the journal of Peter John Ross

I cannot go without sleep like I used to. A 7:00AM call time after many nights of 2:00AM edits doesn’t reconcile as well as it did when I was in my 20’s. I writhe in pain because simply not getting Read more

Dived headfirst back into After Effects for a job. It’s been nearly a year since I’ve done any extensive animation with AE. I’m a little rusty. I dig that my mind went there for something innocuous as my brain has Read more

So today is Christmas. I did all my family stuff yesterday. Today was me and my boys at home. I viewed it as a semi-day off. I did some editing for FRAMELINES, watched some of the HBO show THE NEWSROOM Read more

As soon as I breeze through the family Xmas activities, I’ll run off to work and get some editing done. I need to get some files so I can work at home tomorrow too, but I’ll get a lot of Read more

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 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 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 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 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 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 Read more