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Chat Roulette
Want to blow your mind? Go to ChatRoulette.com. It's an incredibly simple concept: the site randomly pairs you with someone else for a one-on-one video chat. You can talk or you can make faces at one another or you can pass and move onto someone new. Though you're destined to run into a few... ahem... exhibitionists we'll call them, you also might meet people going to a Batman Villain party in Iceland. Or a kind fellow from Brazil. Or a Goth Princess from Croatia. There are so many fascinating things about the site to discuss on a societal and theoretical level, but it's also just fun. Go on, give it a spin.
Saturday, February 6, 2010 at 4:22PM | Filed under: Inspirations, Technology Inspirations (new series)
One of the wonderful things about the internet is the opportunity to constantly search for new inspiration: so many fellow artists share their work in portfolios and blogs that there's an unending stream of images, poems, dreams, and thoughts to motivate a blocked mind to discover something new. I'm going to begin posting some those that inspire something in me. There's no formula here: one day it might be an ancient poem, the next it might be an image from a fashion ezine. What sites do you commonly find intriguing or inspiring?
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Peter Alexander paintings from LAXSee more
Friday, February 5, 2010 at 11:28AM SUMMER WONDERLAND (Coke short) Now online
Tuesday, February 2, 2010 at 9:02PM | Filed under: Filmmaking, Grad School January 29, 2010
I've been busy but don't have a whole lot of exciting things to report. We're in principle shooting on LINES (the skateboarding doc that I'm editing this semester), and it's fun to see it start to take shape. We're still early, but beginning to identify who our main characters will be and coming up with a lot of exciting ideas for things to shoot over the next few weeks.
I've been diving back into cinematography as well, taking a course with Angelo Pacifici. It's a great class and I'm looking forward to both "reconnecting" to the camera and expanding my knowledge of lighting and equipment.
The Bunuel / Almodovar class that I'm auditing has continued to be a much needed weekly intellectual stimulation. Both LAS HURDES and LOS OLVIDADOS are stunning films for their craft but even more so for their conceptual power.
Friday, January 29, 2010 at 11:40AM | Filed under: Grad School Tsuyako
I've signed on to edit the very talented Mitsuyo Miyazaki's thesis film entitled TSUYAKO. The film will shoot this summer in Japan. For more information about the film, check out the official web site.
Monday, January 25, 2010 at 1:10PM | Filed under: Filmmaking, Grad School January 21, 2010
Time is in short supply these days. It's been raining in Los Angeles for days. Today it was cold and grey. I walked out of dinner and the skies opened up and it began to rain as hard as I can remember it ever raining. I ran through the dark and the storm and the puddles to my car. Now my shins hurt.
Friday, January 22, 2010 at 12:33AM | Filed under: Grad School January 18, 2010
Had a long weekend due to MLK day. Sprinkled fun and productivity and time with friends. Saw the very original animated film A TOWN CALLED PANIC on Friday night. It was followed by an impromptu dance party. I've been working on writing a new short and it's coming along slowly but surely. Watched BACK TO THE FUTURE and was shocked at how perfect it is. Today I saw THE WHITE RIBBON and, despite recognizing its significance, found it pretty dry. Spending the night writing.
Monday, January 18, 2010 at 9:00PM | Filed under: Grad School January 14, 2010
Done with the first week of classes. Mostly all just introductory, thought today's critical studies class on Bunuel and Almodovar was both fascinating and intimidating. I haven't been to a truly in depth critical studies class in a very long time. Excited. Even though I may have to drop the class, I plan on attending as many sessions as possible. SA'd Sheldon Larry's undergraduate directing class this evening and all is going well. Tomorrow I have a meeting with Tom Miller regarding the script Brett and I are developing for a Sloan scholarship.
Now I'm off to the Art Walk for the night.
Thursday, January 14, 2010 at 10:40PM | Filed under: Grad School