Munchmo's Journal

Motivation

munchmo — Mon, 24 Aug 2015 02:31:44 GMT

Excuses don't get shit done.
Plans don't matter until you put them into action.

A sort of recap to keep things straight

munchmo — Wed, 06 Nov 2013 17:31:23 GMT

This isn't really going to be a recap of my vacation, this is more just a list of talking points for my upcoming video, but I thought I'd share it here since I'm sure most of you reading this won't see my video (does anyone actually read this?)

Thursday
Packing, anxious, no sleep

Friday
up extra early, before alarm.
long drive
Tractor Trailer
Arrival, waiting, flowers, vase
waiting, SO HOT
Mavis, minecon, badges
Hotel, nervous, Z, nervous, inseparable
mindcrack meetup
Rose
Registration
Big Names, Direwolf20, skydoesminecraft, bebopvix
breaking the rules
Bdubs line, after last bus
hanging afterwards till closed
up till 5

Saturday
Waking up at 8am
skipping opening
can't sleep
hanging out at OCCC
future of minecraft - really the past, leaving early
Dealer's hall, lines
lasertag, cool, fun, disappointing
islands of adventure
Met fawlty and darkfox
harry potter
dragon challenge!
harry potter experience
shopping, shopping, shopping
CAH, Kevin, Cmatt Buncy,
Late night

Sunday
Slept in, 10am maybe
dealer's hall again,
minecraft experience (facebook)
Barnyard (facebook)
mindcrack signing - sad for forgetting moo and renlay
hanging out after con, nihon!
Brick House tavern, VBFS, first meal
Kart Racing! AMAZING! I win!
Back to hotel for games
NOPE, MINDCRACK AT BAR
Guude, Beef, Doc, Pyro, Genny, Boo, Nebris, Zisteau, I think I'm forgetting people
Bar games
Old Man Willikers, Dan (and Q)
Guude for Mookake
Close the bar, Beef Hug
bed

Monday
early morning (8am)
discovery cove
breakfast
Z's dolphin
Birds everywhere! BIRDS!
lazy river, I don't float
lunch
reef
games, cah
medieval times
upgrade, discount, mavis
yellow
z and horses
we lost
amazing fun
yelling
games, cah, fluxx
earliest bedtime

tuesday
8am
z off to horse riding
q/shik airport
hang out with mavis, then z done.
Z off to visit friend
sad
Mavis and movie
drive home, long, uneventful
sad but happy. can't help but smile.

epilogue
back to work
talk of meetups, play on con, other stuff.
visiting z, vacations and fun.

Another update of sorts

munchmo — Thu, 17 Oct 2013 15:18:34 GMT

So, two weeks till my Florida vacation for Minecon. I'm super-excited! I've been working really hard for the past week or more trying to get videos made so I'm not overloaded preparing for my time away. Still might be tough, but we'll see!
This week I've been trying something new. But first, a bit of backstory. I stopped with the caffeine before DC so it would be more effective at con. After my vacation then, I stopped again during the week and only drink coffee on sat/sun. Problem is, every Monday, just as I'm leaving work, I'd start getting a headache from withdrawal. So I decided, partially for caffeine, partially for a change, and partially for health, I was going to try tea!
I've never been much of a tea fan. But at work, they have hot water and free tea packets, and I'm tired of just chugging water all day. So I brings me a mug, buys me some honey and I'm trying stuff. Yesterday was green tea, not bad. Had a couple cups with honey. I'm sure I'll find a good fit, or get used to it. Today I saw they had green tea with lemon, so I gave that a try, the lemon was a bit overpowering. I'm going to have to give that one a try again. Then as I was going in to get another cup of lemon, I saw they had black tea too, so I tried that. Not a fan. Flavor isn't what I like and turns out it has more caffeine than green, so I'll be staying away.
I still need to figure out if I prefer my green tea with or without lemon, but now I'm trying to become a tea person!

What's news

munchmo — Wed, 02 Oct 2013 19:34:32 GMT

So, let's talk. It's been a while hasn't it? Well, what should I talk about. . . how about what's news. My father's in the hospital, rough shape, possibly on his death bed. Emotionally it's not really something that bothers me. I've made my peace with the state of affairs between him and I long ago. But my brother been closer to him over the last 20 years than I ever was. So as to not force my brother to deal with everything alone, I'm trying to help in any way I can. Tuesday I took they day off work to go with him to see a lawyer about dad's estate and dealing with his (ex)wife. Afterwards I went and visited him in the hospital.
He's so tiny and frail. Incoherent, couldn't understand what I said, dunno if he knew who I was, I couldn't understand more than a yes or no from him. Hung out there for around 30 minutes, then went about the rest of my day. I think it meant a lot to my brother that I went though, so that's good.

