Zack and Martin on AM Northwest

Today I had the privilege of seeing Zack Learned, the boy I gave my helmet to a few months back. Zack was diagnosed with a form of Leukemia, and was possibly not going to make it. When Make a Wish came to us and asked us to build him a suit of armor for Comic Con, we jumped at the deal. Zack had wanted to go as part of the 212 Battalions Airborne Parjai squad. The helmet is very hard to come by, and I have one of the few in existence. So I donated mine to him.

Today, Make a Wish is having an air miles fund raiser and they asked Zack and I to make an appearance for the show. Here is our clip:

The movie I have waited for all my life!

I am so excited for this movie, I can hardly hold my water. Spike Jones! Hensen Studios. Maurice Sendak. I think I died and went to the greatest book of my whole childhood. I know it was only a couple of pages and this is a full length film, but I can’t help but think this is the greatest thing to happen to me, cinematically, since Lord of the Rings. Enjoy these previews.

Now for something completely different

I am usually talking about where I am shooting, what I am shooting (film wise) and all the things film that I am currently doing as well as film work by others. Well today, the post is different.

Today I am posting pictures of my transformation from eating meat to not eating meat ever again. I have been working on being vegetarian, and eventually vegan, for about six months. I have been running at about 98%, with minor slips that have gotten easier to control. Meat is damn addictive, and I had to break its hold. To that as well, everything has meat in it. It is unbelievable how we use animal matter in so many things. It is worse to know that I have KNOWN for so long and done nothing about it. That has changed.

So, awhile back I had bought these cutting boards, one being labeled meat, the other veggie, so there would be no cross contamination. I haven’t had meat in any capacity in so long that it only seemed fitting to correct the issue in my labels. You can see that one board said MEAT, now reads NO MEAT. A clear definition of how it runs in my house. So I now have three cutting boards, none of which will ever have or be used for meat.

I am very proud of that.