Hello there everyone, its been exactly 2 months since my last update. So whats taking me so long? Well that could very well be the purpose of this news post, oh, there will be good news too, indeed, im not here to say anything negative, im merely here posting about perspective.

Now, when i was a young fella all i wanted to do was work with flash for a living, i thought it would be awesome, and im sure many of you feel or felt the same. For 6 years i toiled away in my bedroom teaching myself the ins and outs of flash, starting with Flash 4 if my memory serves. 6 years ago i made that transition, and for 4 long years i worked as a professional flash developer, working on banner ads and mini sites, and for what its worth, i actually really enjoyed it. I got to paid to work in flash all day and then got to go home and work on my films all night. Eventually, i thought it was time to move on, i loved the work, but i felt i could do more with my abilities and what i had learned during my time working in flash advertising, so i packed up and moved to the big city thinking id be able to move on up in the world. Of course, as many of you know, i struggled to find employment for several months and only just managed to get a job before running completely out of money, saved by a job in a warehouse. Now once in the warehouse i thought i would have even more time for flash, thinking id get home dieing to get on the computer and get creative. Alas, instead i found myself getting home exhausted and most nights (and this continues today) i don't even get online, at the moment i doubt i would spend more then 6 hours a week at a computer. So to counter this and to get back into the groove i started telling customers coming into the warehouse about what i used to do and all of a sudden everyone wants flash on there site and so on. And that's why ive been so quite. I cant say much about what ive been working on, but i can tell you ive been using flash to develop everything from web banners to OSD's for multimedia devices. Do i love it? Sure, its great. Would i rather be making my films? You bet your ass. Now this seems like a long and pointless rant, but i guess what im trying to say is, the real world is tougher then i ever thought it would be. My first real job paid incredibly well, my living expenses were low and all in all, i was incredibly lucky to be in the position i was. Now on the other hand, im on average pay and i find after rent, groceries and other expenses that saving is almost impossible, the other reason for all the freelance. So moral of the story, if your in a position like i was in the beginning don't take it for granted. Because if you leave it without planning properly you could not only end up loosing money and time, but the ability to pursue your film making as well, which if your anything like me, hurts far more then anything else.

But enough about that, here's the good news, i believe in my last journal i spoke of starting a film festival, and at the moment its changed location from Brisbane to Melbourne, and gone from beings its own event to part of an already established convention, and Australian comic convention that up until now has been called Doujicon. At the moment it will be practically a full day event i will need a full days worth of Australian animated content. It is also probably going to be during the second half of next year. That's all i can say for now but more as it comes.

In other news, ive put out a few films lately, some old, some new, and some never before seen online. So ill start with an unfinished tv commercial that caused far more trouble then it was worth. And i really want to focus on the fact that this ad was not written or voiced by me.

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Second is a time lapse filmed off my back veranda a couple of weeks ago, was the first thing i edited on my new imac, 10 hours of video, took me 3 hours to edit it to how it is now, but considering that my old video machine would have exploded, that's not so bad. Everyone here knows i love time lapse photography so i will leave it at that.

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And lastly here's my new show reel with clips from some upcoming films included, you've all seen images from The Telescope, wait till the end to see it in action, really excited about how its coming out.

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And i think that's pretty much it. Anyone with any questions about the film festival just leave em in the comments and ill tell you what i can.

Oh, and if you feel so inclined, here's my visitors from dreams facebook page, because Twitter is ghey and i don't use it, and this page doesn't get neglected anywhere near as much as my blog.
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