Drake's Cars

I found some tapes of my son playing from back in November. He loves the movie Cars, not as much now as he did in November. Cars are being trumped by superheroes (see batmite post).

But he still has ALOT of Cars toys, that he plays with quite often. I felt like I needed to do something creative and quick, so I cut the footage of him together to get a three and a half minute highlight real of the movie. Enjoy.
(Note: You really need sound to get the full effect of this clip.)

SCA Combat

Over the weekend I took a trip to a huge SCA tournament Birka. I ended up fighting for the better part of 4 hours. It was a very surreal experience to walk into a tournament with about 150 fighters and really not know any of them, in fighting style or experience. The fighting was run continuously with the fighter feeding into 10 pits. Then after the fighting I had to leave to get back home almost immediately, so I had no idea of where I was in the standings at the end of the day.

Here's a picture from what I think is about mid-day, notice the sweat soaking through and darkening my tunic (I'm the one in Green).

So today I fond the tournament results posted on-line. And it turns out I finished 9th, which I happy with. (Actually ranked 8, because they didn't do ties right)

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Wins 75
Losses 49
Double Kills 3
Total Fights 127
% of Fights Won 59.1
Rank 9

But at the same time it makes me wonder if I the drive and time I've dedicated to the SCA serve me better if directed to say, my film making. I looked at me schedule over then next few months and see it divided pretty equally between work and SCA. Is that too much hobby?

However, the SCA does keep me motivated to keep physically fit and mentally healthy. I get fairly lackluster and depressed if I go for more than about a week and a half without fighting.

Anyway, I'm going to try and get back to my project goals and accomplish something this week.

Projects

I'm having trouble getting to work on my personal side projects, and I think it's because I don't have a deadline. So I end up doing contract work that has to get done and then relaxing, housework or something else instead of working on some editing or a script.
So I'm going to set some goals for next month:
By Feb. 11 - have polished cut of short film (Playing the Fool)
by Feb 29 - have rough script for feature (Last Season)
Maybe the blog will help keep me on track too.

On another note, it looks like I'm going to be involved in the production of a local television show again. A televised Karaoke contest, but this time instead of being a Camera Operator and Editor, I'm going to be the Director and Show Runner. I'm not sure I want to let go of the hands-on creative control I had last time, but it will give me more time to continue work on other productions I'm overseeing. Overall, I think it's for the best.

Finally, here's another picture of my son combined with a picture he painted at preschool.

Superbowl

Okay it's overtime in the NFC title game and with that Giants' interception, I'm guessing that this pic from this morning may have been more prophetic than intented.

Yup, we finally get the Manning vs Brady Superbowl. I think the story (and game) would have been better with Farve and the Packers, but this is still going to be an interesting rematch from the last week of the regular season.
Should make watching the game in NYC with my brothers interesting.

Go Giants!

Bat Mite

So like magic as the year has flipped over, my son has turned from a toddler into a little boy.

I appearance, attitude, communication and imagination. The following is a video from a few nights ago, he has become quite obsessed with superheroes.

Starting Again

Okay, I'm going to try and start my blog again.

I plan to post pictures of my son, video (home movies and projects), perhaps talk about movies I've seen and any particularly exciting projects I'm working on.

I'll start with a picture I took of my son yesterday combined with a painting that he did yesterday as well.