Oh! Sweet Nuthin'

As of today I am officially off sugar for at least one month.

I'm not trying to be all healthy or natural or anything, I just think I've had too much of it lately and it has adversely effected my health.

After eating a ton of ice cream, drinking a ton of soda, and delighting on a ton of candy one day I had the worst stomach ache and I think I actually went into sugar shock. It was a terrible feeling. This little incident didn't inspire my newfound resolve, but it sure enforced it.

What is sugar anyway?

Edible crystalline substances, mainly sucrose, lactose, and fructose. Human taste buds interpret its flavor as sweet. Sugar as a basic food carbohydrate primarily comes from sugar cane and from sugar beet, but also appears in fruit, honey, sorghum, sugar maple (in maple syrup), and in many other sources. It forms the main ingredient in candy. Excessive consumption of sugar has been associated with increased incidences of type 2 diabetes, obesity and tooth decay.

I don't want diabetes, obesity and definitely not tooth decay (I'm weird about my teeth). So it is best if I just cut the sinfully delectible compound all-together from my diet.

Substituting it with chemicals like Saccharine, Aspartame or Xylitol is not the answer either. If it isn't naturally sweet like strawberries, then it probably doesn't belong in your body (I'm just sayin'). I've never liked artificial sweeteners or chemicals in my food anyway, it's always felt a bit fraudulent and fabricated. It gives things a plastic-ey feel (have you ever eaten at McDonalds?*)
And so I ask you for your support in this decision. If I'm with you and we are deciding on a beverage, please keep my non-sugar diet in consideration and don't offer a soda or lemonade. Same with dessert options - feel free to eat delightful sweets in front of me, but know that I will want it and will most likely be eying it the entire time.


*I totally love their Big Macs, McChickens, and Double Cheeseburgers. Also, when you get the fries fresh with just the right amount of salt... I'm hungry now.

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Vacation All I Ever Wanted, Part 2

Part two of the vacation travelogue series. This time in an even more charmy town than Sonora.

Jamestown, California is home to fewer than 500 people, an old-towne rustic look, and "Railtown" which is a state historic park/museum showcasing a wide variety of older trains and train related memorabilia.

We had a fun time riding in the traincars and watching the scenery go by. My father-in-law is a total train nerd and he goes nuts over everything that has to do with the rails. He was the most enthused one of the trip, which made it fun for us all.

I walked the trainyard and took some pictures. (they had a fully functioning roundhouse, I used to watch Shining Time Station and that roundhouse was my favorite part). Some of the pictures turned out really well, they look so artistic and cool.

My favorites are: Coil, Hook, Glass Bulb, and Rusted Metal 001.


Created with Admarket's flickrSLiDR.

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NSFG

Some of you may be familiar with the term "NSFW" which means that the link/text/photo/video that you are about to click on is Not Safe For Work. Or to put it lightly - it's pretty bad, don't look at it at work or with children present.

I propose to you the following term to be spread out and used throughout the interwebs: "NSFG" or more simply put; Not Safe For Googling.

These things are better Wikipedia'd or asked about in the confines of your own home. Better yet, just don't bother with them at all because the less you know the safer you will be and the happier your life will progress.

DO NOT GOOGLE THEM. I am warning you now.

Some prime examples (but definitely not the only examples that could be used) are as follows:

3. Jessica Biel (Apparently most links are viruses)

2. Casting Couch (especially don't do Google image)

1. Duck Butter (Thanks a lot Zach)

Now that you have been sufficiently educated, go forth and tell the webiverse about your knew found terminology. You are now smarter and more "in-the-know" than your roomate.

You're welcome.

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Vacation All I Ever Wanted, Part 1

It's been a very odd but equally fun few weeks. Tiffany's parents were in town for a while for a little vacation so we were given the chance to do some fun touristy stuff.

Rather than drone on with a travelogue of everything that we did, I'm going to just split it up into the most interesting things that have happened (including photos so you can imagine that we're sitting on your couch with a slide-projector and I'm droning on about each slide.)

Sonora
Sonora, CA is a small town that came to be when the golddiggers of '49 came through the state. It is a really quaint and really small town.

We had the privilege of driving up there (about five hours away) to spend the night in a small bed and breakfast type motel. It bled olde towne charm all over the place.

Highlights: A teddy bear on our pillows, swimming in the pool late at night and looking up into the stars, writing my pre-script-tion on my iphone and sending it to Spencer to post, eating at a small barbeque place across the street and recieving poor service (which gave my mother-in-law the opportunity to not tip), delicious Belgian waffles for breakfast, and sitting outside on the balcony in our pajamas and talking.


Created with Admarket's flickrSLiDR.

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Happy Birthday Spencer

Today is my best friends birthday. Since he insists on not living closer than 697 miles away from me, this is his birthday present!


In the winter of 2005, during the first semester at Brigham Young University for a young budding film student, it was important to find people to connect to and combine interests with.



It was in this vulnerable state that I met a certain young man from Murray, Utah who had signed up for not one, not two, but three of the same classes that I had signed up for.



For the next three and a half years Spencer and I were near inseparable. We took a lot of the same classes, made a lot of movies together, decided on a plan of action to take over the world and came up with a flawless buntcake recipe.


We wrote and directed and acted. We even animated together. Things couldn't have been more wonderful (or homo-erotic)...until senior year.

During senior year we were busy working on our final projects. I was grateful for Spencer's input and help and I did my best to be Spencer's 1st AD on his film Box of Rain. We also came up with the website Adventure Time Theatre where we post (and try to continue to post) our wacky videos and hilarious sketches.

He continues to be a great friend and confidant throughout the many years that I've known him.

Happy Birthday Spencer, I hope it has been a great and wonderful day for you.

...and he also starred in my Sophmore directing project The Fridge:

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