Tuesday, September 01, 2009

Mr Merryweather and the Magical Meth Lab

Our incredibly talented friend Jay and his team put together the winning film in the Portland 48 hour film project!

Every team was given a type of film (i.e. silent, fantasy, western...etc). Theirs was a musical.

The elements that had to be included were:
Character: Brian or Briana Merryweather, Laboratory Technician
Prop: a picture frame
Line of Dialogue: "For crying out loud."

The following had to be done in 48 hours (none of this could be done ahead of time)

  • Writing the script
  • Rehearsing
  • Costume/Set Design
  • Shooting
  • Editing
  • Sound Design
  • Rendering
  • Outputting to tape or other media
It is an amazing feat, and they put together an amazing film. Enjoy:

Sunday, August 23, 2009

Kevin

"Um Dad, is Kevin another planet?"

No bud, it's a boys name

"What is Kevin like?"

Seriously kiddo, Kevin is a boy's name and I don't think you know anyone named Kevin. Is Kevin the name of a new kid in your class?

"No Dad! KEVIN! You know, where I'm going to go when I die?"

Oh Heaven...um...yeah, that's really more your mom's territory. You should ask her all about it when we get home.

Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Whew...

Yay! Another cancer day done…another cancer-free appointment under our belt. One more down. I can’t believe it’s coming up on two year since the diagnosis…has it really only been two years? For Christ’s sake ‘Pre-cancer’ feels like a lifetime ago.

Monday, August 10, 2009

Ah sleep...

So, as I may have mentioned to just about anyone who will listen to me that Henry hates sleeping. I can't fathom why any rational person would hate sleep - but that may just be more proof that my youngest child is a little on the insane side.

I mean seriously, how could you hate sleep? It's wonderful! Not that I actually sleep - oh no. It's not that I hate sleep, it's just that I find it impossible to do sometimes. Insomnia is a fascinating thing - I would LOVE to sleep, really I would. I am so sleep deprived it's gotten funny. But on a night like tonight when my entire family is asleep in their own beds and I have the chance to sleep uninterrupted, am I sleeping? No.

It's interesting though, I have noticed that the worse my insomnia, the better Henry sleeps. See, if I were in bed, he would have been up once at least. As it is, he is sleeping peacefully in his own crib - not a peep out of him. What's been most fascinating however is that within 5 minutes of me heading into bed he is up and screaming. With the yelling - and so much screaming. How does he know? Seriously, it's a different time every night and sometimes he manages to get it in even earlier - I will simply mention to Dan that I am going to bed and he starts with the screaming. There has got to be a way to trick him though, one of these days I will figure it out. Maybe.

Sunday, July 05, 2009

Look who's walking...


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Originally uploaded by karijean.

In the last two weeks Henry has gone from a very efficient crawler to walking. The kid is fast already. Jesus Christ, I don't know why I was encouraging this. I think I'm kind of screwed. But he is cute!