May 2012
9 posts
The Creative Animal
I’ve been working on a video production company for the past few months. Check out the site here. And then hire me to make your videos and motion graphics.
I don't know what's stranger—
That I woke up this morning wondering what had become of Justin Guarini, season one runner up on American Idol, or that upon Googling him as I lay in bed, I found out he’s staring in a musical written by Stephen King and John Mellencamp.
http://theater.nytimes.com/2012/05/03/theater/reviews/stephen-king-and-john-mellencamps-musical-ghost-brothers.html
April 2012
3 posts
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March 2012
28 posts
Swedish Mistake
Me: It's a Finnish horror film about Santa Claus.
S (the Swedish woman I work with): Are there any colored people in it?
Me: What did you say?
S: Are there any colored—
Me: Um, you can't say that.
S: No, but the Finns don't really like—
Me: No, you can't say "colored people."
S: Why not?
Me: It's offensive.
S: But they are colored people. You know, black and brown and—
Me: Yeah, I know what you're saying. You can't say that. We don't use that term in America.
Chris: Yeah, there's a lot of history around that phrase.
S: Oh. Swedish mistake.
Harold Lloyd
Guys, I’m super pissed that my one-man Lloyd team didn’t get a call back. OK, yes, I did argue with myself the whole time. And, sure, I undermined the reality I established. But the team is called One Man Fighting. And our, well, my form is The Beckett. Duh!
Incidentally, I’ll be doing a full Beckett Friday night at 10 pm in my bedroom. Tickets are not available.
Well, no sense being stupid AND insured
Among the handful of opponents was Keli Carender, a 32-year-old activist from Seattle who was an early Tea Party organizer. …
Ms. Carender said she received health insurance through her job, but that if the [Affordable Care Act] was allowed to stand, she said she would drop the policy in protest.
“I am not going to trade my health for my freedom,” she said.
—Health Act Arguments Open With...
“I’ve seen fights in the bleachers at Mets games that made more emotional...”
– David Denby, The New Yorker, March 26, 2012
Bach in the saddle again →
Yo! In honor of Bach’s 327th birthday today, Amazon is selling a giant Bach Set (get it?) for .99. That’s right: 120 pieces of Bach’s music for just a dollar. Oh, what? You don’t like harpsichord music? Bullshit! You know you want to put on silk knickers and dance around in a wig…or, as I call it…Saturday.
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WatchTurns out trees do grow on paper.
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“It’s so old, and you know I don’t like machines.”
– Sarah, explaining her fear of drowning in the subway.
“Last month on the conservative Web site Townhall.com, the conservative icon...”
– “Women Figure Anew in Senate’s Latest Battle,” New York Times, March 15, 2012
Ladies and gentlemen, your conservative representatives.
WatchBittman talks fake chicken today. The consequences of our food choices is one of the biggest financial and ecological issues we don’t like to talk about. As a vegetarian, I love that he’s discussing this stuff. Whether or not you want to eat fake meat, though, it’s nice that someone’s taking this to a larger audience. Thumbs up, Bittman.
“Gov. Rick Perry and Republican lawmakers have said they would forgo the $35...”
– Women in Texas Losing Options for Health Care in Abortion Fight, New York Times, March 8, 2012
Happy International Women’s Day, from Conservative America.
This is going to take a while.
Acadia National Park (ME)
Arches National Park (UT)
Badlands National Park (SD)
Bandelier National Monument (NM)
Big Bend National Park (TX)
Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park (CO)
Bryce Canyon National Park (UT)
Canyonlands National Park (UT)
Capitol Reef National Park (UT)
Carlsbad Caverns National Park (NM)
Chiricahua National Monument (AZ)
Crater Lake National Park (OR)...
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February 2012
18 posts
WatchThe desert, metal beasts, and a weirdo wife…art safari!
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Observations of amateur comedy by an amateur comic
Did a mic at a club in San Diego last night, and I’m happy to report that racism, misogyny, and homophobia are alive and well in west coast amateur standup too. One comic managed to hate minorities and women in one sentence about aborting pregnancies by pushing women down the stairs, which—JK!—he doesn’t have to do because he’s “white and has $400.”...
WatchI’ve been studying After Effects for several months now, getting into some motion graphics, animations and post-production effects. It’s a great program that lets you animate ANYTHING! As you can see from this video, though, I’ve peaked.
WatchGot a Valentine’s card from my wife this morning. On the sidewalk.
Yeah. We’re that couple.
