Sonic Screwdriver

Updates are Awesome: Part II

2010-09-18T11:49:00.002-04:00

In a straight to video sequel, here is the first half of 2010.

January:
Started off with 24/7 at New World. I directed Brad's play. I went right into work on Frost/Nixon. Sam and I rebuilt the booth.

February:
Season 6 of Lost premiered. I held auditions for Someone Who'll Watch Over Me. Frost/Nixon opened. Frost/Nixon closed. We started rehearsals for SWWOM. Also agreed to run lights for Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf. Started working at my new job.

March:
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf opened. We continued rehearsals for SWWOM. Not much time for anything else.

April:
Someone Who'll Watch Over Me opened. Saw As You Like It at Notre Dame.

May:
Recorded voice over for Monetizing Emma. Lost series finale airs.

June:
Auditioned for Oklahoma. Rehearsals began.

So that is the first half of the year. I think I'll do a third quarter update at the end of the month. Until then, keep your feet on the ground and keep reaching for the stars.

Updates are Awesome

2010-06-29T11:16:00.002-04:00

I haven't posted for a while, so here is a quick recap of 2009.

January:
It was cold. Brad and I won best play at the New World Arts 24/7 Festival. Season 5 of Lost premiered. The rest is kind of blurry.

February:
I painted some paintings for the New World Arts production of Art. Dollhouse premiered.

March:
I went to see Bob's art show. Helped Brutus kill Julius Caesar.

April:
Went to see Double Barrel Darrel at the Old Hat. I'm sure something else happened in April, I'm just not sure what.

May:
Went to see Fahrenheit 451. It was pretty good. Decided to get into burning books.

June:
Learned to be a clown. I still have the nose. I had to return the shoes because they were too small.

July:
Was in Taming of the Shrew. We did it once outside, which was fun. Also took as scene to Shake Scenes at Notre Dame. Also celebrated Bastille Day.

August:
Went to some parties. Mostly for people that were leaving. Spent the rest of the month designing the landing gear for the new Martian lander.

September:
Was light op for House of Yes. Had a good time with Alex in the booth.

October:
Went to the New World Arts season 12 launch party. Something about Halloween. Leaves changing. You know the deal.

November:
Appeared in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat with Premier Arts. Thanksgiving was good. I like turkey.

December:
Saw David Bazan at a house show at Alex and Emma's. Did props for A Christmas Story. Had a good time at Christmas.

That was 2009 to the best of my knowledge.

Today's Playlist

2008-11-26T14:25:00.002-05:00

The Sound of Settling - Death Cab for Cutie
Kamera - Wilco
The Shinning - Badly Drawn Boy
Ballad of Big Nothing - Elliot Smith
It's Summertime - The Flaming Lips
The Beautiful Occupation - Travis
Women's Realm - Belle & Sebastian
Cold Roses - Ryan Adams
Satin in a Coffin - Modest Mouse
Twin Cinema - The New Pornographers
I Believe in Symmetry - Bright Eyes
Oh Comely - Neutral Milk Hotel
Pass in Time - Beth Orton
The Dress Looks Nice on You - Sufjan Stevens
Is This It - The Strokes
Shanty for Arethusa - The Decemberists
Tame - Pixies
The Tower of Learning- Rufas Wainwright

Urinetown (The Musical)

2008-06-27T16:27:00.002-04:00

The fall show for New World is a musical. When I auditioned in the spring, this was the show that I was auditioning for. I managed to accidentally get cast in another show as well. I'm playing Caldwell B. Cladwell in the show. I'm also assistant Director. Thankfully this show isn't going to run over 3 hours like my last show. It should clock in around 2 hours. We had our first read through of the show last night and it went really well. We don't start rehearsal until the middle of August, but Carrie Lee thought it would be a good idea to get a head start on this one. We got everyone their scripts and librettos so that they can look over them during the summer. It should be a pretty good show.

Another Bike...

2008-06-19T15:45:00.004-04:00

Maybe I'll get this one:

Quote for today

2008-06-13T15:54:00.001-04:00

The liberator who destroyed my property has re-aligned my paradigm of perception.

