Ryan is Grant

In the background, you can see the Creative Services building where I work...It is just above my head...behind the row of cars...sort of top center frame. I hiked down this hill... ...to get underneath this bridge: Then I walked around the rest of the Lake... And found a giant log... And this is Tyler sailing.

This is what we did Sunday, September 13, 2009:

I'm tired. I was awake and working hard for about 20 hours yesterday. Today, the same. I'm currently waiting for DVDs to mass burn on the DVD duplicator in the next room. My first series of videos are complete. My first designed DVD is also complete. Tomorrow morning, I'm filming a couple interviews with teachers/administrators who were here this week. I met some great kids. A lot of them enjoyed the camera, and they seemed to get a lot out of it. It's hard for me to not take this project personally. I tend to put every ounce of creativity into any and all projects. It's difficult for me to wrap my mind around the fact that these videos are shown only one time for a small crowd and that they will rarely be seen again. That part of this work is making me realize how much value I place on the work and the product that I create. I'm going to process that for a while...

I didn't sleep very well last night. I woke up around 3:30 a.m. from a nightmarish zombie-vampire attack. I was somehow stuck inside a German Expressionistic silent film about zombies. It was very vivid. Lo and behold, I went back to sleep, and around 6, I woke up again, from a continuation of the zombie attack, but this time I was at my grandparents' place trying to defend my family with whatever weaponry I could come up with in the garage. Fell back asleep, and I was in a further continuation of the dream. This time I was a woman officer with two guys trying to scavenge a deserted part of the city. I ran across a street, just as hundreds of girl vampire-zombies came marching after me from the left. I quickly looked to my right, and there was a huge military exhibition coming up the street after the zombie girls. An Ed Harris-type officer came out with guns ready. I quickly tried to climb away, but the leader of the zombie girls pulled me down. Ends up they weren't real zo...

I hiked for about 4 hours yesterday. Saw some amazing landscapes up the river. Oh yes! And Janardan had a great time, too. (For those of you who don't know Janardan, he frequently shows up in my short films on YouTube.)

Today, I'm planning to go for a hike around the Lake again. We'll see what adventures I can get into. Below, you'll find more pics from my first venture. Enjoy!