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Jacob

he put a fastball in the zone, and i took care of it. russell martin

About Me

dodgers. wife, daughter(s). pictures, moving pictures. writing. traveling. check out the website for my short film at:

www.nightbecomesday.com .

here's the trailer:

My Interests

going to the ocean. fall time. refreshing rain. college football. reading. warmth. writing. basketball. shadows, light. making moving pictures. baseball, spring.

I'd like to meet:

an executive producer with $750,000 (ok $500,000) to drop on a "festival picture"

Music:

the velvet underground, wilco, john vanderslice, david bowie, beck, devo, jack johnson, hope of the states, led zeppelin, the beatles, bob dylan, johnny cash, destroyer,

Movies:

adaptation, punch-drunk love, eternal sunshine, million dollar baby, hero, rushmore, some came running, sunset boulevard, elephant, sullivan's travels, love me tonight, collateral, cool hand luke, all the real girls, badlands, lost in translation, the man who wasn't there, blue, white, red, wings of desire, the life aquatic with steve zisou, paris, texas, unfaithfully yours, thin red line, miracle at morgan's creek, the new world, munich, the good fairy, the constant gardener, the killling, brick, thank you for smoking, naked city, the good shepherd, the great mcginty, half nelson

Television:

arrested development, the office (british not american, ok american is ok too), west wing seasons 1-4, lost season one (can i add how much i hate what they've done in season three so far. . . but i'm still watching), 30 rock (can't get enough of it, ask my wife)

Books:

j.d. salinger, david james duncan, lord of the rings, homer, raymond chandler, dashiell hammett, f. scott fitzgerald.

Heroes:

robert kennedy, david james duncan, andrew nielson, rodney smith, nicholas ray (the cellar master, not the filmmaker).

My Blog

duped again, this time by the little one

on occasion i arise before my wife. evie will sleep in as long as meg does, so she takes advantage of that, by getting as much morning rest as she can. but she has to be to work by 10, so by around 9 ...
Posted by Jacob on Wed, 23 May 2007 09:59:00 PST

live free or die

how many people out there, that i've never met before, have impacted my life in a large way?these are the kinds of questions you ask yourself when you realize you've just met and hung out with someone...
Posted by Jacob on Sun, 22 Apr 2007 11:57:00 PST

a tiny little person

sometimes she tries to nurse my clavicle. right through my shirt. i know she's trying because i'll be holding her and she'll do a little head shake and make mouth smacking noises. this means she's sea...
Posted by Jacob on Tue, 27 Mar 2007 06:27:00 PST

a blog about a blog

and it's not bob loblaw's law blog. not this time. although it makes me sad just thinking about how funny that show was and now it's gone. hopefully 30 rock doesn't go so quickly.in fact, i'm posting ...
Posted by Jacob on Sun, 11 Mar 2007 09:34:00 PST

not so tough now, are you self?

press conference with myself, part IIQ. So famous person, what have you done lately?A. I just got an e-mail from florida telling me they wanted no part of me in their film festival.Q. congratulations,...
Posted by Jacob on Wed, 14 Feb 2007 04:49:00 PST

festivals and other updates

the santa barbara festival was an experience like no other i've ever had. the tone was set on opening night when andrew and i were trying to figure out exactly how to get in for the premiere of factor...
Posted by Jacob on Thu, 08 Feb 2007 08:36:00 PST

a press conference with myself

Now that I'm basically a celebrity as you found out by my bulletin i posted, I figured you guys would like to hear a little more from me. So i'm conducting a press conference right now, and since none...
Posted by Jacob on Thu, 14 Dec 2006 07:55:00 PST

and the ultrasound says. . .

it's a girl. a few of you got a phone call/text message, the rest of you, don't feel un-special, i just ran out of energy. ventura is a long ways away, and going there two times in four days to find o...
Posted by Jacob on Tue, 05 Dec 2006 06:28:00 PST

i went to a girl party all by myself

no, it wasn't a halloween party. on monday night meg went to hang out with her brother so i gladly took the opportunity to catch a film. i had been wanting to see marie antoinette, so there i went. li...
Posted by Jacob on Wed, 01 Nov 2006 12:39:00 PST

texas, it's like this whole other country

first off, texas really is like a foreign country. we flew into houston, and they (not all of them, but most of them) have this great accent, i feel like i'm going to betray that i'm a foreigner if i...
Posted by Jacob on Sun, 10 Sep 2006 12:59:00 PST