More Bikes

2008-06-13T15:24:00.005-04:00

Here's another one that I like:

I'd like this one better with a black frame, whitewalls and a front basket:

Today's Playlist

2008-06-04T11:27:00.001-04:00

Shudder to Think featuring Jeff Buckley - I Want Someone Badly
Gin Blossoms - Whitewash
The Wall Flowers - Invisible City
Live - The Dam At Otter Creek
Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness
U2 - All I Want Is You
Red House Painters - Song For A Blue Guitar
The Shins - Caring is Creepy
Andrew Bird - Weather Systems
The Strokes - Is This It

Today's Playlist

2008-05-30T09:50:00.000-04:00

Pixies - Gouge Away
Nirvana - Scentless Apprentice
Elliot Smith - Ballad of Big Nothing
Belle & Sebastian - The Boy With the Arab Strap
Radiohead - Airbag
Moxy Früvous - The Drinking Song
Lotus - Intro To A Cell
Live - Selling the Drama
New Order - Ceremony
James - One of the Three
Smashing Pumpkins - Mayonaise

Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon

2008-05-29T09:50:00.002-04:00

I was a stand-in in Elsewhere for Jon Gries
who was in Real Genius with Val Kilmer
who was in Tombstone with Bill Paxton
who was in Apollo 13 with Kevin Bacon

Bay of Biscay

2008-05-28T11:12:00.002-04:00

Today's Playlist

2008-05-21T15:08:00.000-04:00

The New Pornographers - Star Bodies
Dave Matthews Band - When the World Ends
U2 - Seconds
Prince - 7
Architecture in Helsinki - Need to Shout
Arcade Fire - Neighborhood #3 (Power Out)
Ben Folds - Zac and Sara
Frou Frou - Breathe In
Pixies - Where is My Mind
Radiohead - Everything In Its Right Place
The Cranberries - War Child
Paul Simon - Graceland

Today's message

2008-05-21T11:40:00.000-04:00

Reject the basic assumptions of civilization, especially the importance of material possessions.

so there's this

2008-05-21T09:20:00.000-04:00

I found this article to be pretty spot on for me. I was in college during the 90's boom and got to the work force just in time to see the economy tank. Good times... good times.

Today's Playlist

2008-05-14T13:07:00.000-04:00

R.E.M. - Crush With Eyeliner
Prince - Let's Go Crazy
Room Full Of Walters - Home
Spacehog - In The Meantime
Goo Goo Dolls - Flat Top
The Verve - Bittersweet Symphony
The Verve Pipe - Photograph
Gin Blossoms - Mrs. Rita
Oasis - Whatever
Toad the Wet Sprocket - Pray Your Gods.
Belle & Sebastian - A Summer Wasting
Better Than Ezra - Rosealia
Smashing Pumpkins - 1979
Badly Drawn Boy - Camping Next to Water

City Bike

2008-05-14T11:03:00.002-04:00

I also want one of these.

Or maybe one of these.

Or maybe one of these.

TARDIS

2008-05-14T10:35:00.002-04:00

I want this.

Today's Playlist

2008-05-02T16:07:00.005-04:00

Radiohead - Karma Police
Pink Floyd - On the Turning Away
Elliot Smith - Cupid's Trick
Ben Folds - Annie Waits
Fiona Apple - Pale September
Drill - What You Are
Tears for Fears - Pale Shelter
Phish - Farmhouse
U2 - Like a Song...
John Mellencamp - Check It Out
Gin Blossoms - Virginia
Joe Purdy - Wash Away
Smashing Pumpkins - The Tale of Dusty & Pistol Pete
The Jayhawks - She's Not Alone Anymore

Today's Playlist

2008-04-30T10:20:00.002-04:00

Crosby, Stills & Nash - Suite: Judy Blue Eyes
Nico - These Days
The Beach Boys - The Warmth of the Sun
Lou Reed - Romeo and Juliet
Rod Stewart - Every Picture Tells a Story
Supertramp - Goodbye Stranger
David Bowie - Young American
Led Zeppelin - Hey Hey What Can I Do
Todd Rundgren - It Wouldn't Have Made Any Difference
The Velvet Underground - Stephanie Says
The Allman Brothers Band - Melissa

This is the end... Part II

2008-04-29T08:53:00.002-04:00

So... the beginning is the end is the beginning. I hope whatever is next comes along soon because I don't know what to do with myself.

