Project Updates

This weekend I'm working with my dad to get together a rough draft of our feature script that I feel is strong enough to share with my friend over at Cooper's Town Productions.

Also, I got a pretty good tax return and once that is deposited in my bank account I'm going to have my Alchemist film transferred to HD and FINALLY get that finished and festival ready.

My Astral Woman short should be shooting sometime around the first of May, that's pretty exciting.

I realized I hadn't updated in a while, so this is my quick update.

More soon.

There's a certain tea I really like.

The Motorcycle Story

I finally got my motorcycle street ready. It was a hectic and anxiety-filled experience. I had one week to move it.

First, Monday afternoon I order a clutch lever and handlebars. I call the insurance company for a quote and I confirm with a friend, Josue, that he could drive the bike for me so that it could be driven away. By Wednesday, the clutch lever has still not shipped and the company refuses to change the name on the address I gave (I was mailing everything to my friend Alan, because mail "disappears" where I live). By Thursday, I cancel the clutch lever order and plan to go to Cycle Therapy before work on Saturday and buy everything else I need including the clutch lever(which I called to confirm that they had in stock). On Friday the handlebars arrive and I pick them up from Alan's place. I go to home depot and buy the tools necessary. Saturday it's pouring rain and I trudge out to Harlem to get the rest of the items I need. They don't have my helmet size in stock so I order a helmet and plan to borrow one in the meantime. I work Saturday night and don't get home until 3am. I don't feel so great on Sunday, however, I leave the house at 7pm, again in the rain, to go meet Josue at Fern's garage and take care of the bike.

I get out to Queens and somehow walk in the wrong direction. Getting rained on, no umbrella and I can't figure out where I am going. I ask a man and he says he'll walk me to the corner and show me the street because the streets are weird in Queens. He does that, I thank him and move on. As I'm walking, I start realizing the numbers are going in the wrong direction. Someone yells my name and it's the guy that I had asked for directions. He apologizes and says he sent me in the wrong direction. The street dead ends there and we have to go around to a different point because it continues somewhere else. He says he'll walk with me there because he lives close by. We walk together and most of the time is spent with him saying he can't believe he sent me in the wrong direction and with me saying thank you for helping me out. He gets me to the right place.

In the garage, we fix the handlebars with some strain, as some screws are stripped, and then we have to apply the grips. I think we tried for two hours to get the grips to go onto the handlebars, but when the glue was applied they wouldn't budge. Finally, Josue reads the packaging and discovers that the grips just need soapy water or alcohol and the glue already inside will set. We laugh at ourselves and can't believe what we just spent time doing. We don't have soapy water, but Josue pulls out a small bottle of Jameson and we use that. Now I can say things like "This bike runs on Jameson"...

Once we get everything fixed, we go to start the bike and realize that the battery is dead. Lame. Josue says that one can push a bike to get the engine to start, but we're in a parking garage without a lot of space for that. He also says if we can get it to start he wants to drive it home tonight. I say it isn't registered so it's not worth the risk. Smiling, he pulls his bike's license plate from his bag. Alright, we'll use it.

There is a shallow ramp in the garage. We decide to use the ramp to give the bike some extra speed for starting. We push it up and down the ramp probably ten times, until it finally fully engages and the engines roars up. Josue asks if I want to sit on the bike and try engaging first to roll slowly forward. I do.

We take the bike over to a longer stretch of straight asphalt and I get on. I'm nervous, but I hold the clutch tightly and click into first gear. Very slowly, I begin to released the clutch. The bike rolls slightly, I begin, slowly, to turn the throttle and give it gas. The bike rolls more quickly. I grab the clutch and brake. Awesome. Now I'm ready to learn to ride.

Sunday evening, at 1am, we take the bike outside and prepare to drive off. Josue says he wants to ride it around the block to get a feel for it before he rides with me on it. It's drizzling out. He drives off. I'm waiting a while. He calls, the bike has stalled. He gets it started again. Now it's raining. I get on and we drive off. We stop by his house so he can get some rain gear. He drives me home in the rain. He drops me off and takes the bike home with him.

