SOLMI

If you guys love organic food and Star Wars as much as we do, then you’re really going to love this. John Rife, a local Orlando real estate and video guy, just posted this today and I couldn’t believe how amazing it was. I’m not really sure who’s responsible for this masterpiece, but it’s fantastic.

John mentions in his post that he hopes that we’ll start to see more of these kinds of videos as the cost of making films continues to drop. We here at SOLMI hope that we can help out in that department. I’d also like to take this opportunity to mention that we currently have a video in Apple’s Insomnia Film Festival, and that you can vote for it by following that link. And now you’ll know that by voting for us you’ll also be promoting the future of film-making; us. Does it get any better than that?

I already posted this on MakeFilmWork, but I thought I’d cross-post here too because I’m just that pumped that it’s finally done.

We were originally going to post this as an episode, I think. But that doesn’t really make sense because it’s not really our video. I made it, yes. But it belongs to BarCamp. Brian did give SOLMI a pretty good plug towards the beginning though. So it’s still got a little something SOLMI for you, if you’re into that sort of thing (and if you’re reading this, I’m guessing you are).

I spent the better part of a month making the edits and putting together the motion graphics for this thing. I’m pretty happy with the final result, and I think I pushed myself to a whole new level in Motion. I can’t wait to start working on another project like this. In fact, if you’re looking for some video work done, I am for hire.

Poppa’s gotta eat.

Anyway, I wanted to thank Gregg and Larry for making BarCamp Orlando happen this year. It was a lot of fun and I can’t wait until the next one.

Also, if you’re interested, you can see a high-quality version of the video here.

I was reading through a notebook I kept in high school and college tonight. It seems I wrote a lot more then than I do now. That’s kind of a shame.

Anyhoo, I found two old “poems” that I figured I might as well put up here.

I wonder when I buy it
how will it be sold?
When the buckets’ kicked and the ticket punched
how will it be sold?
Maybe there’ll be a sale on drownings
but those things never fit me right.
(wrong color for the eyes)
Perhaps a gun-shot wound?
Nah-too modern, when I go
I want it with style that’s fairly retro.
Crucifixion’s a bit of overkill
I wouldn’t be able to cover the bill.
Stoned to death? Such a drab!
I’ll let someone else pick up that tab.

That’s about all I have for that. It went on a but further but it made even less sense than what I typed out already. So without further ado here’s the other one I found.

Today I saw a man turn green and huge and smash things uo.
I can relate.
The other day I read of a man, laughing up and burning;
another smearing butter on his face.
I think I can relate.

There’s seasons for all sorts.
A carousel, up and down, up and down.
This is one of the down days.

I once read of a man who wanted to be a crab.
I can relate to that.
And then, then there was once this lad, the formal coatsman
once blinded he gave up everything he had.
Not quite there- but I still relate to that.

You know how it’s supposed to go:
up and down, up and down
This is definitely one of those down days.

I learned of a man who taught relativity, had crazy hair.
I bet I can relate.
Then there was a guy-almost had his face chewed off by rats. Rats!
Perhaps, just perhaps, I can relate to that.

This guy got stabbed in the back!
Another, heart attack!

I’m drawing close to that.

So anyway there we go. I never claimed to be a poet but I thought these poems were entertaining nevertheless. Maybe if I find some more stuff I used to write I could post it up here. Until then, stay safe loyal SOLMI fans.