Monday, December 31, 2018

Ephemera 2018

My annual list, because how else would I remember that Rival Sons opened for Halestorm in 2015? Sometimes I miss things or list odd stuff.  Ultimately, this is for me to reference back to when I work on things like Oxymoron.

Event Work
PAX South 1-12/14
ECCC 3-1/4
ACE Seattle 6-22/24
Washington State Toy and Geek Fest 7-1 (2nd day only)
PAX Dev 8-28/29
PAX West 8-31 -> 9-3
Jet City Comic Show 11-3/4
Child's Play Charity Auction 12-13

Soccer Media

3-1 (W) v UW 3-8 Husky Soccer Stadium (Preseason Friendly)
2-1 (W) v WASH 3-24 Memorial Stadium (NWSL Regular Season)
4-1 (W) v SBFC 5-12 Memorial Stadium (NWSL Regular Season)
0-0 (D) v CHI 5-19 Memorial Stadium (NWSL Regular Season)
0-0 (D) v ORL 6-3 Memorial Stadium (NWSL Regular Season)
1-4 (L) v NCC 6-23 Memorial Stadium (NWSL Regular Season)
1-0 (W) v PTFC 6-30 Memorial Stadium (NWSL Regular Season)
3-1 (W) v HOU 7-7 Memorial Stadium (NWSL Regular Season)
1-0 (W) v UTAH 7-11 Memorial Stadium (NWSL Regular Season)
2-0 (W) v WASH 8-5 Memorial Stadium (NWSL Regular Season)
0-0 (D) v CHI 8-15 Memorial Stadium (NWSL Regular Season)
2-0 (W) v HOU 8-21 Memorial Stadium (NWSL Regular Season)
1-1 (D) v NCC 8-25 Memorial Stadium (NWSL Regular Season)

0-3 PTFC v NCC 9-22 Providence Park (NWSL Championship)
2-3 (L) SSFC v PTFC 6-30 CLink (MLS Regular Season)

Reign FC 2-22 Training
Coffee &Valkyries Podcast 10-15-18 / 10-29-18

Travels
Iceland (Plane)
Phoenix, AZ (Plane)
San Antonio, TX (Plane)
Vancouver, BC (Bus)
Portland, OR (Train)

Iceland
The Icelandic Punk Museum (Punksafn)
The Icelandic Phallological Museum
Perlan Museum: Wonders of Iceland

Sportsball 
Mariners 7 LA Angels 0 / 3-17 Peoria Sports Complex (Cactus League)
Mariners 3 CLE Indians 16 / 3-18 Peoria Sports Complex (Cactus League)
Seattle Grizzlies 19-14-128 Portland Sockeyes 1-0-6 (Women's Aussie Football - Magnuson Park)

Live Stuff
Wedding of the Century 2-17 HART Theatre (Hillsboro)
Hamilton 2-22 Paramount (Seattle)
Celtic Woman 6-2 Paramount (Seattle)
Halestorm/In This Moment/New Years Day 8-17 Wamu Theater
Triforce Quartet 8-31 Benaroya Hall (PAX West)
Femme Fatale: Mata Hari 9-30 The Can Can
Carol Burnett Oct 21 Benaroya Hall
Lily Allen Nov 8 The Showbox at the Market
Neil deGrasse Tyson: The Cosmic Perspective 11-27 Paramount (Seattle)
Irish Tenors Holiday Concert 12-18 Benaroya Hall

Cinema
Labyrinth 1-6 Central Cinema
Black Panther
A Wrinkle In Time
Ready Player One (PCC Boeing IMAX)
The Greatest Showman (2x)
Isle of Dogs
Avengers: Infinity War
Deadpool 2
Solo: A Star Wars Story
The Incredibles 2
Ant-Man and the Wasp
Christopher Robin
Crazy Rich Asians
Ralph Breaks The Internet
Aquaman