When he gets home he calls. The bike stalled 3 times on the way home but he think it's an oil issue. It's after 3:30am now.

It's the next Monday morning, I wake up early and print out insurance forms and get the title, in preparation for registration. I take the train to the DMV. I can't get the bike registered. I've left the print out of the insurance cards on my desk. Pissed off, I head to work. Josue drives the motorcycle to a local mechanic to get a full tune up and new tires.

Tuesday morning, I wake up early. Get my papers together, making sure absolutely everything is there, double checking. I take the train to the DMV. It isn't open yet and the line stretches around the block. Pissed, I get in line.

The line actually moves fairly quickly and I get to a DMV agent. Everything clears and they tell me the registration will be $142(yeesh), I give them my credit card and their machine is down. They ask if I can go get the money out and come back to pay. I say No, it's a credit card. They tell me to wait and they take the next customer. Their machine wont accept cash either. That customer has to wait.

They figure it out. They enter everything in manually. I get my license plate. I go to work.

Thursday morning. Josue comes and picks up the license plate and registration information. He's going to take the bike to get inspected. Thursday evening, the bike is finished with it's tune up and everything is running fine.

Friday, the bike goes in for inspection. It passes. I go to Alan's place and borrow a helmet.

It's now Saturday morning. We're going to drive out to the airport and I'm going to learn to ride. It's a beautiful day.

Good news!

Lately, pigeons and doves have been landing right outside my window. There is a small sill on the outside, and they land there and coo. This had never happened until recently. Today there was one on the sill outside and one on the fire escape, the one on the sill was flashing it's feathers around and cooing, trying to attract the other one. They flew away when they saw me.

I want someone to share my enthusiasm with.

"And I could drink a lot and have vulgar thoughts and pray for my salvation, with nobody there to take my orders."

I need a dedicated Producer.

Damn, Hugh Jackman

Cutting Room Studios/ Modern Vintage Recordings

I am logging footage I shot of musician Misty Boyce in The Cutting Room Studios for Modern Vintage Recordings. I will be editing a video of the "live" session that will be posted up soon.

Final Cut 7, hey-o!

"How could a righteous babe like you be lonely?"

"That's the sweetest thing anybody's ever said to me! ...Wanna go to bed?"

Work/Art/Creation

I feel like I'm starting to actually get a handle on things, it feels really good.

I really like Penguin Cafe Orchestra

Wearing a dress inside when it's winter outside is a pleasant experience.

LOOK! at my spoon!

I found a use for my Gruel Spoon!

It can keep the pages down of books I'm referencing while I'm working on things!

THE ALCHEMIST MAKES GOLD - POST PRODUCTION *SOUND DESIGN*

My short film, The Alchemist Makes Gold, is still currently in the hands of motion graphics artist Dino Tsaousis who is doing additional editing and working out some digital effects. In the meantime, I'm starting preparation for sound design.

I've started on a Sound Map of the Alchemist. I separate each scene and then do grouping of the sounds for the corresponding scene. Concrete sounds, Musical sounds and Voice sounds. Luckily, the Alchemist is incredibly simple when it comes to voice sounds, they only really pertain to the two characters when they're speaking, the characters are never in an environment where other people are having conversations. The concrete sounds are fairly straight forward, though they begin to get a little complicated, as there are lot of noises that would be considered "concrete" but which weren't actually audible enough to be recorded on location--things such as, bubbling, boiling, sputtering, fire flickering, etc. So, those all have to be notated and then recorded separately. The "musical" sounds are the hardest to pin down. The "music" of the Alchemist isn't exactly music, I call it a "soundscape". It is composed of industrial noises, mechanical noises, the sounds of the woods/forest, and then building shimmering sounds, glowing sounds, whooshing and resonant/hollow sounds. Basically, the soundscape is the most interpretive and complex, as it requires creating concrete sounds to relate to abstract concepts. I guess this is always what music is, but I don't want the soundscape to sound quite like music or quite like it could be the real environment. It resides in a sort of in between place, an indefinable place. Anyway, this is where Alchemist stands now. A chugging along process. I'm nervous and excited to see where all of this leads.

