5th Annual Disneyland Half Marathon

Tomorrow morning at 6am, I will be running the Disneyland Half Marathon for the first time.  It has been just over a year since my last race (The Seattle RnR Marathon) and I’m a lil nervous.  My training hasn’t been going as smoothly as I’d hoped, my shoes are beginning to break down but I can’t afford to buy a new pair, It’s going to be hot, etc etc.  But I’m also excited because I will get to run through not only Disneyland and California Adventures but also Angels Stadium!  At the end of the race I get a big medallion, a macaroon, and a hand job from Minnie Mouse.  Can’t WAIT!

If you’d like to track me while I run (creeper) you can do so HERE.

I’ll be running with Kim, who got me my entrance into this race for my birthday last year.  Kim, you will finish faster than you can possibly imagine!  Also this weekend, my sister and nephew are running a half marathon up north back at home.  I wish both of them the best of luck.  This is my sister’s first and she’s going to kick it’s ass.  My nephew took up distance running recently and is hoping to finish in under an hour.  You read that right:  13.1 miles in UNDER A FUCKIN HOUR.  I hate him.   Good luck you two!

I'm not this pretty in real life. Laura is magic.

Just got my headshots done last Friday.  I’ve been needing new looks for various projects and expanding my portfolio.  So I had to do some research on photographers around LA that fit my criteria:  affordable (i’m WICKED broke), quality of service, quality of product (so many photogs charge so much for so little), and communication (treat me like a human, not another $).

It came down to a few photographers who’s style I liked.  Laura Burke not only got back to me promptly, but she did some research on ME.  It was a treat getting an email from her citing specifics from my website and previous work.  Needless to say, I gave her a call, hit it off immediately and scheduled an appointment.  Her rates are ridiculously affordable for what you get. I now have hundreds of photos of a number of looks all of which ROCK.  And those of you who know me or my work know I am no where NEAR as attractive as her magic camera makes me seem. Seriously, I’d blow myself!

Please, if you are an actor, in LA, and in need of headshots, use Laura.  You will not regret it.  You might even get the all-star treatment if you tell her I sent you.

If you’d like to see a small sample of the many shots she took, please visit my facebook headshots gallery HERE.  To contact Laura, go to http://LauraBurkePhotography.com

Out of 5 stars, I’d give her 7.  Boom.

Arcade Fire - We Used To Wait

So not only is the new album, The Suburbs, from Arcade Fire amazing and sonic bliss, but now they’ve gone and done something no other band has done.  They’ve created a beautiful music video experience that’s one part technological feat and another visual mastery.  By combining video and HTML 5 in the Google Chrome browser, Arcade Fire and Google have created something pretty memorable by breaking out of the standard video player and 16×9 format ratios.  I encourage you to both enjoy the experience on your own by clicking HERE (be sure to download Google Chrome HERE first if you don’t already have it) and check out the article Wired has written about the experiment.  Flash is officially dead in my book.  Enjoy!

REEEEEEMIIIIIIX!

One of our fans, Original Justin, decided to take the DANCE OFF! song (posted HERE) and remix it with audio from our “Barnacle” video.  The end result is brilliant.  Thank you Original Justin.  Props.

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Here’s the latest sketch, mah friends. Enjoy and PLEASE help spread it around!

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