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Jerry

Feet in the Air, Head on the Ground

About Me

I'm animated. Oh wait, no, I'm an animator.
KC - DFW - ATX - LA
Nowadays I prefer cats over dogs.
My gray hairs have just started growing in.
I designed parts on the B2 Bomber.
I've gained 15 pounds since high school.
My fictitious porn star name is Dutch Haskins.
I spent months working at a plant in Cut and Shoot, Texas.
I'll take quality over quantity.
Every movie I've worked on has been part of a trilogy (or at least a planned trilogy).
I don't add strangers as MySpace friends.

Some of my favorite videos:
Rip It Up by Bill Haley
Daft Punk Charleston
Harder Better Faster Stronger Dancer
Shatner Remix
Conan Visits ILM
Unicorns L.A. by My Barbarian
Leeroy Jenkins!!
Triumph vs. Star Wars Geeks

My Interests

3D animation and visual effects. Riding my bike on the Venice boardwalk. Exploring Hollywood, LA and the Westside. Dancing swing/lindy and to electronica. Dining, especially sushi. Home improvement (if I ever have a home again). Dive bars. Fancy restaurants. Cheap breakfasts.

I'd like to meet:

Someone to fill in the blanks.

Music:

Beck, Built to Spill, Epoxies, Guided by Voices, The Strokes, Sleater-Kinney, Pixies, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Ozomatli, M83, Zero 7, Her Space Holiday, Postal Service, Air, Pong, Portishead, Breeders, Radiohead, Local H, American Analog Set, Velocity Girl, Green Day, Weezer, Beastie Boys, Björk, Cure, Smiths, Morrissey, Luscious Jackson, Matthew Sweet, Mooney Suzuki, Muffs, MXPX, Nirvana, Nine Inch Nails, L7, Hagfish, At the Drive-In, PJ Harvey, Liz Phair, Elastica, Tripping Daisy, U2, Alice In Chains, Deftones, Distillers, Foo Fighters, Guns N' Roses, Iron Maiden, Motley Crue, Rush, Scorpions, Prodigy, The Avalanches, Basement Jaxx, Chemical Brothers, Crystal Method, Daft Punk, Miss Kittin, Erasure, Esthero, Felix da Housecat, Fischerspooner, Front 242, Nitzer Ebb, Kevin Yost, Ladytron, Lords of Acid, Mark Farina, New Order, Orb, Paul Van Dyk, Propellerheads, Saint Etienne, Sasha, Digweed, St. Germain, Thievery Corporation, Tosca, Miguel Migs, ABBA, Bee Gees, Blondie, David Bowie, Cars, Duran Duran, Go-Go's, Billy Idol, INXS, Journey, CCR, Beatles, Elvis, Rolling Stones, Li'l Cap'n Travis, Stray Cats, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, Indigo Swing, Bellfuries, Camaros, Kim Lenz and Her Jaguars, Hank Williams, The Recliners, Squirrel Nut Zippers, Duke Ellington, Billie Holiday, Thelonious Monk, John Coltrane, Oscar Peterson, Nightmare Before Christmas

Movies:

The Incredibles, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Big Lebowski, Rushmore, Grosse Pointe Blank, Bladerunner, Matrix, Fight Club, Nightmare Before Christmas, Spirited Away, Lost in Translation

Television:

My new fave - Heroes! Monk, Amazing Race, Daily Show, makeover/improvement reality shows, Robot Chicken, Buffy, Simpsons, Samurai Jack, Family Guy, CNN.

Books:

Atlas Shrugged, The Alchemist, The Foundation Trilogy, Ender's Game, Catcher in the Rye. Battle Angel Alita.

Heroes:

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My Blog

My 20 Year High School Reunion

Well, it's been almost two weeks, but I finally cut the video together from my 20 year high school reunion. 20 years!!!  Scary.  Anyway, I was kind of doing this for fun and to get a little ...
Posted by Jerry on Thu, 23 Aug 2007 10:48:00 PST

The Alarm Clock is Off

Well, I have the day off this Friday.  That's because over a 36 hour period, I worked for 32 hours and pulled my first all-nighter as a professional.  When I close my eyes all I see are blue...
Posted by Jerry on Fri, 20 Jul 2007 11:58:00 PST

MySpace vs. Facebook

So, this little tidbit has been causing some stir on the blogosphere recently.  It's a purely non-scientific paper about the differences between who joins MySpace and who joins Facebook. The one ...
Posted by Jerry on Tue, 17 Jul 2007 01:04:00 PST

Week of Firsts

Now that the weekend is over and I've had a chance to reflect.  It's been quite a week of firsts.  Here's the list.  First time to LACMA (LA County Museum of Art)First time sneaking int...
Posted by Jerry on Tue, 26 Jun 2007 10:45:00 PST

Annoying Neighbors

I don't know if I've ever mentioned this, but I really do not like my neighbor.  They've got all sorts of crap stored on their small lot.  They keep a german shepherd penned up in the tiny c...
Posted by Jerry on Fri, 15 Jun 2007 11:38:00 PST

Around Venice, California

Except for the high rent and the frequent run-ins with deranged homeless people...mmm...and the occasional shooting....Venice is actually a pretty awesome place to live.  The weather is the best ...
Posted by Jerry on Mon, 28 May 2007 01:09:00 PST

Griffith Park Fire

I went to the L.A. SIGGRAPH meeting tonight at the Barnsdall Art Gallery Theater to check out the presentations on the VFX for 300.  But the most stunning thing I saw tonight was the Griffith Par...
Posted by Jerry on Wed, 09 May 2007 12:25:00 PST

A Few Shots I Worked On

I captured a few stills from various online clips of the shots that I pre-vized.  There's a lot more in the movie that I worked on, including Spidey constructing the "sound cage" in the final bat...
Posted by Jerry on Thu, 03 May 2007 11:28:00 PST

Spider-Man 3: The Aftermath

Well, I just got back from watching the cast & crew screening of Spider-Man 3, and I have to say it brought out a lot of different feelings - excitement, relief, nostalgia, and a little post-traum...
Posted by Jerry on Wed, 02 May 2007 01:19:00 PST

The Matrix Lives

You know, one of the things that was so cool about The Matrix was the fact that you could leave your crappy life, with your crappy clothes, crappy home, crappy wars etc., and enter a world where you t...
Posted by Jerry on Tue, 17 Apr 2007 12:30:00 PST