It’s been a while since I’ve “web-logged,” so I’m going to now. Got very busy before the holidays, not a lot of time to think. But then I went home. It was great. Good family. Good food. Yeah. And Theresa came to visit! She met … Read More →
Category Archives: Blog
Thanksgiving!
Off I go to the annual Thanksgiving gathering in Evanston. Very excited. Desperately need a break. It’s going to be great to see the family and fall into old routines. And eat some amazing food. My god, the food. It’s going to be such a … Read More →
Safety Dance and more
It’s been a while since I’ve posted, so here it is. The problem is sometimes I get too busy to write, and that’s when I have the most to say. It’s my constant struggle with blogging. So here we are. I’m not going to try … Read More →
Hired!
Well, no sooner do I leave one job than do I fall into another. I spent the last few weeks working on a couple gigs and generally freaking out about life and money. Then I began some frantic Craigslisting. I found it really useful to … Read More →
Again?!
Wow. Another insane weekend. To start, I had my last day at DCTV. It was really sad. I still think it was the right decision, but it was still sad. I was writing my “how to do my job” document and I wrote a little … Read More →
Wild Weekend
What an insane weekend. It started with going to PreludeNYC on Friday, where I learned to build a bomb, met some cool people an saw incredible performances by Andrew Schneider and Reggie Watts. Both unbelievable. I got up at 6:30 the next day to take … Read More →
Freelance
Well, I did it. For better or worse, I did it. I quit the job I’ve been at for the last three years. DCTV, Downtown Community Television Center, at which I interned the summer of ’06 and by which I was hired after graduation, is … Read More →
Parents
Parents came to town. So nice. Good to see them to be reminded of what a crazy city we live in. We always try to do everything and pack the weekend choc full o’stuff, and that ends up being more stressful than it should. But, … Read More →
Killer Granny
Just after I left the Thread shoot, I went to help my friend Kevin with a poster he was designing to submit with a script in competition. Here it is. I’ve attached two versions. I think I prefer the one above to the one below. … Read More →
Opera in Brooklyn
So, a couple days ago, I was asked by a friend of mine, the magnificent Darin Quan, to be another shooter on an interesting gig. The client was Thread News, a non-profit dedicated to expanding access to quality media, this time, the presence of classical … Read More →
Bang!
For my birthday, Theresa took me shooting. Like shooting guns. On a shooting range. We went down to the West Side Pistol Range, took a class and started shooting. We used .22 caliber semi-auto rifles and went to town. I was decent. Range was only … Read More →
The requisite iPad blog post
So. I did it. I broke down and got me an iPad. Got a great deal on a used 1st gen. I’m still getting the hang of typing on it but it generally seems to work pretty well. Probably actually faster than handwriting. Im also … Read More →