Yesterday was Tuscola's big 4th of July festival. No need to mention the obvious error. I go every year. I missed one year by going to Disney World, which is a fair trade ( Read more... )

It's sorta-kinda a holiday here in the United States. Tomorrow actually is a holiday, and almost all of my coworkers have taken today day off in preparation. I'm not exactly working either (obviously). I wish that work were always like this. I feel like I'm here on my own free will, that I'm doing what needs to be done. It's nice, it feels ( Read more... )

What are they trying to prove?

I finally listened to all of the new Fiery Furnaces record. It's a bit dense. I like it, of course. However, it's not the easiest listen ( Read more... )

I went to the taste of Champaign alone. I could have called somebody, maybe, but I went alone. With four tickets from the previous night, I had to go. Four tickets = four dollars ( Read more... )

I'm a very old man. Thanks go out to Ashley Mosely for posting pictures of me in my full old man garb. I've taken the liberty of photoshopping some of them.


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This might be too dark, and not quite good enough. I've been thinking about this lately. Maybe because it's summer ( Read more... )

I don't enter contests. I've never even sent one of my films into a festival. Here's the thing, I would make it into festivals. I make short, funny, and cute films. They have flaws, sometimes major flaws, but they are generally enjoyable films. Pretty much, exactly what festivals are looking for to fill gaps in programming ( Read more... )

What's up with that?

I have a full size bed. This is smaller than a king but bigger than a twin; so it's more than what I need. Therefore, I started using some of my bed as storage. It started as just a couple of sweaters and some books. Now, over half the bed is junk. Sometimes, the whole bed: I have to push stuff over to sleep. Sometimes, I just sleep on top of the ( Read more... )