For those of you who have not been keeping tabs on Project London via the Project London Blog, here is a little preview of how things are coming along.
If you can, be sure to watch it in all it's HD glory by hovering over the video and clicking on the HD link to the right.
More updates soon! I'm at work and actually busy... go figure!
Thursday, January 15, 2009
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Sunday, August 03, 2008
i am orange today
So, it's been a while (as usual) since I have written something worth reading, and I feel bad because this blog is the only way that 75% of my family and friends can keep track of what I am up to. So, I can't promise that this post will be meaningful, but I can kind of promise that it will be slightly un-boring. Possibly.
First and foremost, The Classic Crime has a new video for their single, Abracadavers, off their new album The Silver Cord. I LOVE THESE GUYS.
Ah. Love them. Okay, moving on. Though work has been really effed up lately, I have been super busy trying to get a lot of other things done. Whether it's trying to figure out what state i will be living in just 5 short months from now, trying to decide which business opportunity to delve into, or just cleaning and organizing all the shit in my apartment... I feel like I am just swamped. Sometimes I get the feeling that my friends think I am being super lame right now. When they call and ask how I am, the standard response lately seems to be something like, "Uhhhh just cleaning my apartment".
I know they think I am lame. I know that YOU probably think I am as well. But that's fine with me. This has been the strangest year of my life, by a landslide. I am nothing like I used to be, I am like a blurred version of the person I was just 7 months ago. And it makes me sad, because there are so many new people in my life who have no idea how much fun I used to be, how organized and outgoing and carefree I was every single day. Now I am even more over-analytical and uptight (which is terrible because we all know how much of an over-thinker I was already).
I guess ultimately, the biggest thing stressing me out is work. It came as no surprise to me that finding a good film job would be next to impossible right out of art school. Degree or not, there are many kids like me trying to avoid the inevitable, avoid starting from the bottom of the chain, avoid the bitch work that we all hate but know is necessary when you are a nobody (and we are nobody, every single one of us, regardless of the degree we wave in the air).
My friends assured me I had one up on everyone else, because I was one of the few who had a decent, great-looking-on-a-resume film job half a year before I ever graduated. And I agreed, if nothing else I could continue filming and editing for US Figure Skating and have a great start on my film resume.
Perhaps I do have a little more experience than most of the other filmmakers like myself, fresh out of school, scanning craigslist ten times a day hoping to come across that perfect job. Maybe I have one tiny advantage over them, but I am still getting up in the morning, starting the exact same routine they are. You know, spending each day online hoping that I will finally come in contact with a company that sees I am capable of more than being the production crew's errand girl. Maybe I will somehow be able to bypass the bullshit that most aspiring writer/director/shooter types have to go through. Maybe I won't have to run everyone's errands and pick up some random B-actor's coffee every morning for a month while getting paid next to nothing (or, as in most cases, absolutely nothing).
But of course, I am not the only person sitting here trying to find that unicorn. So that leaves me with some big decisions. Do I stay here and keep living at the bottom of the barrel? My friends are here, and that is honestly the only reason I have stuck around. Don't get me wrong, Seattle is where I want to be, I love it here. But I am BROKE. I mean, I have a slightly expensive apartment and am getting by otherwise, but this isn't how I want things to be for myself.
If I went back to Alaska for a while I could get my shit together, get on top of my bills, and work on my writing/filming. But am I really going to be happy back in Alaska? Eh. In some ways yes. I don't know, suddenly I feel a bit overwhelmed with my thoughts again, so I am going to go watch some terrible sitcoms and make some lunch. Next post won't be so crazy. And maybe I will finally get all those pictures from the last few weeks up! Fun!
First and foremost, The Classic Crime has a new video for their single, Abracadavers, off their new album The Silver Cord. I LOVE THESE GUYS.
Ah. Love them. Okay, moving on. Though work has been really effed up lately, I have been super busy trying to get a lot of other things done. Whether it's trying to figure out what state i will be living in just 5 short months from now, trying to decide which business opportunity to delve into, or just cleaning and organizing all the shit in my apartment... I feel like I am just swamped. Sometimes I get the feeling that my friends think I am being super lame right now. When they call and ask how I am, the standard response lately seems to be something like, "Uhhhh just cleaning my apartment".
I know they think I am lame. I know that YOU probably think I am as well. But that's fine with me. This has been the strangest year of my life, by a landslide. I am nothing like I used to be, I am like a blurred version of the person I was just 7 months ago. And it makes me sad, because there are so many new people in my life who have no idea how much fun I used to be, how organized and outgoing and carefree I was every single day. Now I am even more over-analytical and uptight (which is terrible because we all know how much of an over-thinker I was already).
I guess ultimately, the biggest thing stressing me out is work. It came as no surprise to me that finding a good film job would be next to impossible right out of art school. Degree or not, there are many kids like me trying to avoid the inevitable, avoid starting from the bottom of the chain, avoid the bitch work that we all hate but know is necessary when you are a nobody (and we are nobody, every single one of us, regardless of the degree we wave in the air).
