Still unemployed and looking for work. I am looking to direct, storyboard (feature or TV), revision boards, or "other"

Listening to a dummy on NPR talking about how art is not subjective (and that Conservatives taking art out of museums is just in good taste of knowing what good art is) and how good art is never political... let me see what Delacroix thinks of that...

Screw you, Linkedin. No you can't use my data and content to train AI.

What I hear when I see this- 1) He says he has friends... right. 2) These "friends" are so Beverly Hills poor that they don't live in gated compounds & don't valet their cars? Wow, slumming it with the dregs, Donny? 3) He's a traitor to the USA and to democracy as a whole.

Had an hour conversation at my coffee bar with a complete stranger about the modern life, art, the state of The Industry, connectivity with people of all walks of life and ages, leadership, worries, etc etc etc... wonderful time!! I love my Wednesday mornings at my coffee shops!

Two episodes into "The Studio" and golly, this is 1) very good 2) giving me panic attacks. haha

Look at them, always preaching State Rights only when it benefits the dismantling of things they dislike, otherwise they want an Un-American Totalitarian Federal Government controlling all aspects of life and demanding fealty from all. Get outta here, SteMi!

Thanks, Dave! It feels like I'm right back at Comics Camp!!

The current Federal (Trump) Administration is bringing this unrest to the people, they are the ones causing the fear & violence... In the bigger picture, I believe they are attempting a coup of this nation by using "health & safety" as a ruse to deploy the military to take control of the populace.

I can't tell you what it meant to me as a Cuban(/Spanish)-American kid growing up in LA, constantly having my cultural background dismissed ("You speak Spanish, so you're Mexican."), to watch I Love Lucy, to see & HEAR someone who sounded like my parents... great listen.

I listened to Saunders' "The Barber's Unhappiness" a few months ago & the honorable Mr. Cliff & I spoke about it then. It's one of the best pieces of writing I've experienced in recent or distant memory. I WAS screaming the entire time! It's infuriatingly real, funny, & painful to read. It's great!

I love thinking of time as a sliding scale... me as a kid in the 80s watching the George Reeves 1950s SUPERMAN (and loving it) is like a kid today watching BATMAN the ANIMATED SERIES. 30 years of separation in both cases.

Watching Jason Mantzoukas on Taskmaster and thinking how I am the only person watching who has storyboarded him impregnating a pillow (Big Mouth SEASON one) youtu.be/tjKGZGoLoNI?...

What Senator Cory Booker is doing right now is a heroic action. A politician actually speaking out against Trump and in defense of our Democracy and Union

This is a hell of a read. I kept checking to see if it was a "satire piece" but no, it's all real.

I really like this way of thinking that SF Giants president and former player Buster Posey has- "Posey has often said that people in his position are in the "memory-making business," a nod to his belief that these aren't just baseball teams they're overseeing, but civic institutions."

Sad news as it's been announced that this is the final season of Solar Opposites. My first official, and last, season storyboarding on the show- a great crew, fun episodes which I hope you all enjoy, tight schedules, new friendships, and we have a sweet softball team too!!

Baseball starts again in two weeks, F1 starts this coming week... there goes my next 6 months... I love it, it's enjoyable, but it's a lot!

I recommend the 2016 Adam Curtis documentary HYPERNORMALISATION to anyone wondering how we got to where we are- Easily available for viewing online

@gallerynucleus.bsky.social posted this interview with Studio Ghibli BG Painter Yoichi Nishikawa. Unfortunately I can't passively listen to it because it's all subtitled from Japanese, but posting it here for later watching youtu.be/KTOb66cthSo?...

Looking to buy something and saw this thumbnail that instantly made me think of something else from many many years ago.

East Coast- hey it's snowing, it sucks out there, everyone take a snow day. Smart. LA- Hey, the city is on fire, air quality is crap, everyone is scared and stressed out, people are losing their homes, maybe you yourself lost your home, so... you coming into work today or...? 😐

211LA is teaming up with AirB&B to offer free, temporary housing to people evacuated from the LA fire zones news.airbnb.com/airbnb-org-o...

