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Conscience

By jelewis8 ⋅ June 20, 2007 ⋅ One comment

It appeared as a sizeable bump above my left eye, aching when touched, growing inflamed and red. Over the next few days it shrank to almost nothing. Soon it was an imperceptible welt that took the sullen shade of my skin. The genie’s curse held true. My conscience was lost.

This Horrible, Wonderful Birth

By jelewis8 ⋅ October 12, 2006 ⋅ One comment

You have no idea what it’s like to feel so close to a project’s completion, and yet still be so far away, unless you’ve worked on a project in which that scenario played out as described, in which case you could easily commiserate with my plight. Really though, it’s less of a plight and more [...]

On the Horizon

By jelewis8 ⋅ October 11, 2006 ⋅ One comment

I woke up today with the distinct impression that I had been productive. It wasn’t entirely illusory, either. I spent a bit more than eight hours on a short film credit sequence “rough”, which I’ll be meeting about today. It looks good. It’s got a Tom Waits vibe, which is hard to describe but easy [...]

Easter Rites

By jelewis8 ⋅ April 17, 2006 ⋅ Post a comment

I finished up the titles render for “Grounds Zero”, the short film starring Mo Collins and Keegan Michael Key, listening to Lyle Lovett and thinking about Easter, grateful for the beautiful cloudless sky for some odd reason–it’s not as if we don’t get them often here in SoCal–and appreciating my existence in a manner that [...]

On Waking and Internet Explorer

By jelewis8 ⋅ March 21, 2006 ⋅ 2 comments

I keep going to bed later and later, rather than earlier, and it’s causing the bizarre weather patterns we’ve seen the past few days. Yesterday was grayish and then it brightened up to reveal that Los Angeles Weather was capable of clutch play, coming back in the final hours of the day to within a [...]

Cross Country Photos

By jelewis8 ⋅ August 7, 2005 ⋅ 2 comments

A few photos from the trip are up at the photoblog. More will be added in the next few days.

By the By…

By jelewis8 ⋅ August 4, 2005 ⋅ Post a comment

…if my posts seem terse of late, I’m posting on borrowed time, and thusly have to sacrifice wit and expressiveness for the sake of getting anything online at all. Hopefully, with pictures to post in the coming weeks, this adventure will become more complete.
Thanks for bearing with me. I don’t know when I’ll be able [...]

Down with the Sickness

By jelewis8 ⋅ July 13, 2005 ⋅ 7 comments

I could feel it coming on, in the subtle way you know a storm is coming or the Cubs are going to win the Pennant. Nothing tangible, except maybe that weird tickle in the back of your throat. Mostly it’s psychological. That feeling of dread, the sense that your life, for the next few days [...]

On Spring and Crimes of Humanity

By jelewis8 ⋅ May 5, 2005 ⋅ Post a comment

The urgency at which I have been approaching the next few weeks seems vaguely like I’m a terminal patient striving to stuff a lifetime of activity into a two week grace period, the bit of time left before the agonizing end. At least, that’s how I’ve been feeling. You don’t have to have a life-ending [...]

Watch Zero Sum

By jelewis8 ⋅ April 22, 2005 ⋅ Post a comment

You can now view Zero Sum here. It’s an embedded Quicktime 6 file, so if you have any trouble viewing it, make sure your software is updated.
Unfortunately, it is somewhat large (139 MB), but worth it for the video and sound quality. I’ll put up a mirror site within a few days.

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