May is Lyme Awareness Month and the Vampire Diaries cast is helping out!

May is Lyme Disease Awareness Month. Help paint May Lyme green. This disease is no joke and the CDC needs to wake the F up already! Many live in pain and depression and don't have to!

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http://www.youtube.com/lymenaide
http://www.ilads.org/
http://www.turnthecorner.org/
http://www.lymedisease.org/
http://lymenaide.wordpress.com/
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A little reminder of why I do what I do

Back in 2003, I had an amazing opportunity to work on a film called "November" which made it all the way to Sundance and won the Best Cinematography award. The hours were long, the learning curve was sometimes intimidating, but the reward of working with so many creative minds on a great project was priceless. I just came across this clip on Greg Harrison's (director) blog and it brought a smile to my face. As you watch this behind the scenes clip, it will be obvious to you why I love to edit and hope to work on more features in the near future. Editing is often a very lonely endeavor. Independent filmmaking often doesn't pay the bills. However, I would never trade the creative rewards in this kind of project for any amount of money.
Trying to find post-production work in a non-industry town like Seattle is definitely a challenge. However, I'm glad to have little bits of inspiration like this sprinkling in to keep me going on the daily quest for the next great gig! This clip also reminds me that for all of it's negatives, Los Angeles really is a town of some incredibly creative people in all regards.

The Making Of November from Greg Harrison on Vimeo.