Nice weather today!

I have an interview with the folks who posted the "enthusiastic person" ad, on Monday. It's an interior design service that caters to folks who are moving and don't want to deal with the hassle.

I've been applying to all sorts of job positions. I applied to be a dog walker, kennel associate, warehouse PM associate(accepting shipments at a warehouse at night), animal care taker at a lab in a university, I applied to PetCo, various film positions, psychology study participant, and I even applied to a listing that only asked for an "enthusiastic person".

I need to find work and I have no job ideas. I'm not sure what to do.

http://www.visual-memory.co.uk/amk/doc/0096.html

http://www.collativelearning.com/EYES%20WIDE%20SHUT%20analysis.html

"And, you know, there is something very important we need to do as soon as possible."

"What's that?"

"Fuck."

gnocchi looks like big roly polys

It's so pretty and snowy outside. A beautiful day to hang around, look out the windows, and work on projects.

"You see how the smoke trembles up in the roof hole? As if whimpering and afraid. Yet it's only going out into the open air, where it has the whole sky to tumble about in. But it doesn't know that. So it cowers and trembles under the sooty ridge of the roof. People are the same way. They worry and tremble like leaves in a storm because of what they know and what they don't know. You shall cross a narrow plank, so narrow you can't find your footing. Below you roars a great river. It's black and wants to swallow you up. But you pass over it unharmed. Before you lies a chasm so deep you can't see the bottom. Hands grope for you, but they can't reach you. At last you stand before a mountain of terror. It spews fire like a furnace, and a vast abyss opens at its feet. A thousand colors blaze there: copper and iron, blue vitriol and yellow sulfur. Flames dazzle and flash and lash at the rocks. And all about, men leap and writhe, small as ants, for this is the furnace that swallows up muderers and evildoers. But at the very moment that you think you're doomed, a hand shall grasp you and an arm circle around you, and you'll be taken far away...where evil no longer has power over you. "

THE ALCHEMIST MAKES GOLD - POST PRODUCTION *STAGE 3.2*

Presently, my still-in-production short film, The Alchemist Makes Gold, is in the hands of an additional editor/motion graphics artist, Dino Tsaousis (http://www.dinotsaousis.com/). Dino is really great, he works primarily in the more commercial world of video/filmmaking with Arby's, Wendy's, Gillette, AT&T...etc. Presently, he's working freelance out of NY. However, he also went to college in Boulder, Colorado where he had a focus on Avant Garde/Experimental filmmaking, what a great mix!

The Process:

First, I made a cut of the whole project with rudimentary graphic placeholders, then Dino took the project and all the raw footage. He watched it through, made notes and has come up with potential changes in cuts and rhythm and concepts for the special effects. He'll make changes and begin on design and then send me low resolution files through yousendit.com where I'll review the changes and give my opinion. So far, I've seen two changes(one involving special effects) and I was happy with both of them. After Dino finishes with his changes, he'll conform the whole sequence to something that is watchable by anyone and I'll share the rough final cut with other people. Once I've gauged response and feel happy with where the video stands, we'll decide the cut is a lock and he can begin on color correction. While that's happening, I can take the footage over to my friends at The Cutting Room Studio in Manhattan, where we'll begin soundscape design . Once the soundscape is complete, the whole sound aspect of the project will be brought to the guys at Black & Gray Music (http://www.blackandgraymusic.com), where final sound mix and clean up will be completed. Then we synch our completed audio with our completed video and the project will be done!

Joe Muto rehearses in the "apartment" location.

