Alright, time to get this out.

Alright, I've been deliberately keeping away from posting what I am about to post, but it feels really shitty to not let you people know WHY I haven't been posting as frequent as I did earlier.

My brother was in a car crash about a month ago. His injuries were bad, but not fatal. He had two broken arms, a dislocated hip and a crushed foot.

This might be good enough of a reason, but I want to clarify some things for those of you who might be asking yourself some questions (And I've answered these questions on a daily basis since the accident happened, so why not make a FAQ?).

Q: How is he now?

A: He is doing really well, looking at the situation. He is already home, lost one of the casts on his arms, and is doing a really speedy recovery.

Q: How are YOU doing?

A: I am doing fine. I've been trying to help my brother as much as possible lately by acting as his personal assistant when he needs it. I've also gotten alot of time to think about stuff around me, and what is good and bad for me. I've also gotten over the shock and I am trying to get back into normal again.

Q: Will your brother fully recover?

A: Yeah, he most likely will. The only problem might be his foot, but he should be able to at least get back to golfing, which is his favourite hobby.

Q: Have this affected him in any way?

A: Well, he's become more careful when it comes to people driving, but he is still the same brother I've had to live with for the past 21 years. If anything, he's become more thankful for everything, and he is really showing his appriciation alot more than he used to. But nothing in the negative way.


I think that covers the most of the frequent questions I get. In respect for my brother, I do not want to describe the accident or how we reacted the evening of the crash, so if you want to hear that story, try to catch me on steam or something and I can give you a short summary of what happened.

I also want to give a big thanks to everyone who has supported me and made me feel good the past month and I want to thank everyone who showed they cared and wanted to help me and my family through this event.

I hope you all have a really good christmas and a great new years...

...BAH! Just janking your chain. I'll most likely post some ideas for segments I had before the accident, and I'll let you decide on which to keep and which to scrap.

Untill we meet again,

Exxy. 

Wikileaks.

This can't really be ignored anymore, so it's time to look at the whole Wikileaks situation going on in the world.

Let me start off by saying that I am a bit on the fence when it comes to this. On one hand I respect what Wikileaks is doing; Giving information to the people that deserve to hear it.

HOWEVER, I do not support it in the way that they don't seem to realize the extreme consequences this can have on the political world. In a world where some relations already are shakey as it is, we don't need a rat in the system making those relations crumble upon itself.

A thought that struck me the other night when thinking about this whole shebang was that this whole shit could possibly be a contributing factor for an eventual World War 3 if done incorrectly.

Now, I am not saying that Wikileaks will be the founding factor for WW3, not at all, but it could well be that Wikileaks releases some info that is handled incorrectly and/or misinterprited in the eyes of the beholder, thus leading to a major war.

The info on the Iraq/Afghanistan war that Wikileaks released was an acceptable release of information to see how poorly handled the "war" was in the middle east. HOWEVER, the latest release kind of just stirred shit up, and if the next one properly fucks shit up...

...Do not want.


But as I said. I am a bit on the fence on the whole subject since their first release was to out all the wrongs the US did after starting a completely bullshit war in Iraq. But their latest release, to be totally honest, scares me a bit.


What's your thoughts on this?


Signed,


Exxy.

Sorry for the AFK, BUT HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

I know I've been away for a week, and there is a reasonable reason for that, however, I don't want to talk about it today.

Instead, we're gonna give my friend Olsten a happy birthday! Me and Olsten were up to a fuckload of mischief back in my WoW days, and had our own little "Ols n Ohlz"-editing crew going.

I know we haven't spoken much lately, but bro, I found these for you, man:

Here's lookin at you, kid!

Ha en bra födelsedag bruschan! Snart gör vi kaoz med internet igen!

Video Week - The finale!

So, here we are. The final post towards Video Week.

Today, I am not going to talk so much about the clips. I will let them talk for themselves. Because today I have found a mix of different types of masterpieces.

