Everyone is just saying…

August 27th, 2008 · 7 Comments

Has anyone else noticed how much people are “just saying”. I don’t get it. You’re saying, that’s all you’re doing? You’re suggesting? I feel like I hear this all over the place, people making statements about this, and that, and qualifying it with, “I’m just saying”. I think my favorite though comes from my coworker Thomas who is not just saying, but is just saying (figure that one out).

At any rate, I’m “just confused”. It’s pretty hard to keep up with all the new lingo, especially “just saying” and of course “fail”, everything is failing these days; Companies, Whales, People… We’re never going to get anything done if we’re not more positive. We need people to hear that they are succesfull and that we are not just saying, but we are doing… What do you think?

I’m just saying… You know?

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What is our team name?

August 26th, 2008 · 3 Comments


Hartch Vistis SF, originally uploaded by ultimatewhit.

What do you think our team name is? The answer most definitely lies within the photo, but can you decipher the code? Hartch, thanks for taking such a wonderful photo.

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Free Obama!

August 24th, 2008 · 1 Comment

What I don’t get is what all the “Free Obama” stickers and pins are about. I keep up with the news pretty well but I’ve heard nothing about Obama being captured, or imprisoned, and yet all over the internet I see “Free Obama” this, and “Free Obama” that. How can this story have fallen through the cracks? If you have any info, please send it my way. Thanks.

Speaking of Free Obama, I’m wondering when will he be free (for coffee)? I donated a substantial amount of money to the campaign (somewhere between $15 - $20) and since then, Barack has been sending me e-mail updates on his campaign - awesome!

I recently found out that his campaign headquarters are in Albuquerque NM, which is great news because my mom recently moved there! When I found this out I immediately started to reply to his daily e-mails.

“Dear Mr. Barack Obama, What a coincidence - my mom just moved to Albuquerque, maybe we can go out for dinner when I come into town. Now that I think about it, you’re probably pretty busy - maybe coffee will do? Let me know how free you are in October, that’s when I plan on visiting.

Sincerely, Whit Scott”

To be quite honest, I’m a little mad at Obama right now. The dude sends me almost an e-mail a day and I only send e-mail’s back once or twice a week. I gave him $15 - $20! I’d be more then happy to buy his coffee, although I heard he’s been breaking records when it comes to fun raising (by the way fun raising sounds amazing, I totally want to work on a campaign!).

My guess is this all comes down to the Free Obama stickers I keep seeing. I know he has an Internet connection wherever he is being kept, but he obviously can’t get out for some coffee with one of his biggest supporters. If you happen to see Obama anytime soon let him know that I’d still really like to go out, and that I’m not that mad at him - I understand that running for President is not easy (I was the President of the Anti-Social Club in high school).

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Re-potting the plants

August 24th, 2008 · No Comments


Today Claire and I went out to buy a new pot and a new plant for our apartment. Every time we do this, the plants get about 2 feet taller, so we should have our own rainforest by the end of the year. But really, what this is about is posting photos to my blog from flickr. I’ve been trying to use the Wordpress app on my iPhone, but the app is pretty lame (it doesn’t allow you post photos at the size you want). Flickr can do the job but I can’t really get it to format the way I want. If I had it my way, the photo would be on the left and the type would be on the right, which is clearly more esthetically pleasing. But alas, I am pretty inept when it comes to creating things online. Someday I’ll understand all of this computer stuff…. I think the funniest thing about uploading these photos is how ridiculous the type looks to the left of the image - it’s about as hectic as my thoughts.

Re-potting the plants, originally uploaded by ultimatewhit.

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Claire looking towards the bay

August 23rd, 2008 · 1 Comment


Claire looking towards the bay
Originally uploaded by ultimatewhit

Claire looks north towards the bay.

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An interview with Kevin Smith tonight (6pm)

August 20th, 2008 · 2 Comments

So I’ve spent the last couple of days working on a video that is going to play at the Film Makers Alliance vision fest award ceremonies tonight. Kevin Smith is being presented with an award, and Seesmic was asked to get the community to help make a video to present to him.

My coworker Rachael Joy gets all the credit for making this all happen, so I deffinitly thank her for the invite to both be in the video that will be presented, as well as bringing me along as “the one man camera crew”, to interview a bunch of film makers including Kevin Smith.

i’ve been pretty excited for tonight for a number of reasons. Number 1, meeting Kevin Smith could be a pretty cool experience. He’s obviously a well known writer and director, and while I may not be his #1 fan I can definitely appreciate all of his work, and his contributions to good indy films, not Hollywood crap. #2, it’s not easy being a one man, camera, lighting, and audio crew, so the pressure is on. Lastly, this video that we made was thrown together kind of last minute and will be screened in a theater full of film makers. We know it’s ridiculous, it’s supposed to be, I just hope that it’ll be well received.

Hope you can be on Seesmic for the conversation.

6pm PT Wed. Kevin Smith

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