chase the light

On Thursday, October 11th, 2001 at 9:13pm. I looked like this. Scruffy and asymetrical.

The Stuart Little crew celebrating it’s first milestone of finaling 100 shots. Only 900 billion to go. Julie and Pia looking like someone died. …and Sarah Moore in the most electric top ever. None more purple. And last but not least a trifecta of alcohol guzzling co-workers.

Sony Imageworks hosting the great bread bake-off. The goal? To try and topple the record of most loaves baked simultaneously at an effects facility. We beat it. Whatever the old record was…? Above center: Some dude thoroughly impressed with the whole event.

Inked and poked. A show about pain. My only purchase was a lighter that is shaped like a cigarette. Not that I use it, just things that are juxtaposed always intrigue me. $4 bucks. Guess I need to start smoking. A baby in a skull and cross bones shirt is always trouble. A lot of […]

The La Brea Tar Pits living up to their name. You’d have to be a really stupid, or a very thirsty animal to go anywhere near this. A bit Exxon Valdez-y, but if you’re a giant sloth with a pea brain it’s probably looks like a chocolate milkshake. Below is the current state of my […]

Woke up to the collective experience known as 911. One photo I’m glad I didn’t take. I guess my Black Crowes tickets for the Greek tonight have just been rendered useless. Damn, and I had great seats. What a depressing show it would be anyway. I woke up and heard some sort of commotion on […]

I’ve been up since 5:00am, on a Sunday. This is my class on motorcycle safety [LINK] offered through the state of California. The long and short of it is, you ride around in a lot of circles, lock up your brakes, swerve through cones, watch other people get booted out of the class, and hopefully […]

Samoyed’s are the single greatest dogs ever. I grew up with one. Her name was Chestnut because we got her for Christmas. You can argue other dogs are better, but I won’t be listening, and I’ll fight you. They have the uncanny ability to talk. They don’t bark, they make this drawn out howling noise […]

Block off a street, cater some food, add a band, multi-colored spot lights and you have a party. First off, hardly anyone drives on that street, the food was cold, the band sucked and it was still light out so the lights didn’t work very well. Secondly, we couldn’t charge it to Sony as hours […]

Riz Story of the band “Anyone.” Other than my family, the person I’ve known longest in my life. Since 1st or 2nd grade. I played in his band for a length of time from ’86 to about ’91. Being a graphic designer payed better than a hired gun guitarist. So it all worked out for […]

One of the very few perks of working for Sony Pictures Imageworks. A BBQ. Like I said… the food is free. So it’s considered a perk.

I’m so money, and I don’t even know it. See who I hang with. I went to the opening of “Made” which is directed by Jon Favreau of “Swingers” and “Friends” fame. Weird how Jon looks twice the size of me as I do my best to blend into the wall paper. He signed a […]

After getting moved back to L.A. I thought a summer concert might kick off my return. KIIS FM’s Wango Tango Concert. Aerosmith, The Bee Gees, Vertical Horizon, Pink, Mya, and Christina Aguilara singing “Lady Marmalade” from “Moulin Rouge”, and a bunch of other crap. Above are some really frightening quality clips of Lady Marmalade with […]

For a architecture fans, this is the infamous Gamble House. For movie buffs, this is Doc Brown’s house in the “Back to the Future” movies. It was a free weekend to view historical houses in Pasadena. Normally there’s no line. You have to wear blue booties on your shoes to enter the house. They’re not […]

Shrek finally opened! I flew down to L.A. to see it with family and friends at Universal City Walk. It had a $42 mil. dollar opening! All the type A people are in the photo. The type B’s are just off screen.

Ben came from Australia to work at PDI/DreamWorks. A newspaper back home was doing an article on Shrek and he needed photos to send to them. So we shot some in the lobby and out front. He’s quite purple for some reason.

I took Mike out hiking to Point Bonita Lighthouse. He complained the whole time. So much for having fun! Ya bastard curmudgeon! It’s only open about 3 hours a day, but fortunately we hit it at the right time. A typically cold and windy day in the Marin headlands. Lot’s of seals down on the […]

When advertising goes awry. Some genius thought it would be a good idea to promote IBM’s new Linux servers [LINK] by stenciling cute little symbols on the sidewalks. They also thought Haight/Ashbury would be a good place for this?! They didn’t take into account they’d be dealing with San Franciscan’s who immediately displayed their feelings. […]

Kathleen Cohen introduced me to Gladstone’s and we now seem to have lunches there a lot. It’s a beach thing. Sit outdoors, have the sea bass, pay the expensive bill, take your food home in a foil shaped animal and enjoy yourself. Always the best of times.

[PINATA DECAPITATION VIDEO] The day after the layoffs from PDI, I flew down to L.A. to go to a Steamboat Software Bar-b-que and Charlie’s 30th birthday. Also to start looking for a job. No need to lollygag. [LINK] Charlie decapites a bunny pinata that doesn’t even move. Talk about shooting fish in a barrel. It’s […]