First up, a masterpiece of acting. This is a 10 minute monologue from Brandon Hardesty (Not sure on spelling), A.k.a. ArtieTSMITW on youtube. See it and realize the pure acting skills involved in this simple, yet amazing video.







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The second video today, is another short that I found on Vimeo. It's not of the greatest calibre, but it's sure as hell not bad. I quite enjoyed it alot actually.



Short Film 'The Black Hole' from PHOTOPLAY FILMS on Vimeo.



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Our third clip today, is one of those videos that I really like, but I don't know why. It's a french animation named "Mon ami le robot", and goes by the english title "Playing with light". Give it a watch and see if you like it the same way I do.




Playing with light - Mon ami le robot from Cube Creative on Vimeo.

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Alright. The last clip for Video Week will be a music video. This is the music video for the acoustic version of "Juneau" by Funeral For a Friend. The video is so special and mixed with the song it's just so beautiful and peaceful. Give it a watch and listen, and you'll hopefully be touched the way I am every time I watch it.

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Well, that concludes Video Week. If you liked this, feel free to give me a shout and I'll throw in another video week with a theme at some point.

Untill next time.

Signed, Exxy.

Video Week #3.

Alright, today is gonna be a bit special. It is not going to be focusing on the artistic writing/filming, but more about the skillfull content. There are going to be a couple of clips with (at least what I class as) great skill in their respective field.

The first one is "Way back home".

This video is following the street-trailist Danny MacAskill from Scotland. This video is produced/sponsored by Red Bull and is filmed in the style of "The Collective", which is a group that does mountain bike movies. (You can check their stuff out HERE). Danny shows some real skills on his bike in this short film, so watch it, and love it.






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The second clip I want you to see, is a BMX short showing off some major flatland skills from Simon O'Brien. This is the type of stuff I would love to be able to do if I ever get a BMX. Just seeing how he makes it look so easy and fluent makes me a bit jealous. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.






Those were the videos for today. I will post the final post of Video Week tomorrow, and I hope to find a couple of really special videos for you to enjoy to the fullest.

Untill then;

Signed,

Exxy.

Video Week #2

Greetings people!

Today, I got TWO videos for you, and not just one. Both of these are in their own categories, so I'll give them an "evaluation" each. 

The first one breaks the trend of heavy clips that I've had so far. It's a extreme slow motion video. But unlike most Super Slow-mo videos that you get on youtube (this isn't a 10 minute video of people getting slapped in 1000 fps), this has some artistic value to it in my oppinion. It shows you the beautiful things that real-time sort of ruins.

Ladies and gentlemen, the first clip:

"More super slow motion [Water]"




More Super Slow Motion [Water] - 550D from Rickard Bengtsson on Vimeo.

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The second video I am giving you, is a video that spoke to me as a scriptwriter. The video is called "Vicky and Sam", and is about 3 writers, coming up with a romance-based-script. I just loved it from start to finish. Give it a look and give me your thoughts on it.






Vicky and Sam from Nuno Rocha on Vimeo.



Well, peeps. That was all for this time. But I hope you like these two vids, and I hope you are looking forward to tomorrow.

Signed,

Exxy. 

Video week.

I am now spontaneously (thanks Rho) making this into "Videos that I think you should see"-week.

And no, this will not be filled with retarded videos of people doing stupid shit or cute puppies or whatever, but clips that deserves attention for their brilliance.

The first one was "My name is Lisa" that I posted monday. And today, I bring you: SPIN.

Watch the video first, then I'll post my views and reasons.






The main reason why I post this is because it's directed and written by Jamin Winans. Jamin has become one of my favourite writers and directors after seeing some of his stuff. But also because it is so well made, and can be looked at from so many different perspectives.

If you liked this, I greatly recommend you to see "Ink" (IMDB page). I got this recommended by my friend Rho (I recommend her stuff in return, you can find some of it here.)

I will see you again tomorrow with another clip that contributes to society and culture and all of the other things that appearantly are important.

Signed,


Exxy