So, coming back to Denver for a couple weeks after 6 months, I drive back in my Golf TDI expecting to be able to fuel up with some B20. But no! There are not more biodiesel stations now, there are fewer! Apparently Offen Petroleum doesn’t sell it at the moment and although Blue Sun says they’re going to open up 10 more filling stations in a week-and-a-half, the closest place I can get biodiesel is now further away in Commerce City! Yaargh! Luckily I bought some 5 gallon diesel containers so I don’t have to fuel up too often. Still, what a pain in the ass. This is exactly the kind of thing that needs to go in Fried Fuel.

Colorado, specifically a company in Colorado by the name of Blue Sun, seems to be leading the way in biodiesel production and—just as importantly—distribution in the form of public fueling stations.

http://www.greencarcongress.com/2005/05/blue_sun_plans_.html

I figure it’s safe to blow off some steam here, so here goes:

I hate my apartment. It’s spacious, I have it all to myself, but here are some of the things I just can’t stand:

1. The NOISE. I will absolutely without a doubt live next in a place that has less noise. This is divided into sub-categories:

2. Traffic. Busses, trucks, obnoxious “cool” cars, extremely loud motorcycles, deafening stereo bass booming “gangstas,” the emergency vehicles that go by at least once every hour. The only relief I get is once or twice a year when they shut down the streets for marathons and runs. Aah! So peaceful!

Can you ever feel fate pass you over?

Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.

Benjamin Franklin

There are no problems; only situations which allow us to be creative.

Philip Rosenberg-Watt

It’s so quiet, you can hear the pain in the air.

I realize I haven’t posted a new entry in a while so I thought I’d do it now. I’m sitting on Stage 16 on the CBS lot in Studio City, CA. They finally got us wireless internet access so I can make productive use of my time as a 2nd AD (e.g. write blog entries). I feel more productive when I have the internet. 🙂

Anyway, Four Degrees is going pretty well. Adam Lipsius is directing and Randy Riggs is producing. I found this software called Gorilla that helps manage the production, I think it’s good software. It’ll do cast/character breakdowns, breakdown sheets, call sheets, shoot scheduling, cast contact lists & call times, stripboards, day strips, budgeting, accounting, festival submission tracking, all that production stuff that needs to be managed. The software still needs some work but it’s the best thing that I could find out there at the moment.

It’s funny. Ever since I was a kid of 7 years old there has been a Star Trek of one form or another on television. And yesterday the last episode of Enterprise aired. I wonder when the next incarnation will be? Soon? Later? Perhaps Paramount feels it is wise to let the franchise rest for a while. I will certainly miss it…. ☹️