There was a very good reason;  My camera got stolen in June while I was visiting San Diego.

I never wanted to make a big deal out of it.  I figured that, in some twisted way and despite how cliche the phrase is, it happened for a reason.  So, I tried my best to move on and stay productive.

And then I got an e-mail a few weeks ago from a detective down in San Diego …

Without further ado, I present my first short film in almost a year:

We only had a couple hours to shoot and some very inconsiderate planes kept flying over, but we made our day.

Until next time.

Tonight is the first test screening of A Field Full of Secrets.

With that being said, I’ve got a short film or two cooking up and the final draft of my feature script is shaping up nicely.

Stay tuned.

In December, I edited a sizzle reel / trailer for a documentary about Charlie Two Shoes.

If all goes well, I’ll be the one editing the documentary itself, as they are currently seeking finishing funds.

With that in the can, I started editing a film tentatively called “A Field Full of Secrets.” Without going into too much detail, let’s just say I’m excited to see the reaction to this one.

That should be wrapped up by March, at which point I’m hoping to have financing lined up for my narrative feature.

Stay tuned, kiddies.

I’m busy as always.  Just wrapped up an actresses’ reel and I have a first cut of a new short from Matty Sims and Nigel Walsh, which they wrote and I shot:

That should be online when all’s said and done.

Outside of that, I’m currently looking at two feature documentary editing gigs.  One of which I’m currently editing a trailer for, and the other is supposed to start post production later this month.

And, I’m wrapping up my feature script in order to start shooting in early 2013.

Stay tuned.

A music video that sets a new standard for all others that shall follow in its wake.

A music video that makes the viewers stop and say to themselves, “Well, that was a music video.”

This is one of them.

Tremble at its ferocity.

For mobile playback, try the Funny or Die version.

Got a few things in the works; stay tuned.

Combine that with something else that I love, and you get this:

On Sunday, the owner of 7 Star invited a few of us back for some fun.

Naturally, I brought my camera.

Without further ado …

It’s a weird, trippy little thing, but it was fun to put together.

Second, it turns out that Choices, the short film I shot and edited earlier this year, has been accepted into the LA Femme Film Festival.

With that being said, time is a funny thing.  A decade ago, I was sitting in my apartment writing the first draft of Loose Change.  The feature film still seemed realistic.  Our friend Jesse had a Canon GL2 that he was willing to let us use.  I had friends that were willing to act in it. With a dangerously imminent war on the horizon, there was still time to change the world.

That’s all it ever was.  Trying to change the world, trying to make a difference, trying to avoid a massive pitfall that our country would still be crawling out of ten years later.  We were crazy enough to want to change things and stupid enough to think we actually could.

Call it youthful idealism.  Call it a massive underestimate of the powers that be.  Call it whatever you want.  We were young, we were foolish, and we thought that maybe, just maybe, we could make a difference if we kept pushing.

Here I sit in 2012, working on a script, and I’m still not sure how I feel about everything that’s transpired.

Would I have done things differently?  Would I take things back?  Would I close my laptop, delete everything, and start working on something completely different?

Perhaps.  Perhaps not.

In between 2002 and 2005, as Loose Change evolved into a documentary, I started writing another feature film called Behold.

Maybe I should have dropped everything and focused all my energy into that one.  Maybe I would have all the things I dream of today.  Maybe I would be worse off than I am now.  That’s the caveat of time.  You just never know.

There is one thing I know for sure.  With Loose Change, I wanted to change the world.

With Behold, there’s only one thing I want to change: Myself.

For everyone that lost their lives on September 11th and everyone that’s died as a result, I can only hope that you have found peace, and that some day justice will truly be served.