Dec. 2024 Progress Report

GOODBYE TO YOU, 2024! HELLO TO THE NEW YEAR! If you’re reading this, you did it! You made it through another very challenging year in a string of challenging years. And that’s pretty incredible. Keep it up. 

WHAT’S NEW ON PATREON:

• Brian Brecommends: PAIN AND GAIN & LUBALIN'S "HAHA, NO WORRIES"

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WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN UP TO?

At the beginning of December, it was all about the BLIB concert on Dec. 5. We were racing to get ready for the show right after Thanksgiving. We rehearsed a ton, but due to the many busy schedules of the band, we only had one rehearsal with all of the members together. But we did it! Two shows in one night at the Teragram Ballroom. Since we added a bunch of solos to show off our amazing instrumentalists (you can find them all through my Instagram post), I brought my film camera to take photos on stage. You can see them at the top of this post! (And though we weren’t allowed to film the concert, there might be one song you can see on this Patreon).

Outside of that, I've been making plans for new videos in between trips for the holidays! Got to see my family for the first time in a while, and I’ve been trying to catch every little idea that these trips have inspired so I can dive into them in the new year.

Nobody Asked is now streaming on Dropout! Also, I’ll be in the upcoming DeepBlueInk Series, Deep Space Discounts! And did you know there’s a NEW Duck Detective in development??? And The Fall is finally out on YouTube!!!! SO MANY INDIE PROJECTS AND I’M SO HAPPY TO BE PART OF ALL OF THEM! Speaking of independent projects…

Remember that writing job that I mentioned Karen and I started in the September progress report? Well, we no longer have to worry about that, since we got laid off six days before Christmas! “Made redundant before a major holiday” isn’t a fun box to tick off on our Capitalism Bingo card, but we’re alright—if anything, it has lit a fire under me to make more things independently. We still want to write on other TV shows, and Karen & I will keep pitching things, but I’m trying to keep my head up and get back to work on shorts we can produce on our own. 

WHAT’S UP NEXT?

To be honest: a lot of tidying. My office has reached a breaking point of clutter. I’m not the most organized person, but I’ve realized that I have trouble making things if I don’t have a clear space. Usually, this just means I place everything from one table to another table and back again, which doesn’t solve the problem, but gives me just enough cleanliness to get something finished. Look at this mess:

I often consider cleaning to be unproductive. I’ve certainly told myself it’s easier to just throw my camera bag on the ground and get straight to editing, and I’ll put it all away once I’m done with the project. This, in turn, leads to me spending hours during the next project trying to collect all the stuff I just left in random parts of my room/car/friend’s house. 

I’m not usually one for resolutions, but in 2025, I’m trying to put things back instead of simply putting things down. I bought a label maker, I’ve measured my cabinets, and I’m gonna buy a bunch of organizers so I can easily find my microphones or lenses or weird vampire costumes. I’m going to give it the time it deserves, and I’ll try to post photos of my completed organization in January’s progress report.

And then it’s back to work on the videos! I have a ton of ideas and I’m sure I’ll take breaks from tidying to play my new synth and start making new music and get back to filming silly videos. 

OKAY THAT’S IT!!!!!!

I tried to write a couple wrap-up messages about going into 2025, but they all got a little too heavy. So let's just say: keep up the good work, stay passionate, and fight like hell in the new year. I'll try my best to do the same. Thank you all for your support!