Where the Wild Things Are

Spike Jonze + Arcade Fire on soundtrack + a wonderful children's book = a really good trailer

Where The Wild Things Are from Darian on Vimeo.

Where in the world is my new macbook?

The past month we've been busy working on a long term technology proposal for work to lay out the roll out of computers. With the 2009 cycle, it means I'm due for a new laptop. Last week the purchase order went in and we received the classroom machines, but not the laptops. My principal looked up the fed ex tracking and saw that they were stopped in Japan. We later learned that the laptops were on the fed ex plane that crashed in Japan a few days ago.

Slow Club

Thank you Lay's potato chips and my cousin Kelsey Bulkin for introducing me to Slow Club. They aren't best musicians, but their songs are sweet, fun, and rival I'm from Barcelona for the winner of "Best use of friends in a music video."

I love the Blogotheque!!

David after the dentist

This video reminds me of when I got my wisdom teeth pulled out and when I woke up I freaked out and started screaming at the dentist to get my teeth out immediately. The dentist then gently explained to me that the procedure was over and put the four wisdom teeth in my hand. I didn't believe her and then said I was leaving and quickly got out of the chair and fell to the floor.

Go Johnny Go

Welcome to my childhood.

My Happy Place

Colby's Christmas Lightshow

Every year for Christmas Eve and Christmas day we go to my Aunt Leslye and Uncle Walt's house in San Clemente. Among the festivities is the Shelley-Stringfellow ping-pong tournament, eating really good food, and within the last few years a new tradition of checking out their neighbor's light show. One of the neighborhood kids, Colby Nordberg, spends his free time from going to high school in working on a Christmas light show spectacular. It's very impressive and even more impressive when you find out he is in high school.
After this years show, we had some time to track him down and chat it up. He's currently applying to Cal State Long Beach and hopes to get into their theatrical lighting program and one day be hired by Disneyland.