MTG & Other Live Stuff or Interesting
Grand Prix Seattle Standard Main Event 4-7 WSTCC 1369/1502
Nordic Museum - The Vikings Begin (2x) /Jul Fest 11-17
Puzzle Break 5-20-18 (The Eventide Departure)
Seattle Saberfit
STKD Thai Kickboxing
Ferry rides - Edmonds-Kingston
MOPOP - Marvel Exhibit (4x) - Pearl Jam: Home and Away (2x)
Bob's Corn Maze
Fremont Sunday Market
WPZ - membership / Zoo Lights?
The JerKels 4-3 LRH
The Swains 4-28 LRH
Jukehouse Hounds 12-25 LRH
Knut Bell & Friends 12-30 LRH

Reading List 2018

I Hate Everyone But You by Gaby Dunn & Allison Raskin
Pele: The King of Soccer by Eddy Simon & Vincent Brascaglia
Resurgence: How Sounders FC Roared Back to Win MLS Cup  by Steven Agen (ProstAmerika)
Lady Killer (Volume 2) by Joelle Jones
Lady Mechanika: Dia da los Muertos by Joe Benitez
The DNA of Orphan Black
Wonder Woman: Bondage and Feminism in the Marston/Peter Comics 1941-48 by Noah Berlatsky
Binti: The Night Masquerade by Nnedi Okorafor
Girl Genius: The Incorruptible Library by Kaja and Phil Foglio
Rivals of Ixalan Player's Guide
Agatha H and the Voice of the Castle by Kaja and Phil Foglio
Mostly Void, Partially Stars by Joseph Fink & Jeffrey Cranor
The Great Glowing Coils of the Universe by Joseph Fink & Jeffrey Cranor
The Smart Home Dilemma by Nnedi Okorafor
Paper Towns by John Green
Scissor Kisses by Devon Monk
The Light Side of the Moon by Elizabeth Guizzetti
An Abundance of Katherines by John Green
Between The World And Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Minecraft: The Island by Max Brooks
Codex by Lev Grossman
Dominaria Player's Guide
A River in Darkness: One Man's Escape From North Korea by Misaji Ishakawa and Risa Kobayashi
Who Fears Death by Nnedi Okorafor
Looking For Alaska by John Green
The Fault In Our Stars by John Green
Akata Witch by Nnedi Okorafor
Head On by John Scalzi
Grand Forks: A History of American Dining in 100 Reviews by Marylin Hagerty
The Drum Trial by Jeff Somers
Get Jiro: Blood and Sushi by Anthony Bourdain, Joel Rose, &Ale Garza
The Fangirl's Guide to the Galaxy: A Handbook for Girl Geeks by Sam Maggs
Philosophy, Pussycats, and Porn by Stoya
Core Set 2019 Player's Guide
Half-Hanged Mary by Margaret Atwood
The World of Lore: Wicked Mortals by Aaron Mahnke
Video Game Writing: From Macro to Micro by Maurice Suckling & Marek Walton
A Cajun Family Cookbook by John Gravois
Sex Criminals: Volume 1: One Weird Trick by Matt Fraction & Chip Zdarsky
The Asgard Run by Steve Vance
Star Wars: The Clone Wars: No Prisoners by Karen Traviss
Hazard: West Hell Magic: Book 1 by Devon Monk
The Flight of Morpho Girl by Bradley Denton and Caroline Spector
An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green
Guilds of Ravnica Player's Guide
Star Wars: Republic Commando: Order 66 by Karen Traviss
The Aggretsuko Guide to Office Life
Behind the Goal 2: An Ethnography of the National Women's Soccer League by Joseph C. Wilson
Queens of Fenbirn (Three Dark Crowns) by Kendare Blake
Nothing Stands In Our Way by Lacuna Coil
Soccer Bowl '77 by Adrian Webster
The Consuming Fire by John Scalzi
Spark by Devon Monk
The Bro Code by Barney Stinson with Matt Kuhn
Ancient Places: The prehistoric and Celtic sites of Britain by Glyn Daniel and Paul Bahn, Photographs by Anthony Gascoigne

Wednesday, November 21, 2018

Same painting from different light perspectives

This is the same painting from different light perspectives.


When back lit, the field and goals are dark and standout in what appears to be maybe some early morning fog.


When lit head on, or over head, the same field and goals are almost glowing in the fog in what seems to be daylight.

