Lost In This Moment With You from Michael Rastiello on Vimeo.
Another love song set to “Lost In This Moment With You” by Big and Rich. This sure is a popular song.
Archive for January, 2009Here are the highlights from the 2007 Star of Hope golf tournament. Total running time: 10:00 Here is the video from the 2007 Star of Hope golf tournament that I edited. Total running time: 8:48
Here is another Love Song I edited. #1 I’ve set up a Tumblr. Yes that’s right. a tumblelog. Tumblr is an easy way to share things like links, quotes, photos, videos and more with friends. It’s very basic. There are no comments (unless you use third party pluggins, which I won’t). To me, it’s going to be a way to share. I hope to see some of you there. I am going to try and post there once a day, at the very least 4 or 5 times a week. I’m still going to blog here, but there will be where I post the cool things that I see online. #2 I’m a big fan of The Houstonist, which is, in their words, “a website about Houston and everything that happens in it.” Almost anything Ali and I do or go to in or around Houston, we found it because of The Houstonist (Discovery Green, Lucky Burger, and on Friday we’re going to Little Big’s gourmet burger joint). There are similar sites for several cities around the country and the world, I highly advise you to check into seeing if your city has one. They have a Flickr group where members can submit photos to, and each day they feature a photo on the main page. They also use photos for various stories and blogs they post and they used one of my photos in an article about what’s going on around town for Obama’s inauguration. That’s pretty cool. #3 A few weeks ago I gave my website HellaMike.com a pretty major overhaul. I am still tweaking various pages but I am very happy with the way it all came together. I am also starting on another aspect of my site which I am very excited about. I’m not going to go into too much detail about it right now, but I will let you guys know when it’s live. #4 I went back out to the Obama mural on Travis and Alabama street in Houston today to get the picture I wasn’t able to get when I first went out there before the election. I thought that’d be a good way to end this blog on the eve of Obama’s inauguration.  "Hope" on Inauguration Eve You can see the older ones here. In a totally obvious move, Ali tagged me. Way to be original. Some of these things you may already know, but it may be new to others. So deal with it. 1. Since I mentioned Ali, I’ll start with her. With us. Ali and I met on the famous internet. We didn’t officially start dating until after we met in person at an event, but we met online nonetheless. We spent a hard year and a half living half a country away, her in Houston, me in living in New Jersey and also going to school in Connecticut. We got together as often as possible, almost once a month, sometimes a little more time in between. We talked everyday, and all night on IM, and we never went to bed without talking on the phone (thank goodness for in network calling). It was very difficult, but I feel it strengthened our relationship. After I finished college I moved to Houston to be with Ali. I never imagined myself moving out of Jersey, except to maybe New York, or maybe California, mostly for work reasons. I miss it a ton, but I love Houston, and I wouldn’t change a thing that has happened to Ali and I over the past 4 years. 2. Another thing about Ali and I. We have our dream wedding planned out. Down to just about every minor detail. We know the theme, the colors, how the invitations will be look, the save the date, the music, the venue (for both the ceremony and reception, both are totally bad-ass and totally us), even the production of the wedding DVD (I am a video editor after all.) EVERYTHING. I don’t want to go into details because we mostly want it to be a surprise. Oh, also? We’re not engaged yet. We don’t know when this wedding will even happen. Or how we will pay for it. Anyone have an extra $12k laying around? 3. I am a music and movie snob. But I list Metallica as one of my favorite bands (even current stuff) and Field of Dreams as one of my favorite movies. So how seriously can you take me? I hate just about every song on modern radio, the only thing I can really listen to on the radio for any length of time is classic rock, and then it’s still repetitious and boring. But it’s not just the music for why I hate radio. I also hate what big corporations have done to radio. To most people I listen to some really odd stuff at times. Bands like Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, Secret Chiefs 3, and many others, but I also love a lot of mainstream music, too. Just not pop radio filler bull shit. Also, I hate Green Day more than Nickelback and Creed. Combined. 4. My wardrobe is very small. Ali has been trying to get me more clothes ever since we started dating, and I have. Just not nearly enough. I only have 2 pairs of jeans, some dress pants in black and khaki and only enough everyday shirts for one week. That means I need to do laundry every week. I do have a lot of dressier shirts, but I really don’t wear them unless we are going out. My work is very casual. I could probably show up in pajamas and no one would say anything. If I had an office job I would definitely dress up more and have more clothes. My wardrobe has grown over the last four years, and it will continue to grow whenever we have money to blow on it I do, however, have more shoes now, then I’ve ever had at one point in my life. I have sneakers, Sketchers bowling-type shoes (one pair with laces, another that slip on), black dress shoes, brown dress shoes, work boots, and I think that is it. Oh and slippers. I love slippers. Ali has tried to get me into flip flops, but I hate them. I got a pair for when we went to Mexico, but I hated them. They didn’t stay on my feet at all. I had to make fists with my toes to hold them in place when I walked so I didn’t kick them off and fling them. 5. I’m terrible with money. Terrible. If I have it, I spend it on crap. I’ve gotten better, mostly because we’ve been broke for a while, but I have been getting better. Ali and I have both clamped down our frivolous spending. I wish I could say we have a savings because of it but it mostly goes to bills, bills, and bills. Oh, also, bills. 6. I’m stealing one of Ali’s things. We’ve decided that we really don’t want kids. But whenever we see our niece Madeline she almost convinces us to change that decision. She is adorably cute and is a ton of fun. Well, until it’s diaper time. Try being in the same room as one of her shitty diapers. No thanks, kiddo. Uncle Mikey is going to sit that one out. I mean, how can you NOT love this kid: Playing Pbbbt!, baby belches, and cookie munching. More are here. Ali and I are going to focus on being the best aunt and uncle that we can be to Madeline and all future nieces and nephews. I’m hoping for a nephew next. 7. As you might be able to tell from the above, and an earlier comment, I am a video nut. I am an editor/producer, and not only is it my career, but it is my love, and it’s a hobby that I do a lot. Ali got me a Flip Video camera for my birthday last August, and it goes just about everywhere with us. You never know when I’ll break it out, either. We make videos every Christmas of us decorating our tree, and I get a lot of messages starting in October/November of people that just can’t wait for it. Whenever we go out for a night on the town, there’s a video. Whenever I get a brilliant new idea for something, there’s a video. Going to a ball game? New video. You get the idea. My YouTube page gets updated pretty regularly so check it out. http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=hella81 So there are my seven things littered with some pimping. Don’t like it? Deal. I’m not tagging anyone, so do this if you want. If you don’t, I don’t care. I’m over it. And you. Jerk. |
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