I don't normally pimp my work because a lot of it is dross. Or even if there are aspects of what I do that require artistry and that I have some pride in, the overall product is usually somewhere between loathsome and disposable (depending on whether you view reality TV as presaging armageddon or you find social-litmus car-wrecks amusing ( Read more... )

I worked from the end of August 'til the first week of December on a show for PlayStation that "airs" only by download if you own a PS3. Or several weeks later it's available elsewhere on the web "cracked" or something ( Read more... )

I was working 12-15 hours a day for a few months. Amazing how hard it is to feel much when you're working that hard ( Read more... )

on the way back from a park where we ran the kids this morning, we stopped at a light with a homeless guy. I rolled down the window and somewhat sheepishly asked if he'd be okay with my offering. He flashed us a big smile from his dirt-streaked face, "Who doesn't like Cheezits?" Best moment all week.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kdoa_3AlGdE

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We watched The Incredibles on DVD for the first time a few days ago, it was a 4th birthday gift from Grandpa Pete. The boys both loved it. Sasha in particular wants to role-play the Incredibles every waking hour with me cast as Bob, Heather as ElastiGirl, Gregory as Dash and himself as Violet ( Read more... )

I sit in a room by myself for 8-10 hours a day, sometimes communicating by phone or chat with a producer or producers. The way they know I'm being productive is by what I deliver them periodically thru the day. Sometimes I can give them nothing for the day and heap the rewards of my labor on the them at the outset of the next day. A lot of the ( Read more... )

I got back from a week of working in LA late last night. I went there because I felt like the current project I am working on requires intensive collaboration, the kind where everyone sits down and screens a 40 minute cut and then talks about it for 3 hours, and then we divide and conquer revisions. And I'm pretty much right about the nature of ( Read more... )