I didn't fully delete my twitter and in moments like this I am happy I didn't. I'm still getting the most up to date info on the SoCal fires there. Here's a great map/site/app showing evacuations zones and stuff. app.watchduty.org

I totally know what day of the week it is, I'm alert and on it, don't worry about me.

I had a long, involved work related stress dream last night, but my favorite part is when Flea of RHCP fame made an appearance- "I saw Flea practicing fly fishing in the middle of the street. His fishing line grazed me and I said "Is there a hook on that?" and he said 'There's always a hook, man'"

Stuff I posted on instagram about storyboarding in S02. Going down memory lane a bit.

Another thread to save some of my favorite old Star Trek:Lower Decks posts- This one was about the first episode I storyboarded on.

More saving old Lower Decks posts from the another site- S02- I boarded the Cerritos model warp core ejection sequence.

Congrats to everyone who was a part of Star Trek: Lower Decks!! I got to board on one season on this show and while that one season came during the worst time of the last few years, the summer of 2020, it was still a top highlight in my career! What a show, what a dream.

Holy smokes... Lower Decks 509 was INSANE!! I "may" have gotten choked up at one point....

Watching the baseball episode of DS9- SO many great tributes and personal touches to the sport... such as Avery Brooks wearing number 15 in honor of his favorite real life player, Hall of Famer, Dick Allen.

Walking home from lunch, I saw a couple of comedian/actors I like (Craig & Carla Cackowski), I thought about not bothering them, but... we all need positivity & props! So I did the LA drive-by complimenting- "Sorry to bother you, but I love your work on Thrilling Adventure Hour" and kept walking

I just took advantage of that sale to re-activate my ParaPlu to watch the last season of Star Trek: Lower Decks!

A bunch of friends, artists, & Trekkies have begun following me on this site (hello everyone, I don't post often which is for the best), while on the other site (which I plan to wipe clean of old posts and put to sleep) I've been followed by a bevy of scam accounts. Seems about right.

Saving this favorite memory from the other timeline... From 2021

THOSE NAMES! "In December 1931, the Cubs traded Hack Wilson, along with Bud Teachout, to the St. Louis Cardinals for Burleigh Grimes"

... yup

LOOK BACK is an absolutely gorgeous film. I very literally haven't stopped thinking about it for the past 24 hours.

I don't have time to re-write this stuff... but I do have time to repost an image of my writings!

I already knew, but this is officially the worst season in Angels baseball Being a fan of this team, knowing that it has a deep rot emanating from its core (Arte), is a painful endeavor. The entire ORGANIZATION needs to be torn down to the studs and completely rebuilt

I saw a very recognizable comedic character/working actor at my butcher shop yesterday and it's driving me INSANE that I can't place exactly what shows/movies I know him from.

I logged on today thinking "I should delete this account and all my social media... who cares" but then got that "Thanks for being one of the early adopters to join our platform." and I guess I'll keep it active a little longer.

Listening to a baseball podcast where they are talking about a great player retiring. They mentioned, and this is good wisdom for people in animation, or any career- "People are gonna remember how you treat people more than how you played..."

We had a Solar Opposites S05 launch party yesterday- 1) Go watch the show! 2) It was SO good to see co-workers & friends. Since 2020, we artists don't see other creative people very often. It's invigorating to see the crew, to see the people we're collaborating with to make these things! What a joy!

More conversations with Chefs today & more explaining that I am not a writer or an animator, but a storyboard artist... and then explaining why artists don't like AI programs, and why I personally feel AI can cripple creativity in people. Great conversation between a visual artist & food artist!!

Me meeting chefs: Chef- "You worked on [insert show]!!! I love that show! Actually, we catered an event for you guys, you were probably there, it was cool, everyone got these gift baskets..." Me- "No, I'm an ARTIST on the show, we don't get invited to those..." Chef confused- "... really?"

The best part of the SDCC is seeing friends, if even briefly. That's actually the only reason I go to con, for friendship.

Found out that FLIGHT anthology alum Joel Carroll passed away. I'll always remember a shocked Kean Soo coming up to me at SDCC '05 or '06 and saying "Joel draws that clean! There's no sketching!!"... RIP Joel