Date:	2008-08-14 00:14
Subject:	A Very Brief Update
Security:	Public
Mood:	tired

Work is great: challenging, fun, very busy and a nuthouse.
The move into the new apartment is going great. We've been here almost 2 weeks and still have tons to do.
Life is good, but apparently not as good as the guy at the public market who said he was "Splendid! My life is perfect!"
Internets arrive at MAMA's house this weekend. Hopefully updates will happen once again.

Date:	2008-07-24 23:17
Subject:	Snack Bar Recipes and Their Corresponding Events
Security:	Public
Mood:	calm
Music:	Danny Elfman - Hellboy II - Introduction

For the first time, CITY decided to enter a float into the Rochester Gay Pride Parade, and I got "roped into" helping out. After initial plans, designs, and lots of meetings with the coolest of the cool co-workers, I ended up being given the task of picking out decorations for the cake. Our awesome sales manager, Betsy, went with me and together we had a great time collecting over a hundred dollars in fabric flowers, tulle netting, and wallpaper borders for "icing." Lots of hot glue, staples, and a few burns later we proudly loaded our cake onto a trailer and marched down Park Ave. During the decorating party, though, classifieds-master extraordinaire Tracey revealed her ultimate snack food: Flip Flop BBars, a "fancy" name for Rice Krispy Treats that are loaded with chocolate on one side and peanut butter on the other. Jen and I found them impossible to resist and eventually forced Tracey to move them to the kitchen so they'd at least be out of sight.

( Recipe under the cut... )



After a frantic twenty-four hours of chaos where Marcella, Adam, and I all ended up having to work instead of leaving for camping, Adam, Molly, and I spent the night of the Fourth of July in Henrietta Town Park. I packed a picnic basket of vegetarian wrap supplies, a macaroni-and-bean salad, and some coconut-oatmeal bars, and we sat, ate, and chatted until the fireworks began. The oatmeal bars were the biggest hit, and we quickly devoured nearly the entire pan.

( Recipe under the cut... )

Date:	2008-07-08 00:29
Subject:	Old Fonts for Breakfast
Security:	Public
Mood:	productive
Music:	The Kooks - She Moves In Her Own Way

Did anyone else see these AWESOME retro cereal boxes at Target? I haven't seen them around recently, but I know there were in stock for months and months. Thanks to Christi (glitterenvy) for initially showing me the Golden Grahams one in her kitchen! It sparked a search to find the rest with my cell phone camera. I wish more packaging looked this cool, especially like the Kix box, nowadays.

Date:	2008-07-07 01:49
Subject:	A Life Update of the Massive Persuasion
Security:	Public
Mood:	content
Music:	American Boy - Estelle

Good grief, when was the last time I actually posted about what I've been up to?!
I don't do these that often, obviously, so this is an absolutely gigantic post. Proceed at your own risk.
(This would've been better if I'd posted them, periodically throughout the months as they happened, but who wants that? That's silly.)



- I went to the Lilac Festival three times this year: Once with my Mom for Mother's Day where we shared a sandwich, wandered through the booths and the lilac bushes and actually had a really nice time; I covered a meeting of CCE farmers for a story for work; and I saw Ingrid Michaelson in concert on a freezing, rainy day with Joelle, Molly, Anna, Brian, Alana, Rachel, and Adam.



- I've gone with Adam to a couple gatherings / parties: a former Borders manager had a party in her backyard; a bunch of current and former Borders employees had a "reunion" at the Elmwood Inn on Mt. Hope; and a former ImageOut committee co-chair and his roommate threw their annual summer solstice house party.

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Date:	2008-07-04 13:35
Subject:	Da Fourth Has Landed
Security:	Public
Mood:	productive
Music:	Danny Elfman - Hellboy II - Finale

Happy 4th of July, everybody!

Molly, Adam, and I are going to picnic in the Henrietta Town Park tonight before fireworks, and then head down to Watkins Glen tomorrow to meet up and camp with Dan for the remainder of the weekend. Hope y'all have some fun plans set, too!

Date:	2008-07-01 01:17
Subject:	The Spring Mix
Security:	Public
Mood:	blank
Music:	Underworld & Gabriel Yared - Primrose Hill

It's now been several weeks months since my annual indie music mix shipped out, and from what I've heard, everyone's been enjoying it! Farmer Bedgemog's crop of green discs looked good this year, so naturally the compilation was dubbed The Spring Mix. Some cellophane bags ordered from the UK, a receipt track list, Bedgemog Farm hang tags, and shopping bag mailers completed the packaging. In the end, I was pretty darn pleased with the look and also the music selection, which came together a lot easier than some of my other mixes in the past.

