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Five Weeks In…

Posted by: pcloeb on: 29/07/2008

So the last month or so I’ve been in the midst of what the SI Newhouse School of Public Communication affectionately calls boot camp.  While I’m only taking two classes right now, I’m essentially in class for four hours a day, four days a week.  This does not include the readings, projects and other assignments [...]

June 26, 2008
I decide to spend the glorious first morning in Syracuse by taking care of school business.  The main priority being to get my student ID card and to take care of parking passes for the school year.  The first thing you learn about Syracuse is the lack of parking and the expense of [...]

Watchmen trailer

Posted by: pcloeb on: 20/07/2008

Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’ Watchmen is probably one of my favorite graphic novels.  I’m not really invested in the numerous titles which make up the industry.  Watchmen makes fantastic use of the medium to tell its narrative.  It probably isn’t as groundbreaking as it was when it was released but the characters and the [...]

June in Review: Full Metal Roadtrip – Part Two

Posted by: pcloeb on: 17/07/2008

From Denver, CO to Columbia, MO – June 23, 2008

The journey started off early.  Of course, I managed to fret the night before as I thought about things I might need, things I might have forgotten about.  It was all for naught anyways because my car was absolutely packed to the gills with stuff.
Then there’s [...]

Decisions, Decisions (Again!)
June was an unusual month for me, to say the least.
A lot of big things occurred making the month mostly bittersweet.  I am, by nature, a planner.  I don’t typically like to do things fly-by-wire.  This month, however, felt like destiny had made all of the plans in advance and was merely leading [...]


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Day Zero Project: 101 Things in a 1001 Days

1. Buy Computer Upgrades (4x 1 TB HDD, AppleCare, 8800GT, FCS2 and 6.5 TB backups, offsite storage, Dreamhost account, Flickr storage)
2. Buy a Dell 24” Computer Monitor / New HDTV
3. Buy a 60GB/80GB PS3
4. Move out on my own
5. Get into graduate school
6. Earn a master’s degree
7. Travel to Japan
8. Contribute to my Retirement $100/month
9. Write 10 short screenplays
10. Write 1 feature screenplay
11. Write 1 Novel
12. Write a TV spec script
13. Enter a screenplay competition (short and longform)
14. Write something in every genre (drama, horror, comedy, action, sci/fi etc.)
15. Buy a Wii
16. Buy a PSP
17. Buy gear for DVX-100A (Tripod, shotgun mic, wireless, case)
18. Buy dSLR gear (3 Lenses (50mmf1.4, 28-70mmf2.8), tripod, external flash, wireless, grip, extra batteries)
19. Go HD (Buy an HD camera)
20. Travel to Europe again
21. See at least 10 new bands each year.
22. Build a SAN/Server for storage
23. Be more active
24. Complete unfinished video and PC games.
25. A Day In My Life (Work/Weekend)
26. Go FlickR Pro
27. Build a new website
28. Start a blog network
29. Review every movie I see
30. Review every live concert
31. Win Bar Trivia/Geeks Who Drink at least once
32. Do a California Wine Tour
33. Visit South America
34. Visit Central America
35. Make an AMV and Enter it in NDK
36. Frame all of my posters
37. Go Skydiving
38. Buy new eyeglasses/sunglasses
39. Go back to Korea
40. SECRET ACHIEVEMENT 1
41. SECRET ACHIEVEMENT 2
42. Make a band documentary
43. Make a social documentary
44. Archive the old stories
45. Learn Photoshop
46. Learn After Effects
47. Learn Dreamweaver
48. Go to a Denver Film Fest Premier as press or otherwise
49. Learn Motion
50. Learn Aperture
51. Learn Color
52. Learn Soundtrack
53. Learn Logic
54. Learn ProTools
55. Get Apple Certified
56. Get Adobe Certified
57. Learn Avid
58. Organize Computer(s)
59. Learn the piano
60. Take vitamins
61. Write a literary criticism papers
62. Write a film criticism paper
63. Write a tech impact paper
64. Answer phone more often
65. Buy a desk
66. Laser Eye Surgery
67. Fire a gun
68. Practice meditation
69. Complete NaNoWriMo
70. Complete NaBloPloMo
71. Re-edit reel
72. Use Google Calendar
73. Sell a photo
74. Organize music
75. National Script
76. 48 Hour Film Fest entry
77. Use Planner
78. Carry a Notepad
79. Save $500 a month, pay back $1500 spent
80. Go to an out of state music festival
81. See a band play the hometown show
82. Organize games
83. Organize movies
84. Organize books
85. Organize music
86. Learn 1 new word a day
87. Floss
88. Cook once a month
89. Finish Life, Death, Rebirth for Will
90. Start Poetry book/journal
91. Learn to build a computer
92. Write a play
93. Read the Wheel of Time Series
94. Become fully independent in Tax Matters
95. Get 3,000 achievement points per year
96. Build all my unbuilt gundam models
97. Do a model diorama
98. SECRET ACHIEVEMENT 3
99. Go to local Denver attractions (ZOO, MUSEUM, ART MUSEUM)
100. Paper journal usage
101. Organize photographs / put watermarks on them

Currents:

Playing:
World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King (OSX)
Fallout 3 (Xbox 360)
Street Fighter IV (Xbox 360)
Plants vs. Zombies (OS X)
Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood (NDS)

Reading:
Let the Right One In by John Ajvide Lindqvist
The Strain by Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan
It's Too Late To Say I'm Sorry by Joey Comeau
The Angel Riots by Ibi Kaslik
Adventures in the Screen Trade by William Goldman

Watching:
The Wire: Season 1
Curb Your Enthusiasm: Season 1
How I Met Your Mother: Season 4
Mad Men: Season 3
Dollhouse: Season 2
Heroes: Season 4