Mon, September 28

Back to the Future

(Or, in the style of FlashForward, BACKTOTHEFUTURE!) A ton of new shows this week – I'm glad I don't have to watch the second episodes! (Read more.)

5 comments with related links

Tue, September 22

Community Organizers

I can hear Rudy Giuliani's derisive laughter already! (The Annual TiVo Gauntlet of New Fall Programming soldiers on in the face of such mockery.) (Read more.)

4 comments with related links

Mon, September 21

We Interrupt This Broadcast...—10:25 AM

Due to entirely foreseeable circumstances (travel, migraines, work), this week's ATGoNFP entry will be published a tad late. I'll assume this affects you very little, because the only Monday show I'll be reviewing is The Jay Leno Show, and you have already made up your mind on that one, one way or the other. (I pray it is "the other.")

Expect this week's reviews sometime between tonight at 6:00 and tomorrow morning at 10:00. In the meantime, a lot of new shows start this week, so here's the list in case you're crazy enough to depend on me for such a thing. (For one thing, how will you know when It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia starts up again?)

Premiering This Week

Accidentally on Purpose: CBS, Monday at 8:30
NCIS: Los Angeles: CBS, Tuesday at 9:00
The Forgotten: ABC, Tuesday at 10:00
The Good Wife: CBS, Tuesday at 10:00
Mercy: NBC, Wednesday at 8:00
Modern Family: ABC, Wednesday at 9:00
Cougar Town: ABC, Wednesday at 9:30
Eastwick: ABC, Wednesday at 10:00
FlashForward: ABC, Thursday at 8:00
Brothers: Fox, Friday at 8:00
The Cleveland Show: Fox, Sunday at 8:30

Returning This Week

How I Met Your Mother: CBS, Monday at 8:00
House: Fox, Monday at 8:00 (2 hour premiere – yay!)
Castle: ABC, Monday at 10:00
The New Adventures of Old Christine: CBS, Wednesday at 8:00
CSI: CBS, Thursday at 9:00
The Mentalist: CBS, Thursday at 10:00
Dollhouse: Fox, Friday at 9:00
NUMB3RS: CBS, Friday at 10:00
The Amazing Race: CBS, Sunday at 8:00
Family Guy: Fox, Sunday at 9:00
Dexter: Showtime, Sunday at 9:00

Wow, that's a lot! I really better not fall behind again next week!

1 comment with related links

"Keep it! Really!"—10:12 AM

Ran across this in the Sanford/Orlando Airport on our way out of town a week ago:

Somehow it does not surprise me that people who have copies of The Love Guru on DVD are happy to part with it permanently. I'm surprised $5.99 is the price, though. Shouldn't they be paying me?

The assumption is that the difference between this DVD and the one you'd get at Blockbuster is some sort of software that renders it unplayable after the first 24 hours or 5 days or whatever. For $7.99, can I get the version that is unplayable now?

0 comments

Mon, September 14

Week One

Week one of the ATGoNFP and we're underway! (Read more.)

1 comment with related links

Tue, September 8

Gentlemen, Start Your TiVos!

The new TV season is starting, setting records for mass excitement about glee club and community college. (Ah, we love our losers, don't we?) (Read more.)

3 comments with related links

Fri, September 4

Back to School—5:06 PM

No, I will not be wooing Sally Kellerman or performing a triple lindy off the high dive. (This is actually something much more exciting, if you can imagine such a thing!) After three and a half years "teaching myself" computer animation, I've decided to let the professionals have a crack at it. I have been accepted into the fall term at Animation Mentor, the world's premier online animation school, where I'll be learning from the best of the best – mentors from Pixar, DreamWorks, Industrial Light & Magic, and everywhere.

The school was founded four years ago by three working animators (two Pixar guys and an ILMer), and offers direct learning from the masters, with one-on-one critiques of students' work each week, and tons of great resources. Plus, their career counselors and industry contacts have so far placed 78% of graduates in new jobs as animators. With class sizes of 10-12 students, I only have to outshine two or three people to be guaranteed my dream job! (I've outshone at least a half dozen people in my life so far – what's two or three more?)

Needless to say, I am endlessly excited about this. Ever since I decided a few years ago that I should become an animator, I've believed in my abilities and talents – but a lot of that time, believing is about all I've been doing. Now, I'll have some deadlines, feedback, and milestones for success. (Not to mention: mentors!) Classes start at the end of the month, and I'll be posting progress reports and sample animation as often as I can. (Updates will show up on the onebee home page, but you can also bookmark onebee.com/animation if you'd rather follow just the animation posts and ignore all the whining about reality TV and Jay Leno.)

Thanks to everyone for your support. (Especially Mom, Dad, and MaryBeth!) (But really all of you!) I can't wait to show you what I can do.

1 comment with related links