At home, away from the snow (random thoughts)

January 2011 has been a time when I know change is in the air.  I can clearly tell I need to make career changes, and am aiming for self employment.  While I would like to go to the Albany, NY area (not necessarily the city), I got a yearning for Texas' Gotham City, Austin—thanks to seeing True Grit last night (31 January)!


Actually, I saw two movies in January: The Green Hornet, about a week ago, and True Grit.  The former had many good elements, but I could not stomach Seth Rogen's portrayal of the lead character.  The movie was also badly made from a financial standpoint, because too much money was wasted.  Had it used a smaller budget, and focused on a great story line, AND had a better lead actor, such as Jon Hamm, it would have scored.


That movie is not a total bomb, but it was a real waste.


True Grit (2010) is a superb take on the 1968 novel of the same name, and it is a different animal, compared to the 1969 movie.  Some of the landscape looked semi-familiar, and it turns out that the movie was filmed around Austin and Blanco, Texas, where I lived from 1993 to 1996.  It also was filmed in the high plains near Santa Fe, New Mexico.  


Unfortunately, I have had some issues at work that have caused considerable stress.  But that should be impetus to move ahead with self employment.  And it seems all my time on different Batman message board, such as the 1966 Batman Message Board, has had an effect on my path, in a positive way!


And so has Batman 1969!  Yes, I am still on it, and may be making progress with the music in the next 36 hours or so.  I have some remaining voice over work to do tonight, but will do so.  Anyway, I am sure I will have more to report on soon enough!