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.

Genuinely heartwarming that something so staggeringly misconceived can still be released by a major studio and not be noted into mere mediocrity. There’s hope for Hollywood yet.

I’m spending two weeks in Spain this May, starting off in Madrid, which means I can finally live my dream of being in a real life Pedro Almodovár movie. Ideally one of the comedies.

How busy have I been this past month? Only just now am I on the way to see THE BRIDE.

ART OF AMERICAN DAD when?

One Battle After Another gets best picture and the orchestra plays Steely Dan. We all win.

ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER: Finally a real movie wins best picture

The Academy rightfully acknowleding the true star of 2025 cinema.

I’m boarding a little dance in my newest show and it’s specific enough that I actually do have to time it audio, which we almost never do on AD. The SBP editing tools are infuriatingly limited but alas it is extremely satisfying to see my animation come to life in real-time. That’s how they get ya

I helped out the retakes department on this episode so every time you see a TV screen in Act 3 just know it was me, carefully resizing a PNG graphic in perspective to replace another graphic.

Oscar discourse baby! ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER is my pick for best picture. It’s funny, thrilling, and moving in all the ways we want movies to be; it’s a genuinely exhilarating experience.

We did a crew karaoke last night in Little Tokyo and those twenty people are the only witnesses to my absolutely crushing performance of Billy Joel’s “The Entertainer.”

Listening to that Brent Spiner/Jonathan Frakes podcast and they talk about how amazing the Seth MacFarlane Christmas party is and I’m nodding along very smugly. “Sure is,” I say as I sip from a glass of Johnnie Walker Blue. “Sure is.”

Tragically getting up really early is far more productive than working really late. You need that fresh brain

I didn’t realize the light meter on my camera was broken so I am getting some truly wild photos of Big Bear developed coming soon

I saw someone bemoaning the lack of strong direction in modern animation and it made me laugh. Sorry dude, there’s more to directing than cool shots! Billy Wilder movies only look simple to people who don’t know what they’re talking about

The reviews are in:

It is nice to share behind the scenes stuff of the work we do. Animated sitcoms get a bad rap as being lazily made despite the tremendous amount of work that goes into them. We try to make it look simple while others show try to look complicated. We’re still on and those shows are gone so…..

Posted a reel by accident on Instagram (I guess all videos are reels now?) and waaaay too many people have watched it. I get why people on social media go insane now

I can finally post this now: a couple sequences I boarded from our newest episode. Very complicated show but a lot of fun. I’m particularly proud of Francine’s slick gun handling. Sometime’s it’s fun to pretend to be an animator vimeo.com/1169180212

Oh now you like it when an HBO Max show ends prematurely?!

We’re back! Tonight is the season premiere and triumphant return to FOX! I boarded this episode right before I was promoted to assistant so it’ll always hold a special place in my heart. Check it out tonight or tomorrow on Hulu!

Five episodes into HEATED RIVALRY and a character asks, “Are there gay hockey players?” Oh you better believe it

Already used up two of my free AAA roadside assistance calls. I still have ten months left!

Only thing better than the Seahawks winning is the utter humiliation of the Patriots

Hawks win the Super Bowl!

I don’t know why the Patriots are even trying to score. A shutout is less embarrassing

I watched the final Mariners Blue Jays game with friends from Toronto and Seattle. The Toronto friend couldn’t understand why we were so miserable throughout most of the game. We explained we’re from Seattle, we’re used to crushing disappointment and failing to live up to your promise. Blue Jays won

There’s a term in the sports community, “Homer,” referring to people who only care about their hometown teams and have a delusional amount of faith in them. It’s meant derogatorily but where’s the fun in choosing to be a fan of great teams? I was cursed to be Seattle sports fan until the day I die

I’ve fully acclimated to living in Los Angeles but I will forever crave the swift destruction of the Rams by the Seahawks.

Managed to make one lap around the roller rink tonight. You take your victories where they come.

I asked the Warrior Mother and she answered. Genuinely startling to watch an IMAX screen so big it took up almost my entire field of vision. Not sure mankind can handle this much Varang. What a night!

Museum of the Moving Image: Obviously the Jim Henson exhibit was the main draw but I cannot deny how excited I was to see the giant Freddy sweater prop from THE DREAM MASTER. Movies! Our greatest artform.

Where dreams come true…

Spent last night on the Lower East Side with two locals who lovingly reminisced about all the harrowing things that happened to them while growing up there in the 80s/90s. “If you both laugh and cry in one day, that’s a whole life.” New York!

Snowfall in New York City. This is the best trip I’ve had in quote some time.

Just got out of BUG. They had us put our phones in those locking bags. Turns out there was an extraordinarily good reason for this!

Only three things are eternal: Death, Taxes and AMERICAN DAD

Riding a real subway system for the first time in my life, experiencing true bliss.

I’ve been welcomed to New York with open arms.

On a flight to New York City, guy in front of me is reading a paperback THE POWER BROKER. Promising omen for my trip.

You know you have a good job when you get to watch 12 ANGRY MEN as part of it.

Do I dare live the American Dream and fly cross-country to the Lincoln Square AMC to watch AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH in IMAX 3D?