This is a goddamn huge photo dump, so I'm putting it in a blog.

In an effort to stay in shape, I recently bought a bike, and it's a thing of beauty. I've done a lot of riding from home to the pier in Manhattan Beach, but I realized that Venice and Santa Monica are pretty much the same distance away. The only drawback is a few traffic lights heading that way (plus a brief ride in traffic), whereas going to Manhattan beach is all bike path. Venice is just a lot more photogenic, and there's a ton of exploring to do. Check it out:

Here's a mosaic mermaid on a hotel just as you hit the final turn on Washington to head into the Venice Pier.

So, every once in a while I like to pepper obscure movie quotes into random conversations, especially conversations that I am not a part of. This morning, two teachers were talking in the copy room about things they were bringing for the Halloween costume parade on Friday:

Teacher 1: I'm bringing my radio...
Teacher 2: and Mrs. ___'s husband is bringing the microphone
Teacher 1: and my dry erase board...
Me: ...AND MY AXE!

I even dropped to one knee so as to be appropriately Gimli-height as I said this. I did the accent and everything.

...they did not appreciate my use of LOLs of the Rings.

But I'm still chuckling.

What's this blog about, anyway?

I'm planning to shoot a short film later this year and had need of a rooftop location. Why not an abandoned jail? Well, that's what e in the business call "a hook". The jail isn't abandoned, per se, rather it's not used as a jail anymore. However, the city does allow people to film there. My friend Adam told me about it and invited me over to scout it while he was monitoring a film shoot. Seems like the perfect place. I was having trouble moving forward with my script, so Adam invited me out again, this time to hang out on the roof and do some actual writing. Right through the door, there's a constant reminder that you're in a place designed to keep people in...

I advertise this blog over on this guy's blog post where he advertises his other blog.

http://chuckpalahniuk.net/blogs/sabirpirzada/midnight-epiphany

Today, I made a blog.