I've tossed some brief thoughts on each track behind the cut, and a few photos of the packaging-creation. In the end I hope everyone has enjoyed their disc (I sent over 20 out!) and has maybe even found a new artist or two to investigate!

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Date:	2008-06-30 01:50
Subject:	Final Cut Pro Jazzy Time!
Security:	Public
Mood:	content
Music:	Jason Mraz - I'm Yours

When CITY hired me, part of the reasoning was that they wanted to start tampering with video on their website and needed someone who had some experience with it. My first test assignment was to cover the Rochester International Jazz Festival for 5 days, a few weeks ago, and produce a 3-5 minute video summary of the fest. Working a mixture of full and half-days during my normal hours, then covering concerts from 5:00-10:30 at night was a mixture of really fun and really exhausting. I had a great time, though, and saw some fantastic acts, including The Spam All Stars, Lou Donaldson, Jake Shimabukuro, and the Howard Alden trio.

In the end, we estimate that the video took over 70 hours of my life, after all the shooting and editing (and lots of problems with the rendering, due to using 3 separate computers and twice as many hard drives over several days) was completed. The paper isn't sure exactly how they want to proceed with video at this time, but I'm glad I got the Jazz Fest video assembled! I don't think I've ever shot, edited and finished a video project in only a week before, so that's kinda cool.

Anyways, it's got it's flaws, but I'm at peace with it ... for now. But if you have 3 minutes and 30 seconds to spare, and wanna take a look, feel free to pop over to my Vimeo account or check it out behind the cut!

( Jazz Fest video behind the cut )

Date:	2008-06-29 20:25
Subject:	Joss Whedon's "Dr. Horrible" Teaser!!
Security:	Public
Mood:	pissy
Music:	Danny Elfman - Wesley's Office Life

As awesomely pointed out to me by the ever-Whedon-full corky728:


The teaser trailer for Joss Whedon's new internet musical, "Dr. Horrible's Sing Along Blog"!!
Premieres online in 3 parts: July 15, 17, and 19 (and only available for free until the 20th).

( My previous post on this )
( Fan-site )
( Official Site )

Date:	2008-06-28 02:02
Subject:	In A Word...
Security:	Public
Mood:	satisfied

... AWESOME.
You should definitely see Wall-E.

Date:	2008-06-24 01:36
Subject:	A Whole Lotta Fictional Hottness
Security:	Public
Mood:	a lil' sleepy
Music:	Madonna - Music

As tagged by milan616:

List 10 fictional characters you wouldn't kick out of bed (in no particular order) and tag some people to do the same.

• Oliver Wood (Sean Biggerstaff) - Harry Potter series
  
• Jack Twist (Jake Gyllenhaal) - Brokeback Mountain
  
• Bobby Drake (Shawn Ashmore) - X2: X-Men United
  
• Clark Kent (Dean Cain) - Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
  
• Daniel Meade (Eric Mabius) - Ugly Betty [above right]
  
• Boone (Ian Somerhalder) - LOST
  
• Alec (Jesse Bradford) - Heights [above left]
  
• Tobias Fangor - Animorphs book series
  
• Matt Sullivan (Josh Hartnett) - 40 Days and 40 Nights
  
• John Rowland (Jesse Metcalfe) - Desperate Housewives [above center]

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Date:	2008-06-21 14:31
Subject:	Not Quite Convincing Enough to Make Me Buy a Pistol
Security:	Public
Mood:	lethargic
Music:	Terri Lyn Carrington, Et.Al. - I Hear A Rhapsody

Created by OnePlusYou

My weakness for sentimentality and inexperience with a gun limits my chances of survival. Blurg.
This fails to take into account in-depth knowledge of zombie habits, on which I think Anna would win, hands down.

Date:	2008-06-17 03:11
Subject:	Whose House? . . .
Security:	Public
Mood:	sleepy
Music:	Adrian Johnston - A Game of Cricket

Three photos, three different apartments

The apartment hunt might finally be coming to an end.
Applications have been approved, deposits have been made,
and we're trying to schedule a time this week to work out the details of the lease.
Fingers crossed.

