This was taken about 2 months ago. I was trying to show Clay that we were excited for him to come home.
Monday, October 6, 2008
Derek and Dad Hang Out
Open Wide
Okay Shark. This one is for you.
We made this video a few days ago and now that we are going blogging crazy, we decided to post it.
Open wide everyone.
Sunday, October 5, 2008
You missed Mormon Mythellaneous? No worries.
Here is a short video on how to watch Mormon Mythellaneous on KSL.com.
The Hula/Pluto
Our favorite thing that Derek does (for the day) is his Pluto impression. He also really likes Little Einsteins so we find him copying them a lot. Here is a taste of both.
Excuses, Excuses
It's an easy way to blog, posting a video without much of a description. It's pretty much like neglecting your journal for months and then pasting in a concert's ticket stub and writing "I did this. Remember?"
While I feel like I do have a legitimate excuse for not paying much attention to blogging, I don't think that is a valid excuse for neglecting to write what has been going on for my own reflection.
This will probably be random, so you'll have to look past that.
My Latest Disney Experience (the studio, not the park)
About 4 weeks ago I was sitting at my desk, working hard on a project, when my cell phone rang. It was a 424 area code. I didn't recognize the number. I answered. It was a technology staffing company. They found my resume, from July 2007, on Monster.com. I have the mention that just about anyone that calls me because they found my resume on Monster.com "has a great opportunity for me in the insurance sales department." I nearly blew the guy off. Well, I am glad I didn't.
He was calling trying to get me to apply for a Digital Media Engineer position they were staffing at ABC/Disney. I gave him a resume and a cover letter and after a few days he basically told me that I was not in the running for the position. Nancy was relieved. After having moved twice in the past 4 months, we weren't exactly looking forward to possibly having to do it again, even though we were happy for a great opportunity with good pay and full benefits.
K. Now hold on a second. Some people wonder why I don't just get a full time job with benefits in Utah? The answer is that I haven't had a great offer and I really like working for myself here. Now, if and when we go to California at some point in our lives is a different story all together, but the reason would be to work on something more substantial or just to go back to Disney.
Back to the story.
Well, this recruiter led me to believe I wasn't going to get an interview, but about a week later his boss called me and asked if I could be in Burbank in 4 days. We drove down on Sunday, stopped in Vegas to eat an In n Out Burger with my parents, who were there on BYU business at a blogging conference. We kept going and got to our hotel in Anaheim.
We decided that it would be just as much for me to fly down and back in one day as it would for us all go for a few days and enjoy our Disneyland Annual Passes before they expire this month (10/10/08). We had a fun time. We will expound more on that throughout the next few posts. It was my first time pin trading and I enjoyed it. We had some great food and we even won a special treat to stay in the park after closing hours.
I had my interview. I was one of four to be interviewed. It was a good interview. I think I did a really good job. I found out this past week though that I did not get the job (after more than a week of waiting to hear back). It's really okay though. While I was there, I kind of decided that I would take the job if I got it, but it wasn't exactly what I wanted to do. I would use it as a means to an end so I could meet more people on the lot. The other bummer about it was that the job was at the Burbank Tower and not on the actual lot. Other offers and opportunities will come up though and the staffing company liked me a lot. So that's good news.
After my interview I went to the lot to visit some people from my internship. It was at 5 so not many were around. I got to meet up with Lance Stubblefield, who I had only talked to on the phone or via e-mail. He is a BYU film alumni who works on LOST and has been giving me some great advice. I questioned him about the workflow of the show and what his job entailed. Very cool. Very interesting. I think I am going to keep bugging Lance for future jobs. He was very nice and generous to let me come bother him for an hour.
Well, we are back home now. Working hard. I just finished a 6 month project for Hockey Player Magazine, 50 Ways to Score More Goals. Cammon shot it. We had a fun time on this one. We got Luc Robitaille to be in it and Brian Engblom reviewed it for us. He was really impressed. Check out the link here: http://store.hockeyplayer.biz/50watoscmogo.html
I am now finishing the old video, 101 Hockey Tips. We are transforming it to 50 Hockey Tips and 50 More Hockey Tips for a pitch to Wal Mart for distribution via HaleStorm's distribution company. So that's exciting.
I start freelancing/part-timing it for the LDS Church Motion Picture Studio in a week. I am excited to be back on their systems, an Avid editing system. Avid is used only by a few of my clients and is also the one that is typically used on feature films. I recently purchased it the upgrade for my computer, but most of my clients want me working on Final Cut Pro so they can archive their own projects on their system. No problem though. I like Final Cut Pro too.
So that's what is going on... lately.
Friday, October 3, 2008
Thursday, October 2, 2008
Yet another obsession.
Bryce and I were watching Leno on Monday and this commercial came on. With the TiVo considered a part of the family, it is rare for us to actually be watching commercials. But this is a good one.
Anyway, please watch and avoid making fun on me because of my (perhaps) equal obsession with the color red. Ha.
We could probably ignore the red permed hair.
Anyway, here is a picture of the living room (in our old apartment). Do you agree?
Let it be known that I did pay extra for a red Dyson. A yellow one would clash, doncha think?
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