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Lend me your eyeballs! As part of our campaign to make our status in the US more permanent (so we can make movies and tv shows) we need to win awards, so on very short notice we submitted our intro for the Kasho Shears promo video to the Telly Awards People’s Choice category. Please vote! I will put you in our next movie! Click: the Kasho Intro. Vote now. Vote often. Vote awesome.

As some background, our company exists in several guises (these websites are all in various stages of construction, so bear with me):

Fuel Education centers around Chris Baran and exists to further his brand and promote principle based hair education. His system has influenced the careers of hundreds of thousands of hairdressers all over the world. My role is in business development, copy editing, graphics, managing web dev, post-production audio, and lighting and shooting on the day.

Cut Action Media is specifically the production arm of that company, catering to video production in the beauty industry. It’s comprised of Lee Baran, Steve French, and myself. Lee directs and produces, Steve handles location sound, much of the editing, some of the post audio, and mans a camera when needed. I light and shoot, lead web dev, and head up the post audio department. We are aggressively looking to expand our client list and our team – the sooner we can get Lee off the edit desk, the sooner we can hit the next level.

Lee and I are also in the midst of designing an app in cooperation with some fine Italian folk. This division of the company has the working title Plickable Apps (making our app “a plickable” app, you see?) and by our estimates, it has the potential to comfortably provide for all our retirements. This app is that awesome. It’s also going to cost about $125,000 to develop. And that’s version 1.0. If you know any VCs, send them my way. All this sexy beast needs is marketing.

Chaos Complex is Lee Baran, Matt Kennedy, and me. This hive of creativity is the entertainment. We are currently shopping a pilot script and series bible for a show called Almost Broken. It’s very good. And the primary and secondary potential of the key components are irresistible. We think this show will make TV history. We also have two other series and at least as many features in progress.

If you’re still with me, it may have occurred to you that the Kasho clip seems like Cut Action Media territory, even though we submitted it as Chaos Complex.  You a sharp one.  Our long term plan is to apply for permanent residency with a business plan as Chaos Complex, and winning awards (and other positive press) looks golden on this sort of application.

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First – yay Royal Wedding. Great dress. Kate looked ethereal. William was wearing the reddest coat ever. Apparently two billion people watched worldwide. Wow. I was content with seeing a couple clips at a much more reasonable hour, but I did happen to see their kiss on the balcony – and may I say both kisses (Two kisses! First time in history! Gasp!) looked sincere yet appropriately chaste. Nice.

But anyway, enough about other people. It’s all about me around here. And my lifestyle isn’t what most people would call healthy. I eat out often, I thoroughly enjoy a refreshing pint, and there isn’t a lot of opportunity for working out. I have no intention of giving up beer, and it’s just not practical to think I might cut back on eating out, and I’m doing what I can to fit the workout into my day. Nevertheless, last week I was the heaviest I’ve ever been (I think). So four days ago I started this hCG thing, along with a moderate exercise program. So far so good. Only 43 days to my next bacon cheddar burger. HCG, so far as I understand, is a hormone that tells your body to go ahead and process its fat rather than cripple you with hunger or eat your muscles (the premise being that you’re subsisting on famine-level calories – about 500 a day). Apparently this switch-flip is what happens with pregnant mammals like people and horses. I’m still feeling hungry off and on, but I think this is as much about habits and breaking the carb addiction as it is about actual hunger. It’s certainly not as bad as it was sometimes before starting the drops. HCG weight loss is pretty controversial, but even the strongest opponents have to admit it works at least as well as a placebo, and I reckon six weeks of retraining the habits is as good a goal as any.

Interesting side effect: it’s true that sugar is addictive. I’ve all but eliminated it from my diet and there are mild headaches.

Another interesting side effect: I’m appreciating every bite. I eat more slowly, which gives my stomach a chance to tell my brain it’s got what it needs. I’m satisfied with less, and I appreciate it more.

Down side: it takes planning. Can’t just hit a bodega for whatever sammich they have handy. Snacking has to be anticipated, and it’s actually necessary. Ah well. Maybe it will practice me up for keeping the rest of my life more organized.

In other news, with all the blog breakages (and the business-motivated grudging return to FB) and such, I haven’t actually mentioned that I now wear glasses:

I think I’m handsomer now.

Also, yesterday we picked up a dolly and track. To go with our sexy new AF-100 camera. For those keeping score, our outfit still needs apple boxes and flags, but… that’s about it. We are a fully operational mother ship, complete with two broadcast quality video cameras with adapters for hundreds of lenses, a steadicam rig, plenty of lighting, and a digital post work flow on par with A-list indie studios. True story. We’re shooting a music video this weekend.

And it looks like spring is finally getting some traction in this town. Life is good on the 43rd floor.

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