The extremely long wait as the computer scans your passport and determines whether or not you’re going to have a good day is probably not my favorite part of this trip.

Almost got into a BEFORE SUNRISE situation. Spain rocks

Spain really is SoCal: Origins. Kind of startling how familiar a lot of it feels. But no street tacos which is a significant mark against Spain

Man, if you like San Diego, you’re gonna love Barcelona

Spotted in Seville

"bluesky is an upscale mall" *nods knowingly* Forever 38

Just got out of a flamenco show. A twenty-something British woman with the poshest accent imaginable walked by the entrance to the theater and said to her friend: “I’ve seen enough flamenco. And I haven’t seen that many”

Ugly American Hot Take: Spanish food is very good but I’ve been enjoying the various Mediterranean options (Palestinian, Lebanese, Syrian etc) far more. I can only take so many potatoes

Getting older rocks. You care less about dumb fandom discourse and you travel to Spain more

Talking to an Australian in Spain: Her: We’re so lucky, it hasn’t even hit 20 degrees yet! Me: Yes, that would be so… hot?

You can eat as much as you want in Europe while on vacation and you won’t gain weight. That’s just science.

Saturday night at the laundromat in Granada, the fun never stops here in Spain

I walked by the office building to Pedro Almodovár’s production company and was disappointed by how not-flamboyant it was. There should’ve been an Antonio Banderas animatronic pulling back the curtain and looking outside the window like the queen in the Snow White ride

At a Mexican restaurant in Madrid. The burrito tastes wildly wrong but unfortunately is also very good and a nice break from tapas. The decor of the bar, which seem to be inspired by SICARIO, is less defensible. ¡Spain!

Just another afternoon in Madrid

Starting to understand the Spanish lifestyle of eating small bites all day and drinking looooong into the night

At a small restaurant called Havana Cafe that boasts on its menu “Argentinian Empanadas” but no actual Cuban food. The conquistador spirit is alive and well in Spain

Hotel concierge helped me get tickets to the Museo del Prado. I asked if this gets me into the Goya exhibit (like everybody I want to see the Dark Paintings). Concierge seemed disappointed and said, “Yes, but the Prado has a lot of Velazquez too!”

Checking my Alaska Airlines mileage account every half hour, waiting to see them update my travel miles with my Madrid flight.

Spanish breakfast

The Spanish diet appears to consist mostly of ham, potatoes and bread. And maybe an octopus here and there

At the Filmoteca Española at the Cine Doré for an early Ken Loach double feature. How European!

It’s 10pm in Madrid and you know what that means: an early dinner

International Terminal at LAX is basically dead, no line for anything. I highly recommend traveling while the Straight of Hormuz is closed

On Brand as Always: I’m looking up art house theaters in Madrid before my flight today

I only use my printer/scanner like three times a year but boy howdy is it nice to have one when I need it

Thank god, a day to finally talk about STAR WARS

Remarkably satisfying to see my new credit over a scene I boarded

My first episode of AMERICAN DAD as assistant director airs tonight on Fox! This terrifying story will tear your soul apart! So lucky to work on such a great episode with so many great people. This is the best job in the world.

I’m extremely excited for all the kids that love THE AMAZING DIGITAL CIRCUS to dig into its inspiration and fall down the YouTube rabbit hole of Harlan Ellison rants. An entire generation that has memorized this: youtu.be/Dr5NsTOXAyE

My vague theory for the death of children’s cartoons is that kids don’t want entertainment targeted at them, they want older, young adult fare like Hazbin or Digital Circus, or straight up adult fare like Simpsons or Family Guy.

I’m delighted the tide has turned and people are rediscovering how great GIRLS is. Genuinely one of the best comedies of the 00s. Few shows have captured the charming narcissism of being young in the big city better.

Very scary to ask for something, even scarier to get what you asked for.

I’m bummed Clifton’s is closing but I did notice that the first hour you spend there is great and then afterwards you realize you’re in Hell and need to escape. Clifton’s extracted a heavy toll from all those who walked through it.

I’m approaching middle age which means, depending on the day, I either think to myself, “Am I so out of ouch?” or “Thank God I’m so out of touch.”

We have new people on our show this season and it’s always funny when they ask us vets, “But wait, doesn’t ____ contradict _____?” and we just smile and say, “Yep!” The fun of working on a dinosaur show.

The context of this post will become clear a year from now. Stay tuned!

That Alex Hirsch video making fun of Standards and Practices was too kind to them honestly.

We just screened the animatic for the third episode I AD’d. Rewarding myself by venturing out to Chinatown for a screening of an Ida Lupino movie, THE BIGAMIST. Hollywood!

No wait in security at SeaTac. Very quiet here tonight. Maybe we should keep the Straight of Hormuz closed until after my trip to Spain next month

Happy Easter

Visited the Rick Steves store in Edmonds, WA to prep for my Spain trip and sure enough Rick was there.

Taking my parents to THE DRAMA as any good son must.

"You may have a C button, but you still can't 'C' the obvious. It's de press-ing that you haven't switched it up by now. The true joy of gaming is in the pressing, of the buttons, to make Mario do a jump. I don't need others to C me sticking it to Bowser, this is a soliturtle journey.."

Almost nobody here at the Burbank airport tonight. Maybe the oil crisis isn’t so bad.

Oh thank god [matter I cannot discuss publicly]

Sorry but Belle took the beast’s name when they got married. Her name is Belle Beast and she can no longer vote.

You know work has let up a little bit when I start drawing for fun again

Liked HOPPERS a lot but it would be much funnier for the discourse if the animals were trying to stop low-income housing from being built over their pond.