Early Morning Craving

So, I woke up at 4:00 AM and couldn't go back to sleep.  There was something that was unsatisfying to me, a feeling I've never really had before.  I went online and started to check my email when the wallpaper of a Canon T2i on my computer's desktop caused me to jump to B&H's website to view their selection of lenses.  Not having saved enough money to make a lense purchase, it still wanted something for my T2i.  I then clicked on the DSLR support systems and looked at a few shoulder rigs.  A shoulder rig is almost a must-have when it comes to DSLR filmakers.  Not having any money for a rig, I figured I'd take some time and make one.  As I watched videos of DIY shoulder rigs, I ran across a DIY jib.  I've seen some DIY jibs and there won't any out there that I thought was easy to make and cheap, until that day.  Here is what happened.




After 4 hours of running around from the Home Depot off of Shaddy Grove to the Lowe's in Laural, MD, I finally got all the parts I needed to start the construction.

However, after only an hour and half of work, I had to go to a planning meeting for our church's Friday night youth fellowship. Good news though, was after the meeting, Hunter was able to come over and lend a hand.

Then there were the guys inside the house drafting their fantasy football.

And no day of men building things with their hands would be complete without hunting and killing something.

While Hunter and I were working on the jib, I left the garage door open because the cool night air was so refreshing. However, because the door was open, the light from the garage attracted all sorts of insects and HUGE bees. What seemed to be a genetically mutated bee started to fly around us and that's when things started to get dangerous. Then, what's worse than a mutated bee flying around you? TWO mutated bees flying around us. This is when we brought in the big guns, the fly swatter.

After we were able to lure one of the bees out of the garage by turning off the garage lights and placing a light outside the garage, one bee was gone. The other bee was more challenging to get rid of, but luckily Hunter is a master fencer. Using his fencing skills he acquired during his time at CalTech, the last mutant bee had no chance.

Once the drama with the bees was over, I was able to get back to work and finish up the project that got me up so early in the morning and kept me up so late into the night.

Canon 15-85mm f3.5-5.6

A Memorable Park

The Bench

Here at Wooton Mill Park was the site of two of the first video projects I worked on. Many people would remember the short "FOB Man Can't Jump" written by Mikie Tong and produced by our very own twin brothers Toby and Tony. The other video Rom and I filmed for one of the first "Mikie's Mudsling" episodes. It was an reenactment of how Fei Fei came to know Jesus Christ. Good times...

Taco Bell is pretty cheap food. Meals there cost generally less then other fast food places, and it usually leaves me satisfied. I tried their new lemonade drink and it taste OK. Their margarita drink in my opinion is much better.

The Nail

Canon 15-85mm f3.5-5.6