Limiting no less

I always get overwhelmed with the fact that subjects to write about on here are limitless. I have always felt so small in the grand scheme-of-things but we all want to "make a difference" in the world and I guess I feel the need to go there here if possible. I will work on trying not to expect so much from myself I suppose. Not that I am going to change the world in a blog or at all for that matter.
I am now well into recovering from some medical concerns I have experienced in the past few months and have made a significant life transision (I like that spelling) for the better. I anticipate being able to focus on things better now and look forward to drawing and painting more. This year I plan to have my website up and running, www.mattikai.com, land a job with real benefits, get engaged to Angela (we already had the talk, don't worry), figure out a way to get out of debt, write some music, and figure out a way to relax more but try to exercise more too. Too much to ask?
I suppose I am settling down a bit if you can call it that. I am still very irritated with the country and feel a bit alienated here however. There seems to be a lack of heroes or role models or mentors or whatever here. I heard Gov. Arnold talking to Howard Stern about destroying the moon this morning. Something about erraticating menstral cycles. Aaaeeeaaaeeaaee!!! That's not even a funny joke I don't think. The political and social ignorance has gone surreal in this country and that is what I like about it, but surrealism can often be frightening let us not forget.
Well, I don't know what else to talk about so I will randomly recap the past few days because it was a rare fun weekend. Friday night we watched Dig? a documentary about The Dandy Warhols and Brian Jonestown Massacre - two ego driven bands equally influenced by and in sharp contrast (or conflict) with each other. An interesting study but I found the collective personalities a bit annoying and therefore the "genius" factor a bit overstated. Still, Dig? and a couple bottles of wine with friends... fun. Saturday I took part in my third NFC 48 Hour Film challenge (thank you Chris Hale and Todd McCombs of Revolver Films). Briefly we filmed in six hours what is to be a six minute short displaying the superhero genre, with a wine bottle, a character name and a line (both required to be in the short and I can't remember what either of them were). Our superhero was the Mime (a mime) and a ventriloquist villain. I played one of two puppets tasked to rob a bar Pulp Fiction style. Cheesy make-up and the same Revolver Films humor should make for another silly, over-acted, classic short. Sunday, at the Outlet Mall, Friend's one-year-old boy's birthday party, WalMart... fun, fun, fun. I'm looking forward to summer time shenanigans. This certainly was the winter of my discontent if that is a correctly referenced analogy. Shakespeare? I'm more of a Star Wars fan. This was a sleep in the Taun Taun to keep warmtype of winter for me. How's that?
No less limiting this time; but I digress.
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