Mike's World: Now more Bloggy!

I haven't blogged in a while but I think I'm gonna start up again by taking this blog in a slightly new direction. I'm going to turn this blog into a more of a tradition blog in that instead of being primarily an online journal its going feature a collection of recommended links that I want to share with my friends.

Let's start off with today's big news story! Kevin Garnett is heading to Boston! Awesome! Don't forget we also traded for Ray Allen a few weeks ago so the acquisition of Garnett makes the Celtics an instant contender in the East. Now I can watch basketball again!

Boston Sport's Guy brings up the comparison between Pierce, Allen & Garnett and the Houston team with Barkley, Olajuwon & Drexler .... here are his thoughts on the trade (and how much he loves McHale for giving us this gift).


Anyway, moving on from sports headlines, I found this really cool article in the Sunday New York Times about urban explores in NYC.


Also, make sure to check out the related site of artist Miru Kim featuring her Naked City Spleen photos.

Finally, here's a link to my current favorite blog on the web (I visit this site almost everyday) PoP Candy. Featuring tons of great insight on Pop Culture, comics, movies and more. I highly recommend checking it out!

The Wonderful World of LOST

Aside from comics my new obsession is the TV show Lost. My friends have been talking about Lost for a long time but I didn't really pay much attention. My Netflix queue was running low so I decided to check out season 1 and its been all good since.

Lost is compelling, well written and beautiful. Ironically I see a lot of parallels between the show and really well done comics - specifically great character development and well crafted story arcs.

The only problem is I'm watching the episodes so veraciously that I'm going to run out of show to watch. Season 3 isn't even on DVD yet! Well at least now I can commiserate with everyone waiting for season 4 but I'd rather suffer that than never have known about Lost.

Update: New Movies!

I've been doing some video stuff over the past couple of weeks and I got three new movies up on my movie blog. There is "The Picnic" a short featuring my family and my sister's talented dog. And also added is "Sushi Throwdown" a self-indulgent short featuring me eating sushi. And finally, "July 4th" a piece featuring the city of Boston celebrating Independence Day. So, check out my movie blog: "Mikes Movies"!

Year 29: A Look Back

Another birthday - another year of life. Today, July 2 is my birthday. Let's take a look back.... A year ago today I had recently finished my 3D Animation course work at CDIA and I was spending most of the summer at the Lexington Library preparing for job interviews. I was able to go to the SIGRAPH conference thanks to the benevolence of Yona Prost's boyfriend Eric Kuehne. At SIGRAPH I got to hand my resume to the fine HR people from various film and video game companies like Turbine, Mad Doc and Dreamworks. Eric was also kind enough to pass my name along to the HR people at Laika which resulted in me traveling out to Portland for an interview. Even though I didn't get the job at Laika it felt great to get that kind of attention and I realized that I had the qualifications and background that companies are looking for. Last October, soon after getting back from Portland I was interviewed at Children's Hospital, accepted their job offer and eventually started working there. This last year has mostly been about me working in Boston. Working at the hospital is a unique experience - everyday I see things here I'd never see at your ordinary corporate office park. And yet at the hospital there is a certain positive energy that very stimulating. Regardless, over time the commute to and from work started to become a burden (almost 3hrs a day back and forth) and I slowly accepted the fact that I should start looking for a new job next year. As always this is a "to be continued" story and I'm excited to see what happens next!