Fury welcomes 2011

Here we are again, the start of a new year. Feels like it was only yesterday I was making a list of resolutions I didn't follow. As I get older, time seems to be moving faster, so for 2011 one of the first resolutions is to slow things down. In 2010 I had visions of grandeur, I was going to take Fury of the Film Fan to new heights! and for a while I did. Lionsgate was calling me for screenings, I was getting tons of subscribers and tons of views. I was even doing a good job of bringing together the online community I always had imagined with the help of You Tube's other top film critics.
I kept up the pace for a while but the weight on my shoulders started getting heavy.I just couldn't balance my personal life with my hobby. It started getting to the point where my hobby was actually becoming work and since I already have a day job something had to be sacrificed. I sat down and saw the thing I would actually be sacrificing would be the time I have with my family. That would be unacceptable. My son, who is now 5, ran into a bit of a wall starting Kindergarten and needed our full attention to help him through it.
So instead of sitting down and writing up a review for some film I was helping my kid with his school work, playing with him and just helping him through what had become a stressful time for us. When your 5 year old hates school and learning , yeah, that's when you need to sit back and really think about your priorities. Instead of going to see an advanced screening I was up late thinking of new ways to make games fun and educational for him. I went to countless meetings with his teacher to get him the help he needed to adjust to New York's educational curriculum. I needed him to love learning, the way I did and still do.
If it sounds like I'm complaining, far from it. I look at my boy with pride now as he shows me his latest drawings when before he wouldn't even look at a pencil.I smile as he runs to me eager to tell me what he learned in school. I say to myself," I really am helping this child grow up" and I love seeing the results. The way I look at it, sure I love being Fury of the Film Fan, but in a way, I'm making my own movie here. And when all is said and done and my kid has a family of his own I'll be looking back to review it all.The movie's just started but I already love what I see.I'm sure it'll get a Gold Fury Award..

showing me yet another discovery, loving life.