I still really want the Canon 7D

A guy followed me into the grocery store and said I was an "evil white lady", he mumbled things about black magic and witch craft. I told him he didn't know me and he was only saying so based off of my appearance and the color of my skin. He said he could tell I was an evil white lady.

a great website for nyc bikers!--> http://www.ridethecity.com/

...shit...

"I think you're mistaken. I don't come with the merchandise."

"My Stanley Steamer's in the garage, having her face lifted."

"Small accident...the road curved, but I didn't."

Equation of the Day

Avocado + Breakfast Sausage + Over Medium Egg with a little Spike seasoning + Swiss Cheese + A little bit of mayo ON a Toasted Sesame Bagel = AWESOME

"Henrick systematically fails at everything. He can't even kill himself"

"As a lawyer you should be used to the stupidity and repulsiveness in the world."

"Honest hate must be respected; I respect it. But I couldn't care less if you hate me. You hardly exist."

"I like you more or dislike you less when you use that tone. There's a healthy dose of hate in your banalities."

Two O'Clock PM

2PM seems to be my time this week. I have a meeting today(wednesday) at 2pm, a meeting tomorrow(thursday) at 2pm and a shoot Friday at 2pm--all different people.

Two O'Clock Post Meridiem

Metal Works

This past Friday I went to a free metal working workshop with a friend of mine. I spent 5 hours working metal into shapes and I had a great time. We were given a fairy long, thin piece of steel, which we would put into a fire pit until it turned red hot and then take it over to an anvil and bang it with a hammer. This process is repeated over and over until one's personal desired outcome. I made a spiral and a spoon. The spoon was started with a larger, flatter piece of metal(just look at the handle, thats the original piece since I didn't get around to shaping that part). I was going to put more effort into the spoon, but it was 2am by the time I got to the point where you see it now, and I didn't have the energy or the arm strength to work on it any longer, so I just did the finishing work and kept it this way.

This is My Spiral and My Spoon for Eating Gruel in my Shanty Shack.

I felt good until I felt really awful.

The Internet as Desert Wasteland

“It’s as if culture froze just before it became digitally open, and all we can do now is mine the past like salvagers picking over a garbage dump,” Mr. Lanier writes. Or, to use another of his grim metaphors: “Creative people — the new peasants — come to resemble animals converging on shrinking oases of old media in a depleted desert.”

Full article here: The Madness of Crowds and an Internet Delusion

THE ALCHEMIST MAKES GOLD - POST PRODUCTION *STAGE 3 and on*

All of the audio is now synched up, it took me working at least 10 hours straight yesterday, but now when their mouths move, there be sound!

Here is a preview image, this is from Scene 10(keep in mind it's low resolution and no color correction has been done):

THE ALCHEMIST MAKES GOLD - POST PRODUCTION *STAGE 3*

The Alchemist Makes Gold has been transferred to two miniDV tapes. I watched both of them on the TV yesterday and imported one tape to my computer, in the midst of the second one today.

The shots look good and I think the movie is going to have an interesting feel, the only disconcerting thing is that everything looks so dark on the computer screen and I have the screen set to 'Generic RGB' which is the lightest setting for the computer screen. I'll probably be giving a call to PostWorks today and asking their media guys some questions, just to make sure everything is okay. I don't like how dark it is on here. Otherwise, this is a big step forward with the project.

Alchemist, Post Production *Stage 2.5*

The film has been transferred, I'm going to pick it up today.

THE ALCHEMIST MAKES GOLD - POST PRODUCTION *STAGE 2*

This thing has been moving ever so slowly, so I feel I need to start from the beginning, with a brief description of the progress.