My friends assured me I had one up on everyone else, because I was one of the few who had a decent, great-looking-on-a-resume film job half a year before I ever graduated. And I agreed, if nothing else I could continue filming and editing for US Figure Skating and have a great start on my film resume.
Perhaps I do have a little more experience than most of the other filmmakers like myself, fresh out of school, scanning craigslist ten times a day hoping to come across that perfect job. Maybe I have one tiny advantage over them, but I am still getting up in the morning, starting the exact same routine they are. You know, spending each day online hoping that I will finally come in contact with a company that sees I am capable of more than being the production crew's errand girl. Maybe I will somehow be able to bypass the bullshit that most aspiring writer/director/shooter types have to go through. Maybe I won't have to run everyone's errands and pick up some random B-actor's coffee every morning for a month while getting paid next to nothing (or, as in most cases, absolutely nothing).
But of course, I am not the only person sitting here trying to find that unicorn. So that leaves me with some big decisions. Do I stay here and keep living at the bottom of the barrel? My friends are here, and that is honestly the only reason I have stuck around. Don't get me wrong, Seattle is where I want to be, I love it here. But I am BROKE. I mean, I have a slightly expensive apartment and am getting by otherwise, but this isn't how I want things to be for myself.
If I went back to Alaska for a while I could get my shit together, get on top of my bills, and work on my writing/filming. But am I really going to be happy back in Alaska? Eh. In some ways yes. I don't know, suddenly I feel a bit overwhelmed with my thoughts again, so I am going to go watch some terrible sitcoms and make some lunch. Next post won't be so crazy. And maybe I will finally get all those pictures from the last few weeks up! Fun!
Saturday, August 02, 2008
capitol hill block party photos
Alright Hayley (and everyone else of course), I finally posted pictures from Block Party. More details to follow, but for now here's something to look at.
Saturday, July 26, 2008
i'm going to need more of an explanation than that.
I wonder... how many of my best blogs start with "Man I shouldn't have drank so much last night."? Actually I don't want to know. But, I have successfully toned down my drinking over the last few months, which is good because for a while there, it was a little excessive.
It wasn't so much that I was making an ass of myself, but I was ALWAYS DRINKING. 9 times out of 10 I handle my being drunk pretty well, whether it's just knowing when to go to bed or when to catch a cab home. But, when your friends notice enough to say "Wow, you've kind of been drinking a lot lately." it makes you think (especially when some of them are the ones who drank you under the table a week earlier). No matter how well I handle myself, that doesn't mean it's a great idea to always be drinking. I know this is common knowledge, but this is the first time in my life that anyone has worried about me in that regard. Yikes.
Needless to say, I drank a little too much last night. Evenings like that always have me waking up with questions, which I hate because there is rarely an answer for the strange questions I have in the morning. Case in point:
1. Why am I totally awake at 7 am (when I was definitely up past 3am)?
2. Why did I wake up hugging my jeans and the Lord of the Rings trilogy?
3. Why did I roll over and find eleven cents and my house key, arranged neatly, right next to me?
(in my defense - the eleven cents came from my own pocket, not as some form of payment. cause you were totally thinking that.)
4. Why did I pull out a dozen eggs and leave them on the counter?
5. Why did I turn my phone off (probably the least important question, but still)?
I DON'T KNOW. If you have any ideas I am all ears. Also, if it helps the mystery any, I was not hugging the Lord of the Rings DVDs, it was a a very old paperback set that Alli got me. You know, in case that helps.
Now, if you will excuse me, I have never been up early enough on a Saturday to watch cartoons, so I am going to take advantage of this.
It wasn't so much that I was making an ass of myself, but I was ALWAYS DRINKING. 9 times out of 10 I handle my being drunk pretty well, whether it's just knowing when to go to bed or when to catch a cab home. But, when your friends notice enough to say "Wow, you've kind of been drinking a lot lately." it makes you think (especially when some of them are the ones who drank you under the table a week earlier). No matter how well I handle myself, that doesn't mean it's a great idea to always be drinking. I know this is common knowledge, but this is the first time in my life that anyone has worried about me in that regard. Yikes.
Needless to say, I drank a little too much last night. Evenings like that always have me waking up with questions, which I hate because there is rarely an answer for the strange questions I have in the morning. Case in point:
1. Why am I totally awake at 7 am (when I was definitely up past 3am)?
2. Why did I wake up hugging my jeans and the Lord of the Rings trilogy?
3. Why did I roll over and find eleven cents and my house key, arranged neatly, right next to me?
(in my defense - the eleven cents came from my own pocket, not as some form of payment. cause you were totally thinking that.)
4. Why did I pull out a dozen eggs and leave them on the counter?
5. Why did I turn my phone off (probably the least important question, but still)?
I DON'T KNOW. If you have any ideas I am all ears. Also, if it helps the mystery any, I was not hugging the Lord of the Rings DVDs, it was a a very old paperback set that Alli got me. You know, in case that helps.
Now, if you will excuse me, I have never been up early enough on a Saturday to watch cartoons, so I am going to take advantage of this.
Friday, July 04, 2008
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
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Saturday, May 31, 2008
Monday, May 26, 2008
Thursday, May 08, 2008
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