Personal Challange

No bullshit and no sermon. I feel guilty about taking more from the environment around me then I contribute to it. I want that to change. I want to challange myself to live carbon neutral by 2008. I have no idea where to start, or even what that really means, but hopefully by doing so i can set some small example for others who are feeling the same guilt.

I guess the best place to start would be my car. Last April I got a new one, a Subaru Impreza. In the year or so that I've had it, my fiance and I have driven it a total of 22 000 kms. I bought a standard, thinking that mileage would be better, but it's hard to get an efficient 4 wheel drive car. I don't know how severly I should cut my car usuage - I should probably sell it - but I'm going to start with a modest goal, to cap my driving to 18 000kms per year. It shouldn't be that hard. I already take the subway to and from work. What I need to cut down on are the long road trips and taking the car out at night when i feel too lazy to take the subway.

Beyond this first small step, I'm not sure what else I should do to accomplish my goal. I need to do a bit of research, I guess. Stay tuned, and I'll let you know how it goes.

Who are these guys?

Who are these guys?

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Nicole and I were in Quebec city a couple weekends ago, and this is what we ran into walking around the old city. The  first ever North American skater-cross competition.

Unfortunetly, I didn't get a chance to actually shoot any of the competition, but i did get to shoot a billboard showing highlights.

The winner took home $5000.

Animal Collective

Animal Collective

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I went to La Tulipe in Montreal to see Animal Collective. I had been obssesively listening to their album for the past couple of weeks. I was excited.

Their live sound was completely different then what I had expected. They sucked and I was disapointed.

Friendship Cove

Friendship Cove

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The Friendship Cove is a loft space in point st-charles, montreal, that is an apartment/performance space. I went there for the first time last friday, feb 18, 2006.

Walking into the old industrial building, I wasn't sure if it was a slaughterhouse, or if there was actually a band perfomring. I walked into the space to find a statuesque student behind a small desk. He didn't say a word until i tried to walk in and he abrubtly said "7 dollars please". Inside, the place was decorated with empty beer bootles, manaquin heads and rabbits painted on the walls. There was an electric toothbrush in the bath, which drove home the point that people lived there. There were 3 hipsters with DV cameras which drove home the point that it was a student crowd.

The mood was quite nice, though I couldn't shake the feeling that we would have been better off sitting in front of a campfire, if only it weren't   -20 outside. I enjoyed the music, especially Micah Blue Smaldone, who's old time blues were perfectly suited to the living room feel. You should give him a listen if you get a chance.

Dan winning the mentorship award

Dan winning the mentorship award

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My boss, friend and mentor Daniel Cross won the Canadian Film and Television Producers Association award for "Mentor of the Year". It was presented to him by Mila and Roach in Ottawa at the CFTPA's annual conference.

Victory

SnakeBite

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My First video blog post! This is a short film i made in 48 hours with Alec, Brett and others. It's a quasi music video to a SixToo song that we made in 48 hours as part of the 2880.ca filmmaking comptition.

long time away

It's been a long time, but i might be back soon.
I got another new camera after returning the last one. This is a digital still camera that can take video. This time, my video blog will work....really, it will.
stay tuned...