It’s all led up to tonight. All the hard work, all the nerves, all the hoping was for this moment. The lights dimmed, the crowd hushed and the guy that played Sweetchuck from Police Academy 2
Its Friday at work. Emily is putting the finishing touches on her Teen Positive segment for Fox. Jeff is finalizing his MLK day celebration commercial and I’m uploading Gumbo TV segments to
Ugh. I’ve had a bad cold and cough this week. I don’t know what’s worse... Coughing ‘till it hurts or taking a spoon of cough medicine. The physic is just as bad as the symptom! It goes down a
At 9 a.m. the sky was a dome of lead and the rain was a shower of glass slivers. By 9:30 I was carving through the gloom in my ’96 Olds. The car was moving at an even 68 and the hood ornament was
It was a nice day to have a walk by the lake. It’s rare to see bright blue skies this late in the year in Milwaukee. Kate, Aldous and I meandered through the park admiring the clear beauty of the
Our world is moving less towards a naive sci-fi utopia and more toward a harsh hyperreal anonymous nether-world. Are we letting distrust, fear, racism, hatred, and ignorance fuel our journey into an Orwellian future ruled by technological implements? I hope not. Instead of yelling at kids to stay off my lawn and throwing rocks at surveillance cameras, I’ve decided to join the 21st century by getting a cell phone and trying this blog thing. My phone (Motorola RAZR) can capture snippets of video. This project tries to make use of such a utility. I plan on capturing a sliver of each day and posting it on the web for all to share.
Jeremy Bessoff, Age 31 San Francisco, CA March 3rd, 2006