Cold Chillin…

Waiting for Beer-Thirty:

“They’re cold chillin’ like a pack of villains.” The announcer screamed, I giggled at the idiocy of the statement; People jumped from the sky with trails of smoke.
Ed and I had headed down to San Diego to see the Red Bull Air Races and found ourselves pressed against a steel railing amongst [...]

Too Much Time…

Mid September: 2007

So the canceled work has been replaced with 4 days of video camera operating (i.e. most money in the least amount of time) next week. It makes me far less worried about the budget, but I still have most of this week off and I have already repaired my sisters roof and built [...]

Beer Money…

Sometime Before Bavaria:

With an effort to gather up a sizable beer drinking fund for Oktoberfest in two weeks, it’s been back to work in the Theater for Rob. I did some video camera work on George Lopez, a Lexus corporate event, then spent last weekend working backstage at an evangelical crusade, and I am [...]

Save The Eyes!

Day: 305 1/8

So the eye infection of Argentina and China has made another return trip to my optical orbs. Getting sick of this, I gave up my hope of it curing on its own with a little time and brought my uninsured ass to the optometrist. Of course costing me way too much.
$60 [...]

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Tourism @ Home

Day: 305

Like any proper world traveler, I have missed ever seeing many of the spots listed in the assorted travel guides of my home state. Without any true motivation to remedy this I was invited by blog reader, Randy, to get out and spend an afternoon shooting somewhere in Southern California.

We picked Venice [...]

My Childhood Dreams

Day: 304

In an effort to finish their Masters thesis’, my mother and sister rented a beach house in San Diego to have a place to get away and get focused.  Unfortunately for them (for this particular endeavor) my nieces exist,  Which make the thesis writing process much harder.
Fortunately for me, I am currently excessively skilled [...]

Crazy? Maybe.

Day: 303.5

So on the slight hint of the idea of Camera tossing from regular reader Randy, I did a little research and found there is a whole group of people out there who practice “Camera Tossing“.  Basically you set up a long exposure and toss you camera up in the air hoping it will return [...]