The Wheel Turns Full Circle (Episode 4 Reflections)

This is the FINAL blog in a 4 part series. This entails the final collaboration Shawn and I had for LBP's noir project and it deals with our meet up and working with The Stunt People of San Francisco. Part 4 of 4.

Before I start on this final one, I just want to thank everyone that I have mentioned or will mention in this blog and the previous ones. I hope you realize that by being as honest as possible (without dwelling into details or going into more personal stories) that I am doing it with respect to the people involved and also showing both the good and bad and everything in between in a respectful manner. I definitely respect all of you and never, EVER, would I say a slanderous thing against anyone here, and irregardless of personal differences in our craft, I will always back any and all of you up in anything. You are all my brothers and I am your brother the same. Without you all and your guidance, advice, critiques, and personal pursuit and passion for the craft, I would not be where I am today. Thank you all, and I hope you all have enjoyed the blogs thus far. =)

So without further ado....

Play Me...

Buy Me...

Workinonit!

Work It Out!

You Know!

THE STUNT PEOPLE OF YE LAND O' SAN FRAN

So who are The Stunt People? Why do they call themselves such? What makes them special to all of this?

Well the The Stunt People are a group of gentlemen originally hailing from Redding, California. Sometime in 2001, Ben Z. Brown, Chelsea Steffensen, and Eric Jacobus all banded together to make videos of themselves doing random stunt based tricks or parkour, and fight scenes. Fight scenes that were mostly taken from all of their love of HK (Hong Kong) martial arts films. As time progressed, and more and more people started noticing their little vids online, more people joined in the area and thus, The Stunt People were formed. Eventually they started creating more far out shorts based on comedy and martial arts and animation, and they even managed to produce their first feature "Immortal". Anyhow, fast forward to 2003 and Eric moves down to San Francisco and opens up shop there. Starts bringing in even more people and attracting other teams to form up to create a new collective of the SP with the addition of the members from Redding. In 2004 they do a short film entitled "Undercut" and in 2006, release their second and much widely known feature, "Contour".

So besides all them credentials, if you want to know more, visit their website at:

http://www.thestuntpeople.com

And to see them in action you can go here:

Eric Jacobus Demo Reel 2008

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXR6ETwfOLI

Dennis Ruel Demo Reel 2008

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQrKJRkhQ9M

Shaun Finney Demo Reel 2007

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-92UOedYgg

So how is this important to me, my career, and upbringing? Well I stumbled upon to Eric's old, old, site of reviews one time while searching up stuff about Jackie Chan and roaming about Project J, which was an OLD site dedicated to all things Jackie Chan from the movies to the people to the stuntmen to the productions/behind the scenes stuff, everything! But yes, so as I read Eric's very detailed reviews about HK films, I found he did some mini fight clip stuff. So with my dial up connection (yes, I had dial up actually until about 2 months ago! 56k ftw), I would take the time to download and await these videos. I ended up watching old shorts like The Civic, Home Quest, Transaction, Hong Kombat, King of Kicks, Teamwork 1 & 2, Champions, Transaction 2, etc. I watched a ton because they kept coming out with so many!

What intrigued me was around that time, I had made the concisous decision in my head to pursue either acting, directing, stunts, or fight choreography. I was in the peak boom of my HK influx, taking just about everything and anything in from the country, and starting to get into the same flow with Japanese films and other European films. Being 14-15 at the time, I was simply immersing myself in every type of film and everything became very influential.

Thus when I stumbled upon The Stunt People, I had heard of Zero Gravity at the time. I had seen Zero Gravity's movies and they were VERY good for being indie people who made fight scenes, but upon researching them, they just seemed too professional. Too much like they wouldn't help some random kid with advice, almost unapproachable. I'm not saying that they were assholes by any means, but it just seemed too much to ask them how to go about doing the same thing.

Except with Eric. You see, because Eric didn't take himself too seriously and though each video had its rough edges and flaws, they progressively would get more entertaining with each one, no matter how weird they could be or how simple. In the end, Eric simply loved to do what he did, and he would share his ever growing knowledge with the people that watched. Thus, the Stunt People forum would be created. I joined in 2002.