In July-August 2009 we shot my short film "The Alchemist Makes Gold" on Super16 color negative film in the woods of Pennsylvania and in a basement in Philadelphia. I wrote the script months before that, but I never did figure how to raise any money, though I really did try to understand the whole process. So we all worked for free and I spent all of the money I had to make it work. Very very low budget. The basement was in a friend's sculpture studio, the woods are where my parents live. A good producer friend acted as a consultant of sorts and got me a 16mm camera for free and film stock.
The shoot was a bit hectic and not phenomenally organized, but we got everything we needed. I have plenty of stories about the organizational messes I was constantly cleaning up, but that can be for another time, this is supposed to be the brief explanation.
So, we completed our 4 days of shooting(we only actually shot for 4 days, though we booked 7 for travel time and prep time.) But, after that, I had 8 rolls of exposed film and no money--again, I didn't necessarily handle the project expertly. So, I had the film in my fridge for a while. 3 rolls were already developed because we had a scare with the camera and were forced to make sure the footage was okay(my cinematographer loaned the money for developing those rolls). Then I read something online that said that film can be damaged if held in a fridge for longer than 6 months, since my monetary situation wasn't changing, I panicked. First, I found a grant source and filled out an application for an arts grant and submitted that, then I created a web site with a description of the project, conflicts and a paypal donation button. From that, I got in $500. I used $320 of that to develop the rolls of film in my fridge, but the left over $200 wasn't enough for transfer. Progressively, that amount raised to $335, which was still not enough. I wanted to do an HD transfer, which is about $1500, and doing even just an SD transfer is about $500. So, I kept trudging along. Time passed and I grew frustrated with things, thought I might stop working freelance and get a 'regular' job and actually save enough money to do the things I want. However, that thought propelled me forward and I started working a lot more in freelance. I became motivated to buy a motorcycle, which will eventually save me money on travel expenses and allow me to visit family and friends and, for Christmas, my parents gave me the last of the cash($300) needed to have the film transferred to SD--which is absolutely a start, and at least I'll have something to show for all the work we put into the movie. The award connected to the grant I applied for is not announced until sometime later on in January, so I don't know anything about that yet. (*UPDATE* I did NOT receive the grant. Bummer!)

So, this PHASE 2 of my Alchemist Post Production is coming up on Tuesday, when we're going to have the film transferred to SD miniDV tapes and I can begin a rough edit of the film!

Still image from The Alchemist Makes Gold, woods location

"I don't want a pickle, just wanna ride on my motorsickle..."

So, I bought that motorcycle pictured two posts below, the maroon-tanked 1980 Honda cm400t. Long story short--it flipped off the back of the truck while we were transporting it home and went from being immediately rideable save for some new tires, to needing new handlebars and a clutch lever. While this is a bit of a set back, that's about the best possible news one can receive when dealing with a motorcycle flipping off the back of a truck--i.e. "you just need new handlebars and a clutch lever." So, I found handlebars online that fit the approximate measurement of the handlebars on the bike(they're a bit mangled, so there are no definite measurements here, but the two are close enough) and a cheap Honda clutch lever that fits my year and make of bike. My friend Alan Porn-Hair and I are going to sit down together and put the new stuff on. Then, I need to get the tires replaced and, at that point, I'll finally be able to learn to ride the thing!

Untitled 'Helen' Script

My father and I just finished our first Official Draft of the script we've been working on. This is a big deal for me, I think it might be the best script I've had a hand in writing. Now it's time to share it with people that have an interest in helping us get it made. I'll be directing it and that's the extent of the definite crew at this point. I was looking at my dream cinematographers on IMDB.com. Sigh. That'd be great. I want this movie to be beautiful.

Moto

Looking at this on Tuesday if all goes well...

Love it

Bummer

No good on the bike, still searching

1978 Honda cb400t

Going to look at a motorcycle this evening. It's been sitting in a garage for 20 years, it only has 4,600 miles on it. We don't know yet if we can get it running, but if we think we can, then I'm going to buy it! The price is right.

Here's an idea of what it might look like:

It's going to be a lot more beat up than that, considering it's been sitting around for a long time, but I'm hoping it'll be worthwhile to fix it up.

