I Dream of Colored Bubbles

Addicting android games and a lack of things to do are to blame for me pouring hours and hours into a app game called Shoot Bubble, a game where the goal is to match up similarly colored bubbles so that they "pop" and you need to pop all the bubbles to move to the next level. O.K, now that we have established what the game is all about, I can continue with this story. So, last night I was laying in bed, trying to go to sleep, and as I closed my eyes, I began to see bubbles floating in and out of my brain eyes. Now, bubbly dreams are not all that uncommon in my life, but there was something different about these bubbles. These bubbles were the same ones from the app game shoot bubbles. Yes. This game has worked its way into my brain enough so that my dreams are now filled with colored bubbles. Colored bubbles of EVIL and ADDICTION and EVIL.

If I do not make another blog entry, it is because these bubbles have taken over the world.

I'll talk to you guys next time. Maybe.

- David

Summertime

Summer is a supposed to be fun, relaxing, and peacefull, right? Well, while mine is fun (ish) so far, it is severely lacking in the latter 2 ideals of what summer should be like. I am doing an internship for 15 hours a week, 2 online classes, working and trying to keep up on my YouTube channels and this blog. Add to that a potential tutoring job and you have a chaotic summer that is ever so busy.

But like I said, my summer so far is going well, and I generally enjoy the different things that I am doing. I would like to get a website up and running if at all possible, so we'll see how that goes, but for now, I wish you all a terrific rest of the summer! :D

JUNE!

This month I hope to be much more active here on my blog. I would like to start posting stuff about design, as well as more writing projects that I undertake. I will hopefully serenade you with design, short stories and videos on my YouTube Channels. I think June will be a great month, and I wish you all a superb summer.

Talk soon,
David

impermanence

Earlier today, I had one of those "I'm gonna die" moments. Not like I'm gonna die right now, but it just struck me that someday, I will die. Now, you always know somewhere in the back of you mind that you are going to die someday, but every now and then, for me, at least, I get a very lucid moment where I feel like that fact really sinks in. It makes you want to do something, anything, just go outside and enjoy being alive! I think the impermanence is one of the things that makes life so great. If you were going to live forever, there would be nothing to make us do things. I don't know, just thought I'd share. Talk soon. :D

Well, 2012

So yah, another year has come and gone. And what a ride! I for one had an amazing year, and am looking forward to 2012. What will the new year bring? We'll have to wait and see. But I think it will be an interesting and enjoyable year. Well, except for the fire, death, and destruction in December. (jk guys :D) So, here I am, wishing you all a very happy 2012.

December Is Upon Us

It's December! And time to start preparing for 2012! To be honest I am rather excited about next year, not only because I will be graduating from college in 2012, but because I am at a point in life where I am just excited about life in general. I am able to do the thing that I enjoy, such as design, photography, and creating YouTube videos.

I am also almost done with this semester of school, which ends on December 10, and I am looking forward to making more videos, and being more active online. I hope you are all well, and I will talk to you soon!

Thoughts about Life (Part 1?)

I was looking back at some of my very first YouTube uploads and realized that my first gaming video is almost 6 months old. Time really does fly, it would seem. As I was thinking about all this, I decided to do more of what I love, and less of what I, well, don't love. I also began thinking about the things that I am doing, and where I am headed in life, or at least, the near future. I don't really love all that much. Not saying, of course, that I don't love anything, but the things that I do love are few and far between. I don't think anyone should ignore something they truly enjoy if they come across it, especially if those encounters don't come all that often.

But what do I mean by all this? Well, I am currently enrolled in college, and can't help thinking that it is just not something I enjoy. Yes, I am putting up with it for now, but only because it will, if all goes well, lead to something better. But the ridicules amount of seemingly useless classes is bogging me down. I love learning and knowledge, but college is just not my cup of tea. I do however; need a college degree to do something I do love for a living. Or do I?

Now, before I go on, let me just say. I am not suggesting that I will drop out of college, but I am simply at a point in my life where I am realizing that life is short, and should be lived to the fullest. I want to do things that I love, not things that I can nearly tolerate. But this IS life in 21st century America, and thus, I will have to do things that I don't really care for, but why should the majority of my life be filled with mediocre tasks that, overall, I could not care less about?

And now the most difficult question of all. What do I love? For each and every person on the planet, the answer to this question will be different. For me, it boils down to two things. Do I look forward to doing something almost all the time, and wish that I could be doing it even when doing something else? And, can someone else have an effect on it. When all is said and done, I can think of only a small group of things that I can say I truly love. Design is, of course, one of them. Especially type. I am always looking at ads and posters and thinking to myself, "how did they get that effect," or "I wonder what typeface that is." Another love is video making. Not necessarily the finished result, but the entire process from the conception of an idea to the final stages of editing. That is why I make YouTube videos. Those two things are really the things I love.

Is it odd to have such a short list? Maybe. But I long ago accepted the fact that I am a little odd. I mean, I like a fair amount of things, but those are the only two that I can safely say, "yes, I will do that until I die." I don't think many people would say that about many of the things they do. And of course, hobbies change, likes and dislikes change, but as of right now, it seems as though I need to devote more time to the things I love, rather than things that I don't love.

What I really want to say in this post is that when you come across something that you love, don't pass it by. Don't drift through life like you are traversing a wide open plane, with not too much difficulty, but also, not too much great. Rather, climb mountains and take chances. You will fall, and you will wander into a valley every now and then. But at the end of the day, a life without the things you love isn't really worth it. You may struggle with things you absolutely hate, but in the end, as long as you are true to yourself and do the things that you love, the good will always get you through the bad. Take chances for the things that you love.

I can't imagine many people will read this, and these are simply my thoughts on life, as I am currently in a situation where I am dissatisfied with the way things are going in my life. I want to be doing the things that I love, but am somehow always devoting my time to school. Again, I love learning, but what cost does college have verses the benefits. Just some thoughts.

I hope the select few who read this will take some of the information to heart, and start searching for something that you love doing. I don't know what that will be for you, but I hope that you will be able to find it. Life is short, and the people we meet, the things we do, they all, in the end, don't really matter. So we might as well live life to the fullest, and embrace it for what it is. A time to explore who we are, and what we love doing. I guess the best way to put it is to love life, because sooner or later, we wont be here anymore. We might as well make the most of the time that we have.

"To life, and finding the things you love"

- David