Sagebrush Cantina
It’s all about the waitresses. At least one of them. She’s been blessed and we spend way to much money here because of it.
It’s all about the waitresses. At least one of them. She’s been blessed and we spend way to much money here because of it.
Winston from work wanted to meet Supermodel Gisele Bundchen at The Grove. So we drove over. A court order makes me stay a least 50 feet away from her, but I was able to snap a few pics of her for my shrine, er… portfolio. Sarcasm alert: What’s with the love handle poking out out […]
Ah… Home away from home. Really this is were I spend most of my day. Bamboo beaded curtain, hula lamp, tropical painted globe lights, old projector, turtles, various island trinkets, and a fish net to top it all off. Yes, I’ve looked up her skirt. Nothin’ but wheels and pulley’s and such.
The cake delimma. So, on Saturday we had two full cakes left over from my grandmothers service. Problem is, what do you do with them? They’ve got “in memorium” written all over them. The plan is to pawn one off at work in one of the kitchens. My thought is if they “don’t know” it […]
Wetafx L.A. Tonight a rogue group of former Weta worker bees met at Paru’s in L.A. for dinner. Most of the discussion was post Lord of the Rings travel adventures, why we don’t want to go back, 5 year plans, who’s working where, who’s looking, and the mid meal diaper change. I drove around for […]
Tonight’s the night a bunch of VFX geeks get together and vote who’s best. There are three “Bake Off’s” this week at the Academy. Sound Editors, Visual Effects, and Makeup and Hair Stylists. Many years ago a sound effects editor named Kay Rose came up with the term “Bake Off”. It was coined because of […]
Her real name is Virginia. She’s always gone by Ginger, but at Imageworks we’ve always called her Virginia. So now she’s pulling a fast one and wants to be known as Ginger. Of course it’s hard for all of us to switch over. So now I always say it really loud and accent the hell […]
[HAT PARTY GALLERY] The “Who The Hell Are You? A Hat Party”. Another in a long line of the Sony balcony theme parties. “Matchmove & Friends present “Who The Hell Are You?” A Hat Party – Friday January 24th @ 6pm – SPI/MM Balcony – 3rd Floor East – All partygoers must wear a hat. […]
Surfas Restaurant Supply and Gourmet Foods. I love this place and it’s conveniently located a few blocks from Imageworks. Fascinating, I know. Let me explain. See, down at Weta they have this thing called Porn Fridays. On a mailing list called “Noise”, Friday is the day people send porn. You can get away with stuff […]
Out of the blue New Line called me and said they were having a cast and crew screening for The Two Towers and got my name from Weta. Um, ok, cool, I’ll be there. “Man I could sell my guest ticket for a bundle”, was my first thought. The Academy gets all freaked out when […]
Two days after getting home from New Zealand, Imageworks called and said they were having a 10th Anniversary/Spider-Man/Stuart Little 2 Wrap Party. It was the closest thing they were going to have to a wrap party for those films. Only 6 months late. Almost no one that currently works at Sony was actually there. The […]
[TWO TOWERS WRAP PARTY GALLERY] The “golden ticket” to the exclusive Weta Digital Wrap party. No, you can’t go with me.
Last day at Weta, so it’s time for the crew photo. They really should have taken this 4 or 5 months ago when we weren’t all fat and pale. Visual effects make you ugly.
As the last week on Lord Of The Rings came upon us, we all found ourselves going to our favorite places to eat one last time. The combination of that and clear weather is always a good reason to go to the Chocolate Fish. On rainy days you go to the Chocolate Frog. The sister […]
What it’s like to be a lighter. Go to dailies. Stare at your screen. Poke the mouse. Stare at the screen some more. Surf the web. Check the render. Poke the mouse. Try to figure out why nothing works. Deal with it later, surf the web. Check the render. Go to lunch. Check the render. […]
Uh oh, dork alert. Over in the Weta workshop they have all sorts of cool shit. Much more interesting than the digital side of things. Giant statues, set pieces, minatures, etc. As of tommorrow this statue of Lurtz [LINK] is on it’s way to England for the premiere of “The Two Towers” in December. It’ll […]
[WETA’S ON FIRE MINI GALLERY] Weta’s on fire! Ya know, I sat through at least twenty Imageworks fire drills, and not one of them yielded interesting results. I’m here less than a week and the damn place goes up in smoke.
Woo Hoo! Off to New Zealand, Weta, and Lord of the Rings! I’m trading in my warm L.A. summer for a blustery winter in New Zealand. My parents drove up tonight to drop me off at the airport. They figured they weren’t going to see me for about 6 months so they hung with me […]
This restaurant sucks. Cuban food sucks. I know I’m alone on this. This photo sucks. None of these people suck though. Mark, from PDI, joined us for lunch as he was in L.A. working at Dreamworks for a bit. So we treated him to a Sony hangout.
If you have ugly hobbit feet, don’t wear open toe shoes. If you still go ahead and wear open toe shoes, your toes must not hang off the front of your them. Yuck. Oh and while I’m at it… Girls? Toe rings. I know they’re all the rage, but toe rings started to be worn by girls who had cute feet. It accentuated their already cute feet. 95% of the population do not have cute feet. If you don’t have nice feet, do not, I repeat, do not wear toe rings no matter how tempting and cute they look on your friends feet. They look cute on your friends feet because their feet are cute. Your feet are ugly. Do not draw any more attention to the fact that your feet are ugly by placing a shiny ring on them. Your boyfriend’s opinion does not count. He is lying. Do not kid yourself. Please. Do us all a favor. Thank you, and I’ll be checking with an extremely condescending eye. I’m serious.