Labor Day!

Yeah, I’ve got to still work but I’ll take overtime over a day off almost 73% of the time… I did the math.

First off on this “holiday” I give you another episode of I stole it so you don’t have to. It’s my favorite section of Paris Je T’Aime, which I highly recommend. The movie is a collection of short stories all written and directed by different people and set in or around Paris. They are doing the same thing with New York next year.

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I’ve gotten back into watching movies lately. After having the same netflix movies for three weeks I finally have the motivation to watch them. I also downloaded a few that I missed in theaters and arn’t on DVD yet. Paris Je T’Aime was one, also Sunshine and King of Kong. All of which were good, King of Kong the weakest of the the three but still good. I also downloaded an HD copy of Reign Over Me, which was awesome and watched Trainspotting for the first time.

There is some new music in my iTunes rotation too. A new Eislely album, which I like a lot more than their other stuff, and a new John Vanderslice album which is too good. All in all i’ve been able to slip back into my little film school ritual of watching a new movie or listening to an album while getting some work done.

And the best part is I’ve actually got some stuff done :D

I’ve been working on my demo reel, I’ve got a neat concept for the menus and am making progress.

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That is what I have at the moment. I want to have a lot more clips in there and I need some music but it’s well on it’s way to being something cool. All in all my menu animations for my DVD might be more impressive than the projects they are meant to show… that’s ok I guess.

Neither of my Heinz commercials made the finals. That’s ok, there are a lot of really good ones that did, so i’m satisfied. The first one is probably going to make it’s way to my resume DVD so it’s time well spent.

I’m out for now
David

P.S. for those who don’t spend that much time on youtube this is why africa is hot (if you get bored just skip to 1:20 it’s all worth it from there on)

Thursday was my only day off this week. Which is ok now and then but I am really starting to dislike going to work. I have to run audio all this weekend and if we have one more breaking news report about rain I might just pot up some 1k tone and walk out the door. I’ve never seen sensationalism like this before, it is very honestly out of control. At the first sign of a cloud (us outside the newsroom like to call em “SCARY clouds”) we break into what ever is on the air and talk about how water will now fall the sky. As if people here have seen rain before… I know it’s the desert but for balls sakes this happens every summer… EVERY SINGLE SUMMER!

The Margo House had its first casualty this week. A roommate that was found on Craig’s List named decided that a year’s commitment wasn’t for him. So at the moment there are just four of us at 3920 Margo Drive. He was a nice guy, but was having some problems settling in, so in all honesty it’s probably for the better. Jon has another friend who is going to move here from Indiana so the room will once again be occupied next week. I don’t know the guy but he is moving here to be a chess instructor, and has been described as “a little odd” so he’ll fit right in.

I’m currently watching The Bridge on the River Kwai on TCM and it reminds me of a pressing issue that effect us all in this day and age.
Movies are too freaking long.
Remind me again why Knocked Up (which really was pretty good) was over two hours long? Why did I have to sit through almost three hours of Pirates 3? Even Hot Fuzz (which was amazing) was longer than 90 minutes. Unless it’s the un-cut DVD or directed by David Lean no movies should be longer than an hour and a half.
90 minutes!

I digress.
The videos section has been renamed kinetic…. get it? Yea it took me a week and 4 emails to bender to come up with the whole static/kinetic thing. There are more videos and they are much better organized. You can also now embed them like youtube videos and most have quicktime mirrors for those who don’t have flash. There are still a few more videos that I need to add, they will be up in a while.

My second Heinz commercial is done, which is good because the deadline is monday.
Check it out here.

Davie

I love boston market.

It’s just soo good. Where else can you get a decent meal for $7? No where. I’ve basically stopped cooking all together, apart from the cereal i am currently munching on, and some chicken and rice, I do not cook anything. I got to this point the first time i lived on my own but it feels more permanent now. I still enjoy cooking here and there, but the lack of a grill and funds for meat means that all that i was cooking was freezer food anyway. Pasta, pizza, fish fillets… the extent of my meals up until now was pulling something out of the freezer and “cooking” it.

It seems i’ve moved even beyond even that though. Between work and school i very honestly don’t have time to cook 4 days out of the week. The other 3 i just want to sit in my boxer briefs and play wii so cooking isn’t much of an option then either.

So i roam from restaurant to restaurant looking for something that resembles real food. Boston Market has precisely that…. not real food mind you but something that gives the feeling of a real meal. Not to mention the fact they have sweet potatoes year round.

It’s such a bachelor place though, i was at one just a few days ago and there was 1 woman and 7 men in the restaurant, that includes the staff.
They really should just turn the seating area into a big living room, that’s where everyone would be eating if they could anyway.
Couches and TVs, maybe a few ugly lamps for effect, just a big place where you can sit, eat and relax.

Slashdot had an interesting story today about Heinz’s commercial contest. The marketing people at Heinz think they all suck.
They do.
This is awesome news for me. My first submission will be done in a week and we are shooting the other concept this friday. We got all the costumes we need, now i just have to figure out how i’m going to survive jumping into a dumpster :]
We have a real chance of winning this thing, and that 50 large will go a long way to pay off my student loans.

I don’t identify myself as a hipster. It seems that i have cemented my status as one though.

I bought a turn table a few days ago and am excited to buy my first vinyl records this week. I’m not sure what my first real record will be (although the Flash Gordon soundtrack would be a good time), i roamed a few record stores here in tempe over the weekend and had a lot of fun. I’m not sure i really need a new hobby, but it’l be fun to hear music in that format.

I’m working on a new look for the site (yea that’s 3 in a year), it’l be done in a few days. The biggest change will be how my content is organized.

David “flippy” Hildreth

oh, in other news i fixed the spelling of fries, a big thanks to those who pointed it out…. english sucks.