waltmink: Los Angeles - October 27, 2009

June 17, 2005

Hell yes. TRAVIS shot all the images you see here. He made tons of great photos, but I just combed through and pulled some I liked. There's a mix of matinee and late show here, pre-show, soundcheck, et cetera. Just wait until you see the version of these that moves... TRAVIS!

Quick overview:

May 15: My last day at Nickelodeon Online.

June: Prepared to leave New York for Los Angeles.

July 11: Departed NY with MK and hit the road. http://www.flickr.com/photos/zsumoz/3902699042/

July 11 - August 1: Drove 5003 miles, hit 14 states (NY, NJ, PA, OH, MI, IL, WI, MN, SD, WY, CO, NM, AZ & CA) & got about 17 people on camera. Shot tons of b-roll on the Bolex, etc.

August 1 - August 16: Couch surfed, shot an interview or two, and conducted an apartment hunt.

August 17: First day of my LA lease. Now living in terracotta sanctuary in LA.

August 18: First night sleeping in my own bed since July 10.

[Two weeks of domestic errands & setting up. IKEA, Kmart, etc.] Arranged the shipment of movie media, all of my earthly possessions, film and photography gear, etc. to LA.

Shipment was delayed 2 weeks. I read several books. Did push-ups and talked to myself.

Everything finally arrived. A week of sorting, organizing & trashing 10-years'-worth of my life ensued. Various materials failed to make it to LA.

September 22: Flew back to NY to deal with the remainder of my storage items, see friends & family, bid [temporary] farewell to NY & Brooklyn and fly back to California with Gladys & Latrell.

October 14: Flew back to California. Epic travel experience.

October 15: G5 tower died.

Currently: Back at it. The remainder of my stuff is en route presently.

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* The G5 will be replaced with a new machine dedicated solely to the edit.

* I will be using Vimeo to post excerpts/sequences online.