On the second night we all huddled around the laptop watching funny videos on YouTube, thanks to the high-speed wifi connection. Roughing it in the cabin (ha). The kids had never seen Michael Jackson’s Thriller video before; then got a huge kick out of watching the Lego version (a little out of focus, but funny nevertheless).
We’re home, and I found a scanner. This is the view across the valley from the back porch balcony. It would snow the next day and change this view dramatically.
Two families, five kids. My friend Mark and I played a lot of guitar, mostly Robert Johnson blues standards. Very fun.
This is from last weekend — a wonderful time spent at my brother and sister-in-laws’ house. They have a beautiful 1911 home in Orange with a great back porch.
This weekend we’re in Idyllwild with some good friends. This is the first time I’ve blogged from a distant location. Unfortunately I forgot to bring my scanner, but I’ll put up the sketches when I get home. They say a snow storm is on its way here. Hopefully we won’t get snowed in!
This is a fun video blog: Stefan G. Bucher’s DAILY MONSTER. He draws a new monster every day, based on an ink spill he creates. Fun to watch him think and come up with something spontaneously. Mr. Bucher is a designer and his regular web site is here. There’s a whimsical feel to it that’s refreshing.
We had some fancy dessert last night. Joan’s showing Jane how to properly use the butane torch on the Creme Brulee. Fun and tasty.
Yesterday was my last day working on Spider-Man 3, after two years and two months. Actually, with only a small intermission between Spidey 2 and Spidey 3, I’d been employed with that great crew since June 2002, doing previs and animatics mostly. Now it’s off to a new film, new crew, new adventure. I’ll miss working there, as it was a fantastic experience and it will certainly be a fantastic movie.
I don’t much like to watch tv, so while the family watched, I sketched them watching. The flu ran through our house these last few days and knocked me down for five days. Everybody is pretty much back to normal, thank goodness.
Anthony Zierhut 