If being Best Man wasn’t cool enough, I got to create an invite for Steve and Monica with a hint of art nouveau aesthetics. So this gave me a reason to crack open my Alphonse Mucha books to do some research, win-win for all involved.

My first half marathon was rough but I had all the support a person can get. My co-worker Helen was there to cheer me on early in the course with her dog Monty. The Friday before I purposely didn’t listen to The Mikey Show to save the full podcast for my run. I e-mailed them the week before to share my plans, in the middle of the podcast they gave me a shout out and some cheers to keep me motivated. Right before the finish line my wife, son and closest friends were there with a silly sign to make me laugh.

Everyone and all these things kept my little legs going, not until I crossed the finish line and started walking did I realize how much my left knee hurt. It’s wrapped now, alternating between heat and ice. Now it’s time for recovery and prep for the next half in November, then my first full marathon in June 2011. Until I’m healed, I’m not going to feel guilty for taking down some fried chicken for dinner.

Official time: 02:03:49 (My goal was two hours or below, I’ll get it next time)
Pace: 9:27/mile

The 48 Hour Film Project is film as sport. On a Friday night we were given a line of dialogue, a prop and a character that must appear in our film. Each team picked a genre out of a hat and had until 7:30pm the following Sunday to write, shoot, edit and score a film between 4-7 minutes long.

Line: “I’m trying my best”
Prop: Chair
Character: Dr. Richard (or Rita) Hernandez
Genre: Comedy

I couldn’t have been with a better group of friends to make this film. It was our first time as a group working together and making a film. We wrote it as a team with no egos to get in the way of revisions or suggestions. Everyone trusted each other to do their jobs, we worked hard to get it done and laughed almost every second of the way. Team RoundAbound is a sherpa. By the way, this is a RoundAbound and this is a sherpa.

A few years back I animated on The Simpsons and in this particular episode I drew myself into a few scenes when I had longer hair, even took the liberty of making myself taller. I vividly remember the episode number BABF09, later released as season 11 episode 13 “Saddlesore Galactica.” I also animated on the first season of Futurama. I didn’t make any appearances on that show but had fun doing a silly pop-n-lock scene with Fry pretending to be a robot.

1st clip: I’m wearing a green shirt next to Homer and even have a reaction shot

2nd clip: I’m a father a bit left of center of the screen

Last clip: Freeze frame of the credits with my name on the right side under “Character Layout Artists”

I’m not sure if posting clips of a show is legal. I have no problems removing this from my site if anyone at Fox wants me to take this down. I had nothing but a great time working with those guys so I’m not trying to get on anyone’s bad side.