http://dayalmohamed.com/wordpress On the thin line between creative genius and the biggest idiot on earth Tue, 19 Aug 2008 19:58:10 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It has been a busy few weeks. Thank you to Dana and Steve and Jenn for their comments and encouragement to keep this more personal blog going. So, I guess I’m going to keep this blog (at least minimally). Besides, I have to have some way to catalogue my life. Hmm, so ... http://dayalmohamed.com/wordpress/2008/08/19/personal-update-fourth-of-july-marrakesh-and-pick-your-own-fruit/ Keeping up appearances - one of the most difficult aspects of keeping a blog.  Regular posting and regular commentary are what keep people coming back.  However, there are always the questions related to what should one post about and how much of it will impact one's work, career, friends and even ... http://dayalmohamed.com/wordpress/2008/07/22/keeping-up-appearances/ It's been a busy few weeks.  First the site was hacked (who would bother with a lil ole site like mine), followed by two out of town trips, including a week-long stay in Hawaii for a conference.  Now I'm back the trying to get back in the swing of things. Tonight ... http://dayalmohamed.com/wordpress/2008/04/22/time-flysor-is-it-flies/ The script for the local director is done!  Actually, two are done.   He gave me a loose idea of the concept that he wanted to see.  While recognizing that we're working with a limited budget (and that is if he decides to go with my script) I wrote out a ... http://dayalmohamed.com/wordpress/2008/03/22/scripts-done/ One of the things that I really find meditative is working with Legos.  There is something infinitely satisfying about building the tiny model sets.  One of the latest additions to this form of stress relief has been combining it with stop-motion animation.  The slow, take-a-photo, move-a-minifig, take-a-photo steady work is ... http://dayalmohamed.com/wordpress/2008/03/08/stress-relief-and-legos/ It has been a busy work-heavy few weeks.  But rather than spend my time and blog space lamenting my lack of freedom, I'd rather share what I did manage to find time for.  One of Renee's projects lately has been to post a "Photo of the week" to encourage her ... http://dayalmohamed.com/wordpress/2008/03/04/fire-photos/ This weekend we took some time out.  This year, I wanted to be more active in exploring.  Exploring what?  Everything.  On Sunday we visited the Aspen Hill Pet Cemetery or to use its correct name:  Aspin Hill Memmorial Park.  We got some pictures and even took the dogs with us.  The most ... http://dayalmohamed.com/wordpress/2008/02/04/aspin-hill-memorial-park-or-as-it-is-more-locally-known-aspen-hill-pet-cemetary/ Whew!  It has been a busy couple of weeks.  Mostly because I was out sick for the first and then spent the second trying to get caught up.  I haven't had the flu like that since I was in middle school.  Home, in bed, feeling to miserable to even watch ... http://dayalmohamed.com/wordpress/2008/02/04/updates-and-the-flu/ Received a very thought-provoking quote from a co-worker that I thought I would share.  From the Rolling Stone interview with William Gibson: You made your name as a science-fiction writer, but in your last two novels you've moved squarely into the present. Have you lost interest in the future? It has to ... http://dayalmohamed.com/wordpress/2008/01/23/william-gibson-and-science-fiction/ Can you guess what I got for my birthday this December?  Yup, you guessed it, a camcorder.  I am now the proud owner of a Canon ZR800.  I'm not quite sure what to do with it yet, but so far, I'm having a blast finding out...expanding from podcasts to videoblogs, ... http://dayalmohamed.com/wordpress/2008/01/01/birthday-presents-and-other-things-to-spend-my-time-on/