My Gift To The World

A few weeks ago, I read Marcel Mauss' The Gift, which I obtained via interlibrary loan. The thesis of The Gift, to quote Wikipedia is this: "That the exchange of objects between groups builds relationships between them.He argued that giving an object creates an inherent obligation on the receiver to eciprocate the gift."

For the last week or so now, I've been thinking about this new blog I want to start on. What "gift" do I want to give to the blogosphere? What will I get in return? If you you've been reading my sporadic posts from the last month and a half, you know I had a plan to do a blog called "indigenity", which would either be A.) A variation on the Grant Erin's Wish theme. B.) Blog about me attending Film Festivals, or C.) The making of my new movie. All of these blogs, however, have been done.

I'm still trying to decide what I want to do. One idea will have me drawing upon research I've done on a particular subject for the past year. But I'm not sure how much more time I want to spend on this subject. I'm not sure if I want to spend some time away from it, or just trash it completely. The other one would have me making and uploading short films on the internet. I have time to think about this, I guess.

This afternoon, I started packing up and cleaning up old files and books. Based on the stuff that's in my room, it's going to be the end of summer before everything is all cleaned out.

Important Recent Videos

For the last couple of months, I've been vlogging while I've been waiting to figure out what my new blog is going to be about. Here are some videos I want you to look at.

This is the video resume I posted to see if anyone would hire me as a PA. I haven't had any offers yet, but I'm still accepting them. At some point, I'll start making cold calls and sending out resumes.

In this video I define my plan for the next movie I plan on making--the method I plan on using and anything else I have in mind so far. My plans for my next movie are subject to change at any time.

Here I reflect on the last year of my life, and where I plan to go in the future. It's not as good as I thought it would be, but I wanted it done in time for my birthday tomorrow.