Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Listening to Small Time Crooks
Do you ever hit that peak? That pinnacle of existence, where you realize that once, at this moment, you truly lived? Like everything you knew, learned, experienced, internalized and complicated just slid out from under like a stream of consciousness and the slush in your knees was the knowledge, the bone grown understanding that you can rest. Sit, and let your knees collide inside themselves and remember that this is it. What you wanted is yours. Inhale, hold, exhale existence.
Thursday, October 29, 2009
There goes Jane!
Jane trailer from Mark Roberts on Vimeo.
Here is the trailer for the upcoming fall feature: At the Pumpkin Patch with Jane! A beautiful little speed demon, we followed Jane as she explored the local pumpkin patch and posed for the cameras (if only briefly).
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Do you ever get that feelings like you never get anything done, yet you're constantly busy.
Ok, so that's an unfair statement. I am not constantly busy, but it feels like it. Today is the day when I start to get done what needs to be done. I need to start working on the highlight videos earlier in the week. I also need to edit these tapes that a guy sent me. I'm notorious for not doing things until someone starts to get privy to the fact that I haven't started working. His tapes were all messed up, and then I thought maybe my camera needed cleaning, so I did that and I can't tell if it's fixed anything or not. Mom needs me to convert those tapes and stuff for her, too. So I need to figure out how that machine works.
Unfortunately I have too much fun living in the glorious ether between being irresponsible and being an adult. I'd much rather lay around with my wife than work on anything, but who wouldn't?
Uh oh, she's home. I gotta go....um....do stuff...?
Hahaha. I'll grow up eventually, right?
Ok, so that's an unfair statement. I am not constantly busy, but it feels like it. Today is the day when I start to get done what needs to be done. I need to start working on the highlight videos earlier in the week. I also need to edit these tapes that a guy sent me. I'm notorious for not doing things until someone starts to get privy to the fact that I haven't started working. His tapes were all messed up, and then I thought maybe my camera needed cleaning, so I did that and I can't tell if it's fixed anything or not. Mom needs me to convert those tapes and stuff for her, too. So I need to figure out how that machine works.
Unfortunately I have too much fun living in the glorious ether between being irresponsible and being an adult. I'd much rather lay around with my wife than work on anything, but who wouldn't?
Uh oh, she's home. I gotta go....um....do stuff...?
Hahaha. I'll grow up eventually, right?
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Odd, but good
I recently got a lot more Mike Doughty music. He's a solid dude. Odd, but good. I like the nonsensical associations that he makes. In everyday conversation he would run the risk of making absolutely no sense, but on top of his beats and the staccato chords, he sounds like a new age prophet without all the dreadlocks and annoying personality ticks.
That's the thing I like though. Nonsense making perfect sense. In a roundabout kind of way, the most outrageous analogies are probably more true-to-life than the cliches. Not probably, definitely.
I had something to write about, but it took so long for the internet to load (SURPRISE!) that I forgot. I'm just sitting here waiting for a few phone calls. My boss was supposed to call me when he finished uploading some things for the new video, but he hasn't called yet. My friend from work was supposed to call me tonight as well, but he hasn't called either. So I thought "Hey I'll just post that thing to my blog." And then I forgot. Because the internet toook sooo looong tooo loooad.
Let's see how long it takes to load this post to the blog. Ready, GO!
That's the thing I like though. Nonsense making perfect sense. In a roundabout kind of way, the most outrageous analogies are probably more true-to-life than the cliches. Not probably, definitely.
I had something to write about, but it took so long for the internet to load (SURPRISE!) that I forgot. I'm just sitting here waiting for a few phone calls. My boss was supposed to call me when he finished uploading some things for the new video, but he hasn't called yet. My friend from work was supposed to call me tonight as well, but he hasn't called either. So I thought "Hey I'll just post that thing to my blog." And then I forgot. Because the internet toook sooo looong tooo loooad.
