JAPAN | Thursday, 2 Jul 2009 | Views [385]
Got another festival email today, 'Flip' is going to Italy "10th CIRCUITO OFF VENICE INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL, San Servolo Island, Venice, 2nd - 5th, September 2009"
Jetlag is awful. I hoped to avoid the worst of it, but no luck.... Read more >
JAPAN | Monday, 29 Jun 2009 | Views [389]
It's a little before 8AM, I have a flight from Palm Springs at 10:12, have to breakfast and go. Yesterday I got up at 4:45 AM to go for a drive to an inland lake called the Salton Sea with some people I met here. It was way too early, I had about 4 ... Read more >
JAPAN | Friday, 26 Jun 2009 | Views [534] | Video
My screening is done. There was a guy from Pixar and an Oscar nominated actress in my group. There's a video link to a Q&A from after the screening. I kind of take over the mike and start interviewing the guy to my left a little. The audence were ... Read more >
JAPAN | Wednesday, 24 Jun 2009 | Views [585] | Comments [1]
I am in Palm Springs after a couple of days in LA. Jason Badower let me sleep on his floor in LA. There was an air mattress involved, so it was pretty comfortable. I was surprised at the huge apartment he's sharing. He has a flatmate, but they both ... Read more >
USA | Wednesday, 24 Jun 2009 | Photo Gallery
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JAPAN | Tuesday, 23 Jun 2009 | Photo Gallery
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JAPAN | Thursday, 18 Jun 2009 | Views [423]
I just heard from MIAF that 'Flip' is screening 3 times during the festival. I had thought it was only in the Australian Panorama, which screens once at 4PM on Saturday afternoon, but it has also been included in the International Program #2. So it ... Read more >
JAPAN | Tuesday, 16 Jun 2009 | Views [421]
I wasn't sure I'd post again this week, but it's a slow morning. I just received a blue envelope with what appear to be 4 separate bills worth around $500. I have no idea what these are or what they might be for. Have to get some help reading them.... Read more >
JAPAN | Monday, 15 Jun 2009 | Views [385]
I got an odd email from someone claiming to be from lulu.com. That's the online company I used to print the book I made for Max. The email said something about my book being selected for inclusion on Amazon.com. I assumed it was spam and sent it to Lulu ... Read more >
JAPAN | Monday, 8 Jun 2009 | Views [456]
When I'm tired I do stupid things. Lately I've been pretty tired, so it shouldn't have surprised me that last weekend I left the foglights on my car and flattened the battery. I called another ALT and she very kindly came out and let me jump start the ... Read more >
JAPAN | Tuesday, 2 Jun 2009 | Views [306] | Comments [1]
I got a form today asking for my proposed return date. We get up to one month to stay in Japan, after 30 days they won't pay our airfare home. So I'm saying August 26, that is almost exactly one month after my contract expires. I think it's 2 days ... Read more >
JAPAN | Monday, 1 Jun 2009 | Views [429]
I finally saw Star trek on Friday night with a few other people. We went with a Japanese teacher called Tomoko, her American boyfriend John, Marcus and a British teacher called Angela. Angela has been here for years and is going to marry a Japanese ... Read more >
JAPAN | Thursday, 28 May 2009 | Views [312]
I have had trouble sleeping lately, might be because it's warmer and the sun is coming up earlier. Whatever the reason I've been getting really tired, so Tuesday night I took one of the sleeping tablets I bought almost a year ago for when I'm taking ... Read more >
JAPAN | Tuesday, 26 May 2009 | Views [387]
Just a very quick update, the screening dates for MIAF have been announced. 'Flip' will be screening on Saturday the 27th of June at 4PM. It will be part of the Australian Panorama screening in cinema 2 at ACMI, Federation Square. Unfortunately ... Read more >
JAPAN | Thursday, 21 May 2009 | Views [257] | Comments [1]
Just got confirmation yesterday from the London International Animation Festival that Flip has been selected. I kind of knew this was on the cards as the Melbourne festival and the London festival are run by the same people and I had been given an unofficial ... Read more >
JAPAN | Monday, 11 May 2009 | Photo Gallery
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JAPAN | Monday, 11 May 2009 | Views [412] | Comments [2]
There are some pictures of the flowers around the school near my house in the gallery. You will also see that there’s a giant bee in one of them, it’s hard to see how big so I have included a photo of one of the flowers next to a 50 cent coin for reference.... Read more >
JAPAN | Thursday, 7 May 2009 | Views [301] | Comments [1]
I'm back at work after the 5 days holiday (including weekend). Lots of ALTs are still away overseas, but it's only a couple of days at work and then the weekend again. Then I just have to manage for a little over a month till June 20th and I'm off to ... Read more >
JAPAN | Thursday, 7 May 2009 | Photo Gallery
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JAPAN | Thursday, 30 Apr 2009 | Views [428]
After a dream run I finally got festival rejections yesterday. 2 at once in fact, from Edinburgh and Toronto. I'm not too disappointed since they are both general film festivals and not animation festivals, as a result there's always a lot more competition.... Read more >
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