December 27, 2009 • 11:54 pm 0
In the long tradition of Ripley Christmas videos with a Tractors soundtrack here is the video for 2009. A little delayed because of the intense snow, it just makes it even better.
Presented in cinematic widescreen
A special bonus video of me running around to get tripods and set up shots before the light was lost and before everyone got bored standing out in the cold making a short film.
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September 10, 2009 • 2:33 pm 0
December 13, 2007 • 3:33 am 1
It is pretty cold. On Sunday night the power went out for a little bit because of the ice storm and then came back on a few hours later. It wasn’t too bad but that night as I watched the transformers blow all through my neighborhood, they kept getting closer and closer until my transformer blew up and my power went out. Then the next day I saw that everyone’s power was out, pretty much.
I had a bunch of work to do so I packed up my computer and lots of drives and took them all to the farm to stay with my parents. It is pretty sweet living in the studio. It is a little chilly but it is big and open and has a very nice ceiling. I really had a tight deadline to get a Biker Fox music video finished for Tulsa Overground so that is what I mainly worked on and then other stuff came my way too. I went to Tulsa on Tuesday to drop off the Biker Fox DVD, pick up some footage and then stayed the night to get some ram. It was so freezing that night. I got a bunch of bottles and filled them with hot water and put them in the bed with me under all the blankets I could find. It was still too cold but I did alright and only had to refill the bottles with warmer water once.
I have pretty much all I need with the exception of a strong internet connection. It is satellite based and goes in and out all day. The one thing that has really come in handy and hasn’t let me down is my iPhone. It is a great source for an independent network to look up numbers and be in all forms of communication with people. The battery lasts a long time and the cold didn’t seem to bother it. That night I spent at home with the water bottles my iPhone was sitting on top of my blankets and when I picked it up in the middle of the night it felt ice cold but it still had full battery power and I was able to send some emails.
Monday is the expected date for the return of the power at my house and I hope that works out. As of Wednesday it still seems like there is a lot of damage and I don’t know how they are going to get to everything by the 18th. I did see on the news how many electrical workers they had brought in but on Tuesday night I saw more transformers blowing in areas where they were trying to restore power so I don’t know what to think of it all. It is a great disaster that has slowed everything down but overall it didn’t seem to really be too much of a disaster. It is just pretty inconvenient. If it kept going for a few more weeks everyone would just adjust to it and by January it wouldn’t be that bad.
I will update if anything happens but I will probably just be at the farm until my power comes back on and then I will be back to normal with less trees. Hopefully full internet and power come back pretty close to each other. I think my Cox line is yanked out of the back of the house along with the phone line and power.
Update: so I am at home. It is so freaking amazing here.
I came back on Wednesday for a quick meeting and to drop off some DVDs. As I was coming into town I noticed an AEP truck in the front of my house. I came in and turned off anything I found on and waited for the work to finish so I could start the house heat up process. The power came on and I heard plenty of beeps meaning that I didn’t get close to unplugging anything. I turned the heater on, went to my meeting, went to the farm and finally brought everything home after a little dinner with my parents and anti aliasing talk (audio and video) with my dad. The internet didn’t work but the power was on and it was pretty nice. After an extensive water flush to get rid of some sort of stagnant smell it was back to normal.
Today my parents saw some Cox guys and had them come over and fix my Cox drop. They were so overwhelmingly nice and didn’t leave until they made sure my internet was going and as fast as possible. In fact, after they were done they hung out in front of my house for about an hour, that is how dedicated they were. So in conclusion I am glad to be back and happy about everything else.
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