Yes, I am recording!

I'm going to this, next month.

A while back I joined hitRECord because it sounded like it was up my alley. I kinda joined it on a whim because it looked neat, with artsy kinds of things and because you could potentially upload short stories and such which might garner interest. Afterwards, I really looked into the true concept, the whole essence of the project, the sensibility.

Basically it's a handful of amateurs and professionals who love to piece things together; sort of like a mind-collage. And the biggest part of it is, well, recording stuff, music and videos. HEY! Music videos.

The idea with hitRECord is to record everything, anything, always, at every opportunity. HitRECord's motto is: Are you RECording?"

My hyperbolic answer is: Yes, constantly.

Anyone who knows me has said that exact thing to me probably hundreds of times, in almost any situation. Parties, shows, Kung Fu class, gatherings,walks to the beach, really anything. Yes, I'm probably recording. At dinner with Kung Fu brothers and sisters one time I was taping this and that and Sifu asked me, "Do you ever put that camera down?" And my hyperbolic answer to him was: No, never.

I call them the "WE SHOULD RECORD THIS" files. (Witness the beginning of our latest Kung Fu music video: "OH MY GOD WE SHOULD RECORD THIS!" "WE ARE RECORDING!")

A community that asks "ARE YOU RECORDING?" OMFG. YES, A THOUSAND TIMES YES.

My reasons usually aren't as artistic as the rest of the comm's, though. My reason for all the photos and videos is to somehow solidify them, to make experiences eternal. (My photos in chronological order...) Maybe one day I'll forget, right? But through this, I can always remember, Yes, this happened! It was fantastic! Look, these people lived, we had such fun, we created. It's actually more like a hangup with me than an artistic sensibility. Sometimes I don't care how it turns out, as long as it exists.

So, I joined. And although I still haven't figured out how to collaborate, (there's no forum where you can chill, meet people and say "Hey what's up, want to work on something?" it's much more open than that and you kind of have to put something out there first and then let others pick up on it – or so it seems and I have not figured out how to download files or anything yet, etc.) I still really like it.

They actually have an awesome compilation of music and movies using one of my favorite songs: Row Row Row Your Boat. I love that song on every level. I've always thought that life is but a dream, so why not just be merry, merry, merry? Although once I heard JGL's world-weary drawl in his rendition, I felt like I should make a zombie film to go with it. Halloween's coming up and all. :) We'll see.

Then came the announcement of this show. And, yeah, I could just as easily have saved the $57 (not counting my train ticket) and skipped it.

But, gosh, how long since I've done something? Time was I'd drop everything to hit up a concert, just get up and go. Daytrips into the city, weekend trips to see my favorite band, hanging out at a Halloween party backstage with 30 Seconds To Mars. Once, I said, "eff this, I'm going to Hawai'i, by myself, for the hell of it." Time was, I'd just get up and do fun, exciting things.

I haven't said "yes" to anything in such a long time. How pathetic has my life become that a daytrip to see a show in the goddamn city is this huge of a deal? I live on LI for godsakes, people do this every weekend, yet for me it's like "OMFG I AM LEAVING THE HOUSE TO DO SOMETHING." Something that's not school, work or training. I've been in school for almost two years now. I'm bored. I want something to look forward to, and then after that, I want something new to look back on. I mean, something other than "well in Clinic today a crazy person came in" and "In Kung Fu tonight I got kicked in the teeth."

A few years ago I was driving around with my Dad (we did that a lot) and talking about my upcoming trip to China (that never happened.) I said to him something like, "I'd better go, because once I have a kid I'm not going to be able to just travel around the world like this."

"Don't have a kid yet," Dad told me (I was 35.) He said, "You're not done running around yet."

Well I always felt like I never really wanted to be finished running around. I love running around. I like adventures, and meeting like-minded people. I like going on trains, dressing up, watching shows.

And, holy crap, the people who are going to be there! It's just gonna be a theater of artists, film-makers, writers, all that kind of stuff. Who knows who you can meet there! Maybe someone in NY who likes books, maybe someone who wants to represent one. Maybe someone who likes to make creepy zombie films. Maybe someone who wants to hire Hula dancers, or maybe someone hot.

It's been too long since my last adventure. And again: If it's gotten to the point where I have to count "going into the city to catch a show" an adventure, damn, that's sad.

So, eff it, I'm going.

