So I watched 9 and failed to enjoy it. There were so many fantastic concepts which they could have explored and expanded on in order to develop a story complex enough to warrant a feature-length film. Did they? Nein. While there could arguably be a deliberate reason for the characters being one-dimensional with little emotion, does this make them lovable? Nein. Was there a reasonable amount of conflict, character development, and/or novelty? Nein. Plain and simple, I think the film would have been amazing if cut down to half an hour or less, but at length it feels more like a show-offish 3d studio's demo reel with a weak narrative thrown in. Yeah, I know lots of people loved it and I'm sure most people running into my journal do too... but I feel it was slow and far too light on everything but rubbish.

ONWARDS TO THE UPDATE!

I'm making V-Clips now for retail store sale. I've got a decent little order of just clips (no picks) to fill tonight and I'll be presenting packaged V-Clips to a couple of local retailers later this week hopefully. In addition to that, I may be able to organize a flea-market presence this weekend and if the product is received well it could allow me to empty my inventory. I also got a great idea for the next batch of printed picks, so I'm kind of fired up to see what happens.

Anyhow... onwards to "me." I've got a couple minor secrets that I kept for a while that have luckily resolved themselves. I'll call that a stroke of good luck. I'm not going to divulge that information (just letting it go), but I think my relationship with a select few people will improve as a result of it. I'm also feeling a lot healthier lately, which is a huge plus. Turns out my decision a while back to drop the antihistamines in favor of avoiding my allergens was the right one. I'm still working on managing it, but I think it's under control.

Anyway, I'm also seeing some friend time on the horizon, so hopefully we'll get some fun in and I can burn off some hyper-energy.

That's all for tonight. Cheers!