To Be Anything At All

Why I made this website:

Because I saw someone else do it.

I made this website because I recently saw one of my favorite YouTubers make one for his political campaign. His name is Gregory Guevara and you can find his campaign site here .If you live in Ottawa Ontario, go vote for him! He will build a wall around Ottawa and secede from the rest of Canada!

(So far his website looks much better than mine.) Anyways, I chose the name To Be Anything At All because it's the line of a song I like called "In The Aeroplane Over The Sea." It captures the feel of being in my early 20s. It's sort of a mixture of gratitude for living this long paired with fear of wasting my life, paired with not knowing what I'll choose to become identity-wise. Not identity like transgender-wise or something stupid like that. More like what job am I going to do, where am I going to live, how will I handle moral situations, etc. Kind of makes me wish for an apoclypse.

Hate to be this guy, but there's something attractive about the idea of going back to a more basic life of shooting, being close to your family, working together for safety etc. I know the closer you get to an experience the harder it is to romanticise it. I'm not alone in this feeling, as a creative project called The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows has a term for it:

Lachesism :Longing for the Clarity of Disaster

Day 2 of Editing this Website

It's saturday morning. Figured I'd find something cool to post here.

This is a car from around my neighborhood. It's owned by some vietnamese guy who seems to be always washing windows for money. I thought the car was patriotic. Maybe some people would look down on it for being poor-like. But I think the fact he works for money and is proud to be in the U.S. is still really cool. Not to mention the expressiveness that it takes to make that. I wish I had that drive to express myself through clothing, art, etc.

I ordered this new camera...

It's called the Sony ZV-E10.Cost me about $800+tax. Should arrive today. We'll see how good it is. It' going to be my main camera for video production now.

I really like my new camera

It works really well. I do like the tech side of video work. It was released in 2021 and is a mirrorless, interchangable lens pro-sumer grade camera. It has an APS-C sized sensor and takes sony e-mount lenses. While initially designed for vlog-type production, it's $700-$800 price (depending on if you buy it with the kit lens), 6k downsampled 4k 30p output makes it a good entry-level mirrorless camera. I also was swayed by the reccomendations from a Youtube channel called Mark Bennett's Camera Crisis.

One of the earlier cameras had was the Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mark II. I'm not really sure why I chose this camera over others. It's a micro four-thirds mirrorless camera. Really the video quality was only okay. The color science was also a bit weird. Didn't look natural. Didn't work too well in low light, and I didn't really get many good lens choices. Really a sony a6400 would have served me better. In any case, I'm hoping to get a Sony FX30 camera next. It has quite nice features for $1,800.

I just watched Saving Private Ryan

I initially watched thinking I would analyze the cinematogrphy, but it soon became clear that I couldn't escape the immersion of the film. I never tired of watching the different sequences. Wish I could show some specific shots I liked but It's really late now and I barely make time to edit this site as it is. The first thing that hit me was a lack of understanding. "Is all of this really necessary?" All the dying and fear. All the shooting and screaming. Why did any of this need to happen? I kept trying to figure out the mess the characters were in.

I just voted in the 2022 Midterm U.S. Elections

I voted for all the republicans. I never thought I would do that. As a teenager I tended to think that republicans were out-of touch hyper jesus boomers. But now I see them as having more reasonable stances on issues. A big one was guns. I like guns and carry them. Many democratic candidates said they would increase gun control. They also believed in abortions. I'm kind of on the fence about that. A few months ago I went to a gay pride event in my city. I spoke to some christian protesters. You know, the ones that hold the sign of the aborted fetus? They were actually quite rational and kind. When I asked why they believed what they did, they said they were following what it said in the bible. I later thanked them for doing something good out here in spite of all the people who were against them.

In any case, I hope things get better for the country. I'll do what I can to help.

I found this image on a website called Artlist.io I tried to find the source of the image, the model or the photographer but I couldn't. I would print this photo and hang it in my room if I could.

I'm in my parent's house in mexico

It's a little 3 bedroom house in a place called San Luis Potosi. It's where my parents are from, a small farming town. My father learned to be a carpenter from a young age. He still works, even at 70 years of age. I hope I still am working if and when I get to be 70 years of age. My parents immigrated to the U.S. in the late 70's early 80's I think. Really there's not much economic opportunity here. From what I hear, most jobs in Mexico don't pay well, at least in comparison to working in the United States. I sometimes wonder if I would rather live here in Mexico. It's definitely a different feel, at least from a visiting standpoint. I'm only here for a week, because in November there is a really cool festival that they put on. It's called El Teatro del pueblo Santa Gertrudis. They have a various competitions, like a singing contest, largest pumpkin, fastest corn shucking, etc. I especially like the fireworks they put on. They have a MASSIVE sort of bamboo structure that they post up in front of the local church. It has a bunch of fireworks on it, really a beautiful sight to behold. For now I'm