http://jesandian.com Fri, 05 Mar 2010 17:41:39 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en When I worked as a caseworker, with 50+ hour workweeks and late nights in bad neighborhoods, I came to rely heavily on my teammates to just manage the burnout. One of these teammates, Vanessa, came all the way out to Baltimore from California to join us. After her time at ... http://jesandian.com/2010/03/05/busy-hands/ Holidays are not finished until the Philly Secret Santa gift exchange is finished. That's how I determine the holiday season-starts with Halloween, ends with Philly Secret Santa. I would venture to say that Ian would agree about the end, though I'm not sure about the beginning. [caption id="attachment_152" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Skittles ... http://jesandian.com/2010/02/23/philly-secret-santa-2009/ It's been 10 years since the day I met and recorded Bob McElroy. Who the Hell is Bob McElroy? Bob McElroy was a musician I met while living in at the Santa Fe International Youth Hostel in 1999. He was in town from Monroe, Louisiana to meet with Gary Johnson, then-governor of New ... http://jesandian.com/2009/12/18/bob-mcelroy/ My friend Matt Sutter has initiated an all-new new movie-making project. It's a lot like the 48-hour ones that I'm notorious for participating in. Each month we have to create a film based on requirement from the other participants. I'm told there are four teams competing– Sutter's team in Philadelphia, ... http://jesandian.com/2009/12/02/rentcheck-films/ -Raekwon, 1999 Almost ten years ago I became certified in audio engineering and took the first job I could find. I was hired quickly and easily at a place in Bethesda, Maryland called Potomac Talking Books. The company recorded narrated books and magazines for the Library of Congress. I enjoyed written ... http://jesandian.com/2009/11/19/power-is-truth/ In the early Fall of 2008, my partner in all things film, my go-to-shoot-this, main man, Chris Harring was asked to record a J Roddy Walson and The Business show at The Ottobar in Baltimore. He obliged and decided that we should take the footage and roll it into a ... http://jesandian.com/2009/11/18/used-to-did/ I just got home from the shock trauma unit, having spent the afternoon there. My brother was admitted last night after getting into a car accident involving a windy road, rain, a car, and a tree. He's in quite a state: laying there with a collapsed lung, tired, in pain, and ... http://jesandian.com/2009/04/16/i-love-my-family-so-much-it-sucks/ Ian and the crew had their annual Guy Weekend extravaganza at my place last weekend.  As I certainly couldn't stay at the apartment, I decided it was high time for me to take my grandmother's advice and participate in a poustinia--a personal religious retreat. You're welcome to read more about poustinia ... http://jesandian.com/2008/08/02/poustinia/ When we were on our way back from West Virginia, we invented a little game to help the miles go by quicker. Poke fun at the disgusting fast food establishments that grease up the sides of the highways. Here's a list that we'll keep updated. Some we think of as ... http://jesandian.com/2008/07/23/fast-fun-with-fast-food/ My entire life people have told me I am different. I'm special. I'm creative. I will be somebody. While it's always made me feel proud and optimistic, I think it's given me every excuse to rest on my laurels and wait for it all to happen. When I was a teenager ... http://jesandian.com/2008/06/10/does-god-make-junk/