Early Morning. Updates.

Got to bed at 5:30am.

Got a call from set at 7:45am. They want me to come in to work ASAP.

Going in to set for 9:30am this morning. Going to be a long ass day, I'm sure.

Money's money.

And hustlin's hustlin'.

(8:40am)

Late Night. Updates.

Up late tonight.

Worked on set as a Helper PA from 6pm - midnight. Getting paid for a 15 hour day. Niicccce!

Came home. Grabbed my camera. Went downtown. Filmed some nightlife. Awesome footage. Love this camera! <3

Working again on Sunday 5pm-?am. Staying up late tonight. Trying to finish editing this scene we shot way back so I can post it online.

Hoping to shoot again tomorrow night.

Keeping the ball rolling.

No sleep for the ambitious.

Remember When Zidane...

...head butted that guy during the world cup of soccer??

Yeah, I know, pretty random, but i just chanced to come across this link that I had buried in my computer some place and figured people might get a kick out of revisiting the moment!

Germans saw:


French saw:


Italians:


Americans:


Press:


Japanese:


Conspiracy Theorists:


And of course,

The Sith:

Obama's a Muslim!?

I don't post anything political on the blog, and to be honest i haven't even been following politics very much recently, but the other day I came across this on the TV:



I'm still pissed that they even aired something like this on television! I mean seriously, isn't the US supposed to be a democracy with freedom of choice? How can a major news network go on the air and talk about "allegations" about someone being a Muslim in the same sort of demeanor that they would if they where addressing whether they're a pedophile or a neo-nazi!?

I can understand that within the interview scenario, the interviewer has the ability to guild the interviewee's answers with the way they choose to word there questions, but regardless of that, the only correct response that Hilary Clinton could have given to that question would have been, "Well I don't really see why it matters, or how it would make any difference, regardless of the religious views!"

Here's more on the whole bullshit news story:


Why can't we all just chill out at appreciate each other as human beings. Each of us with our own beliefs and experiences.
Why can't people understand that a specific sequence of neuron synapses firing in a single person's brain is absolutely infinitesimally insignificant when compare to the magnanimous proportion of the universe.


(Take into account that our Milky Way is one of more that half-a-trillion galaxy that comprise our universe.)

Tolerance is fun!
:D

Grimaldi's Asylum

I'll keep this short.

I went to this comedy show that my roommate (Marc-Anthony Massiah) is part of this Friday. Basically, long story short, it was awesome and hilarious, and well worth the price of admission. So everybody check it out at http://grimaldisasylum.com/ and go see it, it is a treat!

Scheduled to be playing for.... well... a long time.... with new shows, sketches and material weekly.

Info from the website:

The Show will be at the Tom Lee Theatre (929 Granville St)

• February 8 to April 5, 2008
• Four shows per week
• Friday and Saturday nights
• 7:00pm - 8:00pm, 9:00pm - 10:00pm shows
• $12 a show

Each week will have individual themes and no repeat performances

PEACE!

Life, Post, Fests, and Links

LIFE:
Well, I'm fully moved in with Mr. Marky-Marc, got my room all decked you with some super cool IKEA furniture, etc. I'm most likely getting a job doing some weekend valet work with Marc, so that's cool. Still waiting on people to get back to me and let me know what's what, still looking into schools.... I don't know, it's a bit shady at the moment. But livin' with Marc is cool though! *thumbs up!*

POST-PRODUCTION:
As for post-production of Memoirs of the Blue... basically nothing's happening... Sorry if I disappointed you, but we still don't have the footage captured, communication and collaboration within the group is not really happening (for reasons that I won't discuss), we're having some issues with the budget, and we're still in legal limbo with an airline company which is a deciding factor as to whether or not we're going to be able to use a scene in the movie...

Yeah... it's kinda scary, you're right! How does somebody deal with the looming cloud of misfortune over head? Well I'm sure you've all heard of that saying, "Ignorance is bliss..."

FESTIVALS:
I submitted my VFS Foundation final project to the Babelgum Online Film Festival yesterday. Submissions close February 15, and after that they should be viewable to the public. I'll keep everyone updated as per the developments in that field.

LINKS:
There's a couple links that I should have added to my site a LONG time ago.

Zeros2Heroes
The first is a Vancouver based online comic book networking group that allows aspiring comic writers to pitch, polish and perfect their abilities with the help of online opinions and comments. One of the people spear-heading this project, Jessica Clark, is a former instructor of mine and a veteran voice on the comment boards of this blog.

Video Copilot
The second has been an absolutely indispensable source for tutorials and reference when it comes to working with Adobe After Effects. With After Effects, I can say that I taught myself how to walk, but this site is really responsible for teaching me how to run.

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The above mentioned links will herein be located in the side-panel "Links" section for all of your enjoyment and easy access.

Peas and Karats,
Joki

Special FX: Then and Now

I found some really awesome displays of the practical uses of special effects spanning the decades. Have a look will you?

Then (1981):


Now:


And something just to mess with you head:

The New Year, A New Gear

Well, happy belated New Years and Holiday wishes to you all! Sorry that I haven't posted lately, I got all caught up in doing pretty much nothing at all! :S

News for the Memoirs of the Blue: the tapes still haven't be able to be captured, so that's a little annoying... :(

News from Life: back in Lloydminster I got to see some friends, go back to training at Tae Kwon Do and help out with a belt testing, had a quaint little xmas with the family, visited the grandma, then boxing day I was off with the family on the way to Saskatoon, visited relatives along the way, visited my great grandma/pa, then flew down to Mexico the next day, where we met up with JaeHee. Some how she managed not to crazy, having to deal with the shenanigans and tomfoolery of my family ( :P ) so that was fortunate.

Now I'm back in Vancouver again. At the moment I'm staying at JaeHee's place, but I'm going to be moving in with Marc-Anthony (actor from our movie) by next week, so that will no doubt be a gong show. :P At the moment, I'm just trying to sort out what I'm doing in life, trying to decide where to go to school, how much school I think that I need, and what I'm going to do for money. I guess I'll keep you all posted on those endeavors and for now, here are some pictures, yaaayy!!!

Mexico:


-My brother, Dylan, burying my cousin, Madison, in the sand


-Me, Madison and JaeHee


-Mid-day siesta with my girl


-Sandcastle

Antigua/Dominica:
(on set and on location for Memoirs of the Blue)


-Shab being a badass


-Down's Syndrome isn't funny


-Marc being a badass


-Marc being super cool, Bert wrestling the camera, Natalie being a princess, Shab also being a princess


-On the way to our location, Titou Gorge

The Awesomest Website Ever!

And now I present to you, www.awesome.com!

Would You Rather...

Would you rather be Apollo Creed, or be on Apollo 13?

The Best Thing to Ever Happen to Vocabulary #1

This is possibly the greatest word I have ever ventured betwixt:

sesquipedalian \ses-kwuh-puh-DAYL-yuhn\,
adjective:
1. Given to or characterized by the use of long words.
2. Long and ponderous; having many syllables.

noun:
1. A long word.

http://dictionary.reference.com/wordoftheday/archive/2002/07/07.html