General Updates – August 2013
It’s hard to believe that we’re already in the month of September.
For me, it’s also somewhat surprising that I basically went an entire month without adding new posts to this website. I need to keep adding articles here, even if they’re small and fairly simple.
Throughout the month of August I’ve been working overtime on both my Florida Project and Chamber of Reviews website. Unfortunately, all of my updates on both of those websites are very time consuming.
Right now I’m working on adding more photos at Florida Project. I literally have over 50,000 photos from the Disney and Universal theme parks and probably about 80 or so hours of video content in my overall collection. The main problem is that it takes a while to sort the photos down to the highlights and then place all of them in a meaningful order. I don’t just add random photos in each section of the website. All of the pictures are in order of how you would walk through an area of the park and also how you would experience a ride or show. The catch is that for some of the areas and attractions, simply organizing the photos can take a couple of hours. Add in more time for editing the photos and then creating a page for them on the website. The final product looks great, but it’s very time consuming.
My review pages at Chamber of Reviews are also very time consuming.
When it comes to the movie reviews, the average review consists of fifteen to twenty pictures and over 3,000 words. Depending on how well I know the film and the characters, it’ll take anywhere from two to six hours to write a single review. Like with Florida Project, the objective here is attention-to-detail. When I review a movie I want to get the details correct. Some websites like Wikipedia are a great help when it comes to reviewing films, but the synopsis is frequently lacking information and it places events out of order. As a result, I need to keep referring back to said film while writing its review, making sure that I get the characters, details and sequence of events correct and maintain my credibility.
Apart from working on my websites, I’ve also been maintaining my workout routine and also volunteering my time at a certain high school and their football program. The only problem is that the high school is on the other side of town. I really enjoy volunteering and the problem I work with really appreciate my help. Since many of the slacker teachers, department heads and administrators don’t bother to participate and help the school, I’m stepping up and making them look bad. But that’s another issue entirely. The bottom line is that high school football is very entertaining and I enjoy volunteering and helping the school.
Now that fall is here and college football season has finally arrived, it’s going to be Thanksgiving and Christmas before we know it. That’s my one problem with this time of year. The time simply passes too quickly and we’ll be welcoming in the new year in no time.
In a couple of weeks my girlfriend and I will be heading out of town on a much-needed vacation. We went through a lot of bad luck in June and July, and things have finally calmed and stabilized. For us, this trip is going to be even more special. I’ll tell you folks about it when we return. 🙂