This is the end...

2008-04-28T13:17:00.002-04:00

So Dirty Hands has run it's course. There are a few things to do yet, but the performing is done. We've got to strike the set, put costumes away, return props and clean the theater and green room.

Things I'll miss about the show:
performing it
seeing the cast and crew every day
seeing the progression in every one's characters
figuring out my character

Things I won't miss:
the crazy hours
doing a show that lasts 3 hours
not sleeping much for the last 3 weeks
my shoes

oil

2008-04-21T13:20:00.003-04:00

10% of U.S. oil usage goes into making plastic. 10%! I know that plastic has made much of the modern world possible. It's lightweight, strong, and can be molded into just about any shape. We are currently importing 55% of our oil. If current trends continue that should approach 70% within a decade. Outside of the plastic that has been burned (which releases a myriad of toxins into the air) all of the plastic ever made is still on the planet. World wide, the bottling industry uses close to 100 million barrels of oil a year. 100,000,000 barrels. That's just in the product itself. That doesn't include shipping. And really, the amount should also include the oil used for the workers to drive to the factory. All of this is just to say that there should probably some discussion of all of the uses of oil, and not just for transportation and heating.

Me at Intermission during final dress rehearsal

2008-04-18T13:25:00.001-04:00

Final Dress

2008-04-17T16:02:00.002-04:00

Well, our last rehearsal before we open is nearly upon us. Last night went pretty well. After a shaky run of the second half of the play, we finally got it right the second time through. I finally feel like I understand what is going on. I'm glad I'm taking tomorrow off from work. I will give me a chance to catch up on some much needed sleep and get some laundry done. Maybe a trip to the grocery store as well. I fell like I haven't done anythink but work and play practice for weeks. It's strange to think that 10 days from now it will all be over. I think I'll need a new hobby to fill the time. Maybe knitting. I have always wanted one of these.

Today's Playlist

2008-04-17T15:36:00.003-04:00

Pearl Jam - Once
Toad the Wet Sprocket - Nightingale Song
Jeff Buckley - Eternal Life
Phish - Free
U2 - Heartland
Radiohead - True Love Waits
James - Low Low Low
Dave Matthews Band - Proudest Monkey
The KLF - Build a Fire
Guns N' Roses - Yesterdays
Bush - Warm Machine
Cracker - Euro Trash Girl

Dirty Hands IV: The Return of the Existentialists II

2008-04-15T10:45:00.000-04:00

We made it through a full run for the first time last night. Aside from a few hiccoughs, it went pretty well. Plus, somehow, we dropped 20 minutes from the run-time without changing anything. I'm betting we drop another 10 tonight and at least 20 more over the next 2 nights. That would bring us in at 2 hours 40 minutes, including intermission: which is pretty awesome considering how many pages the play is. (For those of you keeping score at home, the play is 114 pages long.) Anyway, there is enough going on that it doesn't really seem that long, if you were worried. I actually felt pretty good about my performance.

Dirty Hands and the King of Communists

2008-04-14T10:56:00.002-04:00

Performance week has finally arrived. We open in about 104 hours. We'll be rehearsing about 20% of those. There is a lot of work yet to be done, but I think we will be ready on Friday. I'm pretty sure I know all of my lines. The test will be tonight when we run the show in its entirety for the first time. It's strange to think that after all of the time that we've put in, two weeks from now it will be all over.

The best part about this week is that on Saturday morning, right after opening night, I have a call back for another show. Thankfully, rehearsal won't start for that one until the fall, so I'll have a few months to recover my sanity.

Today's Playlist

2008-04-11T13:50:00.000-04:00

The Strokes - Hard to Explain
Radiohead - All I Need
R.E.M. - Texarkana
Robbie Williams - Feel
The Wallflowers - Josephine
Oasis - Little by Little
The New Pornographers - The Jessica Numbers
Ryan Adams - Sweet Illusions
Alkaline Trio - This Could Be Love
Smashing Pumpkins - 1979
Live - Pillar of Davidson
U2 - Peace on Earth
The Cranberries - Bosnia
The Who - So Sad About Us

