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Archive for April 2009

30 Days, 30 Photos: Hope

Posted by: pcloeb on: 30/04/2009

Photo #30
Hope
Syracuse, New York
June 26, 2008
Canon Rebel XT w/ 50mm f/1.4
“Love comes to those who still hope even though they’ve been disappointed, to those who still believe even though they’ve been betrayed, to those who still love even though they’ve been hurt before.“
“Meeting you was fate, becoming your friend was a choice, but falling in [...]

30 Days, 30 Photos: Fall Colors

Posted by: pcloeb on: 29/04/2009

Photo #29
Fall Colors
Syracuse, New York
October 11, 2008
Canon Rebel XT w/ 50mm f/1.4
“Then summer fades and passes and October comes.  We’ll smell smoke then,
and feel an unexpected sharpness, a thrill of nervousness, swift elation, a
sense of sadness and departure.”
-   Thomas Wolfe
Around the block from me is Leavenworth Park.  I don’t ever really notice the seasons but [...]

30 Days, 30 Photos: In Case We Die

Posted by: pcloeb on: 28/04/2009

Photo #28
In Case We Die
Englewood, Colorado
October 6, 20006
Canon Rebel XT w/ 49mm f/5.6
Maybe you can owe me?
Or should we wait and see?
‘Cause I’ve been saving up for something we need,
As long as you’re open to the possibility, yeah.
Surely, there’s a story in counting all the minutes ’til July the 1st,
But you counted all the seconds [...]

30 Days, 30 Photos: Family Portrait

Posted by: pcloeb on: 27/04/2009

Photo #27
Family Portrait
Aurora, Colorado
September 15, 2007
Canon Rebel XT w/ 22mm f/5.6
My best friend, his wife, and their toddler son on an early Fall day at the park.
Something about looking back at these moments makes me nostalgic.  I like to think about where my friends were at this time in their life.  What were they thinking [...]

30 Days, 30 Photos: The Upper West Side

Posted by: pcloeb on: 26/04/2009

Photo #26
The Upper West Side
New York City, New York
March 8, 2009
Canon Rebel XT w/ 43mm f/2.8
I’m glad I have friends who don’t mind indulging in my exploratory side.  It was a bit touristy, I admit but I wanted to see what I could get out of the new toy – my 28-70mm f/2.8 lens I [...]

30 Days, 30 Photos: Civic Center

Posted by: pcloeb on: 25/04/2009

Photo #25
Civic Center

Denver, Colorado
March 13, 2007
Canon Rebel XT w/ 55mm f/5.6
A colorful Colorado spring day sent me down to the then-newly built Frederic C. Hamilton building at the Denver Art Museum.  The titanium and glass structure designed by Bill Probst and Studio Daniel Libeskind is an impressive sight to behold.  The Civic Center area also [...]

Friday Five: 04/24/09

Posted by: pcloeb on: 24/04/2009

1. Went to my last bar trivia at the Inn Complete – we didn’t win but we did pretty good Imogene Coca tied for second on the final night and I think ended up somewhere in the top five overall.  It would have been nice to have pulled off a win at the end.  [...]

30 Days, 30 Photos: Plastic Stars

Posted by: pcloeb on: 24/04/2009

Photo #24
Plastic Stars
October 19, 2008
Ithaca, New York
Canon Rebel XT w/ 50mm f/1.4
you say – there’s no place you’d rather be when you’re lying next to me
I say – there’s no one ‘d rather see when you’re lying next to me
you say – that you never want to go when you’re lying next to me
I say [...]

30 Days, 30 Photos: Blizzard

Posted by: pcloeb on: 23/04/2009

Photo #23
Blizzard
Denver, Colorado
December 28, 2006
Canon Rebel XT w/ 22mm f/5.6
Late at night, I slipped out into the winter wonderland nicely deposited over the course of a couple of weeks in Colorado.  This was the first major snowstorm since a 2003 spring storm shut down the city for about four days.  This one was even more [...]

30 Days, 30 Photos: Detective Work

Posted by: pcloeb on: 22/04/2009

Photo #22
Detective Work
March 28, 2009
Syracuse, New York
Canon Rebel XT w/ 70mm f/2.8
Production and myself have a long love and hate relationship.  I love the excitement and energy of working on a set and the long and painstaking process involved.  This means setting up lights, cameras, blocking, rehearsal, working with actors, consulting extras and many other [...]


Phil’s Twitter

  • RT @patrickklepek: Stephen King says he's thinking about penning another Dark Tower book. I just pooped. http://is.gd/4SMc5 29 minutes ago
  • Didn't get to my pile of e-mail, perhaps Veteran's Day will inspire me to tackle them with due force. 12 hours ago
  • And I'm also enjoying the pop-folk sounds of Lisa Miskovsky - she's got a great voice! 15 hours ago
  • And "Strict Joy" by the Swell Season has been a pleasure to listen to. 16 hours ago
  • "On Gold Mountain" has been a fascinating read. 16 hours ago
  • Thinking of baking some holiday cookies. Any suggestions? 22 hours ago
  • I think teams from PA are the bane of my sporting existence. 1 day ago
  • Watching the Broncos play the Steelers. 1 day ago
  • I'd like to read a story in the newspaper that ends with "But she was just having a bad dream., really she's okay." 1 day ago
  • It's hard not to giggle a little every time Ian McShane utters "cocksucker" on Deadwood 2 days ago

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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
Overqualified by Joe Comeau
The Angel Riots by Ibi Kaslik
On Gold Mountain by Lisa See
Adventures in the Screen Trade by William Goldman

Watching:
The Wire: Season 1
Dexter: Season 3
How I Met Your Mother: Season 5
The Big Bang Theory: Season 3
Mad Men: Season 3
Dollhouse: Season 2
Heroes: Season 4