My New Year's Wish To You

In this New Year, May you….

Find the beauty in simple things.

Spend time with lovely people that laugh with you and not at you.

Don’t miss a moment being busy trying to capture it. You can’t see everything going on around you thru the screen of your phone.

Get recognized for your hard work. Speak up if you must – but not too often, no one likes a braggart.

Find a moisturizer that does what it says it does. And not break the bank trying to find it.

Find 3 killer outfits that make you look freakin’ awesome, but also look like you just ‘threw it together’.

Rip one epic fart, when you are all alone and no one walks in right after.

(and while we’re on the subject) Never find yourself glued to the toilet, wondering, ‘what the hell did I eat last night?’

Quit bitching until you do something about it. I don’t care what it is, crappy roommates, need new glasses, hate your job – not one more negative word until you take the first step in changing it.

And finally, do something silly. Because, honestly, no one really cares what you do, no one thinks about anyone that much to care, and if they really find it necessary to poke fun at you for doing something you enjoy, f*ck ‘em. They probably only find joy in making fun of people, anyway, so who cares?  But don’t call me if you rob a bank or something, I’m not bailing your ass out of jail for your own bad judgment.

-- Cher Lytle

                                                                                   

Moments Of Clarity

I get a really odd moment of clarity every day. I mean, it’s really lucky that I get one at all, and for that I totally appreciate it. But I’ve narrowed down the moment and what I get bombarded by.

The moment is: As soon as I am aware I am awake, laying in bed – you know, right before you decide ‘Alright, I gotta get up’ and it ends as soon as I speak, hear anything (besides background) or drink coffee. It lasts throughout feeding the cats and making the coffee, because I can do those things in my sleep, as soon as my mind purposefully engages, it’s gone.

What is it: Freakin’ everything. A better way to do something, things I meant to get done yesterday, things I need to get done today, a new idea to write, an interesting camera angle or a cool picture to take, add ‘this’ to that recipe and it will make it better, this is what you should say in that email you’ve been struggling with, here are 18 titles you’ve never thought of, you need to get ‘this’ done before you do that other thing you really want to do, check out these 5 websites. Seriously, it’s everything, at once.

I have learned to write things down quickly, especially those that stick out like a bell ringing.  But it’s not everything going on in the noggin. I’m almost afraid if I were to tap and able to write everything down, what it would be.

5th

Here is a short film I directed a LONG time ago, with the sketch troupe Monkey With A Shotgun. We had a lot of funny ideas and even did a webseries together for FLM. This is the short that started it all.

"5th"

Sean Patrick Malone on Bad Planet

Here is the third music video in this Bad Planet repertoire of mine. This one is
Sean Patrick Malone's "Semiprecious"

Maybe, someday I'll post the directors cut, if I can.

Nikki Phillippi on Bad Planet

Here's the second music video for the Bad Planet channel that I directed. This one is
Nikki Phillipi's "Thank U"

Jon D's On Bad Planet

So there's this new series on the Bad Planet, new-ish, it premiered back in April. The series is called Writing Room, it's a reality series where one professional music producer teams up with a YouTube talent and write an original song.
 My job in this was to direct about 3 music videos to accompany the actual series. Here's my first one,
Jon D's 'Waiting'

 

5 Minute FX

5 Minute FX

We had a good run of 5 Minute FX. Just after 5 episodes and we were nominated for an IAWTV award for best hosted (taped) show. After a year we were up for a Webby. Here's a taste.

But alas, we will not be coming back for a season 2, then again all of Bammo won't be coming back for a season 2.

I am proud of the work I did with the Bammo channel, and I'm glad the show got recognized in the world of the webseries.