Doesn't Get Any Better

If there is one band I will always love, it's GRIZZLY BEAR
here are a few reasons:

Forward

4 months in.
I have accomplished a fair amount.
I'm on a DCT team at the iO West Theater, RIGGINS
http://ioimprov.com/west/io/teams/riggins

I am working at 200 S. La Brea casting studio.
Where I have a set day I work.
I got a raise in a month.
I'm meeting/working with a lot of great people.

I have a video sketch group, BBQ COMMITTEE
who has been featured on the front page of Funnyordie.com


Have an improv team TIGER BEAT who puts on some of the most fun shows
I have been a part of in a while. No pressure, just fun people playing together.

Aside from Tiger Beat, three of us have a 3 person group we accidentally named
STICKO BLANKO. We do patient and hilarious mono-scene style improv.
We'll be putting on more shows, I'm sure.

I am a part of two writing groups, which causes me to work on a lot of different
things.

I'm coaching an iO Class team we have dubbed "Spaceman's Promise".
I'm working with them on Detours and they are getting great at it.

I live in one of the shittiest buildings I've ever lived in,
but it's not forever. I know that.

I owe a lot to all the friends I have here. I've gotten so much advice and help every step of the way. I'm lucky to be surrounded by so many wonderful people.

Los Angeles is great.
Don't let anyone tell you otherwise.

California Home

I don't post on here anymore.
Who has a blog? Isn't Twitter and Facebook the place to be?
What are you, some kind of jerk?
Los Angeles has been great to me. The secret to making it work is to have a bunch of friends who move here first. Let them get the hang of it and then when you get here, you don't have to make the dumb mistakes they made right off the boat! Also - remember you have to get shit done for yourself. Nobody is going to do it for you, dummy.

I don't think I've ever gone this long without seeing live music. I think the last show I saw was Priory in Portland before moving... 7 months ago? Yikes. Who the hell am I?

I have made some great friends. Got on a new iO dct Team and am writing more than I ever have. It's good.

Here's something from the video sketch group I'm a part of, I co-wrote and acted in:

Is that what I sound like? - watch more funny videos

LA Home

I have been in LA for a week now.
Making these lemons into my lemonade home.
Not even lemons so much. I just have to give it time and figure it all out.
I have this limited time to make naive NEW GUY "mistakes", so I'm trying to
take all of those opportunities. There's a lot of stuff out of my control, so I'm
doing my best to stay as productive as possible.
Luckily I've got a lot of great friends here to help me out every step of the way.

Work Day Wednesday

We took today off from the office. We started the morning by having breakfast with the game director/producer. 2 hours of a great discussion about this game and what we need to do to get everything in order. We're all on the same page and it's going to be very fun.
Next, Amanda and I decided to take a tour of Old Quebec. It's a huge section of town and an amazing sight. Surprises around every corner.

We tried to get some lunch, but it was impossible to find the burritos in this place...

We walked to the St. Lawrence River then up to see the incredible Chateau Frontenac.

Then we paid $2 to ride up a steep cliff in a Funicular. An experience I never thought I'd get!


All in all, Quebec is a beautiful city... but 90% of the retail customer service is terrible. Quebec seems to hold a bigger grudge against Americans than anyone in any other place I've been. Weird.

Work Day Two

"Ubi Tuesday"
My writing partner and I decided to push ourselves and put in a double work day today. We tried to write two days worth of work in one day so we can take some time off tomorrow and check out the city. We almost accomplished our task. I estimate we'll have two hours of work tomorrow, so plenty of time to check this city out in the daylight.

Not much video today.
We were the last people to leave the office today, which is weird considering yesterday was our first day ever even in the place.

Work Day One

Something I learned on my first day of work in Quebec today...
The famous KFC slogan, "Finger Lickin' Good!" doesn't translate very well into Chinese.

Quebec Food Challenge

This goes out to my Kobos people.
Morgan, Devon, Jamie - as you requested.

Old Quebec

I think it's this crazy staircase that separates the new and the old in Quebec.

Occupons Quebec

This is happening on the artsy end of the Quebec University (as I understand it) and that's a couple blocks from my hotel... near the starbucks. Coincidence PORTLAND???


(For Sean Fleek)

Quebec is in Canada

I am spending a week in Quebec City, Quebec Canada to work on another Ubisoft project.
I will be updating this blog with my hilarious adventure quips.

Please come along on this adventure with me!

dear blog

When it's been over two months since my last post and I haven't really thought about you at all, it's probably a sign that the end of our relationship is near. Who knows? Maybe I'll get inspired and start a brand new blog full of new, fun information about the world at large. Like the infinite wisdom bestowed upon us by the band ASIA, Only Time Will Tell...

Birthday

Happy Birthday to me. Thank you to all my friends around the world for helping to make me feel like a pretty special fellow. I surround myself with great people and it makes me feel like I can accomplish anything. Thank you friends!
Birthday Mixtape http://www.mediafire.com/?euy0jpid4zd8jmd
Tame Impala - the sun
Nino Rota - amore per tutti
Cults - abducted
the Boy Blues - coming down to you
Shannon & the Clams - you will always bring me flowers
Craft Spells - party talk
France Gall - faut-il que je t'aime
the Antlers - every night my teeth are falling out
Veronica Falls - found love in a graveyard
Cold Cave - pacing around the church
Parenthetical Girls - for all the final girls
Beach Fossils - out in the way (ft. Jack Tatum)
the Ponys - 10 fingers and 11 toes
Dynamic Tints & Pieces of Peace - rosemarie
Toro Y Moi - leave everywhere
Rex Garvin - sock it to 'em JB
Girls Names - no more words
the Tribe - fickle little girl
Ween - piss up a rope
Crystal Stilts - shake the shackles
Dead Man's Bones - buried in water (theremin version)

Enjoy!
and Happy Birthday to ME!

hard work

Day 3

Day two of the trip was kind of wasted. I left Portland Oregon at 1:15pm on Monday - then arrived in Paris France at 11am on Tuesday. It then took me about 3 hours to get to my hotel (I slept maybe an hour and a half on the plane) so I was pretty much a zombie all of Tuesday.
Today, Wednesday was my first day of work. I put a video together this morning (day 3)

Day 3 from Curious Comedy on Vimeo.

Hopefully I'll be able to continue to keep some sort of journal video every day. I'll do my best.

Day 1

Day 1 from Curious Comedy on Vimeo.

Day two doesn't count, seeing as how Paris is 9 hours ahead...

to France, again

I am leaving Portland today. I've got a quick stop in Salt Lake City, then on to Paris France. I will be there until April 22nd. It's my 4th time in Paris since moving from Chicago. I'll be working at Ubisoft, helping out with a script for a videogame. I am bringing a camera, so I plan on doing daily video posts. Lookout!

my loves

a couple a' dopes. from Curious Comedy on Vimeo.

A few weeks ago

We woke up to snow, the only time this year in Portland.
It was melted as soon as the sun came up, but Arlo loved it for a minute.

Arlo walking in the snow from Curious Comedy on Vimeo.

and then there's this...

Stacey smooshing Arlo from Curious Comedy on Vimeo.

Headshots

thank you to Travis Nodurft for taking such wonderful pictures and being so great to work with!