Let's see how long it takes to load this post to the blog. Ready, GO!
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Found it
I had a good day today. I sleep in (it is Tuesday, after all), did my German test, which didn't take that long, snuck in a round of disc golf over on Western, during which I found my little red robot driver that I lost two days ago, go in a little extra exercise at home, had two showers and a decent day at work.
It's the kind of day that makes me feel accomplished, and totally makes up for the fact that after my Theater class is over, I'm coming home to take a mid-morning nap until German. It also makes up for the fact that tomorrow I'm going to have to confront the big bad boss man coach about his newest idea for the highlight video. A quick run-down of the idea might look like this: football, Nazis, violence, football, offensive finale. Taaaa-daaa. It's the kind of thing Dr. Vogel told me about last semester. It's the kind of thing he said you should put money away for, in a "Go to Hell!" fund, in case you have to refuse to participate in a project, tell your boss to "Go to Hell!" and ride out the job search with you fat old bank account. Too bad my last (first) paycheck was $33.47.... and I already spent it.
It's the kind of day that makes me feel accomplished, and totally makes up for the fact that after my Theater class is over, I'm coming home to take a mid-morning nap until German. It also makes up for the fact that tomorrow I'm going to have to confront the big bad boss man coach about his newest idea for the highlight video. A quick run-down of the idea might look like this: football, Nazis, violence, football, offensive finale. Taaaa-daaa. It's the kind of thing Dr. Vogel told me about last semester. It's the kind of thing he said you should put money away for, in a "Go to Hell!" fund, in case you have to refuse to participate in a project, tell your boss to "Go to Hell!" and ride out the job search with you fat old bank account. Too bad my last (first) paycheck was $33.47.... and I already spent it.
Monday, September 21, 2009
Words of Advice
Would you rather have a Lexus or justice?
A dream or some substance?
A Beamer? A necklace? Or Freedom?
A dream or some substance?
A Beamer? A necklace? Or Freedom?
Sunday, September 20, 2009
Rain, rain, go suck it
I had a day full of frisbee planned and then it rained. Darn it!
Sam's at work and I don't have anything to do. She should be getting off in about 30 minutes, so that's exciting. I wish the sun would come out.
That is all.
Sam's at work and I don't have anything to do. She should be getting off in about 30 minutes, so that's exciting. I wish the sun would come out.
That is all.
Saturday, September 19, 2009
YAY!
Sam re-did my page for me!
Here's a quick recap of my last few days, ranked from most to least dorky:
1. Started trying to teach myself how to do yo-yo tricks
1 (tie). Left a note asking for people to call/e-mail me if they find my frisbee
2. Bought a new disc (see figure one)
4. Dyed one of my other discs with a new, Dave Matthews Band inspired design (see figure two)
3. Played disc golf
I also threw one of my drivers into the woods and it vanished. I spent awhile looking for it, but I gave up. It was the one the Jason guy gave me when I met him the first time I tried to play. Kind of sad, especially cause I had put the new robot design on it :( Oh well. I left a note so maybe if someone finds it they'll let me know, but not likely. I did get a whole round in, which was nice. Going alone is starting to lose its charm though, and Mike and Dave don't have the patience to learn how to play. And I quote Michael: "I'm just gonna stop playing this game if I keep sucking." This was on the third hole of his second outing. Although I had the same thought after I tossed that frisbee from the edge of the woods deeper into the woods.
Isn't that ROC pretty, though? I didn't even want to play with it for fear of getting it all banged up. That'll go away the second I slam it into a tree trunk, though. Read: the next time I play.
It was a nice day. Had luper with Sam then played golf then watched Scrubs with Mike and Dave. I'm thinking something awesome should happen tomorrow. If I could think of something specific, I'd help it happen. But alas.
