it doesn’t work.
I was editing the kids final movie project at home today. I didn’t want to fight the traffic to get back to work, and I had my laptop so it was convenient. As I was editing together this short little simple piece, I was reminded how much I like being a filmmaker. Being an administrator is nice and powerful, but my true passion will always lie with creating. I have to figure out a way to do both. For my mind to work, its either one or the other.
We had another positive living group tonight at my flat. I really enjoy these. We have six people come tonight, with two new people. I had several people call or text me with their regrets about not being able to attend. It was a lively discussion afterwards. I like the philosophical exchange. Its never a debate, but just a sharing of ideas. We all respect each other. That is a very nice thing to have.
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