http://chriskelley.tv/blog A Freelance Animator in Los Angeles Tue, 27 Apr 2010 22:07:19 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en "A colleague of the great scientist James Watson remarked that Watson was always “lounging around, arguing about problems instead of doing experiments.” He concluded that “There is more than one way of doing good science.” It was Watson’s form of idleness, the scientist went on to say, that allowed him to ... http://chriskelley.tv/blog/2010/04/27/70/ This is a photo from our first date. It was pretty easy to tell even back then, wasn't it? http://chriskelley.tv/blog/2010/04/11/our-first-photo/ So tonight at training, the venerable and wildly shifty David Hughes was announced as our captain for the 2010 season, and I'm excited to play along side of him and hopefully play some great rugby under his leadership. Also announced at training was the vice captain for the season (in the ... http://chriskelley.tv/blog/2010/03/02/el-vice-capitan/ So I'm watching some MMA, and some guy named Jake Rosholt is fighting.  Apparently Rosholt wrestled at Okie State, and was a 3x national champion.  That's a pretty nice pedigree, but listen to this. While talking him into the ring, the announcer was going on and on about his wrestling, and ... http://chriskelley.tv/blog/2010/02/01/thats-an-awfully-bold-statement/ So I'm in Argentina, traveling solo-style, and my time here is coming to an end.   Tonight I had another tremazing spectastic fantabulous meal (Argentina has some of the best meat and wine in the world... yes it's true).    I've met some really great people on this trip whom I've shared ... http://chriskelley.tv/blog/2010/01/17/a-great-self-toast/ Edit:  This is really long. Sorry. You know, it's funny how life works.  My 27th year has brought me more than just a few gray hairs in my beard (and one on my head!), it has also brought me a higher level of objectivity on life.   I've heard this happens.  Like ... http://chriskelley.tv/blog/2009/10/08/phase-2-nostalgia/ Here is where we live: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=2637+3rd+St,+Santa+Monica,+CA+90405&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=38.092988,69.521484&ie=UTF8&ll=34.002059,-118.481026&spn=0.001219,0.002122&t=h&z=19 Zoom out and you'll see the milllions of tons of concrete between us and the hills.   The only thing that could affect us is the air quality, but I haven't noticed it yet.   You can certainly see the giant plumes of smoke rising over the hills, ... http://chriskelley.tv/blog/2009/08/31/im-not-on-fire/ After over a year of constant kvetching about my iphone, I've finally kicked one of the top 50 frustrations in my life to the curb.   I went ahead and ate the $175 cancellation fee today and got myself a Palm Pre.   Before my iphone, I had a Palm Treo that ... http://chriskelley.tv/blog/2009/08/05/i-have-an-iphone-pre/ Here we are, back in beautiful Santa Monica. I've wrapped both of my summertime trips, first being to Belize (Katy's flickr gallery here) and to Ireland (Carol's flickr gallery here).  Both of those galleries will have to substitute for mine for the time being, as I've yet to post any photos ... http://chriskelley.tv/blog/2009/07/26/back-on-american-soil/ My Dad and Maria visited!  Hold the presses!   I think they had a great time, I took a few days off of work and gave them the "West-of-Lincoln-in-Santa-Monica" special, there were a couple of aligned events such as our club banquet, an amazing tour of a mansion-in-progress from Nathan, and ... http://chriskelley.tv/blog/2009/06/01/finally-a-visit-finally-a-break/