Here's a quick recap of my last few days, ranked from most to least dorky:
1. Started trying to teach myself how to do yo-yo tricks
1 (tie). Left a note asking for people to call/e-mail me if they find my frisbee
2. Bought a new disc (see figure one)
4. Dyed one of my other discs with a new, Dave Matthews Band inspired design (see figure two)
3. Played disc golf
I also threw one of my drivers into the woods and it vanished. I spent awhile looking for it, but I gave up. It was the one the Jason guy gave me when I met him the first time I tried to play. Kind of sad, especially cause I had put the new robot design on it :( Oh well. I left a note so maybe if someone finds it they'll let me know, but not likely. I did get a whole round in, which was nice. Going alone is starting to lose its charm though, and Mike and Dave don't have the patience to learn how to play. And I quote Michael: "I'm just gonna stop playing this game if I keep sucking." This was on the third hole of his second outing. Although I had the same thought after I tossed that frisbee from the edge of the woods deeper into the woods.
Isn't that ROC pretty, though? I didn't even want to play with it for fear of getting it all banged up. That'll go away the second I slam it into a tree trunk, though. Read: the next time I play.
It was a nice day. Had luper with Sam then played golf then watched Scrubs with Mike and Dave. I'm thinking something awesome should happen tomorrow. If I could think of something specific, I'd help it happen. But alas.
Monday, June 1, 2009
Test of Will
It is 10:42PM and in an hour I will start my shift at work. I get off at 7AM. I hope I don't cry at any point during the night.
I came home earlier without Samantha, which is always muy triste :( She had to stay and work the golf outing with Essenza, which seems to have gone pretty well according to what I heard. I came home to get the house straightened out for tomorrow, when Dad is bringing a real estate agent over to see how much Oxford House is worth. I tried to "pick things up" but we have so much junk that I just had to re-arrange it. There's a lot of stuff that just has no better place to be. Where do you put 100 old books when you don't have a bookcase? The floor, I guess. I cleaned up the old computer room, which I think looks waaayy better. I did the dishes, tried to put Sam's paint stuff out of the way in the bathroom. Hopefully she's not really interested in how clean the house is. Ugh. Cleaning isn't so bad with Tick around. Actually, it is kind of fun sometimes. But when she's not here to praise me like a puppy, it's just kind of depressing doing it by yourself.
I packed up a bag for tonight. They never told me I couldn't bring a backpack, so I've got one set up like I'm getting in the car to drive to Mount Pleasant: laptop, DVDs, Nintendo, a book. I'm not sure if any of that is going to be enough to keep me awake, but we'll see. If anyone finds me sleeping it results in immediate termination... so keep your fingers crossed. Although, technically I get a 1 hour unpaid break, but I guess I don't get that break if it's at night? Who knows, this job is the most confusing set of rules I've ever had to remember. There's supposed to be someone else there tonight. The only thing I know about them is their last name: Lowder. I hope s/he isn't a doofus, that would suck. I bet they're thinking the same thing. I'm not sure I would reassure them that I'm not a doofus. I feel like I have high doofus potential and at any moment it'll jump out and doofufy any situation.
I came home earlier without Samantha, which is always muy triste :( She had to stay and work the golf outing with Essenza, which seems to have gone pretty well according to what I heard. I came home to get the house straightened out for tomorrow, when Dad is bringing a real estate agent over to see how much Oxford House is worth. I tried to "pick things up" but we have so much junk that I just had to re-arrange it. There's a lot of stuff that just has no better place to be. Where do you put 100 old books when you don't have a bookcase? The floor, I guess. I cleaned up the old computer room, which I think looks waaayy better. I did the dishes, tried to put Sam's paint stuff out of the way in the bathroom. Hopefully she's not really interested in how clean the house is. Ugh. Cleaning isn't so bad with Tick around. Actually, it is kind of fun sometimes. But when she's not here to praise me like a puppy, it's just kind of depressing doing it by yourself.
