team segway

went to church on sunday

the premiere of "what would jesus buy?" was great. More q/a from the good reverend billy, morgan spurlock and the director (sorry I don't remember his name offhand**- he wasn't very talkative) as well as a great performance by the entire "stop shopping gospel choir" followed the movie.

I thought the film was very well done. Like "super-size me" it was a serious message delivered with a good dose of humor. the plan is to have this documentary released at christmas time.

**This post, as well as all others at SXSW 2007, were posted on the spot via my Palm Treo. Some details slipped through the cracks. Thanks to the comment on this post, I was reminded that the director of the film is Rob Van Alkemade. **

showtime

inside the paramount, waiting for the lights to come down. we are all about to learn about the sins of commercialization, as preached by the reverend billy and the stop shopping gospel choir.

waiting in the rain

it's pouring in austin now. Josh and I are in a long long line to see "what would jesus buy?" a new film produced by morgan spurlock.

stars come out at night

the fellow with his back to me is paul rudd. I swear.

spoonful of sugar

Morgan Spurlock talks about the importance of adding a bit of "fun" to serious topics to make them more palatable. Apparently his big, bushy, Ted Kazcynski-like beard has something to do with the next movie he is directing, but he won't say much about it. He hinted that he "might have" spent some time in Saudi Arabia.

family reunion

Mimoco' the company that made my well-used 1gb usb flash drive alien, ta2b (tatoo-bee), has a booth in the trade show. You can see how my little friend used to look back in the third row.

the other side...

just in case you wanted another perspective, angie has been doing some photo blogging from her new blackberry pearl as well. just so you know, I am purposely hamming it up for any photos of me. check it, yo!

http://www.angievan.com/blog/angie.html

G

birthday blood

ok. Here's my version. We have been roaming around austin sampling a few of the free libations offered up at some of the sxsw parties. I neglected to eat dinner so we decided, on the way back to the hotel, to stop in a pizza joint for a few slices. I was concentrating on stuffing my face so much that I didn't notice two steps to get over the curb after we left the pizzeria. Down I went into the alley along with my dinner and drink.

I don't know which is worse. The fact that I just ruined a good pair of jeans, or that it all happened over less than stellar pizza.

G

two favorite words...

"cold" and "free"... Josh prefers "open bar." it's all good.

I wish robin was here

for many selfish reasons of course, but also because I think she would enjoy a documentary strictly about one of our most important typefaces.

big birthday bean burrito

deee-licious! too bad it gave me the head-bobs in the next two conference sessions. or maybe it was the two pints of beer i had with Josh.

pull over, man...

I gotta JAM! a tricked-out yaris with a big screen in the back and festival-goers showing their guitar hero skillz.

the podcast pickle

need I say any more?

sxsw swag!!

sine we got platinum passes, they gave us free crap for all three conferences. the big keepers are the cds and sweet canvas totes, which will be added to our non-plastic grocery bag arsenal.

zipa-dee-poo-dah

angie don't like no blue birds, glowing or not, to be hangin out in front of her shoulder.

only in texas...

meat as a garnish. apparently this is some sort of sausage bread pudding that arrives whether you order a vegetaian meal or not.

theo & moo-cow

just chillin' at the 'doba.

Happy T'aint To You!

So, is this considered to be the Holiday "T'aint"? Smack-dab between Chrsitmas and New Year's. Too late to waste your days shopping and too soon to start drinking heavily. What are we supposed to do with this time. I don't wanna work, but I am tired of hanging out at home.

That's all I got for now.

-G

I Am Not Writing About Superman Returns

Yes. I saw the movie. Yes. I enjoyed the movie. Quite a bit in fact. I just didn't like it nearly as much as Batman Begins, but then, how could I?

I will, however, send you to read a blog by someone who did write about the new film. You ARE NOT ALLOWED to go read it if you haven't seen the movie though. Have you seen it? You have? No fooling? OK , here you go.