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• 01.19.12
  I can has update?
  Important, General (0)

  Hey Internet, this site used to host my thoughts on some of the personal projects I worked on in high school and college. Since college is merely a distant memory to me now, it's no longer updated. Since I'm usually doing professional work, not personal stuff, there wouldn't be much to update it with anyway. Nevertheless, all of the content here is quaint, so it's worth keeping online. It's now here as an archive of a time long gone when things like Youtube and Spotify didn't exist and everyone was excited about the idea of 24p standard definition video cameras and ...
  
  
• 01.02.10
  Keeping it Real
  General (2)

  Dave Eggers (author and editor of McSweeney's) dictated this brilliant essay in response to the question: "Are you concerned that you're not publishing as many unknowns as you had been? And killed pieces? Are you taking any steps-are there any steps to be taken-to keep shit real?" You actually asked me the question: "Are you taking any steps to keep shit real?" I want you always to look back on this time as being a time when those words came out of your mouth...
  
  
• 07.07.08
  Tokyo Police Club
  Other Peoples Work, General (0)

  Too good... Anti-terrorist drill in Shangdong (Xinhua/Fan Changguo Photo) Members of China's armed police demonstrate a rapid deployment during an anti-terrorist drill held in Jinan, capital of east China's Shandong Province July 2, 2008, roughly one month ahead of the Beijing Olympics.
  
  
• 06.30.08
  That’s Why We Drove To San Diego
  2008, Photography, General (3)

  by Shaun Spalding, click to enlarge by Shaun Spalding, click to enlarge Thirty-nine days until I relocate to San Diego, California and here's what I've learned so far... Best big cities rank: 5 Population: 1,255,500 (click below for more) Continue Reading...
  
  
• 03.30.08
  Skip to the bottom if you want something interesting
  2008, General (5)

  Un-interesting: Last week, I ended up shooting Ms. Perkins which did, in fact, end up winning the Upstart Script Contest. Shooting 8 pages of dialogue is difficult enough, trying to do it in three hours could be a nightmare. But...since the script is essentially a monologue, I assumed the shoot would be relatively easy going for everyone involved. Passed the one hour mark though, the energy in the room totally faded out. The only thing that seems to keep energy up is if everyone has a job that seems important. The problem with this script is that there's only one real ...
  
  
• 01.27.08
  The Directions on the Back of the Box Said Eight and Up
  2008, Video, General (1)

  (56.8mb) Click play and then pause it to allow it to load a bit. The newest Please Respond, Eight And Up. It runs pretty long. What I Thought Would Happen: This monologue isn't in the original script. It was written based on a commission for another video that I was shooting at the same time. Danny Djeljosevic helped me pump it up a little bit after an initial draft. It seems like this is one of the few projects that collaboration on writing projects actually work. I needed a few things for it to work the way I envisioned it in my head: a ...