Travis Vengroff

On this day (technically yesterday), 8 years ago, we sat down to roll the dark dice…

And our lives were forever changes!!

Have me in mind for you landscape painting needs in 2026!

a bedroom with a ceiling fan above the bed ALT: a bedroom with a ceiling fan above the bed

Edited 2 episodes in the last day.
Tomorrow is #3 but wow I need a long rest…

It didn't do its homework and made stuff up.
They also said my band 'Random Encounter' covered Metroid - Which we never have and never will because we love @stemage.bsky.social's works and will never compare.

Also, according to the AI slop'pedia, I wasn't in my band and didn't work on the albums.

Gr*kipedia is inaccurate and dumb...
I'm listed and incorrectly credited to things I had nothing to do with. They flat out made up stuff, without citation, like how worked on @thetruthfiction.bsky.social or Penumbra.
(Great shows - but I didn't)

It's genuine AI Slop and should not be trusted.

If you are working on a TTRPG project, have a friend like @pennylescroche.transtapir.games with you. Because they sometimes remind you not to compromise on your design ideas because it's important to the entire theme.

welcome to the week where decades happen.

It’s harder to say verbally to people who ask, if that makes sense

Seriously, that exit tax is brutal

Me: I'm an immigrant.
Them: When did you immigrate to America?
Me: No, I'm immigrating FROM America.
Them: Like we said.
Me: No, I'm leaving America.
Them: Don't you mean Expat?
Me: No, I am immigrating away FROM America.

Seriously, try googling this. It keeps "correcting" me.

Want to hear some of my best sound design and editing work EVER? This is the episode. Out now, available everywhere, for free. 2 hours of PvP edited down into a 30 minute masterpiece.

Listening party tonight at 6pm EST!
Twitch.tv/foolandscholar

The actual play PvP Battle of the year starts TONIGHT!!!
8* players
8 years of planning…
Do you seek it?

Episode is due for mix tomorrow... It's only 10pm, let's GO!!!
#AmEditing

No one will be the wiser when it is out Tuesday 😎

Gotta say, editing a 2-hour, 8 person, PvP battle and making it entertaining as a podcast will be one of my crowning achievements as an editor if I successfully pull this off.

I'm also really hoping that the final episode hits 25 minutes in length 😅

On Today's "Editing Magic"

I am editing a script where one of the lead actors didn't send me their lines, and hasn't replied to emails/messages in the last month.

... And I am going to steal from every other episode we've recorded to form the sentences I need for Tuesday's release.

This is true and I was the only one on set excited about it (and playing the song on my phone to blank stares)

I know some people are going to hate the stuff I make. They're not going to get my inside jokes, or a messy story, they'll hate the inclusion of diverse collaborators, they'll 1-star bomb us on apple or imdb before an episode even drops.

But I'm not making stories for those folks.
I'm having fun

Making fun stories?
This is what I live for. So my mission of "Create & Survive" feels super basic, but it's the motivating pull behind many of my decisions.

...except in influencing the creativity.
I can't compromise 'Create' or it stops being fun, and the long hours will lead to burnout.

Working with cool people?
Super fun! I originally thought of this as marketing, but most of the time - to quote Jurassic Park - "nobody cares" - except me, so I choose to work with people who I'm excited by. I enjoy editing some voices a lot, and have favorite indie artists.

Being featured?
I enjoy knowing that people like our stuff but as stated in the original thread, 9/10 times being "showcased" or included in a starter pack was direct work a creator put in and it doesn't personally motivate me. It's marketing.

Beyond the goal of "survive" my mission gets quite nebulous.

Awards?
I think it's an important way of thanking my collaborators or marketing but it's not personally important at this point in my career

Thinking about goals/missions:
Mine is to keep the creative stuff I do as my career.

Yesterday/today I worked from 10:00-16:00, 22:00-5:00, 10:00-Now+.
This is me "on holiday."

Is this unreasonable? Yeah.
Does this need to happen to keep my career alive? Absolutely.
Do I enjoy it? Mostly

Get this, I took an entire day off yesterday. Not even an email or text for work… First day off to this extent, probably the entire year?

Being a full time creative looks a bit weird, when family points this stuff out.

You too :) I can’t wait to work with you again on something fun

Surprisingly a super productive week of work so far

I do reply to negative comments on YouTube.

Not all of them, but the ones who I think could actually be fans if they “got it.”

The White Vault is making Guardian Statues... with thumbs!!!

Limited Run, hand made:
www.patreon.com/posts/guardi...

Liberty: Tales from the Tower is a mere 5 "spots" away from surpassing Joe Rogan in Japan on the Top 200 charts!!!

Update: I spent a lot of time realizing how many “video listeners” we have for our podcasts… and they’re statistically (and financially) significant at this point.