Ooh la la

Woot! Woot!

Going to look at a motorcycle on Thursday, I'm excited.

Let's get this done

I've been trying to work a lot and save up for a motorcycle and also get my life a little more on track. It's very important to be able to live comfortably, and I run out of money virtually every month.

Things are going well. I'm actually at my editing job now, but I'm waiting for this video to render. I've been shooting, editing and gripping, primarily. I'm trying to get as much work as possible but without losing sight of my personal goals. I have a lot of projects in the works. Scripts I've written and conceptual film projects I want to make. I've met some cool people who said they may be interested in helping me get these movies made. That would be so great!

NEW! CURRENT PROJECTS PAGE ON MY WEBSITE!

I added a new page to my personal website, it's a "Current Projects" page, where I list projects in progress. It can be accessed through any of the website pages, and also directly here: http://www.caitdavis.com/current.html

CANON D70

I want the new Canon D70 digital still camera.

NYU

Worked on an NYU grad student film this past week. They were good people and it was a nice time.

The shoot took place in a church and the church basement.

Here are a few pictures:

"LAURA AND HER PERPETUATION..."

The newest !30sec Series! webisode:
"LAURA AND HER PERPETUATION OF CONFUSING SITUATIONS WHEN OUT AND ABOUT IN TOWN"

"First Avenue..." Shoot

The shoot went fairly well today, I'll know better once I have the footage imported.
We went to Stuyvesant Town, which I tend to call "the mystical place", to shoot. It's a residential community in Manhattan, right off of 14th st near 1st ave, and down along that area. It's huge, with winding pathways and parks and big apartment complexes, it even has its own stores, it looks nothing like the rest of Manhattan. Apparently, there are cameras all over there, which is really strange. We were shooting near a fountain, just having gotten our first shot, when two patrol guys in a vehicle approached us on the path and asked what we were doing. I told them I was a student and begged them to let me continue shooting. They said I needed a permit to be shooting and that I would have to go somewhere else. I begged some more and they said that they were going to drive around and when they got back, that's when I had to be finished shooting. So, I rushed the rest of the shoot.
Basically, it all happened in a whirlwind and I really don't know how well any of it came out. We did, however, finish shooting in time. The patrol guys came back around just as we completed packing up our gear.

"First Avenue..."

New !30Sec Series! episode being shot today!

What's on my mind: http://www.ridemss.com/?page=22&ctype=2

Ahem...

Here's what I'm thinking...

I'm thinking that things need to change. My life, as it is, ought to be different, move differently, have more dynamic range. More colors. Presently, this is fueled by my financial situation, but there's more to it than that. There is life, in general. An aching to experience more, see more, really feel more.

I feel more ready now, than I have in the past, to engage more thoroughly with what life has to offer. To engage with life.

People can be pretty awesome.

Finally fixed my bike. Rode quickly for 10-15minutes and noticed how out of shape I am. Happy to have the bike again!

Two dead gazelle and a feisty cheetah.

"JACK AND HIS LACK OF CONFIDENCE WHICH IN TURN INSPIRED HIS WHOLE-HEARTED RELIANCE UPON THE POWER CAP"

Haruki Murakami blows my mind.

RODEO?

Shooting "Rodeo?" video tomorrow, the third in the 30sec series installments.

Asthma all day. Sitting in the bathroom with the hot water on. Yeesh.

RODEO? pushed back

We had to push the shooting date of the rodeo video, which often happens with these things. This time, I actually have actors! and I'm not in it! A british guy named Leo and my yoga/dance/actor friend Julia. Should be fun.

I lifted weights this morning. Though it was only for a very short time, I imagine I'll be feeling it tomorrow. I've not been so great about keeping up with the exercise routine.

The heaters are on which helps clothes to dry faster, and I get to wear comfy sweaters outdoors. Hello new weather.

Motorcycles, fishing and friends.