"Field in the Fog" 2018, Jeffrey Lawrence Lageson

Thursday, October 25, 2018

This Painting Will Never Be Together Again



29 Years (& Counting) 

This painting will be cut according to the above grid and sent out as bookmarks and bookplates for the Kickstarter backers at various tiers.  The bookplates is a special treat that was not announced and will be included in each physical reward book.  The higher tiers are also getting additional gifts that were not announced.

It is hypothetically possible that the painting could be put back together, but I anticipate that will never happen.




The books should be to me by the 8th of November and will be mailed out by the 10th to all backers. Life is good.

Amazon author page

Tuesday, October 23, 2018

Digital rewards delivered today ... on time



Digital rewards for the Kickstarter have been sent to all backers.  

Today is just under two months from the launch and a month and a day after successful funding.

All digital rewards were sent in October. The chapbooks and extras to be shipped soon, but in progress. I promised October and all backers got the digital version in October.

Thursday, October 18, 2018

Saturday, September 22, 2018

29 Years (and Counting) Kickstarter is a Success


And the final result is ...

$491 (with 17 supporters)

out of a goal of 

$400

Meaning that ...

SUCCESS!

We went $91 over the goal, so about 123% is the final tally.


Friday, July 06, 2018

Dropped Me




I was on the ground.

There was a little blood on the bridge of my nose.

My glasses were near, but in pieces.

My face hurt.

It turns out that I can take a lot of hits, stay standing, and move on.  But, an 8 year old girl with an ultimate disc from point blank range launching with all her might and maybe no real sense of release point, can drop me.  

Cascadia Doubleheader Day In Seattle

Seattle Sounders FC 2
Portland Timbers FC 3

Seattle Reign FC 1
Portland Thorns FC 0 

Seattle, WA
June 30, 2018
Clink and Memorial Stadiums


Press Box views at opening kick off of both


Monday, June 25, 2018

Thursday, June 14, 2018

Haven't updated the about in a while

Every so often I tweak the about thing to the side here on the blog, but haven't really gone through and truly updated it in a while.  

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Jefferson is a single dad of two great kids, a Coug, a fan of live anything over recorded anything, a former blonde, ex-rock magazine editor, Sounders and Reign supporter, licensed teacher and flagger, 18x marathon runner, black belt in both Tae Kwon Do and Thai Kickboxing, pop culture convention worker, soccer fan/player/coach/media, published novelist, Frosted Flakes fan, two step and swing dancer, Kurosawa movie buff, future punk band singer, the founder of Keeper Studios and ShotgunProse (dot com), and a failed guitarist/musician that keeps playing anyways ... 

Use the search field and enter a topic, since there are hundreds of posts on here and I have no single topic that I focus on ...

Thursday, May 24, 2018

Solo Spoilers

Solo: A Star Wars Story (TM) spoilers ahead. I am going to see the film tonight, but the following is all true.

Han eventually reunites with at least one surviving cast member who betrays him to his future son's maternal grandfather.

Han eventually has a bounty on his head that he successfully pays off by taking reward money after transporting strangers and rescuing a princess he eventually knocks up and leaves but achieves the same military rank of general with.

Han eventually assists in a mass murder and war crime, achieving the rank of general.

Han eventually survives a cryogenic experiment with only short term health problems.

Han eventually is killed by his kid, a kid who exceeds his parents' military rank of general, so good job there. This is in part because the son hates the dad in a really emo way and actually ancestor worships his maternal grandfather.

Han eventually has a religious experience that converts him and makes him a believer in a very old religion the government had worked to snuff out.

Actually, it's a prequel. The point of prequels is to alleviate all that pesky and risky actual drama of storytelling and moving a story forward, so there are no spoilers. I have ranted about this previously on this blog at length.