Dirty Hands II: The Return of the Existentialists

2008-04-11T11:08:00.005-04:00

Our show opens a week from tonight. The nerves started hitting this week, which is good. It's sort of a theatrical fight or flight response. Amped up pressure helps move things along. It has also helped knock off some of the running time. At the beginning of the week it looked like a 4 and half hour show. As of the middle of the week it looked like 3 hours. I'm pretty sure we can pare it down by another half hour. So what is this show about, you may be asking yourself. Well, here is the abstract:
What does it mean to be a patriot or a terrorist in a time of war, especially when alliances keep changing? Meet Hugo, a political activist grappling with this question in the half-fictional country of Illyria. Jean-Paul Sartre depicts a land that is clearly ravaged by war and a people who share a basic human desire for survival. But patriot or terrorist? It all depends on who's looking through the lens.

For some this is an easy idea to wrap ones head around. Of course our definitions are based on our own personal views. And of course I understand that my views are coloured by my experience. For others, not so much. What's right is right. Of course my views are correct. If they weren't, why would I believe them? Anyone with an opposing view is absolutely wrong. Truth is a static thing, they say. But is it? I leave that to you, gentle reader. Are you able to separate yourself from your prejudices enough to understand the other? I hope so. In the end, when the bullets are done flying, if we can't talk to each other, there's little point. I hope you all come and see the show. Cheers.

there they're their

2008-04-10T16:48:00.003-04:00

I am constantly amazed that most of my co-workers have not managed to figure out which of these is which. I am also amazed that there are people in the semi-professional world that don't know the difference between tolerance and tolerable. Seriously, one of them is a deviation from a standard and the other is capable of being endured. I mean, how hard is that? If there is any argument against English as a national language, it's this: most of the native speakers here don't really speak it anyway.

Dirty Hands

2008-04-03T10:46:00.003-04:00

We've been working on the show now for almost a month. Opening is 2 weeks from tomorrow. I'm not quite at the freaking out stage yet, but I'm sure I'll get there soon enough. The nice thing is that we've got a bunch of full runs coming up which should help with my brain problem. As soon as I remember what I'm supposed to be saying I'm sure I'll be fine. If I had to guess I'd say that I'm 70ish% there. The problem is that the 30% yet to go is the most intense part. I guess it is probably time to lock in and get it done.

Today's Playlist

2008-03-26T11:53:00.001-04:00

Sufjan Stevens - Seven Swans
The White Stripes - I Can Learn
Bush - 40 Miles From The Sun
The Shins - Pressed in a Book
The New Pornographers - Use It
James - Out To Get You
Jeff Buckley - Eternal Life
Belle & Sebastian - It Could Have Been A Brilliant Career
Conviction - When Tomorrow Comes
Double Barrel Darrel - 31
Radiohead - Pyramid Song

It's us

2008-03-20T09:40:00.002-04:00

After two weeks of rehearsing Dirty Hands, we have gotten to the laughter stage. Seeing that we have to be off book for the first half of the play on Saturday, I'm not really surprised. The show is going to be good. The people that I've been working with are pretty good. We don't open for a month an they are right there already. Anyway, you should come and see it.

Today's Playlist

2008-03-14T15:36:00.001-04:00

The Who - So Sad About Us
Sufjan Stevens - Decatur, or, Round of Applause for Your Stepmother!
Moxy Früvous - Morphée
Jeff Buckley - Satisfied Mind
Architecture In Helsinki - Do the Whirlwind
Belle & Sebastian - It Could Have Been A Brilliant Career
ELO - Mr. Blue Sky
Oasis - Songbird
José Gonzales - Heartbeats
Prince - Raspberry Beret
Dave Matthews Band - Drive In Drive Out
Ben Folds - Annie Waits

Today's Playlist

2008-03-13T10:27:00.000-04:00

Andrew Bird - Fake Palindromes
Jeff Buckley - Forget Her
Pixies - Velouria
Alkaline Trio - This Could Be Love
Oasis - Lyla
Nirvana - Scentless Apprentice
The Shins - Girl Inform Me
Radiohead - You and Whose Army?
Morphine - Scratch
Live - White, Discussion
The Refreshments - Banditos

Daylight savings time is stupid

2008-03-11T16:44:00.002-04:00

As some of you know I hate Daylight Savings Time. For all of the crap that Mitch has pulled, this is the one that I'm truly angry at. I feel supported in my view after seeing a study put out this year by Australian researchers that found that suicide rates in men climb dramatically in the weeks after the time change. So not only is DST stupid, it may kill you.

