Well hello there my friends. It's been a while since anyone has heard from, or seen me in the digital world. I must say its been a busy year. I've been spending most of my time doing a bad job of balancing work and life. A few years ago I made a year long video blog and I think that helped me to maintain a focus. I felt like I had a purpose for 12 months. However hard it got, however many people looked at me funny when I made my excuses to run away and talk bollocks in front of the camera everyday, I can say I'm actually one of the few people who has an entire year of their life documented in video.
But enough nostalgia.
This year I haven't made a video. Maybe that will change. I mean I've made videos but not for my main channel.
One thing i must tell you is that I've been very busy learning French for the past year. My better half is French and I've been trying very hard to gain some small amount of bilingualism... It's working as far as I can tell. I can now read French, listen to French radio, watch French films (without subtitles) but composing my thoughts on the fly is still tough! Maybe one day I'll be able to tick the French box on the 'languages spoken' part of an application. It's the little things...
The weird thing is that I've kind of been bitten by the language bug. It's like part of my brain was guarded by a big, rusty hinged oak door and slowly I keep trying to open it, exerting enough force to move it. At the moment it feels just a bit ajar, but in time I'll be busting out the WD40. I've actually been bitten to the extent that I want to start a third language, something like Spanish maybe.
While work has been crazy this year, and looks to be just as mental next year, I've found some outlet in film making with my friends. This January we are set to make our most elaborate and ambitious project yet. I'm really looking forward to pulling all this together and producing something that we will all be proud of. I can give more details in the future, but for now, I'll just let you wonder...
I am very sure that 2013 will hold some very interesting times. Some unexpected, some played for, and got...LOL I just have a feeling that things are around the corner waiting for me to take the risk and jump in feet first. Most aspects of my life feel that way. The time for stagnation and routine must be flushed out.
I think this is probably the most open I've been on this blog. Maybe that is because there is no one who actually reads this, but on the whole I think it's good to write it out. It helps put things in perspective.
I hope this entry has given you some food for thought. Stay happy everyone and I promise to do my best and write again soon.
Regards,
Snare.
Saturday, 24 November 2012
Monday, 27 February 2012
How is 2012 going for Snare?
Well hello there. This is in fact my first blog of 2012. I must say that my output recently has been hampered somewhat by a combination of laziness and life getting in the way. But enough! I must just continue to update you with my musings before I go insane.
So, February is nearly over huh? It's been quite a dull few months for me really. Apart from a recent skiing trip that didn't quite go to plan. Let me explain.
As I hadn't been skiing before, I thought it would be prudent to have some lessons, so in earnest I booked a days worth of lessons at a local dry slope. Awesome I thought. I'll just get the basics and go from there when I get onto some real snow. Problem was that about an hour into the days worth of lesson, I fell awkwardly and busted my ribs. Bruised I thought. Not a problem, it'll heal before we go. We were flying out to the Alps a week later so I thought it would be ok.
The long and short of it was that I had actually broken my ribs and therefore the first day skiing was indeed the last, and also the 'day' was in fact more like 20 mins. My chest was killing me. On my return to the UK I visited our lovely NHS services in A&E to find out if I had actually punctured my lung...
Snare is not fighting fit as he writes this (as you can tell by the third person reference)
So although I had a wonderful time relaxing and getting some much needed respite from work, I had to deal with an injury. It wouldn't be so bad, but a lot of my time is spent doing quite physical things. Because of my rib, I have to give it a break from going to the gym, training of any sort, and sadly no drumming for at least a month. *sad face*
But perhaps I need this to reaffirm my goals for 2012. I've only just realised that I don't have any... 2010 was simple, I was making a video every day. This year though, I need to put right the lack of video content I'm currently producing. I need to work out what's right for me this year, which includes a total view of work, pleasure, aims and ambitions.
I've discovered that I get quite down when I don't have something to aim for, something to work towards. I blame my work a lot for this, as it is quite often unpredictable and means late evening and weekends are taken up by work rather than doing things that make me feel like I matter... I don't mean to sound pessimistic, but it's a rut that I need to break out from.
So what will you see from me in the coming weeks then? Who knows. I expect at least one video, maybe two. Also, I want to write again reflecting on this blog to see how things have changed. Whatever happens, I have every intention to make a change.
Hope you are still reading, and I hope to see you again soon.
Peace,
Snare.
So, February is nearly over huh? It's been quite a dull few months for me really. Apart from a recent skiing trip that didn't quite go to plan. Let me explain.
As I hadn't been skiing before, I thought it would be prudent to have some lessons, so in earnest I booked a days worth of lessons at a local dry slope. Awesome I thought. I'll just get the basics and go from there when I get onto some real snow. Problem was that about an hour into the days worth of lesson, I fell awkwardly and busted my ribs. Bruised I thought. Not a problem, it'll heal before we go. We were flying out to the Alps a week later so I thought it would be ok.
The long and short of it was that I had actually broken my ribs and therefore the first day skiing was indeed the last, and also the 'day' was in fact more like 20 mins. My chest was killing me. On my return to the UK I visited our lovely NHS services in A&E to find out if I had actually punctured my lung...
Snare is not fighting fit as he writes this (as you can tell by the third person reference)
So although I had a wonderful time relaxing and getting some much needed respite from work, I had to deal with an injury. It wouldn't be so bad, but a lot of my time is spent doing quite physical things. Because of my rib, I have to give it a break from going to the gym, training of any sort, and sadly no drumming for at least a month. *sad face*
But perhaps I need this to reaffirm my goals for 2012. I've only just realised that I don't have any... 2010 was simple, I was making a video every day. This year though, I need to put right the lack of video content I'm currently producing. I need to work out what's right for me this year, which includes a total view of work, pleasure, aims and ambitions.
I've discovered that I get quite down when I don't have something to aim for, something to work towards. I blame my work a lot for this, as it is quite often unpredictable and means late evening and weekends are taken up by work rather than doing things that make me feel like I matter... I don't mean to sound pessimistic, but it's a rut that I need to break out from.
So what will you see from me in the coming weeks then? Who knows. I expect at least one video, maybe two. Also, I want to write again reflecting on this blog to see how things have changed. Whatever happens, I have every intention to make a change.
Hope you are still reading, and I hope to see you again soon.
Peace,
Snare.
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