First Blog! (of Aaron Sjoholm)
Posted October 23rd, 2007 by Aaron Sjoholm
I just wanted to jump on and make sure all appropriate kudos go to John for being the best darn CEO in the world. Out of the 58 things we have on our youtube channel now, he has been intimately and fully involved with the creation of every single one. He treats this work with absolute dedication & passion, and it's been a pleasure to work with him for what is now going on three years (screenplay time + britethorn time).
I'd also like to add my personal thanks to everyone we know. Over the last few days since the contest win was announced, the overwhelming support from our friends, co-workers & loved ones has been non-stop. I hope we can live up to everyone's very kind words!
And thanks again to Sean (who I've never met in the flesh) for all his work on this site & for not telling John he created me a blog account so I could write this.
It's an exciting time, with Sam in place to keep this website's content fresh, the contest stuff, and the 20+ videos that are already underway for the remainder of this year. I'm particularly excited for the next three episodes of American Ranger, which will be available soon.
If you've read this far, thank you for indulging my longwindedness. And check back with this bee-utiful website often! The inner workings of Sam's twisted little mind are not to be missed.
Comments
Work
Hey You Guys,
Quit patting each other and get back to work!
Britethorn
Surprise for John
I can't wait to see what John writes here in the comments. He seemed pretty convinced that you weren't going to blog on the site at all.
And I hope we do meet (in the flesh) sometime. Now that I think of it, I've never actually met anyone associated with Britethorn aside from my uncle.
The reason John was so
The reason John was so convinced was because he's been so dutiful about keeping up with our website & such that there didn't feel like there was a real need to contribute in this way; the britethorn business has been well addressed. But damn! Maybe it's the contest victory, maybe it's the intimate hangout I had with Jesus under the bleachers at my former high school, but I'm feeling jazzed enough to even surprise the all-knowing Kramer. From time to time.
What I'm really curious about is...how is it to be a geek while you're still in high school these days? In my day, if you knew who Green Arrow was (who I assure you I didn't in high school) you were automatically lame. But nowadays, us grizzled ancients (to borrow a term from Bungie) have some level of backdated cool for being a geek all along from our peers. What's it like to still be in the trenches? If you don't know what the 'trenches' thing means because of our modern education system's more sensitive approach to learning, I'll tell you it's from the Great War, now known as WWI, and I wouldn't explain that at all if I didn't think there might be mouthbreathers (unlike yourself) potentially reading this.
Not to label you as a geek or anything, it's just...well you know stuff about computers and stuff. I mean traditionally...well, feel free to rebut. And thanks again.
Being a Geek in High School
It's not nearly as bad as I've heard it used to be. Now that computers are used so much, its not really such a weird thing anymore to know a lot about them. I guess programming would be considered really geeky, but I find programming frustrating so I don't do it.
Also, people seem to find my ability to create decent websites and to make realistic-looking Photoshopped images pretty cool.
So yeah, being a geek isn't all that bad anymore. It's not as cool as being the star athlete, but it does help with school projects because I can throw a bunch of BS onto a piece of paper and get points for making it look good.
(By the way, I have never heard of Green Arrow. I had to look it up on Wikipedia. And in case you were wondering, I'm a sophomore and I'm 15.)
Comic Books
Hey Sean,
You better start reading a few comic books or we're going to kick you out of the Geek Club!! Plus you won't have a clue about what Sam, Aaron and I are talking about half the time where we eventually get together.
Comic Books
What should I start with?
The Webmaster
Aaron,
I am glad that you love my son's work on the website. His dad and I think he has extraordinary talents and we are glad that he is able to help his uncle and all of you at Britethorn.
We agree fully, which I
We agree fully, which I trust John has made very clear. What I love most is that if I had personally built this site myself, I would have built it exactly in the way it now exists. If you ever need a chaperone for a concert or something Sean wants to attend but you're not sure about, I hope I'm on the call list. And that it's not during a britethorn meeting.
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