http://fletcherstudios.net/blog adventures in painting, film and animation... Thu, 20 Nov 2008 19:29:42 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 10 years old, and still fun. I know I've written about this game and its 'real' life counterpart, but when I saw the news that it just turned 10 years old, I just had to comment some more. Considering its on sale for a buck, there really is no excuse not to ... http://fletcherstudios.net/blog/2008/11/20/happy-birthday-half-life/ Fiancee is in the bell-choir at church - she's good. We're planning a trip to NYC in December. It's freakin' cold here. We're thisclose to sending out the Save the Date reminders. Trying to get the Fletcher Studios 2009 calendar finished up and on the market. We went registry registering, its fun zapping stuff you ... http://fletcherstudios.net/blog/2008/11/19/life-in-brief/ Left 4 Dead: Demo Review. Anyone who knows me well, knows that I have a post-apocalyptic zombie fetish that borders on frothing. So when Valve announced they were putting out a game in that theme, my interest was immediately stoked. Then they said it was going to be multi-player co-cop and I ... http://fletcherstudios.net/blog/2008/11/12/the-monster-mash/ I was shocked to see signs that the Murdoch-ian Empire is starting to crumble. In addition to Fox news viewership declines, other branches of his agit-prop machine are hurting: Murdoch did not provide many details on the company's cost cutting, but said one example was the merging of back-office operations of ... http://fletcherstudios.net/blog/2008/11/11/catching-up/ One of the factors in deciding that my honey & I were meant to be as a couple was how well we worked together, especially on a creative project. Our first such foray was collaborating on a video shot in NYC around Christmas time - showing off the elaborate store windows ... http://fletcherstudios.net/blog/2008/11/10/sticky-situation/ I had awoke early - had a decent breakfast, voted, went to work and watched the polls - leaving when it was 200 to 134. Expecting a battle and a long night with the promise of legal ramifications. A repeat of 2000 and '04. I fired up the computer and played some ... http://fletcherstudios.net/blog/2008/11/05/i-shed-a-tear/ The one good thing about my fiancee' being away is that I am tearing through tons of work. The Director and I just hammered out a demo reel for Laurel Films (YouTube link shortly) and if features some of the best graphics work I've done to date. It features both trailers ... http://fletcherstudios.net/blog/2008/10/27/projects-on-top-of-projects/ In the ongoing series of people asking me, 'So - what do you miss most about New York?' This link would be an appropriate example. I noticed that this was in my old hood of 3rd Ave. and St. Marks... Why, oh why can't we have stuff like this here?? < --adsense#default--> http://fletcherstudios.net/blog/2008/10/21/miss-the-most/ In trying my hand with smaller paintings, I've been fascinated with the rings my fiancee and I wear. So, I'll have a couple of these - good thing my girl has a steady hand, there's no way I could possibly get steady reference photos. http://fletcherstudios.net/blog/2008/10/18/rings/ The fiancee left yesterday on a 2 week long trip abroad. I'm giving myself ONE day to wander around aimlessly, goof off, eat poorly, skip showering and sulk. Then, back to work. http://fletcherstudios.net/blog/2008/10/17/and-then-depression-set-in/