Hot Burrito...

So, it's an update you want, eh? Fine.

There are too many social networking sites on the web, and I'm trying not to be on more than two...which is why I don't check Blogger too often, since I consider it to be one. But I'll do better.

Not a whole lot has been going on. I've been working for chump change on this kid's short film that he's working on in his spare time before he has to get a real job. He saved up and has a semi-nest egg to make a film with, so I'm working at a very low rate and basically during my spare time too just to get the chance to DP between Camera Assistant gigs. It's been fun. The film is 100% improvisational, and he seems to be happy with the footage so far. The film itself probably won't go too far, perhaps a couple local fests and some in Georgia (that's where he's from originally), but I'm considering it practice in the meantime.

In Katie's world, the salon she works at is in the process of changing hands. Her boss Erin is selling the place after her sister backed out a few months ago. Erin's going to continue to work there, so Katie's hoping things won't change too much. The worst that could happen is that she won't have the 2 consecutive weeks vacation before Christmas then thru New Years. But the new owner seems cool, and the people they brought along with them (after closing down another salon they owned) Katie seems to get along with real well. But she can't help being nervous during this transitional period.

Our 6 year anniversary is coming up in December. And no, we're not going to Disneyland. We're pretty much OVER IT. Last year's trip sucked, so basically it's no more Disneyland until what kids we will have in the future are able to walk. Strollers at Disneyland are the bain of my existence...I even cringe when I see a stroller here in the city, I may be an anti-strollerite.

Anyway, so this year we booked a weekend in mid-December at the Joshua Tree Inn in Joshua Tree, CA. It's at the northwest end of Joshua Tree NP, and it's the deathplace of the great country rock singer Gram Parsons. We plan on flying into Ontario and we've rented a car for the 1.5 hr. drive to the Inn. Katie loves the desert, she's craving the sun after spending many cloudy months here in the city, and the dry air will do us some good. We're both very nostalgiac for the early 70's period of rock n' roll, so we're hoping it's a porthole of sorts where we can lose ourselves in the history of the place. We've even been inspired by the trip to purchase boots for ourselves. Katie's are kinda cowgirl-ish, and mine are somewhere between Western/Biker/Italian style, so they suit my tastes completely ;)

If you want to learn a bit about the place, you can check out the website below. We'll be staying in the Gram Parsons room (the room where he died of a lethal morphine & alchol cocktail) for two of the nights, then staying in the Emmylou Harris (who was a very good friend of Parsons') room for just one of the nights. The scenery will be awesome, hopefully the people will be beautiful, and we're surely going to get some much needed R&R. Can't wait!

http://www.joshuatreeinn.com



by Jon