Blooper + sneak peek

I once promised Patrons bloopers, but I removed that membership benefit for a simple reason:

I do not make mistakes.

A joke. I just don't laugh when I mess up? I flub a line, I do it again, it's not interesting.

However, I just returned from my second trip to Big Bend National Park where I filmed Part Two of my Apache Wars trilogy. Lots to be done, but it will be completed by the end of the month. The script is stronger than Part One because I get to go into more detail and I think I do a better job describing the personalities of the key players.

Filming had more issues than Part One, though. The lens is a bit dirty for the first 20 minutes of footage and, in general, I think I spent too much time looking for "cool" filming locations and triple-checking everything. Furthermore, as I will say in the video "My reach has exceeded my SD card storage." I'll have to get a bigger one for Geronimo! I'll be using the break between semesters to travel to Arizona and Oklahoma. The good news is that I'll have a little more time to make sure the script is perfect and I'll have much more footage of actual locations these events took place at. The bad news? The video will be in January instead of December, but after all this time I think it's warranted to really get the finale right.

What you'll see here is the opening joke, then a clip of me almost breaking my neck on some rocks, and, finally, me talking about these damn plants. The one in the video is NOT the one that filled my foot with thorns! It was a more innocuous-looking little bush which got me. Like a 1/2-inch long thorn in the top of my foot, it was ridiculous.

Regardless, thank you for your support. I'll need it when I inevitably break a leg climbing over rocks with a tripod in my hand.

December will be a Yeehaw Intermission. There will be a video! It'll just be something a bit different, more in-line with "A Fascinating Anatomy of Failure" or "Please Watch (I can't do titles). So, a 20-ish minute video essay about death and this Indian burial ground that I think is interesting.

Thanks a ton for your support, it makes these more ambitious and strange videos possible! On one hand, it would be easier to sit in front of a whiteboard in my apartment, but I think the beauty of the American Southwest is a wonderful backdrop for this story and I'm thankful to be able to tell it this way. There will be a little whiteboard stuff in this video though, as I need to establish some details. I'll be buying a real green chalkboard again soon though.

Thanks,

DJ PC