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That which is at a higher elevation

John Cabrera — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 23:31:03 +0000

I always start these long overdue blog posts with some joke or excuse pointing out the fact that I’ve been away for too long. I started doing it again here and had to stop myself. I suppose you could say that this little preface to the post is attempting to do the same… in fact, [...]

Dev Slate

John Cabrera — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 12:20:50 +0000

So tonight I put together a list of all the projects I have on my development slate… AKA concepts for projects that are officially looking for a home. And man do I have a lot. Without giving an exact number, I’ll just say it’s over 10! Some of them are just story concepts that would [...]

The Green Dragon

John Cabrera — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 08:47:05 +0000

If I owned a juicing bar, I would name all my juices in a Dungeons & Dragons theme. Here are a few of the drinks you would find on my menu. The Green Dragon If you like your sweet juices to have some bite, this is for you. 2 Celery Stalks 2 Green Apples 1/2 [...]

I know what you’re thinking

John Cabrera — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 02:16:03 +0000

“John… you missed a post yesterday.” Technically you’d be right… but biologically, physiolologically, spiritually even, you would be totally wrong. And that’s because today is still my yesterday. I got my Playstation 3 delivered yesterday. I went to the game store and picked up Fallout 3. I also picked up Dragon Age. I also picked [...]

Birthday Gifts

John Cabrera — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 11:55:17 +0000

I got a bunch of cool stuff for my birthday. Records, books, a LOT of drinks last night at Bigfoot Lodge. Perhaps too many. But I thought it would be cool to share with you some of the digital gifts I got from some of you lovely people. Well first of all, I just want [...]

Bigfoot

John Cabrera — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 09:19:27 +0000

It’s 2am and I just got home from an awesome little shin digger at the old Bigfoot Lodge in Atwater Village… definitely one of the coolest bars in LA. It’s designed to look like the inside of a cabin in Yosemite National Forest. I mean the frigging staff are wearing boy scout uniforms for crying [...]

Yawn

John Cabrera — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 12:46:12 +0000

Second super late nighter in a row. Both big writing nights. Yesterday was some H+ writing. It’s hard to explain why there would still be writing at this point in the process, given that we only have about two more weeks of post production scheduled. But this is a very different project, so I’m sure [...]

Urban Skiing

John Cabrera — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 11:26:37 +0000

Been up super late working and really don’t have much in me for a multi paragraph blog post. So I’m leaving you with this killer trailer for a doc called Weight. Looks like your typical skate video… except on skis. Check it out.

Boom

John Cabrera — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 09:08:31 +0000

That’s how it’s done, son! Um… I mean, sons. Wow, there really are a lot of similarities between Myst and Lost. Aside from the fact that they’re both about islands and have 4 letter titles that end in “st”…. There’s a very similar magical setting in both games. Mix between ancient and technological… Science and [...]

Bowieverse

John Cabrera — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 09:26:23 +0000

Not a lot to report today. Bought my juicer. Juiced some peaches. Juiced some spinach. Tomorrow I’m gonna juice some beets and some beet greens… Had an awesome evening at Sean Gunn’s for a little din din and chit chat. I’m not sure if any of you know this, but Sean is an amazing chef. [...]

Laying the Bard to Waste

John Cabrera — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 09:54:10 +0000

Since my post yesterday, I’ve gotten way further ahead in Myst. Actually, I have to admit, I feel a little stupid for the comment about not being able to get the elevator to work in the library. I tried to get that thing to work for months the last time I played it. I’m not [...]

Little Gaming

John Cabrera — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 08:15:23 +0000

Playing a little late night iPhone Myst in bed. Which I love. But I didn’t play this game when it came out. I know it’s a favorite of many… but this is my first time through. I actually started a few years ago when it first came out for the iPhone. I have no idea [...]

Bum

John Cabrera — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 09:55:39 +0000

That title sort of describes my mood… as well as my occupation. Okay maybe I’m exaggerating on the latter but today was not really my day, and one of those that kinda has you wondering why we do it… why we continue to let ourselves be battered and bruised for this industry. All for the [...]

Germany in Images [part 2]

John Cabrera — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 08:59:28 +0000

Here is another set from my summer in Germany. This one was taken on my iPhone… whereas the first set was taken with my 7D. Clearly the quality was better in the first set, but I was really surprised with how well the iPhone held up on the fly. And I haven’t even processed any [...]

Good Day

John Cabrera — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 08:27:33 +0000

My day is wrapping up, and I have to say it was pretty good. It started with my “big pitch”, which I thought went really well. You always replay it in your head trying to identify the spots you could have done better, but all in all I was very happy with how it went [...]

Borders Boarded up

John Cabrera — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 18:58:29 +0000

I know some of you will definitely appreciate this post. Today I headed down to my local Borders book store. And by local I mean about 20 miles away. And why such a trek? Well, in case you haven’t heard, Boarders is tapping out. Kissing the tips of its index and middle finger and throwing [...]

Ahhh…

John Cabrera — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 09:10:45 +0000

Feeling a lot better now. Just finished the second, new and improved version of my big pitch. I expect to have it in the next day or two. It’s funny, one of the things I hated most about Acting was the audition process. All the preparation, working yourself up for something that was such a [...]

Saturday adventure

John Cabrera — Sun, 14 Aug 2011 04:27:59 +0000

Saturday, 9:25pm I’m not typically a Saturday night guy, but tonight I’m out and about with my good friend Michael Muhney and blogging in real time from our adventure. I can’t really sit down tonight and write a post. But I can add to this post throughout the evening. I’m right now at Harvard & [...]

Time Zones

John Cabrera — Sat, 13 Aug 2011 09:54:36 +0000

Sorry that this one is going up so late… past midnight actually… but I just got off a 4 hour development call about a huge pitch I have on Monday. To be honest, this pitch has sort of been consuming me, and in many ways I’m more eager to just get it over with so [...]

Leggo my Eggos

John Cabrera — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 06:17:21 +0000

This is Sony’s MDR-d55 headphone. These were the first set of headphones, which I purchased in 1993. The purchase was inspired by my music nerd roommate, Pete, who had purchased the d77, a much more expensive and even higher end headphone of the same shape and design. But these 55s were nothing to scoff at. [...]