Miners and Monks.

I have a bit of a little problem with certain things that have been said today, and I am going to try to explain the situation in the most vague sort of way. Hope you enjoy!

Now, I understand when people decide not to go see specific movies or watch specific content due to the fact that it is a bit too graphic. Its the idea of trying to separate yourself from this evil world so that you might not be affected by it.

I went to a conference in my teens dedicated to learn how to be a better evangelical Christian (Look how well that turned out, lulz.) and I did learn a few things that helped me grow as a person, and into my own belief system. A good hour of the conference (which was about 8 hours altogether) was about monks and miners.

Let me explain:

Monks are the kind of people who try to block potentially harmful and sinful media and real life situations out of their lives in order to not be affected and harmed by that specific situation/media.What happens is that these people limit themselves, and rarely have a chance to think for themselves... But listen to what other people tell them is okay to watch and hear instead.

Miners are people who take in this potentially harmful media, and decide for themselves what is good or not... Or if it could potentially be good in the end. There was some reason why this was bad as well, and the speaker said it was a good idea to be somewhere in the middle. I mine most of the media out in the world, besides from horror films which are just gore... I am not cool with that.

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What bugs me the most about people who 'Monk' their problems, especially with media... Is the fact that they really arent. Lets take a tv show who bleeps out a curse word for instance. In that moment that they blurt out that bad word... It automatically makes you think about that word, and places it in your mind instead of passing by it. How is that helping you monk your problems?

I think that you might have to become a hermit with no contact to the outside world to live in the sinless world you expect.

This blog has turned into a rant more or less... I'm done for the night! Have a good one!

Patience.

I just wanted to write a quick blog post before getting to work on Video stuff for Agilent. It seems like my patience has dwindled over the past few years to the point where if I get annoyed by someone I have the potential to start snapping at them.

This is not okay for me whatsoever.

So what caused my lack of patience? I've been thinking about that the past few days and I still cant figure it out. I've done a bit of reading, however... And I think I can start moving towards making it better.

Every place says that its a good idea to keep a journal. And I usually do, but lately I've found myself too busy. Usually busy with crap that I should alleviate my time with.

So I guess another start to this blog will be my step 1. A good way to vent my frustrations in a healthy way.

Here's to a new start of my patience.

First blog or something.

I have this problem with writing... I try to make everything I create perfect, and when I see some large plot holes or grammatical errors in my writing I get put off from writing other projects. Its something that I really enjoy, and I keep forgetting that.

I am also trying to look for a nice new hobby, because whenever I get home and try to relax from either the movie theater or from a video shoot... I usually throw in a movie. Film, film, and film... That is all I think about anymore, (That and Pokemon.) and its starting to show in the social aspects of my life when I have very little to talk about.

How boring!

The plan for this blog is for me to talk about the things in my life, but I am going to try hard to not talk about film or other video related things because that just puts me back into the old situation of only thinking about video.

And also, I'll probably keep this blog somewhat secretive for the time being. I'm not someone to try to write to become famous, and this really is meant for me.

But if you stumble upon this blog... Welcome! I hope I keep you entertained in the future.