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Process is important, dammit!

I’m really getting sick of my constant picking apart of my psyche. Everyday it’s a brand new revelation to shock and amaze me!
A few weeks ago I committed to helping shoot a feature length movie and got myself nominated as DP and a de facto AD (Director of Photography and Assistant Director for those of […]

The music video never meant to be seen

Okay…I guess there needs to be a little backstory to this because otherwise it makes absolutely no sense even in the context of a grandiose inside joke.
When you work with people for a long time, in close quarters, at a job that doesn’t much occupy your minds, you tend to talk about stupid silly shit. […]

Slow mind

I just noticed that I haven’t had a real thought in a long time. This is curious and baffling and I’m not quite sure why. Not enough coffee I guess.
Not enough time sitting in front of a computer, drinking coffee, to churn through notions that might just turn into a thought that would be worth […]

Surrounded by paranoia

Moments ago I was in a discussion with a paranoid bastard who hangs out in Epic Cafe in Tucson. I don’t remember his name but he holds court with the “conspiracy” crowd that talks about the government and the military and all the bad things they do. And don’t forget about the aliens. The aliens […]

Swirling movement amongst the dead

This little thumbnail doesn’t do the picture justice,

it’s a long exposure shot of two characters in the movie I’m working on standing amongst the moving crowds at the Day of the Dead parade in Tucson a few weeks ago.
I love the motion but maybe this is just a phase I’m going through.

Training days

I seem to be training for something.
I don’t know what that training is for though.
This is odd.
To me, anyway.
This is what I pondered as I was trying to force myself to speed over Gates Pass on my bicycle today early in the morning while my toes were numb from the wind chill and my arms […]

Self-awareness and human events

I think too much that’s for sure. In fact, I may be driving myself completely insane constantly pondering my own internal state.
No good comes of that since the most successful people on the planet are usually the most clueless about themselves. I’ll never be president if I keep this up.
So, anyway, I’ve been pondering and […]

Sartre was on to something

Hell really is other people. Sartre had it right, man.
Think about all the problems you have in your life. Go ahead…I’ll wait…
Okay, you thought about them and now think about how many of those problems are caused by having to contend with the idiocy of other people. I’d guess it was in the 70-80% range. […]

The weak and wheezy shall inherit the earth

I read this today about the avian flu being found in pigs:
Experiments with human cells have found the H5N1 virus can trigger levelsof inflammatory proteins called cytokines and chemokines that are more than 10 times higher than those that occur during a bout of the common flu.
This […]