THIS BLOG HAS MOVED

So I discovered the greatness of Word Press, and have officially migrated this blog over to the new engine.

Continue having a peak at my life at the new "Where is my mind?" blog at:

www.bto-design.com/whereismymind

and I also have a blog with all my insight into music/movies/tv and other stuff i find interesting on the web, it's also been redesigned, completely new and i'm gonna be posting quite frequently (i've done so every day for the last week or so and continue doing it...) so also head over to:

www.bto-design.com/mmtv

melancholy

all of a sudden i realized (once again) that life changes super extra fast. just a mere 3 years ago i was sitting at a desk, (make that a table), designing something for a marketing company at IXEstudio, awaiting my fate to see if i would be able to go to vancouver to continue my studies.

these last 3 years have brought months of agony over student loans, 15 months in Vancouver, one demo reel, 5 weeks back in Tijuana (3 of them all depressed because i didn't know what i was gonna do for work and payments), almost 14 months in Mexico City, a Hollywood film, two mexican films, a tv series, 2 commercials, an Academy Award team member, and 5 different places i've lived. I've met and worked with people from all over the globe... from Russia and Hong Kong, to France and Germany, Peru and Brazil, Spain, Iceland, Jordan, India, Trinidad, Canada, USA & Australia. Damn, those are lots of places... but there's more i want to explore.

I've been thinking lately... I've done pretty good, it's taken a while, but my professional goals have been moving forward. I remember back in junior high thinking... one day i'll work in movies! forward to 2009, and here i am. credited in a David Fincher/Brad Pitt movie. but that's not the peak of where i wanna be, i've barely started! Most international immigration laws require at least 2 years experience in the field of work you wanna go to in order to give you work permits and all that. well, i have 1 year and a month on me. almost there... i'd love to move on after here to bigger and better places now, go to the States, return to Canada would be awesome, or have the chance to work at Weta Digital in New Zealand! wow! Though I still feel that my ultimate goal is to settle (when i'm good and ready) somewhere around the southern California area, that's just me.

so we'll see where i end up in the near future, for now i'm working on enjoying to the max my experience here in the great capital city of my country, where i defenitely don't want to stay, and then look ahead to the great future that beholds me.

deception point

so i started reading again... finally got around to starting "Deception Point" by Dan Brown. I can tell that this is one of his earlier works, because it has somewhat the same structure as his other, better, books like Angels & Demons, but it's sometimes annoying how he leaves EVERYTHING in little cliffhangers each 3-5 page chapter!

but other than that, it's still entertaining, it's a good read for when i'm going to work and back on the bus.

i can't wait til his next Robert Langdon book comes out later this year :D

people suck!

yesterday i found out that one of my best friend's house was burglarized!

i can't imagine, but picture this... u get home after a long day at work, you notice the door is ajar. you go inside and everything's completely gone! gone were the hdtv, dvd players, 2 computers, high-end digital cameras, external hard drives with loads of pictures and life-long design work, all tech stuff was gone. oh, and a pair of woman's sneakers.

fuckers! newlyweds and just lived there for 3 months... they're obviously outta there now, and planning on moving to the States.

I'm PISSED!!!

10 days ago

i went to a pool party... my skin's still peeling off...

Vancouver on my mind

yup... vancouver's on my mind lately, and it even follows me around the city too!

the other day i dreamed that i was going back to Vancouver to live, and all of my roommates too. we all got together again and rented an apartment, a huge one, but we all decided to share rooms like we did back then, Walter with Jonata, me with Jordan, and the rest of the apartment... free for all! hahaha...

then yesterday on my way home i saw someone walking on the street wearing a VFS backpack! mind you, this is a huge city... so i tweeted about it. and today VFS started following me on twitter! crazy...

anyways, one of the best years of my life is still following me around, and it's great! i wouldn't be here if it wasn't for that amazing year.