The politics of reason

2008-03-10T11:10:00.002-04:00

I'm an Obama man. I have been since I heard him speak at the 2004 Democratic National Convention. As such, I've been none too happy with the way that Hillary Clinton's campaign has been attacking him. I've been thinking about not voting for her if she wins. Then this morning I read an article in the Washington post about John McCain. He's been bashing the Grizzly Bear project in Montana, calling it "pork.” I realized then that he doesn't care about scientific advancement. He doesn't care about education. He doesn't care about saving (and creating) American jobs in fields that require any education at all. He's for the dumbing down of America. He's for keeping us polarized. He knows that this is the only way that anyone like him can get elected. In an American where the population could engage in reasonable discourse; where we could understand our position and that of those that disagree with us; where the validity of any argument was based on reason and logic and not on any divisive political ideology; In that America he would have no chance of getting his party's nomination, much less the Presidency. All of which leads me back to Hillary. I don’t like her very much. And my dislike for here has made me start disliking here husband, of whom I was a fan. I feel like I shouldn’t vote for her if she wins, but I will. I would rather have someone in the office that I agree with and respect but can’t stand than someone that seems like a good guy but I disagree with about everything. Sure, I’d rather have a beer with John McCain than Hillary Clinton, but that doesn’t mean that I’d like him to be the President. I will still be voting for Senator Obama during my primary, but am now willing to vote for which ever Democrat gets the nomination.

A piece of Advice:

2008-02-12T13:53:00.000-05:00

Don't believe anything you hear and only half of what you see.

Strike news

2008-02-11T14:58:00.000-05:00

So good news on the WGA strike front. They're taking a vote tomorrow as to whether or not end the strike. A tentative agreement has been reached and they can either choose to end the strike now or keep striking until it is officially signed. Either way, they end is in sight.

New prediction...

2008-02-01T13:22:00.000-05:00

I'm betting if the writer's strike isn't over this weekend it will happen this next week.

6 hours

2008-01-31T14:36:00.000-05:00

and some change is all we have left until season 4 begins. I've managed to remain spoiler free. I do love the episode title. "The Beginning of the End." How can you beat that for the first episode out of the gate after the announcement of the end date.
Stay Lost

So close...

2008-01-28T08:26:00.000-05:00

Only a shade of 3 and a half days. Until what you may be asking? The season premiere of Lost, silly. 9 p.m. Eastern on Thursday. Cancel all of your appointments and be in front of your T.V.

Cloverfield

2008-01-18T15:00:00.000-05:00

Going to see Cloverfield after work. I'm pretty exited.

Writer's Strike

2008-01-04T16:17:00.000-05:00

I've been thinking about the strike today. I gave an update to some folks last night so it's been on my mind. I came up with a prediction. It is as follows: If the DGA gets a good dealer when they meet with the AMPTP this month, the strike could end quickly. If, however, this doesn't happen and the writer's strike lasts until the SAG contract is up in June, I expect SAG to strike as well and the entire thing could take until 2009 to be resolved.

If the guilds were smart, they would broker deals with individual production companies (like they did with World Wide Pants) and work out distribution deals with Apple, Google, Yahoo and the like and skip the big conglomerates entirely.

I’ve added some links to the involved groups to the right. While I think that the AMPTP are money hungry tools that have no appreciation for art, I have included them as well so that you can make up your own mind. I will concede that they have valid arguments on several points. This does not change the fact that they walked away from the table and aren’t willing to even discuss these points of contention. They also have a crappy website.

Best News Ever

2007-12-18T14:08:00.000-05:00

The Hobbit is going to get made. I'll be moving to New Zealand now.