Monday, May 21, 2018

Bibliography - updated for the first time since 2006

Jeffrey Lawrence Lageson - Bibliography
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FICTION
BOOMERANG
- Serialized in "The Silver Valley Voice"/Moonshine Hill Press 1996-97
Boomerang: Monday Evening 8/96
Boomerang: After Showering 9/96
Boomerang: Overslept 10/96
Boomerang: In Love 11/96
Boomerang: After Lunch 12/96
Boomerang: Gametime 1/97
Boomerang: After Showering Again 2/97
Boomerang: To Study 4/97
Boomerang: Wednesday Morning 5/97
Boomerang: Overslept Again 6/97
Boomerang: Test 7/97
Boomerang: Snack Time 8/97
Boomerang: Back Home 9/97

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SHORT FICTION
To Know "The Silver Valley Voice"/Moonshine Hill Press 8/95
Monday Evening "The Silver Valley Voice"/Moonshine Hill Press 9/95
Vicarious Energy "The Silver Valley Voice"/Moonshine Hill Press 11/95
Curve Balls "The Silver Valley Voice"/Moonshine Hill Press 1/96
"Who's There ?!?" "The Silver Valley Voice"/Moonshine Hill Press 2/96
The Weatherman "The Silver Valley Voice"/Moonshine Hill Press 4/96
Shrill "The Silver Valley Voice"/Moonshine Hill Press 6/96
X-mas Shopping "The Silver Valley Voice"/Moonshine Hill Press 7/96
Midnight Daydream "The Voice"/Moonshine Hill Press 11/97
The Owl "The Voice"/Moonshine Hill Press 3/98
Eyewitness "The Voice"/Moonshine Hill Press 4/98
Zoo Signs "The Voice"/Moonshine Hill Press 2/99
Hold The Tomato "The Voice"/Moonshine Hill Press 2/00 pp 17-18
This Is Why I'll Never Successfully Clean Out My Garage: A Fictionalized Recounting of Possible Real Events - "The Voice"/Moonshine Hill Press 11/02 p5
Beer - “The Voice” /Moonshine Hill Press 3/03 p8
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SIGNIFICANT NON-FICTION / FEATURES / ESSAYS / ETC ...
"The Modern Groom's Guide To The Neurotic Bride"
Part One 4/99 p8 "The Voice"/Moonshine Hill Press
Part Two 5/99 p7 "The Voice"/Moonshine Hill Press
Part Three 6/99 p10 "The Voice"/Moonshine Hill Press
Part Four 7/99 p "The Voice"/Moonshine Hill Press
Part Five 8/99 p8 "The Voice"/Moonshine Hill Press
Part Six 9/99 pp8-9 "The Voice"/Moonshine Hill Press
- "Of Mice And Little Green Men" 5/95
- "The Long And Winding Road Trip" 6/95
- "The Only Thing We Have To Fear Is ..." 7/95
- "I Can Sure Use A Pair Of Padres Tickets" (Cover Mention)10/95
- "Don't Believe What You Read" (w/cartoon) 5/96
"The Silver Valley Voice"/Moonshine Hill Press
- "Trying Out With The Seattle Sounders" 10/99 p11
- "The Spin is on the Quick-Quick" 9/05 p5
- “Maybe I’m Exaggerating, But Root Beer is Really Good” 4/03 p6
"The Voice"/Moonshine Hill Press
"When I Was Young And ..." ASTRONOMY 12/90 pp14-18 Viewpoints
"Biggest Man On Campus" SPORTS WASHINGTON 10/93 pp 22-25
"Big Fun For Big House" PACIFIC NORTHWEST INLANDER 12/10-16/97
"Is This Seat Taken?" MOSCOW-PULLMAN DAILY NEWS 11/21-22/97 Palouse Reader Section p4C
"An Open Letter To God" THE AMBASSADOR pp4-5 (W/Comment & Introduction) 1989
"Sweaty Nipples" 12/92 PANDEMONIUM
"Spikenard" 2/93 PANDEMONIUM
"Daddy Long Legs" 3/93 PANDEMONIUM
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CITY HEAT MAGAZINE
2/90 - 2/92
"Editor In Chief" 4/90 - 8/90
CITY HEAT HEATWAVE COLUMNS
Environment 10/90 p15
Noise Ordinances 11/90 p22
Censorship 1/91 p22
Love 2/91 p22
Sinead 4/91 p37
Haircut 5/91 p23
Trading Cards 11/91 p23
FEATURES, ETC ...
Igniter 3/90 p16
Andy Wood Editorial 4/90 p3
Shotgun Mama 4/90 pp8-9, cover
NAMA Photo 4/90 p11
Forced Entry 5/90 p16 w/photo
Kristen Barry 6/90 pp8,14
Bitter End 7/90 pp4-5, cover
The Young Brians 5/91 p10
MAJOR REVIEWS
Vain, Alice in Chains, Shotgun Mama 2/90 p22
Paul McCartney 5/90 p22
David Bowie 6/90 p16
Blue Oyster Cult 4/91 p33
DOZENS OF RECORD, TAPE, AND CLUB SHOW REVIEWS
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POETRY
"Jogging Scene" p62
"Home Opener" p94
"Surgery" p113
"Untitled Poem '94" p142
WHISPERS FROM WHITMAN COUNTY 1995
"Marlboro Man"
"Owl"
"My Dog Killed A Possum Last Night"
THE DAILY EVERGREEN, SUMMER BIO-RHYTHMS 6/11/96 p16
w/photo and story/interview
"The Store"
THE JOURNAL, PHS 1997
