Out of Normal: I can't sleep tonight.

March 13, 2003

I can't sleep tonight.

I have a lot on my mind tonight. I can't sleep to save my life. At just after 2am, I am unable to sleep, and figured that I just needed to write. This year has been one of transition for me. Former goals have been assessed, new goals have been set, and I am trying to decide where they all lead to. I guess that this has caused my inability to sleep. I know that 2003 is in full swing, and I wonder where I will be when 2004 begins. I fully well imagine that I will live in central Illinois, but where will my life be. Career wise, I don't doubt for a second that I will still be a technology consultant, but that is such a small facet of my life. Will I continue to fall asleep alone and unfulfilled every night? Will I finally have the studio set up that I have dreamed of? Will I still be in this house? I guess that the direction that I am consumed with is a culmination of my skills, previous education, and experience. I just don't know how it will be utilized, and if I am going to begin to make my mark in the way that I desire to.

For those of you not in "The know," I graduated from the Art Institute of Dallas in 1991 with a focus on sound and video production. At that time, the necessary multi-media studio complete with sound production, video production, and other multimedia production equipment would run in the neighborhood of $250,000.00 The same quality can be obtained today in the neighborhood of $10,000.00 I would be willing to lay out this amount for a project studio, never expecting one dollar on return of investment. The recent re-design of dooce.com has my mind reeling. The things that people are now empowered to do amazes me.

Well, good night all, sleep well.

Posted by Broch at March 13, 2003 02:22 AM

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a $10,000 hobby isn't all that bad. I blew many times more than that on go-karts, motorcycles, hunting, and computers. heck, the computer end event turned into a career.

Posted by: nose at March 13, 2003 08:00 AM

Broch, goals and the reassessment of plans and life in general is a good thing. But remember, the joy is in the journey... sometime scary, sometimes rewarding but, like my son has said since he was able to talk: "This is an adventure!!!" Just breathe....

Posted by: pam at March 13, 2003 08:54 AM

At work, I'm surrounded by people who want to set up their own studio of some kind and by people who already have one. From the look of things, it's an expensive but very satisfying hobby. I hope you get that studio of yours. :-)

Posted by: April at March 13, 2003 11:14 AM

True, hobbies can be expensive, but I do like the sound of your hobby. I would love to hear/read what you plan on having in your studio. I, myself, am still trying to figure out hobbies. I just acquired a Graphire2 tablet and I am know attempting to draw (stick figure will ensue shortly) and learn to manipulate photos. Anyway, on the sleeping part, I was unable to fall asleep before 2am the past 2 months, just recently after returning from a vacation have I been tired and ready to go to sleep at 11pm. PS. good luck on your studio and dreams

Posted by: Tony at March 13, 2003 12:14 PM

I'm glad you wrote about your AV future. I will sell you my JVC broadcast camera if you like for starters. LOL maybe not, it's a bit dated. Looking back, i've had all the AV bells and whistles more than once since i decided to move from music to television in 89-90... I've also been amazed at the changes in every phase of the business. But I've lost my bang for it recently, and while I have access to all the non-linear gear I'd ever want to use, i don't. Go figure! I'm working on a traveling arts project that I hope will renew my focus and help me recapture my faith in the human experience. I too have been in redifinition of what it means to love and be loved for the past four years...and I am truly prepared to put that ordeal behind me in favor of other "right brain" endeavors with less insanity and intensity. For starters, I'm facinated by this blog-phenom...and why it has become so popular. If you wouldn't mind, I'd love to get your thoughts especially since you have an AV background. (perhaps by email) BTW, I was covering a concert here last week and was taken at how much a basso gentleman in the first row favored an older(but no less handsome) version of the "april rendering" of Broch found on your homepage I would be pleased to send it if you like. I think you'd be amazed. Enjoy your entries very much... still looking for an AVO. Going to the Dixie Nationals this weekend..wanna go?

Posted by: scot-on-the-rock at March 13, 2003 09:02 PM

Scot, Thanks for the comments, I would be more than happy to discuss with you the blog phenom, and where it is going, in my humble opinion. My email contact is at the top of the site, so feel free to send email.

Posted by: Broch at March 13, 2003 10:32 PM

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