I packed up a bag for tonight. They never told me I couldn't bring a backpack, so I've got one set up like I'm getting in the car to drive to Mount Pleasant: laptop, DVDs, Nintendo, a book. I'm not sure if any of that is going to be enough to keep me awake, but we'll see. If anyone finds me sleeping it results in immediate termination... so keep your fingers crossed. Although, technically I get a 1 hour unpaid break, but I guess I don't get that break if it's at night? Who knows, this job is the most confusing set of rules I've ever had to remember. There's supposed to be someone else there tonight. The only thing I know about them is their last name: Lowder. I hope s/he isn't a doofus, that would suck. I bet they're thinking the same thing. I'm not sure I would reassure them that I'm not a doofus. I feel like I have high doofus potential and at any moment it'll jump out and doofufy any situation.
Friday, May 29, 2009
Take One
Sam has been talking with the people from Take One Studios recently. They're a primo videography service in Cinci and they're looking for someone to start taking stills for them. Huge opportunity for her. She also managed to bring me up and get me invited to come to the wedding tomorrow. The only problem is that Patti, the lady who is running this wedding, e-mailed Sam back yesterday and told her that they won't have any equipment for me to use. So that was pretty sucky, but I decided to go to Williams Hall and try to steal a camera even though I'm not supposed to have access to equipment until I get my independent study approved.
I walked in and Glenn was there. I emailed him a few days ago about filling out a recommendation for me to get into the internship class, so as I was sneaking through his office to get into the checkout room, he thought I was there to get my form. So he filled that out for me and I asked if I'd be able to get some equipment and lo-and-behold the guy hooked me up with everything a boy could need. I forgot how awesome these cameras are. There's something about holding a state of the art piece of machinery and putting it to good use that I hope never gets old.
So, in the end, I ended up all geared for the wedding tomorrow. Hopefully Samantha can knock the socks off of these peeps and get herself a job there. That would be fantastic. Also, this could be really get my foot in the door for maybe helping them out over the summer and making some cold, hard clams. If nothing else it'll be fun to use the nice camera again. I've never worked with Sam before, so hopefully we won't spend the whole day ruining each other's shots.
I walked in and Glenn was there. I emailed him a few days ago about filling out a recommendation for me to get into the internship class, so as I was sneaking through his office to get into the checkout room, he thought I was there to get my form. So he filled that out for me and I asked if I'd be able to get some equipment and lo-and-behold the guy hooked me up with everything a boy could need. I forgot how awesome these cameras are. There's something about holding a state of the art piece of machinery and putting it to good use that I hope never gets old.
So, in the end, I ended up all geared for the wedding tomorrow. Hopefully Samantha can knock the socks off of these peeps and get herself a job there. That would be fantastic. Also, this could be really get my foot in the door for maybe helping them out over the summer and making some cold, hard clams. If nothing else it'll be fun to use the nice camera again. I've never worked with Sam before, so hopefully we won't spend the whole day ruining each other's shots.
Thursday, May 28, 2009
Battery check
Lasterday I bought insurance for the scooter and today I went over to Autozone, who offers free battery charging. I have to go pick it up tomorrow.
Sam found interesting things on the internet. Out.
Sam found interesting things on the internet. Out.
Monday, May 18, 2009
You got me on my knees
*trumpets sound*
Layla is alive! I just got her up and running a few minutes ago and everything seems fine...besides that weird noise coming from the fan shroud. But we're excited and ignoring it for now!
Samantha and I wanted to go to Hamilton and get the title and everything, but it's too late because they close at 4:30 and I have to take the scoot with me, which means cleaning out the Jeep, getting gas and driving to the title office. I'll have to go earl tomorrow and get my title switched over to my name, order some license plates and get my temporary motorcycle certification all squared away. Oh happy days!
ALSO. Tonight is $1 margaritas at 45 and Tyler is coming up for the occasion. We'll discuss how seeing Star Trek three times was not only unnecessary, but reckless and snooty.
Sam wants to nap out in the sun but, as the Disney commercial goes: "I'm too excited to sleep!"
