Im up late, and I cant sleep, and its a perfect time for worrying about the future. I've got a habit of learning how to be moderately good at lots of new things. This is keeping me from working in a field where I can really excel, and I'm counting the years adding up (33 [...]
'MacTavish' is a right noble name. It's got the clout of a HIghland clan, and the stoutness that comes with healthy peasant genes. I gave this name up to take the name 'Huntress,' which is being daughtered out. See, my fair wife comes from a clan that has lots of daughters. The Huntress clan, it [...]
It's much more important than WHAT you do. [youtube="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4ZoJKF_VuA"]
One of my earliest video projects was for the Portland graphic design and web development creative agency, Spot Color Studio. They wanted to package their offerings in such a way that they could provide the services most frequently used by startup businesses in one standard package. After writing the script for the video to frame [...]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4Lhs-1TMS0 Indilea and Zaden Huntress wrote their first movie this weekend. The setting: our new Train Table. The cast: Thomas the Tank Engine, Flodo the Bus, and...monsters.
Art, or Alchemy, is the XIV Trump in the Thoth deck of Tarot cards. Every year, on my birthday, I draw a card that symbolizes the coming year. Last year was the year of the Fool, whence I drew the 0 of Trumps, that beginning of journeys that leads you into the unknown. At the [...]
I came across a good smack-in-the-face post this morning, and I'm using it to wake up. Now. I've been aiming for different degrees; for 6 months away, and for 10+ years away. But right now, I am focusing on an entirely attainable goal: my life in 2 years. I want to be living somewhere other [...]
Me and my kids. All week. For the first time, Johanna is going on a trip by herself. Well, not all by herself; she's going with her mom, and they are taking a flight to Costa Rica tonight, on Christmas. This is the first time she has left her children for more than a few [...]
I’m not just good at a couple of things. I’m good at nearly everything I do. Believe me, it’s a bitch. Life would be so much simpler if I had one skill, or one passion, and I applied myself to one thing for the rest of my life. But I could never deal with that. [...]
This is how Google saw 2010: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0QXB5pw2qE&feature=player_embedded]