In preparation..

Well, I feel like a deadbeat blogger these days. I'm suffering from the malaise that hits many bloggers in that either 1. what's happenin to me isn't interesting enough to post, or more likely 2. i'm lazy. Either way, I've learned not to post promises I may not keep anymore!

The good thing is that life is getting somewhat back on track after the meltdown of 2004. I'm shipping off to brazil to meet Mrs. Splice on wedesday, and I hope to keep a daily log of my travels as I did in China. And if time permits, post them here. I realize that my weekley postings of photos and stuffs stopped due to various reasons last year, so to make up for it, here are two links for those interested in Sugar & Splice's travels to the east:

Photos!
China Photos!

And finally, the travelog in it's entirety.
The China Chronicles!

I know it's long and incomplete pic & link wise, but well, you can put together the rest.

Enjoy!!! and wait for fun news from Brazil!

Oh! Mangueira!

Tomorrow, Mrs. Splice boards a plane for a day-long journey to Salvador, Brasil. Next wednesday, I board a plane to meet her in Rio de Janeiro for both of us to participate with Mangueira samba school in Carnaval 2005.

I have no idea what I'm getting into....

4 More Years

My Way News

I'm a believer in democracy and America's republican system. So I hope in 4 more years, we can try again. But I know this country is very divided. More so than I have ever known in this lifetime. I would say this even if the Democrats had won with the same numbers.

53% Win does NOT a majority make.

I implore those in power to remember that. There is no sweeping mandate, there is no political capital. There is merely a win by a margin, a small one at that. Those in power, try to govern wisely for 100%, not only the ones that put you in power. For if you do that, you are no better than those who forced the American Revolution. If you do govern for all, then you fulfill the American ideal, and the promise of the constitution AND the bill of rights.

You have four more years. The World is watching.

Off to Santa Ynez

We're going to brave the roads and make it to Santa Ynez for a day trip with Mother-in-law. SY is a great central coast winery destination, and as long as the roads haven't washed away, a great day trip. It's nice to let off some steam this way, though I should not have stayed up so late the night before!

Happy Wednesdays

Life at Editorial moves along nicely. I saw Sandra Bullock yesterday and David O. Russell's parking place has been replaced by someone named DOMINO. Mark Wahlberg's is still there, however since they have yet to remove our director's 2nd spot, I can't guarantee that he himself is still here.

The work has been the good manual hand work kind. I go home knowing what I accomplished. Also, cutting on film has given me a whole new appreciation of how they did it back when. Splicing is an acquired skill. So even though I can cut 6 ways to saturday on the Avid, or Final Cut, throw an inviso-splicer in front of my and I amass a considerable stack of discarded splicing tape. Joyus.

But it's good. It's filling in tons of gaps in my knowledge and there's nothing like making vague intangibles tangible. "Key code and Ink code/ daily rolls are always on your tape. What's Ink code? Oh, THAT in my HAND is ink code. Nice."

Small, but important.

Meanwhile plans continue for the upcoming Brazil trip. As promised, Angela and I are to dance with Manguiera Samba School in Rio de Janeiro's annual Carnaval. 500,000 people and yours truly, bangin on a drum.

nice.

we are a part of the 'fire' portion. Here's our costumes:



Tights are tight, you know, yo?

Raining Cats and Dogs

This is what I'm living under right now. Most of LA is shut down due to closures and floods on all the major canyons, only the freeways are working and even those by the hills have been mudded out. Wow.

New Year's Hay

Ahh! 2005! A new year, a new start. Happiness.

On Monday the third, I start my new job as a member of the editorial crew for the feature film "Annapolis". It will be very different from what I'm used to. I've been editing various DVD and TV projects the past few years, and all of that has been non-union. This is my re-introduction to the Union sandbox, and a chance NOT to be in the hot-seat for a while. A break so to speak.

so we'll see. Maybe I'll get to meet Donnie Wahlberg?

AULD LANGE SYNE

Happy New Year!!!

Hello 2005.