Look what I found

I just rediscovered this video on YouTube - I forgot I had posted it there almost three years ago. I was just checking to see if I still had a YouTube account, and there it was. Weird.

This video was taken during an adventure Brittany, Kevin and I went on in April 2007. We drove down the Oregon coast to Oceanside for a fly-in. It was the second to last time I ever flew. I flew at a Chelan fly-in two weeks later, and that was the end of my hang gliding career. It still seems strange to me how abruptly I stopped flying. But then again, it still seems strange to me that I started hang gliding in the first place. I really don't know exactly what has driven me to jump off cliffs and out of airplanes. It seemed like a good idea at the time. Or times, I guess. Many, many times.

The title of this video is Kevin's fault, not mine. I have no idea what it's supposed to mean.

Bigfoot revealed!

Evidence of the existence of Bigfoot will soon be on display in a new exhibit at the Washington State History Museum entitled, “Giants in the Mountains: The Search for Sasquatch.”

Artwalk

Tomorrow will be the first Third Thursday of 2010: Artwalk. I have the whole day off, too, so I'll actually be participating this time around. I just published an article all about it. And, of course, the Definitive Guide is still mostly relevant.

Empire of the Owl 2.0

I finally earned my 5th credit on TriggerStreet earlier this afternoon, and I just finished uploading my first short story, The Empire of the Owl, to the site. I am quite anxious about it. I think I need another beer.

Free movie this Saturday at the Grand Cinema

The Grand is showing The Secret of Nimh this Saturday at 10:30am. Read about it here.

You're related to who?

Interested about learning more about your family history and getting better connected to your roots? The Main Branch of the Tacoma Public Library will host a free class this Tuesday that will help you get started. Learn more here.

Fitter, happier, more productive

This has been a very productive week for me. I've written and published two articles in the past two days. One is about an upcoming show this Saturday at the Showbox where DBS, a delta-blues/punk band Kevin's cousin plays in, will be performing. The other article is about 10th and Commerce's new EP and upcoming shows.

I discovered TriggerStreet the other day, and I have already become a contributing member. TriggerStreet is a website started in 2002 (yeah, it took me a while to stumble upon it) by Kevin Spacey and producer Dana Brunetti as an interactive mechanism to discover and showcase emerging filmmaking and writing talent. Fingers crossed.

As I am only marginally employed and have thus far not been able to successfully prostitute my own intellectual property, I have been doing a lot of digging for job prospects both on and off line. I have been writing up all sorts of proposals and letters and sending them out to various companies and organizations, hoping to find some sort of meaningful work. I am getting a lot more aggressive in my approach. I am more optimistic than ever that something good is about to happen to me career-wise. I'm hardly even nervous about interviews these days. Weird.

2010 is going to be my year. I have decided that in order to keep myself productive, and on some sort of track, collaboration is a necessity. Lately, I've been discussing all sorts of creative endeavors with friends old and new. It has actually helped me get back in touch with certain people I didn't even realize I had so much in common with. I've been talking to all sorts of people about job leads as well, and I feel like my prospects are becoming much brighter.

I just created a new avatar specifically for TriggerStreet. I think it's cool. Feel free to let me know if I am mistaken about this, though.