Imminence

What a week, what a week, what a week.

You're going to get some serious Reader's Digestion going on here. Super fast, super imminent, les go, les go.

Thursday.

Thursday was big. So, on Facebook, I'm "friends" with people I do not necessarily know. These can be people I look up to, industry pros, social icons, the list goes on. Early last week, I noticed Mr. Eliot Rausch posted a status asking for young, action sports savvy, LA area, DSLR cinematographers for an opportunity. I sent my info. That was that. By the way, Mr. Rausch is a GENIUS when it comes to short documentaries. His most famous is below:

Last Minutes with ODEN from Eliot Rausch + Phos Pictures on Vimeo.


So then, last Wednesday, I get an email from Vans Off The Wall asking me to come to the headquarters for an interview. WHAT. So I did. And it was rad. AND CLOSE! The Vans HQ is just 9 miles away from Biola's campus. We'll see what happens from here. I'm stoked to be collaborating.

Thursday night, I cruised all over LA with Ms. Amanda Cooper. We went to Downtown Disney, we went to Universal CityWalk, we went to Mulholland Drive (and explored it to kingdom come), we went to Hollywood Blvd, we saw RIDICULOUS architecture, we witnessed the Ed Hardy outlet store (I really want to return), we saw lots of closed storefronts, talking and laughing about all of the above + more. Great time, to say the least!

Don't know what happened Friday. Bummer.

Saturday morning, I went to the famed Urth Cafe with new friend Ms. Danae Garcia and old friend Ms. Jenn Larcomb. Jenn hails from Simi Valley, my beloved hometown, and we lived through and experience high school together, enjoying our years at the wonderful Royal High School.  Not only did great conversation commence, but Urth Cafe provided delightful eats. Very LA. Super cool to catch up.

Sunday, I set my alarm for 7:30AM and woke up at 12:45PM. Not okay. But at the same time, okay. My body, that I abuse and neglect, needed that sleep more than I know... I guess. Kinda changed the makeup of the day, but hey, we do what we gotta do. You may remember I mentioned a PHATTY event that ADAMO Collection threw a few Friday's ago and Sunday is the day the video was released. Check check it:


Underground Art Showcase from ADAMO Collection on Vimeo.


Monday, don't really know what happened. Actually, I believe Monday night was the night we watched Signs. I don't really remember why we watched Signs. All I know is Ms. Amanda Cooper wanted to watch Mr. Michael Warnecke watch signs. So we watched Signs. Signs is easily one of the best films I've ever seen. Smash Mr. M. Night all you want but he definitely did something right in Signs. The way silence is taken advantage of, the way white space in the edit is abused, this is quality quality filmmaking. Movies this day in age aren't made with this much care anymore. At least it seems that way. DIG IT. Once the film commenced and bed was calling names, it was 3 some in the morning. I heard Michael yell "EYY" and "I'M CALLIN' THE COPS" from inside his room, and I started running because that's somewhat of an urgent call. Turns out there was a boy and girl making quite the scene outside our apartment, a scene right out of movies such as "The Notebook" or "Twilight." Face-sucking is a pretty good term for it. Let's just say the "I'M CALLIN' THE COPS" scared them just a bit. We laughed, a bunch. It felt like summer camp, laughin' real hard, running around the apartment, gettin' all giddy, wakin' up neighbors, having conversations through windows, the whole bit. It was a good night.

Tuesday. Copy + Paste from the facebook.

Had so many SOLID conversations today with old and new faces. Thank you for exchanging words with me, it's more encouraging than you know. And that's including you, "R.D." Thanks.

 Seriously though. So many good conversations with good friends, acquaintances, strangers. So much to talk about, so much to learn about, to much to listen to. And then "R.D." comes out of the blue. I find this piece of paper in my mailbox and it goes on to be perhaps the most encouraging few sentences I've ever had the privilege to read.  Rocked my world. "R.D.", if you're reading this, you made my day, week, month, year. Thanks a million.

