Archive for 2010

July

The best and worst parts of freelance have once again become real to me. Some projects turn out great and others never seem to turn into billable hours. Such is life.

I went back to Boise a couple weeks ago, my mother’s dad died. It was a nice funeral, full of great stories. He was remembered for his contribution to his denomination, which really irked me, but it wasn’t my funeral, so whatever. I took Cora along, which was fantastic. We had talked about her meeting my parents, it was only a matter of when. Then all of a sudden I needed to go to Boise, and privately decided to not even bring it up with her. However one night it just fell out of my mouth. I did feel bad about putting her on the spot and about asking her to take time off of work on such short notice. But it was really nice to have her there. She liked my family and they liked her, so it really couldn’t have turned out better.

I’m enjoying my days working from home. I’d still like to get back into a more normal schedule come August, we’ll see. I’m working on good projects even if the money’s not what I’d like.

I need a new personal project. I don’t have the best track record of finishing personal films, but it just seems like it’s time for a new one. I’ve got a couple ideas. At the moment I have more than enough stuff to do in a day, if I can get far enough head of my bills I’ll have the time to wade into something fun and creative.

New

I’m a free man on July 1st. I can do what I please, when I please to do so. While most of that time will once again be stolen by working to pay bills and live a modern life, I’ll at least get to start a new adventure.

My contract is up and I’m trying my best to not jump right back into a new one. I have a few options, some better than others… some more fun, some with less pay. I can’t tell you how blessed I feel to have options.
So, hopefully I’ll spend a month doing smaller projects and then settle back into a contract position or a steady seat somewhere.

If you haven’t seen my new reel yet take a moment to check it out:

David Hildreth – Reel 2010 from David Hildreth on Vimeo.

A reel is never done, so it’ll probably change within a week or so. I can’t say I’m as immediately proud as I was of my reel last year, but it’s growing on me. ;)

Other areas of my life are also going great, really great actually. Everything is coming up Milhouse.

Tetris

The DVD project continues to end. I continue to sit around most days waiting for an email here, a phone call there.

I’ll be in LA for a day next week to oversee the color correction. It’s such a great feeling to have that scheduled and the assets out of my office. The documentary had its audio mixed earlier this week and it came back great. My boss and I had gone back and forth about how the surround sound mix should be put together and my viewpoint was so completely backed by Technicolor. That felt amazing.

I finally got my Tetris arcade machine working. It’s a lot of fun, and a great if I’ve got some time to kill or an afternoon to waste. It’s been sitting in my living room since last November, so when someone asks about it, it’s much more fun to go play than explain that I can’t get it working. The sound still doesn’t work, which is a bit of a blessing. When I first got the cabinet it was very loud, there’s no volume nob and Lord knows I wasn’t going to try and add one.

The band, who’s management I work for, is going on tour this fall. Dates have been booked, all though most not announced. There is still a good chance I’ll go out on the road for a bit, so that could be interesting. If nothing else, I’ll have steady work though the end of the year.

I promise to write about interesting things again, someday.

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