My boss invited me over for dinner since I told her that one of my favourite dishes is Fish & Chips. She suggested a great fish & Chips place right around the corner from her house!
So there we are. Me, the director, her husband, and their 17-year old grand kid eating dinner together. The place kinda looked like a Greek diner but no one was eating breakfast. They were here for one reason, and one reason only - Fish & Chips!
We got our plates and in front of me lied a 16 inch long piece of deep fried cod with a large side of Fries (oh and I also got some mashed pees, and put it to the side). And the tarter sauce? - on the way :)
My first bite! HERE IT GOES! (slow chewing...) huh? that's weird... My second bite... Oh shit... MY third bite! oooof! Just as expected, a tasteless meal. Like most of the other English meals I've had. I've been waiting years to taste a real English fish & chips, and here I am, forced to eat... THIS! We finished the meal with a Crème-Brule (awesome) and split up. (Thanks for Dinner, guys. Now you know the truth about how I felt, though)
From this meal though, I did find a returning theme to my trip. On my first day, I found an old set of head-phones from the 60s that work amazing. Later, I arrived to Shlomi's to find a reel-to-reel recorder that sounds digital - so sharp you can cut your self. But at this meal, to my surprise, the 17-year old said something a 17-year old would say, something anti-system, anarchist - sorta - that goes against a School of thought. He mentioned a band he liked, but said he doesn't like the band's attitude. He said that the idealization of instruments has gone too far. And as many of us deep-thinking-high-schoolers once said, It should be about the music (,man...).
For me, these 3 events were brought together in a nice package which solved a problem I have been trying to solve for many months now. Money has been the biggest set back in my professional development as a video producer/editor. I keep finding the most expensive and best equipment with intentions on buying some day. Toys and knick knacks that will satisfy my high standards. But as that awkward-looking boy from the restaurant said, its about the 'music.'
Good work comes from within'. Although these tools may give us confidence in our work. In the end of things, it all depends on the mind of the creator and no one else.
So, I need a camera. Now that money is of no importance. Which do I buy? :) (I'm off to Ebay!)
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