And then BOOM. Here we are today. All over again. Here we go. And you know what's funny? Last week I thought I had no time. It's still true. I don't have time. But look at all this stuff that spilled out onto this blog... it just kinda happened. I think that's what this blog is about. Spillage.


Have a great week my friends. Enjoy the weather. Hot and cold. Sunday was Hot. And now that I think of it, this was from Sunday:

It's a beautiful day. Rejoice. #ecclesiastes11:7 #theSUN #theSON http://instagr.am/p/HxF409TBOs/

Or freezing, like yesterday.  Enjoy it, no matter what.

Until next time,

Norm

It's cloudy today.  It's overcast today.  It's gloomy today.  Point is, it's not sunny, clear, and cheery.  I don't know why, I can't control it, but hey, I can say I like the sun a whole lot, which indeed I do, I like the sun a whole lot.  The feeling of warmth on the skin trumps all other feelings, at least the feelings I have experienced thus far in my life; there is no other experience than feeling the warmth of the skin bask on your skin.  I'm getting all giddy, I want to sit outside in the sun, but alas, it's cloudy today.  It's overcast today.  It's gloomy today.


The last week has been good.  In fact, it's been really good.  Chill workload, long weekend because of Labor Day, a canceled trip to Black Star Canyon, a trip to Hollywood, unexpected visitors, and a memorable trip to the beach made the last week, more specifically the last 5 days, very good.  I'm sorry I'm being vague.

Here's a side note: I like playing with vaguity (Vaguity isn't even a word, it's made up, but it works perfectly).  It's super interesting when you leave out certain details, prompting questions like "What is Black Star Canyon and, better yet, why was the trip canceled?"  It makes you think, it makes me think about what you think, it's quite the thinking process.

Now that that's said, the last week has been excellent.  It's good to be back in the norm of things.  School is cruising.

In other news, I had a job interview today, which is partially why I am dressed the way I am.  The concept of professionalism intrigues me.  I'm going to play with vaguity again and not tell you what job I interviewed for.


Speaking of Hollywood, while we were there, I took video and am now compiling that video into a comprehensible piece of multimedia.  In other words, I am editing the video and am honestly stoked on how it is turning out.  It will, unless I don't finish it, and I better finish it, show up in next weeks post.  Krill.




In other news, I'm bringing back a section that hasn't been included for quite some time: the videos. If you missed them, then here you go, feast. If you didn't miss them, watch them anyway. If you don't want to watch them anyway, it's not difficult to scroll past them. They are just little snippets of interest that I have come across during the last week, so as I "just ran across" them, you are free to "just run across" them as well.

Up first, this gentlemen and his picturesque account of World War II particularly intrigued me.  I can't quite put a finger on why, but I think it may not only be the incredible story, but the fact that he remembers it that well, and not only that he remembers it, but it is possibly just as emotional now as it was then.  Super interesting and super worth a watch.





Seconds.  You may or not know who Mr. Aaron Gillespie is.  Read the second portion of this post: http://emliv.blogspot.com/2010/04/grapevine.html and you will quickly learn about and/or recall the situation.  This is just background.  The video below was particularly eye opening to me, it put a whole new light on the whole situation.  Definitely worth a watch, if you are a music fan or not. 


I Am Living: Aaron Gillespie from Come&Live! on Vimeo.


Thirds.  This last video really has not particular rhyme or reason.  Seriously.  I just thought it was interesting, especially the size and shape the video.  That may just be more interesting than the video itself.


Water Falling into a Cup (Canon 7D) from Blue Green on Vimeo.





Enjoy?  Enjoy.  I hope you enjoyed those particular pieces of media.

I believe my job here is done.  I don't have much else to write about.  No more many topics are is coming to mind minds.



So there you have it, another blog post, another Wednesday.  I still wonder if it's worth doing...but that's entirely different subject.

Here are my parting words:

Yeah it's cloudy today.  Yeah, it's overcast today.  Yeah, it's gloomy today.  But guess what?  That doesn't mean you have to be cloudy.  That doesn't mean you have to be overcast.  And most of all, that doesn't mean you have to be gloomy.

Be cheerful, look at a ladybug and smile.  Or just wear one on your head.