summers almost done

its so sad...

i wish i started a better regimen... but, thats summer. days go by super fast and you're not sure what you've done.

When i was 12, i was obsessed with the x-files. I told everyone I wanted to be an FBI agent, to which, surprisingly everyone was ok with. Now, that seems fucking crazy. I bought a bunch of books on conspiracy theory and read up on places like Area 51.Its not that I don't believe there might be extraterrestrial life now, its more that I cant imagine why I ever believe they showed up in saucers. I don't know. Maybe they do and I've just become a "non-believer".

So, in this upcoming X-Files movie it looks like once again Mulder and Scully totally kiss. Rad. Plus, Mulder is back on the case in a serious way.

I guess I should go see that soon.

I'm working everyday on my next film. All of the work is fundraising focused, which is a lot of work. This is why people have executive producers. Whats also exciting is that I am trying to co-write with my very good friend Caitlin. We're in the process of trying to figure out how co-write... I seem to be coming at a bit intensely. I think maybe I should lay off all the charts and schedules. ha. I think I have the tendency to overcompensate with lists and schedules when I'm not producing anything creatively.
i wish i could rock a joan jett haircut, but it would just turn into a weird fro like puff.

piruw

i miss peru. i'm coming to california soon tho so that should suffice for now.

island fever

we got to take care of my friend Ed's little baby french bulldog last weekend. soooo cute and cool. suddenly people in the neighborhood were talking to us. he was the hit of the town.
i've really been into cooking lately too. cooking is super meditative for me - sometimes. Especially if I do it for other people. i stuffed a big chicken with currants, sour dough bread, carrots, peppers, onions, fennel root and garlic and roasted that with some pisco, butter and olive oil. then dave made those bomb stuffed onions wrapped in bacon and rosemary from our new herb garden. then i also stuffed some peppers and roasted those guys for way longer than you'd think and they turned out delish.
don brought over a Wii but my TV is super old so it didnt work. Instead we played pictionary but without paper - we used old paper bags and newspaper. pictionary is super hard..way harder than i remember.
next i need to focus and start writing more. i have all this anxiety about the next project we have to do in the fall. super intense. i'll post some ideas later and would love your feedback.

littles

these little girls became my bff's instantly at a rooster fight. They were super curious about why I was so tall and why I had two cameras. This one below I took for their mom. The older one told me about the earthquake that happened there last year. It was a horrendous earthquake that leveled most of the small adobe houses. A lot of their friends were hurt or killed. We drove through Pisco, the neighboring city, and it was completely leveled. I remember six years when I went last, it was poor but rich culturally. Pisco is one of the hubs of the Peruvian African community.Here's more from the trip.

Been thinkin alot about my future....

Ricisimo!

Chambi

Martin Chambi

Martin Chambi was the first internationally respected native Peruvian photographer. He started in the early part of the 20th century after his Dad passed away working in the gold mines in Puno - and area high in the Andes. He started shooting for postcards and became the most famous and sought after photographers - taking pictures of the Andes, the people that live there, dignitaries, politicians, artists and musicians. My favorite are the photos of the musicians and the bizaar parties he would attend.



Today we are leaving for Ica to go see paso horses in the Sol De Oro competition thats been going on for centuries. Mariano, my dads best friend since they were kids, is a Chalan - I guess the word would be cowboy in English.... but thats not really right. He's worked with horses his whole life, his dad did and his grandfather did. He actually looks a little like a horse. He's taking us to a cock fight too, which I'm a little worried about, but they both say its necessary for me to go as its a huge part of Peruvian culture.
We may also go to Nasca! Nasca is an amazing place.... people say that aliens created these markings in the ground, but c'mon. I believe it was just to communicate with the gods.

They're massive, like the size of several football fields. The way to see them is by flying above in a tiny little rickety plane.