Date:	2008-06-10 21:28
Subject:	FYI's for Drivers
Security:	Public
Mood:	blank
Music:	Tegan and Sara - Back In Your Head

Yellow Stickers, Seen On Trucks

Date:	2008-06-09 00:04
Subject:	Two Photo Accolades
Security:	Public
Mood:	full
Music:	The Solids - Hey Beautiful

Just thought I'd post about 'em before I forget:

- Local advertising agency Dixon Schwabl approached CITY to license some of my food photography of Warfield's Restaurant for some local and national ads. I assume they're for the restaurant itself (which recently won some sort of national culinary award that I no longer remember the specifics of), but, per the contract, every time one of the photos is used, my name has to be attached to them. I have absolutely NO idea where they'll be used, so keep your eyes peeled! If you see one, I'd love to hear about it!



- Moo.com, makers of the now infamous mini-cards, recently held a competition looking for art to use in an "Ultimate Laptop Stickerbook", and TWO of my photographs were selected for inclusion! Only 15 of the winning 90 were photos, and since mine weren't of cuddly critters, I'm surprised they were among the winners! In return, they renewed my Flickr Pro account for a year, so it was a pretty sweet deal as far as I'm concerned. All the winning art can be seen over on Moo's Blog, and the compilation book containing all 90 stickers can be ordered for 10 bucks in their store.

Date:	2008-06-08 14:48
Subject:	Quote Dump
Security:	Public
Mood:	drowsy
Music:	Robin Sparkles - Sandcastles In The Sand

Flower City Days at the Market

Date:	2008-06-05 01:01
Subject:	Staged Summer
Security:	Public
Mood:	tired
Music:	James Newton Howard - The Happening - End Title Suite

Date:	2008-06-04 23:44
Subject:	Wombats On The Air
Security:	Public
Mood:	drowsy
Music:	E.S. Posthumus - Unstoppable

Last week I was lucky enough to attend a Jukebox Jury at local indie-alt radio station WBER. For those who don't know, WBER plays an amazingly varied yet excellent mix of music, from instrumental electronica to Mika, occasional 80s tunes to Lily Allen, and a large portion of the November Mix / Bye Rachel! Mix / Spring Mix's success comes from bands and tracks played by WBER. I didn't really know what to expect going in, but it ended up being extremely informal and very simple (two things I definitely like): you eat a chicken or vegetable wrap, a cookie, and some Red Bull, listen to 10 songs with a group of 15 other people, and simply rate how much you like the song on a scale from 1 to 10, talking a little about it if you want. Whichever song scores the highest at the end of the night immediately enters into regular rotation on the station, and that's it!

I had only even heard of one of the ten bands we listened to, so I took loose notes. Below are the songs we listened to, where I could remember them, with asterisks designating my personal three favorites:

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Date:	2008-05-26 19:48
Subject:	Toronto and the InsideOut Film Fest
Security:	Public
Mood:	relaxed
Music:	Fergie - Labels Or Love

Adam and I went up to Toronto for the weekend to catch a few screenings of InsideOut, the annual Toronto LGBT film festival. It was a trip of firsts: the first time either of us had stayed at a hostel, the first non-Rochester film festival we'd been to, the first time either of us had been to Toronto since we've been old enough to drive, and the first time we've taken any sort of weekend trip together without anyone else (seriously!). We only had a few stressful moments in trying to get some last-minute tickets, find parking, and convert currency, so overall it was really fun to just wander around the city, go shopping, and see some gay flicks for a few days.

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Date:	2008-05-23 21:14
Subject:	Klassy
Security:	Public
Mood:	tired

So, today work sent me to "The Klassy Cat"
a local strip club "tavern" to take photos of a stripper.
We decided the best light was in the lap dance room.
Needless to say, it was an experience.

It has been an extremely interesting first 3 weeks at work
and I can't wait to write up a full report on the first month.
But in the meantime, grab a copy of THIS WEEK'S issue (CITY Newspaper), if you haven't seen it yet:
I have over 11 photographs in it, including the feature story AND the front cover.

And now I'm off to Toronto with Adam for the next several days.
Hope everyone has a great long weekend!

Date:	2008-05-21 19:44
Subject:	4 Years
Security:	Public
Mood:	happy
Music:	Miles Davis

One of these years, I'll actually take a photo that we BOTH like.
But until then, I'll work with what I've got.
Love ya cricket!