When you mess with several websites you tend to forget to write on some of them.

I’ve also been busy closing down the swimming pool for the winter, taking photography classes, getting ready for deer season, working out in the gym, etc.

Anyways… I thought I would throw some of my readers a bone, since its been so long since I wrote and share with you a video I captured this week of me and my dogs going for a ride to a trail we like to hike.

Its kind of funny at the 2 minute mark, the vehicle looks like its taking to the skies, but actually we are going up a ramp near a levee. It looks neat though.

The video was shot using the iPhone 4 and edited with iMovie on the iPhone 4.

I often run/jog/walk the Lost Bluff trail here in my hometown. It is a very challenging trail to run. One that requires you to be alert, as there are many dangers like sleep hills, and descents, exposed tree roots to trip on, and if its in the summer, sweltering heat.

The trail claims to be 2.2 miles through rigorous terrain, I find it to be 1.62 miles using GPS.

I ran this trail at around 1 p.m. when the heat was a blistering 102F and heat index of 113F.

When I was done I could ring out my tank top and get a half a cup of sweat from it.

If you want to test your stamina, endurance, and cardio, you will want to give this trail a try. Once you get it down pat, your only competition will be that of your stop watch as you try and beat your last time. My best time was 23 minutes. I average about 26 minutes.

In the video below, I take you with me on my jog, using a pair of mini dvr sunglasses that I purchased online.

So that it would not be completely boring, I threw in some still shots of the trail and some extra footage taken by the dvr sunglasses.

All of this was shot using the DVR SPY SUNGLASSES, the music was obtained from royaltyfreemusic.com and all of it was edited on an iMac using iMovie.

This is a large video, about 26 minutes in length so I had to break it down into two parts due to the limitations of YouTube.

Sorry for all the shake, it is on my head and I was jogging after all. Hopefully the music and still shots and sometimes video scenes that do not shake, will help you tolerate it and watch it all the way to the end.

Part One.

Part Two

These glasses are great, and would probably be great for hunting and fishing as well.

Get you a  pair on E-Bay really cheap.

Wow your deck is huge!(that’s what she said) but no seriously it is. We decided to make it like we wanted it now rather than add on to it later.

The pool is a 24′ round Sand Dollar II with a 7 foot deep end. The deck is hard to give dimensions on but its just friggin large as you will see in the pictures and videos in this post.

The backyard is a never ending project and it seems that there is always something to do, but I love it. Its like my own backyard oasis. I love staying busy doing things out there.

For years I have pushmowed the yard and thought “man it sure would be nice to cut and go right into a pool for a swim”. Well now I can and have done so!

Next on my list of things to do is to get some night time lighting on the deck. After that I need to work on some tunes for the deck. I am thinking marine speakers and some place to plug in mp3 players and iphones.

Oh and just so you all know, I did not build this deck….so you cannot book me for work haha. Kevin Craig at KevinsCustomDecks built this awesome deck. He is local to North Central Mississippi. I am not going to publish his contact information here on the web, but if you are serious about having a deck built contact me and I will release and email address where he can be reached.

Here is a video from atop the house.

Here is a video of a quick walk around the deck

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I think maybe in the future I will write once a week like a digest of whats been going on… I dunno…maybe.

I guess to catch you up real fast starting with the latest while its fresh on my mind, I will start with a movie that I saw last night.

I went to the local theater here to see To Save A Life. I gotta say I was BLOWN away by this movie. It was simple film making at its best with several very powerful messages in for all ages.

I am gonna take a moment to rip off  IMDB.com and show you the full synopsis of the movie and possibly spoiling some of it for you but trust me you need to see this movie.

The film tells the story of Jake Taylor, a young man who has it all: a basketball scholarship, the ideal girlfriend, and the right friends. But faced with the demands of the in-crowd, Jake has written off his childhood best-friend, Roger. Isolated and mistreated, Roger finally takes his anger to the extreme when he shows up one day on campus with a gun.

Jake’s last-ditch effort cant stop Roger, and the events which follow rock Jake’s world. He begins to question everything, but most of all, he cant stop asking: Could I have saved Roger?

In his search for answers, Jake finds himself looking for the next Roger. He reaches out to geeks, losers, and loners. But crossing the strict high school caste lines threatens everything Jake values. And pushes him to answer the most important question of all: What do I want my life to be about?

This film doesn’t shy away from the real struggles facing our teens.. It is rated PG-13 because it portrays some of these issues accurately: from teen sexuality, to abortion, to cutting, to drug and alcohol abuse, to suicide.

But because it does so, teens are praising this film for its realistic and relevant portrayal of their world and responding enthusiastically to its message. As teen author and speaker Zach Hunter comments: It conveys the raw emotions of life and the ups and downs of high school My friends who have seen the film are already talking about it and encouraging others to go see it.

A must see for all teenagers and parents.

See the trailer here

Ok…moving on. I have been BAD sick last week with the flu or a severe chest cold. I manage to pull through it and just have a  minor weezing cough right now that fading day by day.

While I was sick I managed to start a few new top secret web projects, so you will to stay tuned for those.

I also managed to watch several good movies at home.

THE ROAD

FLASH OF GENIUS

PERFECT GETAWAY

The Road, I got to see an advanced copy of this. It was well…bleak. Very sad. Its about a boy and his father and their struggle to survive in a post apocalyptic world.

Flash of Genius was a very good movie based on the true story of Robert Kearns, the inventor of the intermittent windshield wiper and how FORD Motor Company stole his idea.  He later battles FMC in court and wins, but don’t let these simple sentences stop you from checking this movie out, as you will never look at your wipers the same again. Good flick!

The Perfect Getaway was a movie that I expected to be very scary or suspenseful but it wasn’t. Don’t get me wrong it was a GREAT movie. This is one of those who dun it movies and you will never guess, not in a miiiillliiiooonnnn years. Watch it!

That’s all for now, I’m tired of writing and I am sure you are tired of reading.

I will try to post more soon.

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I quickly grabbed a Nikon Camera (s230) with video capture capabilities and started to record. You just never know what might happen.

I then later edited it a little bit in Adobe Premiere Elements 8 and made it a little funnier.

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With that said here are two trailers for the movie.

Today I wanted to share a video clip from a movie that actually didnt do so well at the box office but eventually had a massive cult following once released to DVD.

The movie I’m talking about is Donnie Darko.

It’s a really cool movie, that I highly recommend if you get the chance to pick it up. Its too hard to explain what it is about, so you will have to visit the links below if you want to know more about that.

What I think I like most about it is that it “makes you think” and its also set in the 8o’s and I like that too.

Donnie Darko Wiki
Official Movie Page for Donnie Darko

Clip from the film Donnie Darko starring Jake Gyllenhaal

Today’s video is one from Paramore, one of my favorite bands. It is the song titled “hallelujah”. I really like how the video is done with all the moving pictures in a photo album.

Check it out!