Streams of Consciousness Sometimes Turn into Actual Posts!

I don’t really have a subject to talk about but my brain is a bit overactive, so you all get a super-awesome stream of consciousness!

I think about things a lot. What things, you ask? It’s all a bit random. Am I being a good parent? What about my performance as a boyfriend? What’s the next project I should work on? I like animals, but don’t have the motivation to keep one. One day, I’d like to buy a house – preferably before I’m 40. I need to lose weight. I should really clean out my fridge.

Seriously, so many different thoughts go through my head in a matter of seconds that it’s really hard sometimes to focus on one thing. That of course, leads to me being overwhelmed, which then makes my mind race even more. Sometimes I wonder if I should be medicated or something.

Ok, I’m picking a thought and running with it for the rest of the blog. Here we go.

Some (or all) of you may already know, but I like to think of myself as a bit of an amateur replica prop maker. I have many unfinished projects:

-          A vintage Graflex 3-cell flash I plan on making into an awesome replica of Luke Skywalker’s lightsaber from Star Wars, complete with sweet internals

-          A replica Mauser that will eventually become Han Solo’s sidearm

-          A set of Wolverine claws that need revision

-          A couple Nerf guns I’m converting into various replica guns

-          Replica Ghostbusters equipment (currently unfinished: Ghost trap and Ecto-Goggles)

-          Fallout replica “Nuka-Cola” bottle(s)

-          An at-least-fairly-screen-accurate replica of the Batarang from the recent Dark Knight trilogy

I’m sure there are more, but those are the ones I can think of while sitting at my desk at work. Seven projects I’ve yet to complete. All these replicas are made using various mediums; the batarang, for example, will be made out of styrene sheet. The Ghostbusters props are mostly foamcore, and will be top priority until they’re finished; I want to use them for Halloween this year, and if the set is good enough, trooping at cons and such.

I think I’ll take some time and document the creation process on this blog as I make headway with my prop projects. Would any of you be interested in following this progress? Just as a taste, I’ll let you take a gander at my 75% complete ghost trap:

I suppose that’s all for now, so to quote LeVar Burton: “I’ll see you next time!”

Further down the rabbit hole – Blogging in 2013

Well that was quite the long break, wasn’t it kids? After having not written an entry since just before Thanksgiving, I feel I’ve neglected this blog enough and it’s time to return to writing. New year, new things to write about!  I’ll admit, quite a lot of my absence has to be blamed on Skyrim. If you haven’t played it yet, make sure you have no other commitments before you start. You’ll ignore most, if not all of them.

Alright, down to business. My holiday break was good. I spent a lot of time with my son, my girlfriend and other family. Not much to report on my projects, those were back-burnered for a while. My weekly karaoke gig is still going, and I’ve come up with the idea of doing theme nights. This started about two weeks ago, when I decided to make myself do an 80’s night and sing only songs from the 1980’s. It almost immediately went viral! A couple friends jumped on the idea, and the next thing I knew I was putting in about 90% 80’s songs for the whole karaoke crowd. Needless to say, I’ve been trying to come up with more themes to run by the bar staff and announce.

In early December, I came up with the motivation to make an idea I’ve had for a while a reality. About a week before Christmas, Udland Craftwork was unofficially born. I’m hoping the first product can be debuted by end of January, early February. That reminds me, I better get cracking! Ha!

You know how I mentioned I’ve been playing a lot of Skyrim lately? I had an idea come to me while playing last night, and I may follow through with it if there’s interest. I thought about starting a character blog in a journal format. Document the journey through my character’s eyes; his thoughts, feelings, observations on the events happening around him.  What do you guys think? Would it be something you’d read?  Either way, expect new and exciting things from me in the coming months!