AFROFUTURISTLEXICON

the benefits of working at a creative company:

#13 - the stage blood is always on the same shelf as the Tequila.

like water…

So I got the job. Yeah the one I wasn’t even looking for.
Strange / abrupt, but with impecable timing.

I’d originally planned to be in NYC in a few days kicking it with my pops and wearing out my metrocard. Fate has other plans.

I’m in LA for potentially the next few months working at a Hollywood title sequence shop. They do pretty bad ass work - and I’m actually syked [does anyone know how to spell this?] to be working. ¡wtf!

I did not see that coming.

I could have said no. stuck to the plan. 
meh… 
what fun is that?

I’ll take a trip out to NY once the gig is in full swing, but for now Hollywood is my neighborhood.

This should be an interesting experiment. LA with no car.

I will try my very hardest not to die.

FCPX

I don’t use the word hate often.

It’s reserved for special occasions, when someone or something defies logic to the point of complete absurdity.

or maybe I need to read the manual.

all I’m trying to do is cut a 60 sec and I can’t unlink audio. like literally there is no real way to do it, just hacks and workarounds… seriously.

wtf…

hatred for fcpx - and my FinalCut 7 disks are in LA. argh

it’s official [well - officially posted]

So I’ll be heading back to LA in 4 days May 17th.

Very excited. It’s now been over 5 months since I’ve been out of the country and a lot has happened to me. A lot of good, not too much bad, but certainly a lot of change. 

Most of this change has been a complete surprise - I think that means I’m on the right track. I have found myself doing and saying things that would have never occurred to me outside this experience as well as a re-evaluating of my stance on certain ethical notions I’d held as integral to my person. I think I’ve said this before - as I get older “the grey area” increases. The delineation between good idea/bad idea, tolerable/intolerable, moral/immoral [i might be scrapping these ideas entirely at some point] gets fuzzier everyday. It’s crazy how context changes everything - and change + awareness of = growth [how much do I love the emotional equation? - too much xkcd.com].

example:

heart ÷ (guilt + insecurity) = you’re not having any fun [ever]

or

relationships - (empathy + arrogance) = you’re going to be lonely for the rest of your pathetic existence.

Next weekend is my birthday and I will be with all of my LA friends. I’ll be 33 years old. Nearly half the age of my mother and father.

hmm - I never thought about it like that. 

After some festivities, and packing of gear in storage it’s time for summer in the big city and I can’t f*kin wait. Day dreaming about the amazing bike rides - taking the 40min trip down to manhattan in the mornings - Cross Bronx to the Henry Hudson Parkway then tearing down the greenway or bombing Jerome Ave until I hit the park. There’s nothing like the bridges of NYC on two wheels. It’s going to be fresh.

I need to get around to posting more pictures. 

-d0s

afrofuturist - state of the union.

So it’s been a while since I’ve updated. 

I’ve been caught up in the slow and arduous task of trying to find a job in Costa Rica. 

Granted - I’ve been at it for officially only a month, and if money wasn’t an issue I’d stick it out for a bit longer but, unfortunately I’ve made very little traction in the time I’ve been at it. As with most endeavors maybe I over estimated the need for producers in San Jose, or at the very least that people would be interested in meeting me, if for merely the purpose of networking. Surprisingly I’ve gotten few call back, ignored messages and a lot of flakey planning. It’s not really what I’m used to. As busy as my schedule as a producer has been in the past I’ve always made an effort to acknowledge solid resumes that make their way to my desk. I guess it just works a bit different down here.

Either way I think it’s time to head back to the states. Re-up my cash and pick another country to try my hand at. I’m actually very excited at the prospect of heading back to NYC. Aimee is there, MattC is there, and I’ll be living rent free at my Dad’s so I will be able to horde cash like no one’s business. Not to mention finding a job is going to take approx 4.2 seconds.

I certainly gave it a proper go and have amassed contacts that will be useful down the road. so. all good. I’ll wrap up whatever I can with the short documentary I started down here which if we get a lot done I can remote control from the states.

I’m thinking LA will be my first stop, unload my storage unit as much as possible, couch surf with my friends for a minute then off to the Bronx.

the vision quest continues.

- david

Robots!

#thatshitcray

warehouse robots.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=6KRjuuEVEZs

“cada día en pie, estudiando ciencias, vigilando aceras”

- La Mala

i’m a little embarrassed to admit this but I just learned how to cycle through my tabs in Chrome.

CTRL-TAB…

its weird how you let those weird bugs in your brain linger without fixing them.

this tips has got to up my efficiency a couple percent at least

sudando, fumando y caminando.

a full days work