Things I Don't Remember

A couple of months ago I met this dude Nick on the set of Welcoming Departure. He and I got really drunk on my birthday and I agreed to sound design a short film he was finishing up. Four and a half months later, Boooyaa.

That's a link to the trailer (Also embedded below). Here's a link to the imdb.

I also just realized how apt the title is because I couldn't remember it the morning after I agreed to work on it.

Nature

I learned something about nature yesterday.

Branches from fig trees are extremely springy. Be careful when handling them. I was unfamiliar with them and their characteristics. My advice to those dealing with them for the first time is that they will act in a surprising way and will strike you in the testicles at their first opportunity.

2010 Reading List!

I didn't read as much as I was planning in 2010 but I did consume much more fiction than last year! I was also introduced to the glory of audio books.

March 28: "Guns, Germs, & Steel" - Jared Diamond

April 15: "Night" - Elie Wiesel

June 13: "Dune" - Frank Herbert

June 17: "Dune Messiah" - Frank Herbert

June 28: "Best American Non Required Reading 2008" -Editor Dave Eggers

July 13: "Children of Dune" - Frank Herbert

July 16: "Logicomix" - Apostolos Doxiadis & Christos H. Papadimitriou

July 22: "Fellowship of the Ring" - J. R. R. Tolken (Audio book)

July 27: "The Two Towers" - J. R. R. Tolken (Audio book)

August 03: "The Return of the King" -J. R. R. Tolken (Audio book)

August 04: "The Gunslinger" - Stephan King (Audio book)

August 12: "The Dark Tower II: The Drawing of the Three" - Stephan King (Audio book)

August 13: "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Future" - Michael J. Fox

August 30: "Days of War, Nights of Love"

November 15: "A People's History of the United States" - Howard Zinn

December 27: "God Emperor of Dune" - Frank Herbert

Welcoming Departure!

The feature film I recorded sound on in October is raising money for post-production work! If you're into indy film making or couldn't think of something to give me more the holidays, hook these cool dudes up with some finances!

Just Dropped Off Parents at the Airport

First thing I do when I get back?

Poop with the door open.

Oh Heeeey...

It's been a long time blog. How have you been?

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All right, I understand that you're angry with me but spitting isn't going to convince me to come ba...

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Okay. I understand. I'll try harder to stay in touch.

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Can we please just move on? Have a music video?

EDIT: The aspect ratio on this is off. Watch at Youtube.com for maximum enjoyment.

Boldly Posting Once Again

It has been quite some time since I've last posted. I blame my last fall semester at Chapman University. I'm not so sure my last spring semester is going to be any easier.

A new year means a list of the books I read last year! You'll see that I was in a very Nonfiction mood last year.

May 05 - "Lincoln" by David Herbert Donald (A Lincoln biography)

May 10 - "Media/Impact: An Introduction to Mass Media" by Shirley Biagi (Text Book)

May 17 - "A People's History of American Empire" by Howard Zinn, Mike Konopacki, and Paul Bahle (A Graphic Novel)

June 10 - "The Age of Missing Information" by Bill McKibben

June 08 - "Images of Our Times: 60 Years of Photography from the LA Times"

July 26 - "Lies My Teacher Told Me" by James W. Loewen (History)

Aug. 08 - "Citizen Soldiers" by Stephen Ambrose (History)

Aug. 15 - "Bone" by Jeff Smith (Graphic Novel)

Aug. 22 - "George Sprott 1894-1975" by Seth (Graphic Novel)

Sep. 03 - "The New Kings of Nonfiction" edited by Ira Glass

Oct. 15 - "Cave in the Snow" by Vicki Mackenzie (Follows a Buddhist Nun)

Nov. 06 - "Shaking the Money Tree" by Morrie Warshawski (How to beg for money)

Nov. 10 - "Liquid Life" by William R. LaFleur (About abortion in Japan)

Nov. 14 - "Good Omens" by Neil Gaimen and Terry Pratchett

Dec. 07 - "Learning True Love" by Sister Chan Khong (A Buddhist Nun talks about her social work)

Let me know if you have any questions about any of these books. I'd love to talk about them. I remember most of them being pretty entertaining.