Sunday with Eoin Colfer and Artemis Fowl

Powell’s had Eoin Colfer, the author of the Artemis Fowl series, in town and we went to see him at the very cool Bagdad Theatre. He is so Irish and SO funny. Some of his stories though — yeesh! They were really, really, really, really gross. Really. In a non-subtle kind of way. I almost …

Thoreau and My Quest for New Shoes

When Barrett and I started sorting through our things to move to Portland from Madison, I thought after we moved that I would start to live a Thoreau-like existence of simplicity. Sure, we were moving to the city, not the country, but what with all of the trees around, what difference would that tiny detail …

There’s Something About Chocolate Film Is Finished!!!!!

You can view There’s Something About Chocolate on my film page. This was shot using a Kodak Easyshare V705 digital camera. Yes, that is a still camera! Our usual video camera, a Sony Mini DV, was having some issues so we thought we’d try out the video aspect of our still digital camera. You don’t …

There’s Something About Chocolate Film Update

David, the Sound Guy, had some technical who-si-whatsits over the weekend that kept him from finishing the sound for the film. While I’m not quite sure what he’s talking about, I do have high hopes for the film getting finished today! It is only a small thing really to sacrifice one’s birthday for the greater …