Writers Guild On Strike

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we were in LA today and got to witness the strikes firsthand. good for them.

NaVloPoMo Day 5 y'all. what will it be like on Day 17? will we all be totally burnt?

Retro Desk Re-do

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this is one of my favorite furniture projects yet. took FOREVER. but it was worth it!

cross posted on Ryanne Refinishes too!

Process: The Bathroom

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when jay and i moved into the eco-village apartment, we painted the entire thing. my favorite room is the bathroom. i feel like the bathroom can be a little more experimental when it comes to color than any other room. it's small, it has a bunch of fixtures, you can get bold and not ruin a whole room. it also has a lot of light, so the dark walls don't make it feel like a cave. i had fun with this one. been meaning to post this for 6 months now!

cross-posted on Ryanne Refinishes too!

Ashley's Tattoo: November 19th, 2005

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as you can see this happened almost exactly 2 years ago. yes, it's taken me 2 years to post this. i'm glad NaVloPoMo, National Vlog Posting Month, has given me the motivation to do so. the weird thing about this video? that it was almost exactly 2 years ago AND i'm wearing the exact same shirt as i was on that day.

Rice Mill in Thailand

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today is the first day of november, which is now NaVloPoMo or National Vlog Posting Month which is a riff off of National Blog Posting Month which originated as National Novel Writing Month or NaNoWriMo. so, a bunch of us are posting a video a day for all of november. can we do it? YES. so can you! just start posting today (or tomorrow or the next day or whenever) and join the little ning group so we all know to encourage each other. post anything and everything. think of it not as a month of toil, but a month of FREEDOM!!

i think i'll be pulling things from my archive that i've been meaning to post for a while. this is good motivation for sure!

Ash and I at Amy and Dave's Wedding

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My sister, Ashley, and I went to Amy Mae and Dave's wedding. It was fun, we dressed up, danced and documented.

Burning Man: Day 1

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here are a few moments from our first day at burning man. some more slickster videos are on RyanIsHungry.com. this is the chill version. i'm thinking next year we need a videoblogger camp. yep yep.

Thailand: Week 1

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ok here we are in thailand! been here for more than a week. hard to find good internet and time to edit. we've been shooting a lot of video for Prevent Human Trafficking, so check out their site in the next month or so for more videos.

Cambodia to Vietnam

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more momentshowing. this is how we take pictures. people tell us to upload our photos to flickr, but i never take photos, i guess momentshowing is just our version of photos. cambodia to vietnam. the shot of me frantically and obsessively trying to upload video to the web on an old PC in the internet cafe cracks me up. look at my face! i look crazed! it's true, i must upload or else! now we're in thailand. i'm liking it so far! bangkok is huge, it reminds me of LA.

Cambodian Light Orphanage

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We visited the Cambodian Light Children's Orphanage a few days ago. It was amazing to see how much can happen with so few resources and money in a place like the slums of Phnom Penh. A little bit of money for Westerners can go a really long way in a place like this. The children here just blew me away with their dancing and musical skills. The performance you'll see in the video was just so beautiful. Mr. Pat Noun, the founder of the orphanage, was so welcoming. All the improvements he wants create to help the kids be just a little bit more comfortable while trying to learn was super inspiring.