a post on my pant size

So… I have finally realized I can no longer wear pants from high school. OK, so I don't really have any pants from high school. But I have worn the same pant size since high school – 34/34. Maybe it's the years of mall food, the lack of regular exercise or simply living in the land of the microbrews. Regardless, I can no longer wear my old waist size. So in case anyone wants to buy me some pants, I now wear 36/34.

bad stuff happening

Yesterday my DVD burner died at the exact hour a project was due for a corporate video client. It was a first generation (2x speed, dvd+r only) burner so I guess it was about time. Just sucks. Good news is I'm now rocking a dual layer 16x dvd+/-r burner at less than I paid for the old one, so it was due for an upgrade anyways. And – the DVD made it out in time to ship.

But then this morning I got in my car to go to work and noticed my glove box is gone. Not moved or anything, just missing. The center console was open and empty as well. I called Sabrina in hopes she had just decided to clean out my car for some reason but no luck.

So what was taken? Well, not much I think. Owner's manual, service records, the usual car stuff. But what else do you put in the glove box? Random bits of paper that you don't have time to deal with, saying to yourself you'll go through it all when you "have the time." So the good news here is that now I don't have to go through all that stuff. Instead, little bites of my life are strewn across some motherfucker's coffee table. And now it's his garbage.

None of the windows were broken, so I'm sure I just left it unlocked. And it was parked in front of my house on the street, so I guess I'll just have to start parking in the driveway.

Or maybe I could leave it out front again with something expensive looking sitting on the dash. With a hidden camera, motion detector and sawed-off shotgun I think I could have a pretty good time. And I'm pretty sure my german shepherd is hungry for balls.

The glove box had this thing where it would come off the hinge and fall off if you didn't close it just right. So it probably fell off in his hands. After grubbing his fingerprints all over it he probably figured it'd be safer to just take the whole thing with him.

What he didn't take – CDs, credit card statements, anything in the trunk, the radio, the whole car.

So, as usual, it could have been worse. I don't think I'll replace the glove box either. I kind of like all that extra leg room in the Sentra.

new napoleon dynamite “short”

thanks to a link over at waxy I had the extreme joy in watching this microsoft corporate video featuring bill gates in the napoleon dynamite universe. I don't know if the hosting site has permission to host this or not, so I downloaded a copy to put up in case it gets yanked for whatever reason. the hosting site looks to be a microsoft fan page of sorts. until now, I never knew such a thing existed.

parts of the video are very funny, some jokes fall flat as expected. the amazing thing is that this even made it to the web at all. lots of companies do parody videos for company meetings and business partners, and few of these videos are of any interest to anyone outside the company. the fact that someone videotaped the screen at a microsoft meeting and then had the balls to put it on the web is awesome.

the next question is how many "movie star" corporate videos are out there? quite a few I bet. money is money and I bet the folks that put this together made a nice paycheck (and they should). I'd love to find a site dedicated to bootlegged corporate videos featuring celebrities. kind of like seeing harrison ford in a japanese tv commercial. it just makes you laugh.

it also makes me realize there is a market (and probably outside of the corporate world) for movie based shorts produced way after the movie's gone to video. I'd love to see short films that revisit movies like bottle rocket, office space or the big lebowski.

I think short films like this would make nice special features for similar demographic dvds. I know kevin smith has made at least one live action "clerks" short for the tonight show. in that case I think he was testing the waters for "clerks 2."

anyways, this napolean video made me laugh and I want to see more.

watch it!

UPDATE – the studio that owns the clip ordered it removed from the site. I downloaded a copy to my work computer earlier this week. if it's still on the computer when I get to work today (someone else may have deleted it) I'll post a link.

UPDATE 2 – it's up on ifilm. original link changed to link to ifilm.

best back to the future line of all time ever

"let's see if you bastards can do 90."

others?

indiana jones 4 casting in des moines

I was scrolling through craigslist looking for video jobs and found this post from august 4th. pretty old news, but what's up with des moines? I guess if you need "skinny and weathered looks" that's where you go…