Yes, I am recording!

I'm going to this, next month.

A while back I joined hitRECord because it sounded like it was up my alley. I kinda joined it on a whim because it looked neat, with artsy kinds of things and because you could potentially upload short stories and such which might garner interest. Afterwards, I really looked into the true concept, the whole essence of the project, the sensibility.

Basically it's a handful of amateurs and professionals who love to piece things together; sort of like a mind-collage. And the biggest part of it is, well, recording stuff, music and videos. HEY! Music videos.

The idea with hitRECord is to record everything, anything, always, at every opportunity. HitRECord's motto is: Are you RECording?"

My hyperbolic answer is: Yes, constantly.

Anyone who knows me has said that exact thing to me probably hundreds of times, in almost any situation. Parties, shows, Kung Fu class, gatherings,walks to the beach, really anything. Yes, I'm probably recording. At dinner with Kung Fu brothers and sisters one time I was taping this and that and Sifu asked me, "Do you ever put that camera down?" And my hyperbolic answer to him was: No, never.

I call them the "WE SHOULD RECORD THIS" files. (Witness the beginning of our latest Kung Fu music video: "OH MY GOD WE SHOULD RECORD THIS!" "WE ARE RECORDING!")

A community that asks "ARE YOU RECORDING?" OMFG. YES, A THOUSAND TIMES YES.

My reasons usually aren't as artistic as the rest of the comm's, though. My reason for all the photos and videos is to somehow solidify them, to make experiences eternal. (My photos in chronological order...) Maybe one day I'll forget, right? But through this, I can always remember, Yes, this happened! It was fantastic! Look, these people lived, we had such fun, we created. It's actually more like a hangup with me than an artistic sensibility. Sometimes I don't care how it turns out, as long as it exists.

So, I joined. And although I still haven't figured out how to collaborate, (there's no forum where you can chill, meet people and say "Hey what's up, want to work on something?" it's much more open than that and you kind of have to put something out there first and then let others pick up on it – or so it seems and I have not figured out how to download files or anything yet, etc.) I still really like it.

They actually have an awesome compilation of music and movies using one of my favorite songs: Row Row Row Your Boat. I love that song on every level. I've always thought that life is but a dream, so why not just be merry, merry, merry? Although once I heard JGL's world-weary drawl in his rendition, I felt like I should make a zombie film to go with it. Halloween's coming up and all. :) We'll see.

Then came the announcement of this show. And, yeah, I could just as easily have saved the $57 (not counting my train ticket) and skipped it.

But, gosh, how long since I've done something? Time was I'd drop everything to hit up a concert, just get up and go. Daytrips into the city, weekend trips to see my favorite band, hanging out at a Halloween party backstage with 30 Seconds To Mars. Once, I said, "eff this, I'm going to Hawai'i, by myself, for the hell of it." Time was, I'd just get up and do fun, exciting things.

I haven't said "yes" to anything in such a long time. How pathetic has my life become that a daytrip to see a show in the goddamn city is this huge of a deal? I live on LI for godsakes, people do this every weekend, yet for me it's like "OMFG I AM LEAVING THE HOUSE TO DO SOMETHING." Something that's not school, work or training. I've been in school for almost two years now. I'm bored. I want something to look forward to, and then after that, I want something new to look back on. I mean, something other than "well in Clinic today a crazy person came in" and "In Kung Fu tonight I got kicked in the teeth."

A few years ago I was driving around with my Dad (we did that a lot) and talking about my upcoming trip to China (that never happened.) I said to him something like, "I'd better go, because once I have a kid I'm not going to be able to just travel around the world like this."

"Don't have a kid yet," Dad told me (I was 35.) He said, "You're not done running around yet."

Well I always felt like I never really wanted to be finished running around. I love running around. I like adventures, and meeting like-minded people. I like going on trains, dressing up, watching shows.

And, holy crap, the people who are going to be there! It's just gonna be a theater of artists, film-makers, writers, all that kind of stuff. Who knows who you can meet there! Maybe someone in NY who likes books, maybe someone who wants to represent one. Maybe someone who likes to make creepy zombie films. Maybe someone who wants to hire Hula dancers, or maybe someone hot.

It's been too long since my last adventure. And again: If it's gotten to the point where I have to count "going into the city to catch a show" an adventure, damn, that's sad.

So, eff it, I'm going.