Brain pickins.

I'm quite elated that my Blogger friend (and quite possibly ONLY reader) J.R. was as enthusiastic about my last post as I was when I wrote it. Albeit tired, I really can't reiterate how happy I am with my career choice.

As cliche as it sounds, if you stay focused and determined, you really can achieve whatever it is you want to achieve. I had to learn that you can't rely on other people to motivate you or push you or tell you whats right and wrong. YOU have to choose what you think is right and try to stay as true to your path as you can. I've witnessed a lot of my friends who were/are in similar situations still be stuck doing things they don't want to be doing and ultimately perturbed. Maybe some people don't have the fortunate security and safety that I have, as I'm living at home and have wonderful parents, but if you have a basis of support, I say, just go for it and go for what you want. You're only young once and now is the time to fuck up if you have to fuck up. I remain true to my cause and so far, I don't feel like I've effed up in any way. I take it all as a learning experience, good and bad, and it helps to look at the bad in a positive way. Negativity is the killer of dreams. (Was that emo enough for you?)

I digress. On a final note, I've got another commercial coming up next week and I'm rather thrilled about it, as I've had my head in editing for the past two weeks and I'm about ready to do something more active.


I saw a rather interesting thing today, from the 8th floor balcony of the condo I'm currently working from. I have a nice view of the bay and during a small break from the computer screen, I got to see a cormorant catch a fish double its size and struggle relentlessly attempting to swallow the damn thing. The bird killed the fish, somehow, but stabbing its beak through the fish's gill and then diving underwater and shaking its head ferociously from side to side.

It looked something like this:








I also saw a pipe fish charge through a giant school of minnows, single one out and eat it. It was like watching it through a microscope, yet with binoculars.

I'm rather excited about this upcoming weekend. I don't know why, this week flew by, but it also dragged endlessly as I learned how to edit my first mini-movie. Last weekend was a very lovely weekend. It was Chinese New Year AND Valentine's Day. Most people (as I saw through my facebook), love to play the whole "V-day is a corporate holiday" card and rant about how much the day sucks, especially if you're single. All I can say is, GET OVER IT. Who cares if its a corporate holiday, I like that there is at least ONE day dedicated to love. Love is a wonderful thing. Being in love is the best feeling in the world, why be so bitter and jaded about it? Whats the point in being such a curmudgeon? I for one, had a lovely day with my boyfriend. We went to Jungle Island and got to look at awesome birds, ligers, and orangutans, then we finished the night with a dinner at Versailles, the most popular Cuban place in Miami. YUM! I love him and I love loving him!

Anyway, I think I've come to a good stopping point. I could keep writing, but now that I'm doing this more often, there's no point in overkilling a single entry is there?

*Thank you J.R. for being such a supportive reader and commentator! I think whatever readers I had, I lost, but I'm thrilled that I can still entertain you!