Northern California.

This site rocks! I've never seen anything that even comes close.

Now, what was I going to say? Oh yeah, in response to (e:stephenjames) -- it's no Hollywood [inlink]stephenjames,17[/inlink] (good news/bad news), but there's a lot going on in the SF Bay area film community. Do you know about Zoetrope.com? You might want to check it out. Here's a description.

The Zoetrope Virtual Studio is a submission destination and collaborative tool for filmmakers, writers and other artists. Each workshop is a community where artists view, review and discuss one another's work, and where producers can make movies using built-in production tools. Whether you're looking for feedback on your new novella, or just want to discuss screenwriting, click on a workshop on the menu at left to begin participating in our creative communities.

And here's an article about zoetrope and the SF film editing scene iin general --

"Francis Coppola's dream to make the Bay Area a center for film editing has come close to reality with dozens of memorable movies getting their final polish here."

More to say later. A rare call from real life is coming in on the other line. I'd better take it.

There's really no good lead-in to this. I discovered the answer to the age-old question, "where do homeless people poop?" while walking to my car yesterday. You do not want to know the answer.

In other news, I picked up my wall murals from the now-defunct "Don't Call It Frisco" laundromat this morning. They're a lot bigger than I thought. Five of them are 4'x8' and the other two are 4'x6'. That's like 200+sf of murals! I may have to put in an addition to house them all, haha. Oh well, I'll worry about that later.

I ended up carrying them one at a time back to the house. They were surprisingly light for their size (painted on plywood). But when the wind picked up, I thought I was going to go airborne a couple of times.

What else? Oh yeah! I have walls now!






Unfortunately my kitchen cabinets are still inconveniently located in the living room.


And now no toilet in the bathroom. That's what the big bucket is for.


Ironic that I started out just wanting to do the kitchen and bath, and they're the last to get done.


I bought these great ceiling medallions for the living room and bedroom. Can't wait to see how they look when they're put up.