So the reign under Lee’s evil twin is no more:

Then

Now

I had to use the electric razor to get it to straight blade length – and now the cat is locked in battle with it on the bathroom floor. It’s not on if you’re wondering, he just thinks it will come back on so he’s swatting it.

Also yes my shirt was off in the first one – I hate that as much as anyone but I wasn’t putting on a shirt just to get whiskers all over it.

Also Also – yes I know the lighting in my place sucks – makes huge bags appear under my eyes most of the time. This would be the same apartment we currently record our video work in too. Not easy and we still need proper lighting more than anything.

I can’t sleep, my brain is fried, and I need a vacation.

“Oh, hi vacation, thank you for showing up just in time”

I’m taking the week of my 30th birthday off. I need to get away from all this work.

Plus I need to get to Halifax and see someone I initially went to go see a year ago now. I really have to know. I wonder if she reads this?

Seriously though this cannot happen soon enough, I have barely slept in over a week now – I even had to take a sick day last week due to my having been up for 30 some hours and being exhausted, but unable to sleep.

Trying to keep the bedroom as nothing but the bedroom – no working from bed or thinking of work – hence the office I built, and despite not one but now two muscle injuries in my chest, I still keep up the exercise. Also I eat pretty well. So what’s the deal? Yes, part of it is the fault of work, but really what do I need to do?

…in less then a month I’ll be 30. Feels like I should get some goals to reach for 31. Sure my mom would suggest grandkids, she seemed to be angling for it over Xmas.

I have a bad feeling she won’t be getting that one however.

30 feels like something should take place though. What do 30 year olds do? Talk about sore backs? Got that covered. Gray hair too. Grew the beard out over Xmas to see how bad, my chin is very noticeable.

As long as I keep it, what the hell do I care though. (My hair that is)

You’re in for a treat boys and girls, I’ve decided to stray from my usual “oh the website work at The Mo & The Ro is soooo hard wah wah wah”, and will be discussing a much more important topic.

The myth behind being uncircumcised and that being “dirty” somehow.

This is something that I see constantly on sites like Texts From Last Night and it pisses me off. Ladies, you’re wrong. It wasn’t because he was uncut that he was a dirtbag – he’s just a dirtbag.

If little Timmy was never taught he needed to clean himself off downstairs – cut or not – it’ll always be dirty. Plus newsflash, cut still leaves some foreskin so there will always be a spot to clean under. Just a question of more vs less.

I know these dirtbags are out there in full force – I even had an ex girlfriend I lived with, comment on how amazing it was I DID NOT have skidmarks in my underwear. REALLY? This is something that happens enough to cause me to be complimented on it? FUCK. I feel bad for you girls who put up with that – hope it’s worth it being with a dude who constantly has shit all over himself.

Gross yes, but there you go – something interesting and different for you guys. Now, back to working on the other site it’s so much work wah wah wah…

So now we’re podcasting! Just like that. Separately for now to hit on our individual audiences a bit more. I did the first this morning. Weird talking to your computer and no one else, but there we go. I can see how I’ll be addicted to doing them though before long.

It’s all up on the website if you guys are interested. Feel bad neglecting this blog, but thankfully I was able to carry my style over to the other one, so I don’t feel like I’ve lost my voice that keeps me sane.

So yeah just a quick in and out for me, kid. I promise we’ll head to the park next weekend OK? Yeah, you’re fine….you’re a big kid now, you know I have to work hard, but I really, really want to be here. You know that right? Sure you do.

Just had three days off from the day job – which incidentally has been destroying me lately. Seems like some things are coming to a head, and the stress is really getting to be a bit much. I have noticed that really not all of us are compensated for the amount of high-pressure work we do each day.

I instituted a new rule – close the door, swear loudly, and get it done. So far I even have the non-cursers following my lead. The trick is, get the job done, and no one will care they heard some F bombs coming through the door,  perhaps in the same sentence as their very name.

So….three days to work on some projects. Saturday ended up …sorry, need to stop…kitten sidling up beside me, watching me, I have to pay attention to her…..

Where was I? Oh yes, Saturday. It was planned to house two separate projects – both got canceled until Sunday. Yikes. Better get the household chores done now.

Sidebar: So the serious downside to living alone – aside from regular sex yes duh, but the real drag is that the chores never get done by anyone else. Laundry, dishes, sweeping/vacuuming, cleaning cat “business”, groceries….I do it all buddy. And days where I feel like taking it easy? Well, the shit just piles up.

But I digress.

So anyway Sunday was nonstop recording – both audio and video. The website had a large video production schedule. (I say this, knowing full well only the two of us make said schedule – I did it to myself in other words) We shot for about three straight hours – which wouldn’t be much to say, actors or those in “the biz”, but to some rookies doing it all themselves – lighting, recording, set design, hosting, uploading and editing, etc – it’s a bit much. Trial by fire though. Some good learning experiences were ad….and some fun. Head to the site to view, various videos will be uploaded over the next day or so.

The audio came out of left field really. Long story short, I’ve gotten myself involved in the making of a web show! No, not mine I’m in (I just realized that’s what we have now), but another web show, still in the preliminary stages, all to do with zombies. Actually, it’s an angle to the concept that really is unique, and I don’t want to say more in case someone with better time and money could beat us to the punch. Once it was explained to me, I knew I wanted in. We recorded the theme – work in progress still, but the theme music is there. No storyboard for the opening, but the sequence does exist in a couple heads, and I think I’ve got it down too. It’ll be fun to shoot it and put it all together. Roughly six episodes planned now, dialogue is still open, get the feeling we’ll be doing some ad libbing as well – really the type of project I’m best at.

Oh yeah, I might be acting in it. Eep. We’ll see how it all pans out. Production is planned for the next year, with shooting limited to a stretch coming up later in 2010 once we get all the roles filled. Thankfully it’ll be all shot at once for the most part, so really I can keep up with the day job, and the web job. Hopefully. Why I say”we’ll see”, I suppose.

OK, I know it’s no top 100 songs, but I wanted to stop in and brag about how busy I am working on cool shit.

Oh yeah, today, my third day off. Website and recording once again. What else did you think I did all weekend?