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Hit the switch

It’s almost spring down here in sunny Tempe, there were totally some clouds in the sky the other day and everything :)

I’m still loving my new place, and am getting to spend a lot of time there. I still can’t really explain to you how nice it is to be done with school. I got myself a little dining room table and a couple of chairs last weekend, which pretty much wraps up furniture. The place is pretty well filled out and now I just need a few things on the walls.

Work is getting interesting. I’ve had the concert portion of the concert and behind the scenes documentary done for a while now. I sent off some QTs to the producer this week to have the music mixed. I have had a little commercial to work on for the last few weeks, and I’m really happy with how it turned out. I got the final approval on monday and have been trying to jump back into this documentary ever since.
It’s really hard to know where to start, I have literally days worth of footage. I have had the luxury of watching all of it, so I now know what is there. Although I can’t say that has helped me start cutting like I thought it would. I bought myself some time this week by down-converting the interviews that were shot HDV. The DVD is being produced anamorphic NTSC, and the way AVID MC was down-converting the footage was just horrendous. I’ve decided to just start cutting stories together from the interviews. There are obviously experiences that each one of the band members talk about and I think piecing them together with some B roll should be a good start. The main guy, the one this whole DVD is built around, doesn’t really have very good interview material though, getting enough of him into those stories is going to be tricky. Fans want to see the front man, the other members of the band are in many ways nobodies. I have a couple of months to get this all cut, so I’m not worried about it… I just really want to feel like I’ve made some headway.

I met someone the other day that I can relate to in a way I haven’t been able to with anyone for a while. Being raised as a pastor’s kid is often odd. I love my parents, they did a great job of raising me, I often tell people how lucky I feel to of had such loving role models. However being a pastor is not a full time job, it’s not just something your dad or mom does. It’s your parent’s lives, and as such becomes your life. I talk about my parents and some of the challenges they are facing with very few people. As a matter of fact there use to be just one person down here in AZ who knew what was going on. It was really nice to talk to another PK about it though, a pastor’s kid who’s parents are in a strikingly similar situation even. I couldn’t help but chuckle at both of our hesitation to say how big the congregations were, it’s such a silly thing to be self conscious about.

I cut off all my hair this week, it was time for it to go. I know I’ll want long hair again, and it will be a very awkward year to get back to the length I had. It just wasn’t working out anymore though, my hair is now longer then most, but not long. I am still mulling over just buzzing it all off for my next haircut.

I’m out, take it easy,
David Hildreth

An early spring

Merry Christmas :)
It’s nothing like Christmas here, except for the little christmas tree that sits on my desk. I got to see my parents last weekend in Vegas, which was great. My father brought me a gift but the problem, well the problem he saw, was that there would be no tree to put the gift under. So Target came to the rescue and I showed up to find a little tree complete with lights and an angel on top. It even survived being shoved in my suitcase and now brings cheer to the whole house… well kinda. Bachelor houses don’t usually have a christmas tree, or any festive decoration. A friend asked why we didn’t have any lights up like our neighbors, and I told her that I would put lights up if she promised to not give me shit about them being up year round. It’s just an unwritten rule that twenty something straight guys don’t decorate. When I brought my tree home it was relegated to my room, that’s just how it is.

If you don’t know who Danny Boyle is you’re a terrible human being. I went to go see his latest: Slumdog Millionaire and no one I went with had any idea who the director was. It’s a shame because the guy has really had a pretty amazing career. He’s just a director that pretty much always makes a great movie, and not just one type of movie either. He stays away from the studios and has to fight for every film but most turn out great. Slumdog is about a young Indian guy who ends up on the local version of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire. He grew up in a Bombay slum and while he was out doing anything he could to survive his slum was transformed with the rest of the city into Mumbai, a center of commerce and industry. After doing well on the show he is suspected of cheating and relives his life to explain how he picked up the answers to questions an uneducated slumdog never should have known. It’s a great movie so go see it, take the whole family.

Things seem to be have new beginnings lately, not just in my favorite topic of discussion, but in most aspects of my life. It’s not cold and barren here in Tempe, and I think that helps. Nothing is dead here, it’s all still alive, the sky is still just as blue as it is in May. It does a lot for one’s spirit. My new contract job is working out so far, school is going to be over before I know it and things are looking up socially. I have a lot to be grateful for this holiday season, and I’m making a point to stop wondering about what could have been and to just focus on what I have.

Just incase you were wondering… this post’s soundtrack (facebook people follow the original post button below) is that Belle and Sebastian song, you know the one we’ve been listening to and enjoying. I’ve been watching High Fidelity just about every other day lately. It’s just what I need right now.

David Hildreth

Cameron the Safety Net

It’s been an alright week. I got sick last weekend but thankfully it didn’t last long. It did give me an excuse to chug some NyQuil though… NyQuil sleep is the best.

Last Friday I got to go see Baz Lurhmann‘s newest film: Australia. It’s his attempt at making an epic, like a David Lean epic… I love David Lean, and while this movie is nothing compared to what Lawrence of Arabia is it’s definitely worth seeing. The sort of movie that is best seen in a theatre, I highly recommend it. At two and half hours it’s a tad long, but the performances are solid, the plot alright and the cinematography breathtaking. Evidently for some of the war shots are just composited footage from Tora! Tora! Tora!. Recycling effects shots is nothing new, but with footage that old and a production budget as big as this, it seemed a little odd to me. Some of the handy work was done by a friend so I paid extra attention… and the final product looks great.
This post’s soundtrack (as always if you’re reading this on Facebook follow the “original post” button below) is an early mix of a track on Johnny Bertram‘s new album (I think I use to live with this one guy who hooked me up). I’m not sure if it’s ok that I’m posting it, but I just did. Do enjoy the track, the new album is good and great. When I first heard Luke’s brother’s music I was blown away at how talented he is, but even the early mixes of these new tracks show how he has really started to come into his own. The album (at least as I have it) includes a few tracks that are on his already available EPs, but they are completely remixed with some new instrumentation. I have no idea when the album will be out, my guess would be shortly after it’s done.

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I love Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, as a matter of fact it’s the best movie ever made. I think everyone wants to see themselves as Ferris; he’s confident, in charge, easy going and endlessly creative. However in the end I know I’m really Cameron, that’s not all bad. He is genuine, he is loyal… but he’s also just a bit pathetic.
A good thing in my life is at a crossroads. A few months ago a good friend and I decided to see if there was anything beyond our friendship. There were some really good times, there were some really awful ones… and while it’s taken me a while, I now feel it’s time to move on. I really care about her, and I know she cares about me. I kept telling myself that the worst thing that could happen was for us to not have a fair shot at a relationship. It’s become quite clear that I not only have no idea what that means, but it’s far from the worst thing that could have happened. We were close for a while, and I wish it could have lasted, but it didn’t. I wanted to be with her so badly, but more then I wanted a meaningful relationship I want other things for her and for us. I want her to really seek God, to really digest Blue Like Jazz, to find someone who shares her spiritual beliefs. I want her to feel safe and secure, to know that she has someone to talk to about anything. I want her to see how talented and beautiful she is, I want her to have more self respect. I want our friendship more then I want to never talk to her again, more then I want my pride or to avoid heartbreak. I now see that the pros and cons of me and her add up to a great friendship, nothing more.

Bleh… I’m glad that’s out.
Take it easy, I’m going to go try and not think about this for the next forever or so.
David Hildreth

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