One of the things that’s been on my to do list for far too long has been to update my photography portfolio and get it back into presentable form. And, ultimately, actually make roads towards paid photography work. I’m finally getting around to it thanks to a recent trip I took up to Churchill, Canada [...]

Warning: This is a meaningless stream of consciousness writing. There is no point within this and no great truth lies at the other end. You have been warned. Writing is a horrible, horrible existence. I’m into another period where I’ve convinced myself that I’m not actually a writer. Genuine writers are compelled to write, have [...]

In a previous lifetime, I had just recently moved to LA and the 2008 presidential primary was fast approaching. My friend Tony and I decided to go to a rally in Pasadena, featuring Ted Kennedy. Trying to get to Tony’s apartment in Beverly Hills, I somehow managed to find myself downtown. Don’t ask me how [...]

Originally posted as a DailyKos diary here. I won’t claim to know the President’s endgame. I won’t claim to know whether we are on the verge of a great victory or a great defeat, whether this is part of Obama’s master plan or a genuine screw up on his part, since truthfully, I don’t know. [...]

So the California Supreme Court has upheld Proposition 8, banning same sex marriages in the state, as constitutional. While Prop 8 is a terrible affront to basic human rights and equality, sadly and unfortunately, I think this is the way this particular battle had to go. Rightly or wrongly, conservatives get a lot of mileage [...]

In my screenwriting class today, we did a writing exercise. The results of which I actually liked, so I’m going to post them here. The gist is to pull some significant event from your history, pick a moment from it, and visualize the setting and action in your head. Recalling as much vivid detail as [...]

Friday was the one year anniversary of my arrival to LA. I have been here for a year (now, a year and three days). I had made another in a long series of resolutions to blog more, to blog regularly, to write regularly. I had actually managed to claw towards some success, though still far [...]

Let’s just skip another eloquent resolution to blog more and get straight to the skinny, shall we?

Yesterday Dorkman came over, adding to our Geekza fun for the day. Afterwards, we batted around the idea of going to a movie, though couldn’t decide on anything that we’d all be willing to pay ten bucks for. But in our exploration, I discovered that 2001: A Space Odyssey was playing at the Egyptian in [...]

I’m sitting here, eating dinner and nervously watching returns come in from Ohio and Texas, having made myself some peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and treating myself to a Pepsi. I’ve tried to take advantage of the opportunities that a major change in life offers, including eating better: healthier and more environmentally friendly, buying organic, [...]