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Racing the Sun

10/31/2020

I never thought I’d be the type to wake up at 5 am just to watch the sunrise, but apparently, I am because one morning I found myself staring my car and heading off into the dark. Step one, get out of the house: accomplished. Step two, race the sun. We started off a bit later than intended and on the drive there I could slowly start to see the sun waking up for the morning. I was worried we’d miss the sunrise. At the rate we were going it seemed like it’d be a nail biter. I could see wisps of pinks appearing in the sky before we even reached the parking lot. Once on the trail, I was tempted to start running but we were distracted at nearly every turn by glimpses of the sunset between the trees. Shutter fingers clicking away we made our way along calling out every few feet about a new discovery. And then we reached the overlook.

With so much emphasis on the sunrise, you’d think the color of the sky would be what blew me away but that wasn’t nearly as impressive as the mist. It was everywhere. Pictures fail to capture how expansive it was. It made me think of looking out an airplane window and seeing the world beneath you through the clouds except, this time my view was not limited to a tiny window. There was one particular mountain that had the trees arranged just so that my overactive imagination was able to envision a far off castle floating in the sky.

Eventually, the sunrise came to an end and after several moments so too did our moment on the overlook, there were more trails to hike. Looking back one last time at my imagined castle I hiked on into the unknown.

Japanese Garden in Fall

10/23/2020

I destroyed things. It was fun!

8/20/2020

One of my out of state friends mentioned how much fun she'd had at a rage room so I started looking into one near me. Unfortunately, I couldn't get anyone on board to go with me so I decided to just make my own. Oddly when it was free I managed to get a few people to show up, ha. I think my favorite part was trying to destroy the bed frame. That sucker just wouldn't break! Overall it was a lot of fun and I may or may not do it again in the future.

Painted Stylized Video

8/2/2020

I recently heard about this program called EbSynth. It allows you to make a stylized still image and then make your video look like that stylized image. I was quite impressed with this program. I used EbSynth to make the video below of a sunset and accompanying poem. It was my first time using it and it wasn't perfect but I think most of that was user error. If I worked with it longer I'm confident I could make even better footage. Hopefully, I can come up with more ideas to take advantage of this program.

Cool Rocks!

7/3/2020

I went to Cove Springs again, and this time I went to the main entrance. I'd missed out on quite a few staples of Cove Springs last time when I'd blindly wandered the trails. It was cool to see all the waterfalls this time.

What grabbed my attention though, was the rocks. I went off trail for a bit and walked in the dry creek bed. The rocks had such a cool texture! I know water is powerful but, to see what it can do as evidenced by the worn-down algae-covered rocks is crazy. If the water had been flowing I never would have been able to see it. Somehow that makes it seem more special. The rocks are always there but you don't always get to see them.

I also found some cool balanced rocks and if you look below you'll see where I made my favorite model pose near them. Finding the balanced rocks was kinda odd. I was walking up a grassy trail and as I reached the top I just started to see these rocks stacked up. It was a neat lil surprise.

Never know what you're gonna see when ya start exploring. Wonder where I should go next.

Biking at Legacy Trail

7/1/2020

My dad and I have recently started biking weekly at legacy trails. :)

Is it vacay time already?

6/24/2020

If you're looking for a cheap place to travel look no further than this video, ha. This skit was inspired by everything closing down for Covid. I was joking with someone saying "the only place to go now is your house" and then I realized that would be a good video.

Huh, that's kinda neat

6/23/2020

I was making some motion graphics stuff for work and ended up spending a few hours on this. Once it was done I looked at it and knew that it was not right for the video I was trying to make. So I quietly saved it for myself and got back to actually working.

All Roads Lead to Osage Trail

6/13/2020

I once again took to the trees with my lil dog. Today's adventure: Cove Springs. Somehow through the sheer power of being myself, I managed to park in a side parking lot near the archery section rather than the main lot. So I missed quite a few of the more scenic-touristy parts of Cove Springs but that had its perks because I didn't run into many people.

I did take a photo of the map but mostly relied on just following my dog, Piper, wherever she wanted to go. We were promptly lost. (Apparently, she didn't read the map either). What struck me as we wandered blindly through the park was just how big the Osage trail was. We'd be on Osage trail and then Piper would see a rabbit and we'd dart off on a side path and then somehow we'd connect back to the Osage trail once again.

My favorite part was when Piper led us into the 3d archery range. I'd never actually seen the animal targets in person. It was kinda neat to just be walking and then boom, a plastic bear. I'm glad there weren't any archers around to hear my impromptu song about being lost on the Osage Trail.

Found some old art

6/11/2020

I was searching through files and found this art. I vaguely remember making these. Funny what I'll make and then forget.