you might have seen this on myspace but it’s worth plenty of further viewings.

check out these guys’ website while you’re at it.

so I did a little law & order: svu work today. I played some kind of military personnel.

it was hot as hell and unfortunately for us, it was a scene in the fall so we had to wear long sleeves and a light jacket in the 90+ degree heat. ugghhh.

but the scene I was in also had chris meloni and mariska hargitay. and! and! chris elliott was a guest star in the episode! haven’t seen that guy since … get a life? whoa.

we shot at this science museum in queens and were fed really well too.

hell yeah.

I’m currently piecing together the parts that would eventually become my new comedy short film entitled 8 Days Later. this is a film in which I am the writer, director and actor.

I had a meeting the other day to go over the storyboard and it’s looking a little bit like this:

special props go to alex tarampi on flexing his BFA muscles in a mad sketching session.

I’ll be posting updates. we’re looking to shoot in early august.

so kate got us tix to see ricky gervais tonight at madison square garden as a (very) early birthday gift. as one might expect, it was a real fuckin’ hoot to see him in the flesh and hear his hilarity live.

two things that surprised me:

a) doors were 7:30 and he got started 7:50 on the dot. am I just so used to rock shows starting hours after the doors open, or is this just how it’s done for big stand-up shows?

b) he recycled about 15% of material from his previous stand-ups. admittedly, those who would know this are only the geeks who own the region 2 uk dvds of his previous shows and played them on a multi-region dvd player. repeatedly.

but yeah, the man is an unstoppable genius. if you want a taste of his hilarity, pop over on that link I gave you up top (and just now) and peep his promo for his nyc shows.

“but aj, I’m at work and I don’t have sound on my computer.”

well then you have two options:

a) wait till you get home and watch it.
b) quit your shitty job.

please have a wonderful day.

so I am writing to humbly request your vote for (or perhaps just view) my team’s entry in this year’s 72 hour film shootout.

the 72 hour film shootout is a nationwide competition where filmmaking teams have 72 hours to write, shoot, edit and produce short films up to five minutes in length on a selected theme. when the theme “A First Goodbye” was announced on friday 6/20, my team stayed up all night writing a script, spent that saturday and sunday filming, and then our fearless director pulled an all-nighter putting it all together by monday 6/23.

the fruits of our labor can be seen here:
http://ningin.com/mediastream/item:show/2008/07/01/initial/

you can vote by clicking on the “VOTE! Audience Award” button below the clip.

do it!