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Start every day off with a smile and get it over with. ~ W.C. Fields

He said that?

May 18, 2006 by Mike Browne in Hmmmmmm | 1 Comment
Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
- Albert Einstein

Who knew? I guess he really was a smart feller... or fart smeller.

Pepsi Girl Superburp

May 14, 2006 by Mike Browne in Hmmmmmm | 3 Comments

We wondered if pepsi can be exploded by adding mentos or just "urban legend", We gave it a go with a twist, drink the pepsi then add the mentos, what a result!

whoops!

Full Throttle

May 14, 2006 by Mike Browne in Hmmmmmm | Add comment
Check out Full Throttle with the Blue Angels. A reporter goes for a ride with the Blue Angels, US Navy Flight Demonstration Team. Poor Steve. He doesn't do so well... Me? I'd scream my freakin' ass off. I don't even do a ferris wheel well.

Blog shmog and Mother's Day

May 14, 2006 by Mike Browne in Hmmmmmm | Add comment
I'm not sure I have much interesting to say at all right now as all of my energy's been going into these 16 hour days I've been working on the latest movie. Not exactly as glamorous as one would think. However, upgrades are coming fast and furious. In fact I've been working as 3rd Assistant Director on the latest MoW. I'm learning tons and making all kinds of contacts and gaining tons of experience.

The energy for blogging just isn't there when I'm working this much. In fact after 2 years of lunch scanning and 4 years of blogging I'm a little worn out. That said, I'm going to try to be a little more vigilant about updates. If you want to check in our lives more regularly feel free to hop on over to Carol's blog. She's on kind of a roll.

Lastly, it is Mother's Day. Happy Mother's Day to my three mothers: First to the one who raised me and straightened my collar for all those years. Thanks Mom! Second to Dianne, for giving me life and unselfishly giving me the life I've had after making that hard decision all those years ago. Third, to Audrey, Carol's mom, we hope you and Cathy had a great day and we'll see you in June!

Off to bed, 6:00am is closer than I'd like it to be. G'night!

May the 4th be wtith you!

Not only is May 4 celebrated rather punnily as Star Wars Day and is International Firefighter's Day as well it also happens to be the birthday of on Crumb the Barbarian a.k.a. Brother Phil. Happy birthday youngest brother of three. May the 4th be with you!

Next movie: Mind Games

May 01, 2006 by Mike Browne in Filmmaking | 1 Comment
I just got home from a cast meet and greet and script reading for the next film I'm working on as an AD PA called Mind Games. It stars Alexandra Holden, best known for her role in Drop Dead Gorgeous as an outgoing anorexic beauty queen and is directed by Terry Ingram who was second unit director on the buddy flick Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle. Also, I'm looking forward to wroking with 1st AD, Greg Rousseaux. He seems like a fairly cool guy.

Principal photography for the 13 day shoot begins tomorrow at Riverview Hospital (a real mental institution) in Coquitlam. My day starts at 6:06 am. Early but who cares. I'm having fun.