Super8

Beginning the very early formulation of a Super8 experimental/abstract short about a woman involving self reflection and society(...probably)

RODEO?

The new 30sec series short will hopefully be shooting this wednesday, oct. 14. More elements to get together this time: a restaurant location, 4 actors(only 2 as the featured folks), and lights(can you imagine?).

Had a dream about a serial killer who tattoos a burning paw on the inside of his victims upper eye lid.

I woke up this morning with two scratches near my eye, and one on my throat.

THE ALCHEMIST MAKES GOLD - POST PRODUCTION *STAGE 1* Completed!

So, I picked up the Alchemist film yesterday and now it sits in a heap on my floor. Well, a neatly arranged heap of carefully considered boxes of consciously coiled film. Anyway, that's stage one. It's out of the fridge and safe. My new plan is to raise enough money to get it transferred to SD(about 1/3 the cost of HD) and edit that as a first full rough cut, then I can submit the rough cut to finishing film grants(as they tend to require rough cuts) and potentially raise enough money to have the film transferred to HD.

Now, on to PHASE TWO! The transfer of film to SD...

Trust me, I'm reeaal excited.

NEW tU pHAce Promo!

NONSENSE WILL REIGN MIGHTILY!!

Read this! : http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/06/health/06mind.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss

It's pouring outside.

"ELVIN AND HIS ABSOLUTE CONVICTION THAT TO BE WORTHY IN LIFE ONE MUST PAINT THE MOST EXQUISITE PIGEON PORTRAIT"

Hour of the Wolf

"Now you are yourself and yet not yourself, the ideal state for a meeting between lovers."

THE ALCHEMIST MAKES GOLD - POST PRODUCTION in stages

I've raised enough money to have the Alchemist film developed, though not yet enough to have it transferred to HD. Today I'm taking the film over to PostWorks NYC where I'm dropping it off for development. I have the first 3 rolls developed, but there are 5 more that need developing-those are the ones I'm taking.

The first 3 rolls of film were from the woods of PA, where the Alchemist encounters the Woman.

The last 5 rolls are from a basement in Phila, PA, known as the Alchemist's Apartment, where the Alchemist boils chemicals and works toward forming Gold.

I need to raise about $1500 to have the film transferred to HD. I've started up a paypal donation option, that is how I've obtained some funding. The site is http://www.caitdavis.com/amg.html

ELVIN-Pigeons!

Alright, the "pigeons" video has been shot and edited. It should be posted by tomorrow.

PIGEONS! Video

" ELVIN AND HIS ABSOLUTE CONVICTION THAT TO BE WORTHY IN LIFE ONE MUST PAINT THE MOST EXQUISITE PIGEON PORTRAIT " is shooting today! And I'm excited.

"Watch out, it's steep."

New painting by cait

The Pigeons video shoot keeps getting pushed, which is a bummer. Hopefully we can make it happen on tuesday.

Gregorian Chants!

I know some lovely people.

PIGEONS!

Be on the look out--oh internet universe--for another video in my "30sec series" that should be out within the next 2-3 weeks. We did location scouting today and are aiming to shoot on fri, sept. 25.

"And I don't need anybody because I love, love to be alone"

Gosh, what a rainy, rainy day.

Pieces

CLARA AND HER UNWAVERING LACK OF APPRECIATION FOR DOOR TO DOOR BUSINESS SALESMEN

I've got a nice hour long walk in front of me today. I like taking very long walks to get to places. It's one of the few forms of exercise I do recently---though some mornings I do work out for a short time.

It also gets me out of the house. It's hard for me to get out when I barely know anyone here and have projects I'm working on. I have an interest in meeting folks and doing things, but I don't seem to meet a lot of people whom I wholly connect with. I meet them, like them, maybe try to hang out once or twice, and then receded back into my solitude.

And the people I do really like tend to be very busy people. I'm not busy in the traditional sense, but I keep myself busy.

Anyway...