What I have been doing lately...

A couple weeks ago my grandfather died. So Jodi and I packed up and headed to Ontario for a week for the funeral. When I got back Jeff was waiting for me at the airport, so we were able to hang out together for almost a week which was great. Last time I saw him was in Seattle last August. I have also been doing some reading...
The above book was great. The reason I read it is because it was just made into a film that won at the Sundance Film Festival. So I thought I would give it the ol' college try. It ended up working out. Here is a paragraph from the book that I thought was perfect...
'While Dad was in prison the rule had been to never see the same stud three nights. One night is forgot like a fart, two like a pang, but after three nights lain together there is a hurt, and to soothe the hurt there will be night four, and five, and nights unnumbered. The heart's in it then, spinning dreams, and torment is on the way. The heart makes dreams seem like ideas.'
I am not going to say much about Divisadero. All I will say is that if you haven't read any of Ondaatje then you are missing out on something absolutely incredible.
This is what I am currently reading. I have read it before but I love it so much I am doing it again. Virginia Woolf...nothing else to say. If you haven't read anything by her you're an idiot.
I have also been watching a lot of film...
The above film is by Apichatpong Weerasethakul. I watched it last night. Quite beautiful. Not sure exactly what was going on. But I'm okay with that.
Pictured above is Terrence Davies. I have always been interested in seeing his films. So I bought a box set of them a while ago and just got around to watching them. They are quite something. A lot of his subject matter is autobiographical which I like. You should definitely search him out if you can.

Also this...
Beach House - Teen Dream

RIP - Fred Austin Vaughan

Didn't make the cut

these are rejects from a series i am continually working on called 'people and places you may have missed' i am planning on updating my website soonish. it's tough to prioritize. there are a lot of other things i am working on but i am hoping to find some time.
we'll see.

Work in the morning...ugh

Moving on...

Pointer

If you want to view it full screen just right click and say watch in youtube.
I don't know how else to do it.
Thanks.

Here we go...

A Wife of Sorts

This is what i have been doing all weekend...editing. i am basically done too. there are a couple things i still need to accomplish, well actually my friend Kelley (in the picture) is going to accomplish because it's her computer i am using, and she is smarter than me.
but the whole thing should be done by the end of the week. and then i will try to post it here.
it is called 'A Wife of Sorts'
so stay tuned.
p.s. matt, your music sounds incredible.

The Wire

I am re-watching The Wire right now, and oh man, is it incredible. I have always found it interesting how art can affect you differently at different times in your life. I watched this show a couple years ago and I really enjoyed it, but I find it affecting me differently this time, and I am excited to see where the 5 seasons take me this time around.
If you have never seen this show I would suggest trying it out. It is easily one of my favourite shows of all time, if not my favourite. However, it is not for the faint of heart. The language is rough, and the violence is hard to take sometimes, but it is worth it.
Trust me.

Some Christmas Pics

so...another year. this one should be interesting to say the least. but i am quite excited about it.
the bottom picture is one of the many many reasons why i love my wife.

Merry Christmas!!!!

Hope you have a good one.

Walking the dog...

My evening consisted of...
Eric Rohmer
Writing, writing, oh, and more writing
Baking cookies
Listening to The Walkmen and Sun Kil Moon
Reading Sight and Sound

our newest member!!!!

got this in the mail yesterday. i can't wait to try it out, but i will have to, super 8 is so danged expensive...sigh.

Friends and a Door

Balcony Shots

Took these from the balcony at my office.
Shooting on the film is finished, sent the film to toronto to get developed and digitized, now i have to wait about 3 weeks.

yup...

few and far between

i have been taking pictures but not developing them, which is kind of weird for me. but this whole application process for grad studies is so very tedious and somewhat overwhelming. i am finally done with the University of Alberta...i think. now onto Univ of Calgary, Univ of Saskatchewan and Univ of Manitoba. as overwhelming as it is i am still quite excited, which i take as a good sign. i have also had to push back the shooting of the short film a couple weeks. turns out it's more difficult working with film that i first thought. i had to send away some film to toronto in order to get it developed. so i am at their mercy with time. i am hoping to shoot it the last weekend in november. i think my initial aim to have it finished by xmas is out the window. but that's alright.

60th birthday partay!!!

test shooing will commence in 5 hours and 15 minutes.
kind of excited.

I'm still here

I am currently writing a screenplay for a short film i will be shooting next month. i think i just wrote the 22nd draft of it. or close to anyway. but i do like it more and more the more i rewrite it. so i will take that as a good thing.

Fuzzy Wuzzy Had No Hair...

the above 2 pictures are new ones. i took them in the last month. there are part of this new thing i am doing. it's kind of going somewhere i wasn't planning, so i am thinking the name of the series is going to have to change. i will keep you updated as i am sure you are dying to know. but i am enjoying it a lot. it's forcing my eyes to look at the world differently through the camera which i am very much liking.
p.s. i updated my website again. so check it out. there are a lot of new pictures including a new series of sorts. i took all the new pictures this summer. enjoy.