The Young And The Wireless

I know I haven't been updating that much this summer, but hey, it's summer! I've been doing summery things like drinking beer, working all day, hiking, picnicking, going to Massachusetts, going to Wisconsin, drinking more beer, and making videos. The videos I've been working on are a web series for the Syracuse University News21 project. If you don't know what that is, that's ok, I'm not going to explain it because it's complicated and confusing. Anyways, I was asked to create some soap opera-esque webisodes to go along with the title of their project, The Young and the Wireless. It took me a couple months to come up with a story and write the script, but I finally came up with a concept I thought was good and interesting.

The web series is centered around Samson Goldwater, a young, rich computer maverick who's created an online social networking empire in order to mask his own inability to make real friends. We then follow the lives of the people who are connected and affected by his websites and explore the drama of life that technology is often apart of.

I hope you enjoy and would definitely appreciate your feedback/criticism. Cheers.

The Young And The Wireless Episode 1 from Joe Blum on Vimeo.

Back to Wisconsin

In about an hour Sara and I will leave for the airport to go to Wisconsin for the holiday weekend. We're going to help my Aunt Mary paint her house, then visit with my other relatives. It's kind of hard to believe that pretty much a month ago we were headed to Wisconsin for my grandfather's funeral. It was kind of an unreal experience. Just everything happened so fast; he got really sick, passed away a few days later, then the funeral a few days after that, then back to normal life again. It will be nice to get back to the greatest state ever on happier terms. I always love going back to visit relatives and enjoy the awesomeness that is Wisconsin. It will be sad not having Grandpa there, but I will always remember the times that he was.

Grandpa Pete's workshop in the basement of his house (photos taken on the day of his funeral).