"Driving In The Rain" 4/95 pp8-9
"Carl" 9/97
"Holding On" 9/97
"The Silver Valley Voice"/ Moonshine Hill Press
"Wednesday August 3, 2005 Just Before Midnight" 12/06 p5
"The Voice"/Moonshine Hill Press
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THE DAILY EVERGREEN
8/87 - 12/89 & 6/95 - 10/95
OPINIONS EDITOR Fall 1989 Columnist, Borderline, Features
"Yeltsin Visit Shows Signs Of Change" Editorial Reprinted in "The Indiana Daily Student Fall 1989
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CHAPBOOKS
"Odd Thoughts, Midnight Ramblings, and Summer Dreams"
Fiction/Poetry INNUENDO ?!? 1989
"Extremity"
Poetry/Fiction INNUENDO ?!? 1989
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POEMS IN THE "BAD POETRY" SECTION OF "THE VOICE"/"THE SILVER VALLEY VOICE"
"Gone on the 4th of July" "Ruling Our Lives" "4:45AM and Raining" "X-Men ... X-People" 9/96
"New Logic" "I Ain't (Really Very) Superstitious" "Neon Spandex" 11/96
"A Mysterious Fax To George Left On His Chair After Lunch" "B" 12/96
"Seeking The Face Of God" "MLB" "I Wanna Tricorder" "Pens" "Older Now" "Pop" 1/97
"OJ & Mick" "Truth in Advertising" "Colfax" "Sitting In Back" "90210 & Parking" "Freshmen" "What's Good For You" "Spokane Television News" 2/97
"WPVA" "Questions" "Little Green Men" "Survey Says ..." "A Car To Work On" "Movie Evil Bad Guy Speed" 3/97
"A Cooler in Hand" 5/97
"Dasher Proof" "All Rights Reserved" "Weak" 6/97
"The Drop" 7/97
"Rush" "Warning: This Poem May Cause You To Use Your Eyes And Force You To Read - Caution Advised" "Big Blue" "Maybe" 10/97
"Only A Part Of The Picture" "Sorting" 11/97
"Trust No One" "Not Explainable By Reasonable Means" "Rootbeer.Com" 12/97
"Lost & Spaced" "Random Order Thoughts On the Number 2000" "Stop Calling" 1/98
"Define" "Chaotic Systems" 3/98
"Drugs" "Mirror Legal System" "Inconvenient Democracy" 4/98
"Book Rush" "Dim" "Graduation" "Tiny D" "Love Hound and the Snuggle Puppy" "The 4 Food Groups" 5/98
"We Could (And Should Already) Be Living On Mars" 6/98
"Toast" "Referral" "Memory Upgrade" "The Nike Spangled Banner" "Shock" 7/98 p12
"The Big Bad Wolf" "New Product" 8/98 p12
"On The Links" "Get Rich Quick" 9/98
"They Both Basically Suck" "Don't Listen To Campaign Ads" 10/98
"Television Campaign Commercials" "Not A Prayer" "Phone Call" "The Male Christmas Shopping Perspective Is A Lot Like The Male Attitude Toward Sex" 12/98
"My Inner Redneck" "Impeachment" "Rush Hour" 1/99 p10
"200" 2/99 p9
"Hyphen" "This Ain't Rocket Science" "If It Looks Like A Hook Don't Bite It" "From The Vaults Of Innuendo" 6/99 p11
"Crossing" "Untitled" 9/99 p11
"The View From Out In Left Field" "Rhetoric" "Shotgun Prose" 10/99 p10
"At Work" "2 Ties 1 Watch" 2/00 p13
"Go Figure" "There's a Political Statement in There SOMEwhere" "Empty Monarch Vodka Bottle" "Drunken Stupor" "12.31.1999" Winter/06 p4
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1978 SPU YOUNG AUTHOR'S CONFERENCE "Teddy's Adventure In Outer Space" Now in Seattle School District Library System
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ARTICLES ABOUT JEFF'S WRITING
An article about CITY HEAT w/photo & quotes appeared in The Highline Times 5/23/90 pA-2 (Cover Mention)
An article about poetry w/photo quotes and 3 poems appeared in The Daily Evergreen 6/11/96
An article about WHISPERS FROM WHITMAN COUNTY appeared in The Whitman County Gazzette 11/95
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ODDS & ENDS
Nanowrimo participant (02-04) - did not finish once
shotgunprose.blogspot.com - started Labor Day Weekend 06
Letters in various publications including Soccer America, Seattle P-I, Bone, Cerebus, Hepcats, & Patsy Walker, AKA Hellcat!
www.ironmaiden.com - review of 2000 Tacoma Dome show
4 "Smart Talk" contributions in Seattle P-I Sports Section 1998-99
Participated in published writing survey in UPSTREAM, The Literary Center Quarterly, Summer 1992
"Husky/Cougar Debate" (Cougar) GULaw Bill Of Particulars Nov 1990
www.paulsbasement.org - several pieces but the site is no longer active
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Internet infrastructure
Umbrella Websites:



