State of the Union, Mar 28 2015

So it's been a good long while since I last wrote anything on this blog (a month and change, as of now), so I decided it's about time I get off my lazy butt and start writing some stuff. 

I've been meaning to post regular updates of sorts under the title "State of the Union," as I'd once started to do when I tried out tumblr as my platform. So I suppose this shall be my attempt at an inaugural version of that idea (wow, so many political analogies to be made). Anyway, I want to try and do these at least once per month, and seeing as it's already the 28th I suppose they'll all be landing around the end of each month. Anyway, without further ado, here's the latest happenings. 

Snowscape

Snowscape, the short that I'd previously teased, is now officially up on YouTube, making it our first project to be released under the P³ title that Loryn and I settled on. We even have a simple (kinda bad) intro graphic animated by yours truly! Anyway, it was very painful to film in freezing temperatures for days on end, so if you haven't already, feel free to check it out. 

We definitely plan on continuing to produce live action content, and hopefully grow as filmmakers as we progress. 

P²

Earlier this month, Loryn and I started doing regular gameplay streams on Twitch. This is something that we've been meaning to do for a while, and it's actually been quite fun. 

The idea for the name came when I suggested to Loryn that we call our YouTube channel Pacheco Projects & Productions, or P³ for short. She then proposed that we keep our Twitch in the same style of naming, except instead doing productions we're just playing video games. So we called it P², which works on multiple levels. First of all, it's short for Pacheco's Play, and secondly, we are two siblings running the stream, so essentially we are 2 Pacheco's. Anyway, I thought that was really clever. 

If you haven't already, feel free to check out our Twitch. As of now we're streaming four nights a week, so there's plenty of opportunities to drop by! 

In Closing

Anyway, I think that about summarizes all the major events that have occurred as of late. I'm still working hard at my novel and hoping/praying to get it published within the year. I've also endeavored to begin learning more about screenplay as an art, in the hopes of writing my own in the near future. 

Like I said, that's about all I have to say for now. I'll try to keep these short and sweet, but hopefully this gives you an idea of where I stand in my journey at the moment. 

Take care, God bless. 

- Ralphael Pacheco -

March 28th, 2015