Back to the grind

munchmo — Mon, 09 Sep 2013 15:27:38 GMT

So my two weeks of vacation are over and I'm back at work. Totally sucks. Oh well, it's life, right? Not a whole lot to say, I had a great time at DC, wish I could have taken more time off. Man I wish I could retire. . . . I need to start playing the lottery.

Maybe it's been too long

munchmo — Fri, 23 Aug 2013 12:50:50 GMT

So, today is the last day of work before my 2 week vacation! I cannot wait, well, I mean I have to. But I'm really excited! Dragoncon's coming up in a week, that'll be fun.

Look who's here!

munchmo — Mon, 05 Aug 2013 13:36:57 GMT

It'sa Me! Not a lot to say. I've decided that I need to work on getting in better shape. Nothing major, but I mowed the lawn again this weekend, still tough. But I think if I try to eat a little better (which I've been planning on doing anyway) and start doing more active things (even if it's just weekend work outdoors) it'll be a start. I'm going to actually see what I can do about getting my front lawn into better shape.

Haven't been here in a while

munchmo — Mon, 29 Jul 2013 18:14:52 GMT

So over the weekend I mowed the lawn cause The Boy doesn't want to do it anymore. It was quite the workout. I like it, except for the part where the lawnmower's battery didn't last long enough. It's ok, but I need to go over it again to get the spots I missed.

A couple weeks

munchmo — Fri, 12 Jul 2013 14:07:08 GMT

And not a whole lot to talk about. Let's see, right now I've got a bit of a conundrum. I've decided that I think I want to move one of my youtube series (Mining with Munchmo if anyone cares) from the world it takes place in now, which is the same world it has always been in from the very beginning, to a new world on an existing server full of people. The addition of many peoples would help me out I think, give me more things I can do for content, etc. Problem is, there's this one server community I'm part of, played with the first day the most recent map was there, but haven't since. Didn't really play on the old map either. But everyday I am in skype chat with these people, talk to them all the time, great people.
There's also this other server I was invited to play on a while ago, and I think the invite is still open, good people there, not as familiar with most of them as the other server, but more people there make the youtube videos, so it would help out (hopefully) with youtube stuff.
I'm really inclined to go and play on the second server, but I'm worried I may upset people from the first server by doing it. I guess I really should just talk to them and see what they think.
Oh the things I worry about . . . so pointless, lol

Another week . . .

munchmo — Tue, 25 Jun 2013 15:19:57 GMT

Without much to say. A personal endeavor has turned out really well, but not something I can go into detail here about. I'm just glad to be able to say I was successful the first time and now I can work on duplicating the results and hopefully improving them. Youtube is still youtube, doing what I'm doing. Nothing much else to say though. Had a good weekend, hung with people, lots of fun.

Another monday

munchmo — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:24:01 GMT

So let's see, almost two weeks since my last post, wow. Well, I'm not giving it up for good. What's happened new since last time? Not a whole lot. Been doing my youtube thing, staying pretty steady there. Not a whole lot to say, other side ventures and hobby stuff seem to be doing well. How are you?

Just wanted to share

munchmo — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 14:12:42 GMT

So, something cool happened recently, that I felt like sharing. Over the weekend I got to play a game with one of the bigger youtubers out there. He's one of the guys getting like 100k views a day and with over 250k subscribers. It was cool, I got to play a couple games in his company, once he was on the opposing team, the second time he was on my team. Yesterday we released videos of it, he did too, and since then I have gained almost 20 subscribers (although others who participated have gained many more) and my video is at the point where I don't know how many views it has because it has triggered youtube's fraud prevention thing and is sitting at 301 views. I just wanted to share cause I thought this was cool, and I know it's not huge, I won't be an internet sensation overnight or anything, but it's promising.

Hello again

munchmo — Mon, 03 Jun 2013 14:10:36 GMT

Just stopping in for a bit. Not a whole lot to share, well, there's a bit. The weekend was pretty relaxing. I'm still about a week ahead on my Minecraft videos, which is great, makes things easier. Just the quick recording videos to make each day. Minecraft just takes a lot of work ahead of time. I did get to participate in some Minecraft PVP with one of the bigger youtubers, which is awesome. I'm hoping it might give me a slight surge in views and subs (who am I kidding, I'm hoping it causes me to skyrocket, but I'm only expecting a more realistic slight bump).

Weekly updates?

munchmo — Fri, 24 May 2013 14:28:37 GMT

That seems to be what's happening, which is good, cause I rarely think to update this thing since I stopped doing daily. I have been so busy. Last weekend was busy, already went over all that, but then this week has been too because I had to get ahead on videos for the week cause yesterday was my niece's graduation and I had to go to help my brother out. And today I livestream, so that's two days of being unable to get videos made. So I spent the last few days just churning out videos to cover me till Saturday, when I could make more. Tomorrow I'm supposed to be going to see a movie (been a long time since I've done that) but I don't know what time!

