All my Xmas woes solved

This is why J.T. is the man, and why The Lonely Island can't be stopped.

CBS and Dr. Phil

I'm not sure I understand this. Dr. Phil fakes like he's going to have a guest on and then fakes "stopping the tape" when clearly its the end and asks the guy to leave. All Dr. Phil wants to do is show the footage and then kick him off the show (which feels very rehearsed) just so American housewives can say, "You go, Dr. Phil." And what's worse is that he says he can't have the guy on because he can't promote the Bum Fights series of videos when in fact that's all he's done because they never have any type of discussion, so all he did was pure promo. AND cbs put it up on youtube.com and now its one of the most watch clips this week. Not promo? I wouldn't be surprised if the guy paid 100k to get on the show then get kicked off. That's street cred, son. The media is ridiculous. I do love how the guy shaved his head and tried to grow a Philstache. Don't get me wrong, I hate the Bum Fights guy and think he should be prosecuted.

Cutting on Film

Yikes. This is an orginizational nightmare for someone like me. I've been editing on a non-linear system (a digital system that doesn't actually "cut" any film, just 1's and 0's) for 6 years now and cutting actual film for the first time has opened my eyes. First off all, I usually edit by the seat of my pants- one frame here one frame there, undo, trim: all of this takes a nano-second to do in Final Cut Pro. In linear film cutting these things take HOURS. Literally. And you really think about each cut and if its in the right place and how it affects the story. In a NLE (non-linear edit) you can just "try it out" and if its not good, just hit undo. Undo in a linear world is actually taking the tape off the splice, finding the piece of film you cut off (probably on the floor) and re-splicing it back into the reel. Fuck that. Now I'm all about shooting on film- God, its gorgeous- and then editing on an NLE. THAT'S the way to go.

That's Greg Kaczynski pictured in the Moviscop viewer.

day after t-givin

The day after Thanksgiving Shanna and I went for a hike to soak up some nature and sun. This place was very cute. It was right off a residential street and was cute as a button. It was a very small hike but I really loved the trees and wilderness right in the middle of the city. It ain't central park, but you probably won't get stabbed at night here either.Y