Today's Playlist

2007-12-06T15:45:00.000-05:00

Savoy - Andrew Bird
Decatur, or, Round of Applause for Your Step Mother! - Sufjan Stevens
All Around the World - Oasis
What You Are - Dave Matthews Band
One Headlight - The Wallflowers
Sween Adeline - Elliot Smith
Black Kettle - Double Barrel Darrel
I Might Be Wrong - Radiohead
Zoo Station - U2
Bouncing Round the Room - Phish
Save Your Day - Jose Gonzanlez
Together - Mike Younger

Word

2007-11-30T14:06:00.000-05:00

I used whom in an e-mail at work today. I am very pleased with myself. Also, I didn't end the sentence with a preposition. It was awesome.

tonight

2007-11-12T20:04:00.001-05:00

iTunes 7.5

2007-11-10T18:18:00.000-05:00

So you want to upgrade your p.c. to iTunes 7.5? Have you tried and it doesn't work? The problem is the new Quick Time. Here's what to do:

First: Install iTunes 7.5. Quick Time 7.3 installs automatically. Sucks, I know, but what are you gonna do? When you get the error message, click OK and finish theinstallation.

Second: Go to your control panel and remove Quick Time 7.3 (use add/remove)

Third: Install Quick Time 7.2.

It should work like a champ.

WGA

2007-11-09T15:08:00.000-05:00

I'm normally not much of a union guy, but I've got to side with the writers on this one. For updates, check out United Hollywood.

In Rainbows: Part 2

2007-11-06T16:44:00.000-05:00

If you've been following the saga of the name your own price album sales of Radiohead's new album, I'm sure you've seen the numbers. Only 2 in 5 paid for the album and their average price was $6. This comes out to I think $2.40 per copy. This is about what an artist would make anyway. Only this way all of the money is going to Radiohead (minus some expenses, mind you, but not as much as a label would cost) and there is a feeling of goodwill towards them. Overall, I'd say that the music industry is fairly well screwed for a while. They'll figure it out eventually.

Remember, remember the Fifth of November...

2007-11-05T15:53:00.001-05:00

Happy Guy Fawkes Night!

Mark July 25, 2008 on your calendar

2007-11-02T16:20:00.000-04:00

X-Files. New movie. Believe it.

Savannah, GA

2007-10-16T11:21:00.000-04:00

I was in Savannah this past weekend for my friends Dave and Carrie Lee's wedding. It was a blast. We left here Friday night at about 8 and got back Monday morning at 5. I think we spent about 30 hours in the van. It was worth it. Savannah is a beautiful city with an open container law. The wedding was on the same block as the museum that houses Bird Girl from the cover of Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil. She's at the Telfair Museum of Art. If you ever get a chance to go to Savannah, go.

In Rainbows

2007-10-12T11:29:00.000-04:00

I finally got In Rainbows. I know it's only been available for 2 days, but i should have had it on Wednesday. I'm about half way through the album and I love it so far. I also love that it is only available as a download from Radiohead's website. Plus you can name your own price. As in if you don't want to pay, you don't have to. I paid 10 bucks. It's 10 songs, so I think it was reasonable. There's a box set coming out in the winter and a full release in the spring, but those of us that downloaded it will have had it for months before anyone else. If you like Radiohead, I really suggest going here and getting it.

Honorable Mention

2007-10-08T12:09:00.001-04:00

This is the rest of the list that top 10 came out of. (Or out of which came this list.) They are in no particular order.

Monk, Mash, Top Gear, Erie, Indiana (the 1991-92 series), Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Northern Exposure, Blackadder, Space Ghost Coast to Coast, Twin Peaks, C.S.I. and House.

Also on the list, but maybe a little bit too new to make a call on, are: Pushing Daisies, Psych, Life On Mars, Eureka and Torchwood. Also I Hate My 30's.

Top Ten TV shows

2007-10-08T11:28:00.000-04:00

Favorite TV shows of mine. Counting down from number...

10. The Young Riders
Late 80's/Early 90's western. (featuring Stephen Baldwin and Josh Brolin)

9. Highlander: The Series
He lived in a barge on the Seine. How cool is that?

8. Red Dwarf
BBC space comedy? Can't miss.

7. Star Trek: The Next Generation
The first show I followed.

6. My So Called Life
Only one season, but how can you not like it.

5. The Simpsons
Bizarrely the smartest show on TV.

4. Doctor Who
I love the new shows, but love the old ones too. Especially Doctors 4, 9 and 10.

3. X-Files
I know, the show was on too long. The first 6 seasons were awesome.

2. The West Wing
The first 4 seasons were fantastic. 5 ans 6 were a bit weak. 7 brought it back around.

And...

