Why???

Why haven't I updated this damned blog in MONTHS? It's not like I don't have things to chat about ...

I got a message from a friend on Facebook not too long ago asking this question. And now, a week later, I'm just getting around to answering it ... It's because of Facebook. It's just too easy to pop on there and shit out a small thought and then leave again. So that's what I've been doing. And it's kind of stupid, really. I'm not a huge fan of Facebook. And don't get me started on Twitter. Facebook is a useful tool, but I feel that it's totally feeding into the 21st century "short attention span theater" mindset ... not only that, but it's kind of like some weird popularity contest or something: How many friends do YOU have? And Twitter? Twitter is like standing in a crowded room full of people and yelling non-sequiturs at the top of your lungs in the hopes that someone else will hear them.

But I, like everyone else on the planet have a Facebook page and a Twitter account (to be fair, my Twitter account is mostly ignored - it just happens to mirror updates on the CHOP - The Movie Facebook page). I think that it's time to change that.

I started this blog back in the day, long before the social networking thing really took off. To me, it was a way to remain personable with friends and family and the occasional fan that happened to come by. It took some time and effort to write something worth reading and it took some level of effort for you to come and check it out - I mean, damn, having to type trenthaaga.com into the nav bar and then having to read a statement over 140 characters long ... when was this? The 20th Century?

I dunno, call me an old fogey. Call me old fashioned. Perhaps you could call me revolutionary. But I'm ready to return to the days of yore.

That's right. I'm gonna de-activate my Facebook account.

This isn't something that I'm doing in response to anything in particular. It's something I've been contemplating for some time. I understand that Facebook is a good marketing tool to some extent ... but instead of shouting out the release of CHOP on DVD to 2,500 people (only of which a fraction will go out and buy or rent it), why not laser-target the people that really, genuinely WILL buy it? The very same people that will type my URL into their nav bars and stop for a second to read a blog entry and then maybe even leave a comment for me here (or, better yet, contact me at my actual trenthaaga@gmail.com email addy)?

What I'm saying here, I guess, is that if you're coming here and reading this, then you're the kind of friend that I really want ... the kind that took the time and trouble to find out what I'm really up to, not the kind who peripherally find out because you're scrolling through your news feed.

I'm just a dude trying to make a living working in the film industry. I'm not trying to be famous. Just happy, successful, working and visited by a smaller group of people that want to interact old school style with me. I'll make the extra effort to write about my thoughts and accomplishments here if you make the extra effort to come and visit me, okay?

That said, I'm finished for the time being. But look for a "what's been going on in Haagaland" update in the coming days.

I sincerely mean it when I say thanks for visiting my blog.

- T