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Randy

I am here for Friends and Networking

About Me

What is there to say? I'm a Film Editor living in Los Angeles. i've worked on a bunch of stuff that no one has ever heard of, and expect I'll do more of the same. But I love my job!

My Interests

Movies, comics, science fiction. You know, all of the geeky stuff.

I'd like to meet:

Somebody who can make me laugh. Somebody who's more intelligent than I am, so that I have to work at it. It's no fun if I'm not challenged.

Music:

Believe it or not, I'm not really into music that much. Movies were my passion during my misspent youth, and I never got around to listening to much of anything. But my tastes run toward Billy Joel and such. Love 70's folk music. John Denver, Gordon Lightfoot, James Taylor. You get the picture.

Movies:

Geez, where do I begin. As I look over my 2000+ DVD collection and wonder at all the time spent watching this stuff. Love horror films, science fiction, comedies. I love it all. My favorite movie of all time? Well, can't be just one, but someday I'll get around to putting up a list. I'll watch pretty much anything.

Television:

For many, many years I was a certified Trekkie (and NOT a Trekker, which is just a Trekkie who's embarrased to be a Trekkie) until Star Trek Enterprise ruined it all for me. Someday I'll return. Someday.In the meantime, although I don't get a chance to watch much television, I'm totally hooked on Lost, Battlestar Galactica, Dr. Who and Stargate (all versions).

Books:

I mainly read true crime or biographies. Currently I'm reading Audacity of Hope by Barack Obama. Brilliant man. Future President if I have anything to say about it.

Heroes:

Anyone who follows their dreams. My pet peeve is people who just sit around and bitch that their dreams aren't coming true, but don't do anything and everything to make those dreams happen. (There are a lot of those people in this town, believe me!). Some specific examples of my heroes:Bobby Kennedy Astronaut John Young. Chuck Yeager. My father.Someday I'll explain reasons why for all.

My Blog

Part 8: My path to success

I am often asked by young aspiring filmmakers (usually editors, but I get a variety) how they can "break into the business." My cliched answer is that there is no one simple way. Everyone takes thei...
Posted by Randy on Sun, 24 Dec 2006 09:06:00 PST

Part 7: Getting my foot in the door!

So I know it's been a while since I've done one of these, but I've been a very busy guy! Anyway, on with the blog... When last we left our intrepid hero, he had packed up everything he owned and mov...
Posted by Randy on Tue, 31 Oct 2006 03:18:00 PST

Part 6: California here I come!

But not before a pitstop in Seattle. My thinking at the time was that I was so in love with the Pacific Northwest, that I should try to stay there somehow. Of course, this didn't mesh very well with...
Posted by Randy on Thu, 29 Jun 2006 09:30:00 PST

Part 5: The Greatest Year of My Life!

That's quite a statement isn't it? Perhaps I should say it was the most satisfying year of my life. And being the eternal optimist, I always add a "at least for now" to the end of that statement.The...
Posted by Randy on Sat, 10 Jun 2006 07:03:00 PST

Film School, eh?

So ya want to go to film school, do ya? Well, what's the first thing to do? Collect about every catalog from every film school in the country, that's what!At least, that's what I did. I had no idea...
Posted by Randy on Sat, 27 May 2006 07:08:00 PST

Part 3A: Yo! SVO Redux

So the response I get from my last blog is that I didn't include enough humorous annecdotes as I had previously done. First of all, I'm not sure anything I've written here as been either humorous or ...
Posted by Randy on Sat, 20 May 2006 09:30:00 PST

Part 3: Yo! SVO!

So when last we left our intrepid hero, he had just reenlisted in the Navy for four additional years because the financial situation was such that he couldn't just get out.So that was my predicament. ...
Posted by Randy on Sun, 14 May 2006 10:50:00 PST

Anchors Aweigh! or perhaps not...

For those who are actually reading this blog after I chastised everyone for reading the last blog, well, I guess there's no accounting for taste. So read ahead if you want, but trust me, there's noth...
Posted by Randy on Mon, 08 May 2006 04:43:00 PST

The Anti-Blog

I can't believe that I'm writing a blog. I'm so against blogs. First of all, who decided that the term "blog" is even a real thing? Isnt' it just an online journal? It's short for "web log" I assu...
Posted by Randy on Fri, 05 May 2006 10:21:00 PST