Toil Nor Spin

30 Second film about going to the Tulip Festival with Paul and Charity.

Vacation

I've enjoyed good weather these past few days. Jess and I are currently in Stow, MA visiting her parents. We visited New York City for a few days before we got here. Good times.

Although I much enjoy vacations like these, I feel as if I don't really absorb them. When I'm on vacation, it's like my job and normal routine cease to exist, but not in a comforting way. I don't recline and say "Awe, this feels so good, because I'm usually at work right now."

It's like work never existed. It doesn't even surprise me.

Then when I return to my job, it's as if my vacation was a dream.

What's the deal?

I think part(most) of the dissatisfaction arises from the fact that my idea of vacation is based on fantasy. This vacation ideology is probably just a mash-up of all the summer vacation films I saw in the '80s and early '90s.

The funniest part is that this has been a great vacation: I've spent time with friends and family that I missed greatly, spent hours in the sun, swam in a bay alone during a thunderstorm, recorded audio and video of bees, stayed in NYC for free, etc.

I take it for granted so easily. Then I over-think it and get myself down for it not feeling like the movies. What a bunch of bullshit.

Be careful not to compare your vacations (and life!) to the movies. It feels like a subtle influence, but it can run very deep in your ideas.

Kid Show, Big and Beautiful

So a year or two ago, I uploaded Kid Show to youtube and it looked like a piece of crap. I patiently waited for compression qualities to improve on video portals like youtube, and the waiting has finally paid off, thanks to vimeo.com. You can now watch Kid Show, BIG, and CLEAN, in STEREO (ooooo) on vimeo.com. So for those of you who always watched the tiny, crappy version on my website, this should be a treat for you.

Also, I've been very inspired by The Mighty Boosh. If you've never heard of it, watch some clips on youtube. It's a silly, British, surrealistic, comedy show.

Victoria BC 2009

Last weekend, Jess and I went on a little 4-day vacation in Victoria, BC. The above is a little mini-documentary of the trip. Over half the video is from our last night, which we spent with Brandon Velestuk and his friend Jason. We stayed up drinking beer, discussing film, art, and Victoria. It was a great trip.

Our hotel was amazing. We swam everyday and I actually was able to teach Jess to swim 10 feet! We need to find a local pool so she can continue her practice. Good job Jess!

About Dogs for real

Ok, so maybe it's not my comeback film, but it's a silly film and I hope to make more soon. Hope you enjoy it.

It was a challenge to control the look of things since I was in the video. Jess helped me out though. One of these days I want to actually write a script down and use actors so I can control the composition at every point.

But so far I'm only able to write things down after I've shot footage. I react to the visuals. I've yet to just write something into existence.

Oh and you'll probably realize that About Dogs is actually about cats. This was intentional. My conceptual answer for it is that I'm experimenting with internet misinformation.

Girl In Front of A House

Interesting street view on google maps. It's like a painting. Way to go, google maps.

About Dogs

I'm working on a film about cats. It's called About Dogs. Should be done soon, because I already have it edited, just need to do some audio tweaks and edits. The above is not a still from the film, but was taken moments before I started filming.

It's my comeback film.

Also, I am now doing music under the pseudonym Dynamote. Check out dynamote.com for a song. The song is called Time For Bed. Let me know what you think. I don't think it's very good. I've decided not to care about trying to make quality/clever songs anymore; just honest ones. And if for now, honest means poor/boring/amatuer, then OK. Sold. There's no other way.

It's 5am AGAIN but it feels kinda good.