Writing:


https://soundcloud.com/jeff-lageson (in which I am podcasting mini audiobooks of my published writing)

Gaming:




https://www.facebook.com/OwlandMooseStudios (gaming social media with Marci Heider)

Soccer Journalism (current):

http://www.prostamerika.com/?s=lageson (Seattle Reign & WOSO beat writer)

http://www.prostamerika.com/womens-soccer-yearbook (I contributed Chapters 1 & 13 and a photo)
http://www.goalkeeperguys.net/ (jointly with Vanya Tucherov)

https://twitter.com/goalieguys (jointly with Vanya Tucherov)

Acting

In addition, I have shot scenes for the first season of the upcoming web series Ace Danger-man: Loose Cannon Law-Man. I do not have anything from the Microsoft commercial I filmed in 2008. “The comic book shop” has a page linked that has all of the credits.






Social Media:






Contributing and/or interestingly a part of:

http://412comics.com/john-cross (in which the star system is named after me)

http://thefifiorganization.net/jasons-films/paper-city-trailer/ (in which I contributed dialogue and one scene)

http://thefifiorganization.net/fifi/fifi-a-band-the-book/ (in which I am the villain of the book)

http://thefifiorganization.net/fifi/sorry-bout-that-complete/ (in which I am interviewed with the screen caption of "Poet/Anti-Jason” as a fictionalized version of myself)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0THbJgMW6NY&list=RD0THbJgMW6NY (The Doubleclicks - “Cats at Parties” in which I appear as "Right" at 0:04)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RltQgUOEbEI&t=29s (The Doubleclicks - “Wrong About Gender”)

https://www.amazon.com/Fugitive-Views-Reviews-Ken-Ardizzone/dp/1600470327/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1526928985&sr=8-2&keywords=nearenberg (Due to my work as an extra on a couple episodes of the 200 reboot I was contacted by one of the authors and sent them an account of my experiences. I am not an author, but I am adding this link here because of that.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IX6M5hPYUuM&t=10s (My Doubleclicks and Roadrunner parody)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-7mEy8CAeM&t=3s (“Driving in the Rain” as a short film)