Way too busy

munchmo — Mon, 20 May 2013 13:20:41 GMT

So, let's see here, Friday was work like normal, then home for my usual Friday Night Livestream. After that I stayed up a bit later maybe recording vids, playing games, watching tv, not exactly sure. Saturday I spent 3 hours recording a dragon "rush" on Minecore, then off to Jane's for a Magic draft. After that, off to home and Val and Erich came by, we hung out for an hour or two, then they were off to bed. I spent the rest of the night recording a couple videos, watching Youtube and playing games. Then Sunday morning it was off to Bass Pro for a couple hours, then Ikea for a couple, then the Zoo for a couple more.
I'm not nearly as sore as I thought I would be, but overall starting Friday I walked 10 miles, 7 of which were on Sunday.

Too long?

munchmo — Wed, 15 May 2013 16:02:37 GMT

Been more than a week . . . and not much to say. I've been busy with stuff, the usual videos and such. Too much planned for this weekend, my bad. I just can't get used to this new schedule at work, I feel like I don't have as much time as I did on the old one.

Another weekend

munchmo — Mon, 06 May 2013 18:11:48 GMT

With not much to say. Saturday went for unexpected Pho. Was only the second time I've had it, the first time I didn't like it and was a LONG time ago. This time I loved it! I want more! Went to Mike and Sarah's after that, had fun. Sunday want and played video games with Mike.

I feel like posting

munchmo — Wed, 01 May 2013 13:40:33 GMT

but there's not a lot to say. I think I'm starting to get sick. Work is still blech. Still putting out videos as usual. Playing lots of games. I dunno what else to say.

Here I am!

munchmo — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 13:10:44 GMT

Yes, I'm still around. Been busy with some stuff, and kinda avoiding here. I think I kept up the daily postings a lot longer than I should. Now I just totally forget to put anything down here at all. Of course, there's not a whole lot to talk about as it is. I spent all weekend making videos. Over the past two days alone I uploaded like 8-10 hours worth of video. Right now, I have a video scheduled on youtube for June 10th! I've never had a video scheduled so far out in advance. And, I think since we had so much fun making the videos, the viewers are going to love it. I did some plant work over the weekend, moved one of my grapevines to a good spot (I hope).

Another week?

munchmo — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 19:45:37 GMT

So the weekend was packed full of stuff! Came home Friday and recorded two videos, then livestreamed for like 4 hours. Luckily the plans after that fell through, so I got to bed earlier than expected. Then I recorded for a couple hours and after that went off to hang with my peeps. Then Sunday went off to the lodge for breakfast, went to 'rents to help. Then recorded for another 5 or 6 hours. Busy busy busy.

Week's almost over

munchmo — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 16:16:21 GMT

So yesterday I called in sick at work. I didn't sleep at all the night before, so I wasn't feeling well enough to even drive. I tried getting up on time, but I couldn't really stand very well. I think I've recovered from it. Yesterday at work, we moved to a new area of the building. Well, new to the group, it's where I used to be before, way back when I first started at the internal helpdesk. The cubes are tiny. Call center spacing really. It sucks. Plus, since I wasn't here, I didn't pack or move my shit. My chair, it is gone. I'm borrowing someone else's.

The new schedule

munchmo — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 15:38:33 GMT

I have to admit, with the new schedule at work, the first half of the day tends to fly by. Unfortunately, the second half seems to drag on forever.

It's been a while

munchmo — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 13:50:46 GMT

Even though I said I wasn't going to post as often, I still have meant to post more than I have. I've just been busy at work and home and haven't really been able to stay on top of it. The weekend was good, nothing super special. Busy making tons of videos. Prolly like 6-8 hours of recorded video over the last few days. Not counting all the time to encode them. Plus watching a lot of tv and youtube since I can't do that at work anymore. I am STILL not getting into the new sleep schedule. I keep waking up like an hour early.

The sleep, I needs it

munchmo — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 13:25:11 GMT

So I still haven't gotten used to the new work schedule. It doesn't help that it's also getting warmer and I haven't turned the AC on yet. At night it's too hot and in the morning it's too cold. I haven't been sleeping well. I'm sure I'll get used to this schedule, maybe. Still waking up so groggy! Traffic, traffic is dumb. This new schedule gets me behind the slowest traffic. And there's usually a lot of it. Doesn't take me longer to get to and from work, but it is a lot more aggravating.

Back to work

munchmo — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 17:36:59 GMT

So the weekend was kinda busy for me. Saturday I had to go back to the old house to help the 'rents out with some wiring stuff. After that I made a few videos and then spent a few hours recording a really fun UHC game. I'm so lucky to included in all the great stuff with those guys. Yesterday I recorded like 4-5 hours of video. Busy busy busy. Other than that, I feel like I've overcome whatever was killing my sinuses (just in time for the pollen count to shoot up to one million). But today at work has been stupidly stupid. Should I expect anything different though?