Saturday, May 16, 2009
50 cents a minute
So you may be wondering "What's new?"
That's a good question. School is over, which is weird. It's all nice outside, which is weird. I don't have anything to do, which is weird. But that last part I can fix. I got another job from Craigslist. A guy wants me to edit some home videos he's made down to their best parts and put it on a DVD. So that should be pretty interesting.
Last night Kamal, Kate, Samantha, Mike and I all ended up hanging out at our house and then going to Balcony for a show by the Sinsinnati Sinners, a two man band featuring a friend Matt. Matt used to drive a snow white Vespa, which was amazing, until he apparently traded it to a guy at Vertigo Tattoos for free tattoos for life. He's that kind of guy. So we went to see them, which was a total blast for me. I haven't had that much fun Uptown for a while. After the show came to an abrupt stop when the drummer fell off his stool and couldn't play anymore, we hung out with Matt for a few minutes and then headed home. We also worked out some details for a double date with Kamal and Kate.
Before that, Annie and Tony were in town camping in Hueston Woods. Sam and I visited them at their campsite and they came and had fun at our house when the world decided to rain all over the place. They actually went back to their tent about an hour before all hell broke loose and all the roads in and out of Hueston Woods flooded. We tried to go out there on Friday, but the road was covered with water and we couldn't get to them and Hueston Woods is so gigantic and confusing I couldn't find the road to get to the campsites from a different direction.
Oooh. Samantha, Mike and I also went to the park. Mike and I played half a game of croquet, because I'm missing 4 of the 9 wickets. Sam jogged while we were there. I had plans to lay out in the sun like Zeek, but the ground was soaking wet, so we just left instead.
Probably one of the least eloquent blog posts. Oh well. I'll review this list whenever I need to think of something to do.
That's a good question. School is over, which is weird. It's all nice outside, which is weird. I don't have anything to do, which is weird. But that last part I can fix. I got another job from Craigslist. A guy wants me to edit some home videos he's made down to their best parts and put it on a DVD. So that should be pretty interesting.
Last night Kamal, Kate, Samantha, Mike and I all ended up hanging out at our house and then going to Balcony for a show by the Sinsinnati Sinners, a two man band featuring a friend Matt. Matt used to drive a snow white Vespa, which was amazing, until he apparently traded it to a guy at Vertigo Tattoos for free tattoos for life. He's that kind of guy. So we went to see them, which was a total blast for me. I haven't had that much fun Uptown for a while. After the show came to an abrupt stop when the drummer fell off his stool and couldn't play anymore, we hung out with Matt for a few minutes and then headed home. We also worked out some details for a double date with Kamal and Kate.
Before that, Annie and Tony were in town camping in Hueston Woods. Sam and I visited them at their campsite and they came and had fun at our house when the world decided to rain all over the place. They actually went back to their tent about an hour before all hell broke loose and all the roads in and out of Hueston Woods flooded. We tried to go out there on Friday, but the road was covered with water and we couldn't get to them and Hueston Woods is so gigantic and confusing I couldn't find the road to get to the campsites from a different direction.
Oooh. Samantha, Mike and I also went to the park. Mike and I played half a game of croquet, because I'm missing 4 of the 9 wickets. Sam jogged while we were there. I had plans to lay out in the sun like Zeek, but the ground was soaking wet, so we just left instead.
Probably one of the least eloquent blog posts. Oh well. I'll review this list whenever I need to think of something to do.
Friday, May 15, 2009
As luck would have it
I finally got the title to my scooter a while ago, but I've been to busy to take care of any of that junk. So I decided to start it up last week and natta. The thing won't start.... ugh. So it looks like I'm back to scouring the internet and taking the thing apart over and over again until everything clicks and it's running. I need it running in the next week, so that when I get scheduled I can ride it to work because that would be awesome. If I can't get it fixed soon... I'm afraid I'm getting tired of looking at the poor pooped out thing... and a garage sale is all but eminent.
