Flying with my buddy this weekend, getting to take the plane into some crazy banks!

I-5, central California. In my heart I’ll always be a guy from Pittsburgh, but of all the states in the union I could have ended up in, I’m proud that it’s this one.

Vlog update for September: editing finishes on MERCY // new projects teased.

Every scar is proof of something that wasn’t strong enough to kill you.

Snaps from the hike today: Sony a5100/kit lens/Adobe Lightroom+Photoshop

My partner went to a conference with Mattel, about the importance of creativity and play in children AND adult, and she brought me back this cool 80th anniversary Hot Wheels car… so I gave it its due close up:

Current (very timely) read: DuBois’ prose, even in this biography, is breathtakingly beautiful to read.

Annual viewing of the greatest pirate movie ever made (sorry Disney), CAPTAIN BLOOD (1935), starring Errol Flynn, Olivia de Haviland, Basil Rathbone and Lionel Atwill (along with a bevy of amazing character actors). Directed by a pre-CASABLANCA Michael Curtiz!

Downtown San Pedro last night:

Cemetery church door, San Pedro:

Terminal Island:

Today seemed like an appropriate day to visit the Japanese Fishing Village Memorial on Terminal Island. It commemorates the people who lived & fished here, until our government rounded them up during WWII and put them in internment camps without trial, confiscating most of their homes and property.

[1994-35mm]

Stay strong, Chicago.

Can’t see a thing in these.

I was challenged to go take some pics with a 15 year-old Sony cybershot (pictured), to test to what it can actually do in the hands of a ‘real’ photographer (whatever that means these days). It defiantly has its limitations, but overall I was really impressed.

A play in two acts:

I’m digitizing a bunch of old Hi-8 video footage, and the sounds and feel of this old Sony camcorder have been making me nostalgic, so I made this. #sony #retrocam #vintagecamcorder #hi8

Torrance, CA today. I drive by these tracks twice a week at least now for years… always wanted to get a shot when train cars are parked there. Today I had a spare moment AND my mirrorless camera with me— it was 99 degrees so I didn’t take overlong, but I like the shot. Sony NEX 7/135mm zoom lens.

My friend William Ford (Cobra Kai) did a little impromptu shoot this week.

Digitizing old hi-8 video footage with my feline assistant.

This one old room at wife’s school is giving me serious grade school flashbacks

I’ve wanted to shoot with my friend Michelle Manu for a long time, now— she’s not only kind and lovely, but is also a DEVASTATINGLY powerful martial artist and practitioner/ambassador of the ancient and little-known Pacific Island martial art of Lua.

Trans rights are, in fact, human rights. Pass it on.

Neighborhood pics:

Filiorum Reserve trail, Palos Verdes (recent burn area)

Hitting up this cool Japanese speakeasy last night in Long Beach with my better half.

Nature abhors a vacuum and so do my cats.

Ozzy may be gone, but we have our own little Prince of Darkness.

Typical San Pedro Monday night: Irish whiskey and old sea stories.

Back at it for the week:

The gaze of an 18-year old cat…

Our WiFi is out— if only I had something to watch… #physicalmediaforever

I got to catch up with writer/director friend Adam Marcus @ Crystal Lake Nightmare convention today. When we first met in 2011 I was waiting for my first film to come out and working at a Blockbuster Video.

The Bloodhound Gang would have found the Epstein Files in a flash.

I use this pic a lot to promote my filmmaking, but fun fact: I’m actually tearing the infraspinatus muscle in my back at this very moment.

Writing day*

A quick Friday [vlog] to remind you THE BEAST INSIDE is now available on streaming!

My 2023 film THE BEAST INSIDE is now free to watch on Tubi. If you like possession films, this has plenty for you to dig!! link.tubi.tv/bwPHnGyvCVb

John Ritter absolutely destroys in Sling Blade.

I’m going through and organizing a million old photos and found this one of me and Reba on set from 2006.

Weekend photo collection:

Remember Fred Rogers made King Friday XIII the densest motherfucker in the land of make-believe.

I took my camera with me to our local coffee & sandwich shop and I came back with danishes and a commercial.

New vlog for 8/1/25. New followers/Projects in progress/Patreon perks/Cats. Missing Bora Bora but it’s good to be back at work in LA.