Courtesy of Randy Cassingham of "This Is True".

Well, what with working 6-days a week, driving around the state and staying strange places every weekend for my Pari-Mutuel  work, and trying to do so many other things I haven't gotten my Half Dome video made yet.
In fact, I tried a few weeks ago to use Hit Film 4, which seemed nice but wouldn't work on my home computer where I do most of my work, (32 but vs. 64 bit.)
I spent some time trying to put together a 64 bit computer from stuff I've got laying around, but...

Today I spent most of my spare time at work trying to install and start Media Composer - First, by Avid.
It's supposed to be a decently usable version of the one they use to make real movies.
For some reason it took forever to unzip the file and that was only the start.
Part of the file didn't show up so I had to unzip it and try again.
Then, after I installed it and tried to run it, I had to reinstall the app package(?), then had to, well, never mind.
I eventually uninstalled it, (which also took forever,) with Revo Uninstaller, to make sure I got all of it.
All-in-all, I spent the better part of three hours and never managed to get it to turn on.
<SIGH>

So, I may not get this video made for several months yet, because during the next few months I have to get a friend ready for court, and get him there; I have a citation hearing for my Smog license, (you wouldn't believe the entrapment by the state,) and I have to prepare to sue my ex-storage unit over a burglary where I lost a lot of tools, (yes, I had storage insurance and the idiots played games and finally put my case in the inactive file arbitrarily without ever offering me a serious quote on almost $7,000 worth of tools.)

All on top of working 6-days a week; 4 as a Smog Tech, and 2 at my new job taking bets at the Horse Races, (I'm a Pari-Mutuel clerk.) That brings up another thing I have to prepare for... Union Induction... which was supposed to have happened July 17th! 

Which also doesn't count that I'm trying to trying to build my landlord a website for his dental lab, writing a letter to the parole board to try to get a friend out of prison, (he deserves it,) or running my different websites including this one,   www.hotspiceguy.com/, www.secondhandlife.org/, and  http://www.thepotkitchen.com/, or all the other stuff I'm trying to do all at the same time .
I haven't even had time to hike since Half Dome!

Plus, this 6-day work-week shit is wearing me out all by itself.
I'm 64-years old now and I had a great time doing Half Dome, but I don't have the infinite energy of youth anymore.
Working 6-days a week doesn't sound like much, and it's not if you're only doing a short limited time, but when it goes on and on it just breaks you down, so, it may be a while before I get this video finished and posted.

Fall is when you clean up for the year and prepare for the next.
It's summer, peak time, and I'm going to gain the ground I can for now, then tidy up a little later in the fall to prepare for next year's goals.

Therefore, I'll promise it before New Years at the latest.
In fact, I want several by New Years at the latest, including a better one than the one I made last year.

Anyway, for now, enjoy the website.
And get out and do something before you miss it all.
​See y'all along the trail.

Jou Baur