Animation. With ice. On ice.

So, we've been building--what has turned out to be a KILLER--new animation ID for Maxon's Diamond Merchants. This is phenomenal work by James. It will look and sound absolutely smashing in movie theater advertising! A few different sequences have been built. I took the …

Web Updates.

I've been completely immersed in web lately. Here are a couple of recent launches:

Ozark Empire Fair

Jordan Valley Community Health Center

...and here are two sites that just won Addy Awards:

ADsmith Communications

Country Road Collection

...and three …

Updated.

Yeah, I've REALLY got to keep this thing updated.

I created a Facebook account last night, and I'm pretty sure I hate myself this morning. Think I may spend more time with virb and Twitter.

Blogs. Yeesh.

I gotta get that Twitter feed up here...

Stress.

Yep. That's the name of the game these days. Between freelance projects (paid and pro bono), selling a vehicle (or two), trying to figure a way of buying our neighbor's house before the public swarms it, selling our own house, seeing where we stand financially--both …

Clams.

Zero.

That's precisely how many clams of debt we owe...with the exception of that whole "house" thing...

Yep! Paid off the Nissan yesterday. Henceforth, my plan is to deposit half a non-car-payment in savings, half toward retirement monthly. That's my …

Vacation.

Wow. Been a while!

I think I'm finding myself officially not having time/motivation/desire/time/ambition/time to do this blog thing on any sort of remotely frequent basis.

You'd think, then, I'd do what I could to really make this one count. NOT SO!!

We had a …

Bottom.

There are times I love being a parent, and there are times I REALLY love being a parent. This is the latter.

THAT's my boy!

Potato Farm.

That's pretty much what this blog looks like. It's been WAY too long since I've posted an entry. I really should do that soon...

...but not right now. =)

Learned.

I learned something about myself last night. In the car, on the way to Patrick's home for an evening of All Things wii and sheer Halo 3 majesty, I found myself listening to a musical selection that surprised me.

Normally, for such an amped-up evening, I'd snag some …

Superman

I just downloaded all tracks from the Superman: the Movie two-disc score album. Wow. This is brilliant John Williams. For whatever reason, I've been absolutely obsessed with getting this music ever since I've discovered it can't be purchased anywhere (for less than …

Happy.

So, last night, I sat down on the floor beside the tub while Ian was having his bath. I was peeling his orange bedtime snack and we were chatting (briefly, and in between his Superman action figure's bath, which apparently can't be disturbed by talking).

I commented, …

Nailedit.

I just finished a meeting in which I was told I 'nailed it,' "it" being the Built by Brett design seen below. That's the third time in as many days I've been told I 'nailed it.'

I'm not entirely sure what's going on with that, nor am I eager for it to end.

Feels …

Shot.

Well, I suppose SOMEthing was bound to happen. Anna Lucia and Libby are both dead now, shot by Michael. Libby. LIBBY! Aside from Hurley, probably the kindest person on the island! Absolutely unfair. I actually gasped when it happened.

We're now at the season …

Sunshine.

Unbelievable. The sky is bright this morning for the first time in--I'm pretty sure--a decade or so. That's a good thing, since I've so much to do today and can't really afford any bleariness.

I've decided to take on Noble and Associates' print design as a direct …

Gifted!

So, I've been chatting with Michael this morning about Lost and its first season soundtrack...when, what to my wandering eyes should appear, but an iTunes gift email suddenly appearing in my Inbox...it's the Lost season two soundtrack!!

What a guy. I figure I can …

Thirteen Minutes

That's how long I sat in the McDonald's drive-thru (whatever happened to the 'ogh' in 'through,' by the way??) this morning. Care to guess why?

It wasn't because I was desperately craving McDonald's food. It wasn't because I was trying to delay getting to work on …

Snow.

It snowed much of today; gorgeous, big-flaky snow. We definitely played when I got home.

All that, of course, was after buying four new tires for the Accord, and frantically troubleshooting the new ADsmith site prior to its launch this evening. I'm really pleased …

Monster.

The Cloverfield monster is terrifying.

For real.

Period.