1. Lost
I saw 1/2 of 1 episode during season 2 and decided to buy season 1. Watched that in 2 days. Bought the rest of season 2 on iTunes. Waiting until December for the Season 3 DVD. Have decided to buy an HD set before Season 4 starts in February.

How did this happen?

2007-09-20T16:56:00.000-04:00

If you have any questions about the state of the world, read this article.

My Strings

2007-09-15T13:12:00.001-04:00

today's playlist

2007-09-14T09:24:00.000-04:00

My Friend Peter - Alkaline Trio
Dear Catastrophe Waitress - Belle & Sebastian
Connection - Elastica
Kennedy - Kill Hannah
Buick City Complex - Old 97's
Carrot Rope - Pavement
Ruby Soho - Rancid
Circles - Soul Coughing
Homo Rainbow - Ween
Suzanne - Weezer
At Your Funeral - Saves the Day
Come Pick Me Up - Ryan Adams

guillotine

2007-09-10T12:27:00.000-04:00

Today is the 30 year anniversary of the last time that a guillotine was used for an execution in France. The attending doctor reported that the executee, Hamida Djandoubi, remained responsive for 30 seconds after the seperation from his body. Thankfully France wised up and got rid of the death penalty in 1981.

Not Me

2007-09-04T16:12:00.000-04:00

I am not an Anthropology professor at Miami (OH). I am not an associate Fellow in Experimental Neurobiology at the Neuroscience Institute. I was not on the Cosby show and this isn't my family. I am also not a professional basketball player. I was also never a character on Inspector Morse.

I should probably not look myself up on Google.

The Long Weekend

2007-09-04T11:50:00.000-04:00

There isn't much to say about the game that hasn't been said. It was kind of a bummer. At least Michigan lost too.

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Harry Potter

I finally finished reading Harry Potter this weekend. It was pretty good. It'll be strange to not have any more books coming out. I'm also not sure about how they are going to make this one into a movie. I'm sure they'll figure it out.

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Fried Chicken.

Sunday night I hear the door open and Mark, Tara and Larry come strolling up with some KFC. It was freaking good. I hadn't had KFC in years. It was a nice surprise. The conversation turned to fried foods and what tastes best fried. We came up with some good ideas. I'll post the ones that work.

Until then: good night and good luck.

Are you ready for some football?

2007-08-29T13:17:00.000-04:00

It is now 75 hours and 26 minutes until kickoff. Things to do between now and then: Yahoo draft. Fox Sports draft. GHS game on Friday. Dishes. Laundry. Karaoke. 3 nights sleep. 9 meals.

Go Irish!

Teeing Off

2007-08-28T14:44:00.001-04:00

If any of you aren't watching the Henry Rolling Show really need to start watching. The man is entertaining and insightful. He is also quite possibly the most opinionated man on the planet. I highly recommend checking out his shows website. Checkout the "Teeing Off" transcripts. They are well worth the read. I especially recommend last weeks show.

Podcasting

2007-08-21T21:37:00.000-04:00

I've been podcasting for a while now. In fact I'm podcasting right now. www.spoodcast.com

This Morning

2007-08-18T13:43:00.001-04:00

this morning

Friday

2007-08-17T16:46:00.000-04:00

There is something special about Friday afternoon. You've spent the entire week working and then you get to the end of it. Although it is difficult to get very much done.

Elsewhere

2007-08-15T17:56:00.000-04:00

Elsewhere... means in another place, right? Not to me. Last fall there was a great film crew out here shooting a feature called, you guessed it, Elsewhere. I was lucky enough to have been involved a bit. I got to work in the art department, as an extra and as a stand it. Also got to work some with the EPK crew. I managed to be on set for 3/4 of the days and not miss any days of work. I was tired.

"So what does that have to do with now?"

Glad you asked. I happen to get a chance to see a cut of it this week. It was a bit trippy seeing scenes from a year ago.

"Well that seems nice."

It was. Aside from meeting the crew, I got to meet the cast. The best day was when Jon Gries took a picture of me and Tania Raymonde.

"The girl from Lost, right?"

That's the one. The one who plays Alex.

"Well that sounds awesome."

It was.