They put the job fair first thing on a Saturday morning just to weed out the candidates who won't get out of bed.

Decided not to think until I got to work. Still can't.

You know that website whose mission statement reads, "It's our goal to annoy physicians by convincing the average American that they know as much about medicine as the healthcare professionals"? Well, I decided to consult it this morning regarding a minor irritation. I've learned a few things:

1. If the website says, "There's no need to see a ( Read more... )

That extra hour of sleep we were supposed to get last night? Murphy wins.

For those wondering what I do for a living:

You can watch this video on www.livejournal.com

(No, I don't study craters. I shoot videos about people who study craters.)

...but it's been a good week work-wise. I had two clients pay me, I delivered a final-and-approved video to a client, and I just confirmed that "Too Close for Comfort" is going to be reprinted in a new e-book anthology called Extinct. I'll post details when we have specific release information.

Of course, I've got "For Now" from Avenue Q going ( Read more... )

Yes, that's Wil Wheaton (Star Trek: The Next Generation) playing the Doc-- er, Physician, and Ed Wasser (Babylon 5) returning as the voice of IR-2. I'm very thankful both feel strongly enough about education to work at the rate Spitzer can afford to pay them ( Read more... )

The project that has been sucking all my time recently is a projection design for the Fresno City College production of 36 Views by Naomi Iizuka.

One of the more challenging effects in the script is an Edo-era Japanese screen which is supposed to come to life. Well, I shot some video of how we accomplished the effect:

The screen itself was ( Read more... )

Deadline trumps playtime.

I had less to do with this one than the credits would imply. It was one of the projects I was brainstorming when I left.

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I'm at least partially at fault for the central "dead stars" premise, and a couple of the jokes I think I recognize as mine (though Tim's and my humor is so alarmingly similar that I have a hard time differentiating). Tim ( Read more... )