SEPTEMBER UPDATE

Ian is… feeling a feeling. Probably.

Hey guys! It’s time for an update post, and I do indeed have updates to update you on.

WHERE HAVE I BEEN?
Probably hard to notice now that I’m off-schedule with my stream, but I went on a little trip earlier this week! It was the first vacation I’ve taken in a very long time, and it was super relaxing. I took a train down to Portland for a few days, hit the zoo, the rose garden, the art museum, and some other places. I brought my point-and-shoot digital camera with me and snapped hundreds of shots, and I’m hoping to do a post about my experiences once I get this movie review video completed.

Speaking of….

MOVIE REVIEW
I was really hoping to get this video done before leaving for Portland, but I’ve had to re-work it a few times and missed my self-imposed deadline. I think I’m just rusty when it comes to scripted reviews, and I’m trying to make sure this one flows well and is fun to watch. It’s easy to get caught up in over-explaining the movie plot in these kinds of reviews, when the focus should be more about making an entertaining video. So i’m just trying to dial it in, trim the fat, and make the video a fun one. My goal is to finish it up this weekend and post it some time this week.

NEW BRUTALMEWS?!
MJ is going to star in another brutalmews episode! There’s a product in particular that I’ve been eyeballing for her lately, but I’m not sure if she’ll be interested in it so it’s hard to pull the trigger and order one. If I make a video about said product, though, it’ll all be worth it even if she ends up not caring about the product itself. I’m not sure how long it’ll take to film this one, it’s kind of up to MJ, really. But that’s some exciting news for her sizeable fanbase!

I’m still really inspired to give some love to video formats that aren’t food related. The movie review & BrutalMews videos are hopefully just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to bringing variety back to my channel. Brutalfoods isn’t going anywhere of course, but I miss talking about other things even if the views aren’t as numerous. Gotta serve up some deep cuts for the hardcore brutalmoose fans, you know?

STREAMING UPDATE
I’m still really focused on video work currently, but I’m missing streaming so bad! Once I’m settled back into the video groove, I’d love to get back on a stream schedule – maybe a 2-a-week instead of a 3-a-week? We’ll see. No promises. But I really miss being live. I do think for now, though, it’s important that I stay focused on videos because I still feel like I’m shaking off the rust and I know that I can move production along more quickly if I keep practicing good video-making habits. That said…

MORE BRUTALMOOSE BINGO IS ON THE HORIZON
I’m still re-working my Bingo format for an upcoming season! It’s been more of a challenge than I thought to pull off this refresh, but I’m getting close. The goal for the new season is to play a complete round of bingo in one stream instead of stretching it out over the course of 3 or 4 streams. With my original setup I needed to select 75 different games for a single Bingo season, which is more difficult than it sounds. That’s a lot of games.

This new format I’m working on only requires around 25 games, which will be way easier for me to set up. It’ll also open the door to doing Bingo seasons with different consoles that I don’t have 75 different games for. Also, if I can get a full round complete in just one day, it’ll be much easier for me to carve out time to do Bingo now that I’m trying to focus on videos a bit more.

This is all a massive experiment, obviously, and it could totally flop on episode one. We’ll just have to try it out! Hopefully we Bingo some time this month.

FANMAIL FRIDAY?
I have a huge pile of fanmail from the P.O. Box, and I just want to aknowledge this fact. If you’ve sent me something in the mail lately, It’s likely safely in my possession just waiting to be opened. I haven’t done it yet because my office is always a disaster after fanmail streams, and I need it clean to film in right now. This is, of course, a compounding problem. The longer I wait, the more mail I aquire, and the bigger the mess will be when I finally open it all, but… so it goes!

STAY TUNED
That’s all for now! As much as I miss regular streaming, I’m still feeling really good about this current break from the schedule. It’s nice to be able to get a lot of video production done at once instead of chipping away at it every other day like I have been for the past little while, and I can feel myself getting better at the video making process lately.

We’ve yet to taste the fruits of this schedule change, but I expect that we will before the year is up.

Thanks for reading, and I hope you all are doing well!

Keep an eye out for this movie review, it’ll be dropping soon enough.