Blog post, only one year later...

Hello folks.

Not sure if anyone is following this blog, but I thought I would post an update. 2009 was very slow - 2010 will hopefully be better. The glass is always half-full people!

Okay, if anyone replies they get a special surprise....

John heading out again...

I will be leaving tomorrow (Tuesday) for the Dominican Republic, Haiti and Miami. Three different projects in 6 days - yikes. No laptop going with me, so no updates. Will send a link to some pictures after the trip.

See ya!
John

First video from Yosemite trip...

My next adventure begins...

I'm all for being aware of your surroundings, but this is just a little too much information. Which leads me into my new post. I will be traveling with my brother Tim to Yosemite National Park on Wednesday. We plan to hike Half Dome and venture around the park before heading into San Fransisco for the weekend. Should be a lot of fun, and the good news is you get to come along! Ain't cyberspace great. We have started a new blog so we might share this great adventure.

The new blog is called "Nut and Chocolate" and follows are trip through photography and video. I invite you to follow along! Check it out here: Nut and Chocolate

Scary moments in my life - Part 1

So you think traveling the world is dangerous...

"First Time"
This is Mason, my new driver in the family. He is on the main road for the first time in his life. I don't remember much detail from my younger days, but I do remember the first highway drive (in Tennessee even) .

"His view"

Is it just me or does this look like some sort of video game? I can only imagine what something simple like "approaching traffic" feels like the first time "approaching traffic." There is a certain level of "I think I am going to die" when sitting beside the 15 year old with a learners permit. I mean, one day they are sitting on the couch and the next day they are sitting behind the wheel.
Scary stuff.

"Jedi Knight Driving Method"

So I told Mason, if you really want to be a good driver you have to use the force - you have to feel it. He knew immediately what I meant and drove the next ten minutes with his eyes closed. I thought it was cool, but apparently the people next to us thought it was dangerous - whimps!

Skyhouse Films returns to it's first love...

So it looks like we are back together - of course she cost me a hundred bucks to get her back, but I figured how many relationships like this are going to come along in a life time? Seems an email account that the domain was under died or was dropped by GoDaddy, so I was never contacted about accounts I had with them and sure enough Skyhouse Films was one of them. Kind of scary when you call tech support to figure out some issues and they say "somebody in Texas owns skyhousefilms.com" (while you check in disbelieve and are amazed at the used cell phone add that comes up in place of your web page). Two panic filled days, but all is good now.

Won't let that happen again...

Skyhouse Films ran away with another lover...

Read it and weep - I know I am. Somehow, and we still have not come to a final conclusion from GoDaddy, I lost my domain. Skyhouse Films belongs to another. The other looks to be professional web grabber uppers. I sent them an email about what it will cost to get it back, we will see. I am not hopeful that anything good will happen. Looks like it is time to drum up another name, here are a few in the lead so far:
isuckatwebstuff.com
isuckatbusinessstuff.com
isuckatmanagement.com
ijustsuck.com

I am kinda leaning towards the last one.