Thursday, May 7, 2009
Something about little cubes
I found this while browsing Vimeo. The best animated short film I've ever seen.
La maison en petits cubes from javier cuello on Vimeo.
Monday, May 4, 2009
Friday, May 1, 2009
Is this going to last forever?
Just got home from my final day of class. It would be perfect if there weren't finals next week. But I'm willing to forget about them for at least a day, and just enjoy the molasses crawl of summer for a change.
I finished editing the show, and got it on DVD. I've watched it at least 4 times on DVD, not to mention the countless times on the computer. Mike, Kate and I decided to be real college students last night, so we agreed to meet up and head out to the free Girltalk concert in Millet. As Mike and I were sitting around and talking with Sam, who couldn't come because of stupid homework, Hans (the ShotBong guy) called and invited us to come experience his invention before the concert. Mike and I went over, because Tess lives right next to Hans and it was on our way to meet Kate. Good ol' Hans got Wildberry uptown to agree to stock the ShotBong, so I guess this is really working out for him.
We walked all the way to Millet, waited around for Girltalk, and once he started playing his music, we promptly left. I've never heard acoustics so bad. The old Macbook Sam bought like 6 years ago sounds better than that concert did. We walked all the way back in the pouring rain and hung out with Sam at home. It was way more fun than being at a concert. Kate also gave us free dance t-shirts. All in all it was a pretty interesting night.
As we left the house to go visit Hans and see if Tess wanted to hang out, Mike said "This is going to be the craziest thing we ever do in college."
He was right, just not in the way he meant.
I finished editing the show, and got it on DVD. I've watched it at least 4 times on DVD, not to mention the countless times on the computer. Mike, Kate and I decided to be real college students last night, so we agreed to meet up and head out to the free Girltalk concert in Millet. As Mike and I were sitting around and talking with Sam, who couldn't come because of stupid homework, Hans (the ShotBong guy) called and invited us to come experience his invention before the concert. Mike and I went over, because Tess lives right next to Hans and it was on our way to meet Kate. Good ol' Hans got Wildberry uptown to agree to stock the ShotBong, so I guess this is really working out for him.
We walked all the way to Millet, waited around for Girltalk, and once he started playing his music, we promptly left. I've never heard acoustics so bad. The old Macbook Sam bought like 6 years ago sounds better than that concert did. We walked all the way back in the pouring rain and hung out with Sam at home. It was way more fun than being at a concert. Kate also gave us free dance t-shirts. All in all it was a pretty interesting night.
As we left the house to go visit Hans and see if Tess wanted to hang out, Mike said "This is going to be the craziest thing we ever do in college."
He was right, just not in the way he meant.
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Some Day
This the brand new editing suite we've been using for our show. Both of those monitors are about the size of my television. I'm sitting here trying to export the video so I can burn it to a DVD...but looks like it's going to take another 30 minutes. It seems like blogging has changed from something I do when I'm bored, to something I do while projects are exporting. Let me take you on a tour of this picture while we wait.Just off the frame left is a nice little JVC minDV deck, which you use to import tapes into the computer. It has a monitor hooked up to it, so you can see the playback in higher quality. There's also a VCR, but I'm not quite sure why... maybe just for nostalgia's sake. NExt is the gigantic Mac sitting on the desk. I would tell you what model it is, but they refuse to sully their desing with any kind of identificating marks. Holy crap, I just pulled up the "About This Mac" menu and it appears that this is a Quad-Core Intel.... I didn't even know they made quad core. I'm not even sure what that means. Right in front of me are two Samsung displays that look as crisp as Santana Champagne.
We're at 28% now and the time has gone up to 38 minutes... bummer. I think I'm going to go home and nap while this finishes and come back and burn it some other time.
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Biblical Terms
A translation of part of a dialogue for my final exam revealed the Old World nature of the German language.
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