It's that time where I write an update and junk (Patreon)
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Should I call these newsletters? Maybe? That's kinda what they are. Well, let's move on from this internal dialogue and continue.
It's been a while since the topic of HQ (the new filming location) has come up, and I have good news! Though I missed my target slightly, in just a few days the space will be ready to move the set to! I have just completed painting, the electrical work is done, and on Monday the carpet is being installed. Then, it's done! *
I will make one final video-update on the progress there, as I also want to incorporate some of the story into a long-overdue Patreon welcome page video. But, once that's done, it will be set-disassembly time! And that will be fun, I can tell. I plan to bring you along for that, and at some point I'll make a video for the public as a celebration of the channel and what you've done for it!
In other news, I admittedly overworked myself for the PeopleMover video. Once I got back from Florida, I spent three days straight on the edit. And I mean 3 entire waking days. I was really excited to get it done, but ho boy do I regret working at that pace. It turns out you can really fatigue yourself on a number of levels if you work in front of a computer for 48 of 72 hours. Who knew? Oh, and then there was the follow-up video, which also took another full day to create, and I went straight from there to HQ to spend the remainder of the week painting. And I hate painting.
I'm considering making a video about paint. No, seriously. It is astounding how much paint has progressed in just 10 or 15 years. I have memories of my youth of a smelly, terrible time putting 3 or 4 coats of paint on everything, and now even fairly basic paint is often a one-coat affair, covers things remarkably well, and is so low VOC that it barely has a smell. I have no idea what sort of interest a video on the progress of paint technology would be, but I am intrigued.
So yeah, I'm a little worse for wear. That's OK though. It means I can build up some time for writing, and let me tell you I need to do that. I've been in contact with someone for a long time on the Teletext subject, and I am so embarrassingly behind that I'll keep it a secret and not tell anyone at all. Nope. No one will know. Not a soul.
Anywho, hope all is well with you! We're getting a taste of spring here in Chicago (well, at least the days are longer and the sunlight "feels" spring-like) and I'm happy to be getting out of the Winter Blues.
I'll be updating you soon!
-Alec
* there is still a tiny bit of electrical work that needs to be done in the ceiling for the purpose of rigging lights, but that will take just a couple of hours since it's already got power to the switch box