Confidence is a hard thing to deal with. Having too much means you have negative connotations when your name is mentioned and not having enough means you aren’t going to get what you want in life. It’s a razor’s edge of an abstract concept that means so much to everyone. Read more…
Did some training on advanced Final Cut Pro last night. I need to learn it better to teach it. I’m not a big fan of the new Final Cut Pro X, but this was on FCP6 anyways. Teaching what button to press bores me. Having some idea of WHEN to Read more…
Writing may not be my forte. On rare occasions I can hit something, but good writing can be hard to find. Now that I am committed to doing a few more of the UNCLE PETE’S PLAY TIME shorts, I’ve decided to keep my writing to a minimum. I’ll act more Read more…
Several months ago we did a roundtable for FRAMELINES where I talked to several composers for film and video games. Afterwards, the boys berated my $29 speakers and asked me how it was I was able to hear anything on such tinker toys of sound. This seed grew over time Read more…
Tis the season. I’m neither sentimental or bothered by the Holidays. Since receiving Star Wars action figures lost their luster, so did all joy for the Christmas spirit. Jesus was born in September. The Holy Roman Empire moved the date to late December to merge the pagan religions and their Read more…
Sometimes I forget how much Karma can have the upside as well as the down. As I wake from this hazy fog of depression, there are good things around me if I just open my eyes to it. If I do good things for other people it can pay back Read more…
God it’s so hard to maintain my positive attitude. When you deal with the illogical and irrational this world throws at you, beginning to question the universe and how you fit in it. Almost all of the good will and excitement of the shoot from last weekend were nearly swept Read more…
Someone poked the sleeping bear. Waking up can be the hardest thing we do in life. Opening our eyes, our hearts, and standing up often times feels impossible. For me the last few years have felt like it was insurmountable to feel good about myself and what I want to Read more…
Alas, it never rains but it pours. I’m buried in an avalanche of paid editing work, teaching, and now personal projects, not to mention the PBS show Framelines. There simply are not enough hours in a day to keep me ahead of the train headed at me. Plus, I need Read more…
Did a shoot today. It was a simple setup and just a demonstration for a series of new Tech Tip videos for FRAMELINES. To say this was low risk is something of an understatement. Still, felt great. If the goal was to get me wanting to be on set again Read more…
Led Zeppelin appeared on David Letterman, to talk but not to play music. I’m only a week away from a new Tolkien movie directed by Peter Jackson. I have a shoot on Saturday. I’m working a lot lately. I’m teaching two classes, not just one. My home looks pretty consistently Read more…
I’m still walking a lot. They say if you can continue to do something past 7 weeks it can become a habit. I’m on month 5 of my walking most days and it feels great. I need to add swimming and upper body to the regiment. I’ve never been in Read more…