So I watched as how many other people, inspired just like Eric was inspired by HK films, would pick up a camera and start making their own films and asking Eric for advice and critique and Eric too, would show his films and ask for the same advice and critique from these people or others who visited. I learned SO much by reading the conversations about film making between these guys and even from randomly asking Eric questions on the forum about how to do stuff. No one ever really was a dick to anyone, and even when people disagreed and debates got heated, they would always be debates. Nothing more, nothing else. In essence, I felt like I finally found a home of sorts and a community that I could take from and really learn and grow from.

Fast forward to 2006, and I finally get the initiative to start filming more consistently with my friends and finally start posting up on the boards. I eventually get better and better as the years go on, thanks to the various advices and critiques I get from the SP board and in 2007, start doing bigger and better things. Come 2008, I have finally decided to work with everyone possible from off the board, and finally, The Stunt People.

That time finally came.

People!

People, the time has come...

Alright!

Say it, say it, say it

My People!

Say it, say it, say it

My People...

TO SAN FRANCISCO OR BUST

So like stated in the previous blogs, we had the grand opportunity to work with Paul, Scott, and Jose from Hyphen Movies, Leo Kei Angelos from Redeemer Productions, Jon Truei from Surprise Terminated Films, and Fernando "Jay" Huerto from Jabronie Pictures.

Thus, the final ones would be The Stunt People in San Fran. Eric said himself and the rest of the members had no money nor time to spare to take flights out, but perhaps if WE flew there, then we would have something.

So we did!

Thus, Shawn and I talked about it, finally decided, and we set our flight to go to SF in June from the 6th - 10th.

Off we went then, to work with people we've respected highly for some time, and me, to work with someone who I've looked up to for a good couple of years, and who've I've definitely respected, and pretty much WAS the reason why Lazy Brown Productions was created. It would be a very fun, hard working, eye opening, and life changing experience. The first of many, but not the last.

Shawn and I left Chicago about 6am or so and we got into Arizona first around 8am and then into SF around 12:30 because of our flight being delayed. Eric picked us up from the airport and off we drove to his house. We discussed random things driving to his place and him telling us some stories about his neighborhood in Oakland. We got to his place, which is really nice and he actually had to go back to his work, so he just left us in his house and told us to go nuts. However, Shawn was much too tired to do anything, so he just went on the comp for a bit and went straight to bed. I proceeded to look around, and tidy up our space so we wouldn't just have our things thrown around everywhere. I went into Eric's kitchen and saw his pile of dishes, to which I felt as being a good guest, cleaned them up for him. I also cleaned his kitchen a bit. In general, I basically tidied up most of the place for Eric hahaha. Not that he was a slob or anything, I'm just weird and helpful like that =P

It was very cool seeing all of the Stunt People memorabilia laying around, and looking at different copies of works and seeing pictures from everything. Eric has a pretty hefty amount of hard drives, to which I can imagine just about everything the SP shot is on each of them. Eric also has just about every old school video game system known to man and it was REALLY impressive to see his collection and all his old games. I ended up playing some XBOX Live until he got home later from work.

Once he was home, we just bummed around and chatted up movies, video games, anything really, and soon enough Ed Kahana came by and we all went out to eat, with me riding in Ed's car and chatting it up with Ed about my passions and pursuits and his work as well. Very awesome to meet Ed in person, as he's a really open and nice guy. Off we went to this Greek Buffet restaurant and Shaun Finney met us up there, and we chatted it up again, with me telling Eric about our ordeals making Ruthless (the John Woo short we did back in 2007). Eventually we all came back to Eric's and Pete Lee came by and we just all had a big awesome bash. We played video games, watched movies, and Matt Lucas from SP as well as Tony Chu from Zero Gravity came along. We all hung out until Matt, Shaun, and Tony left, and Pete, Shawn, Eric, and I just hung out. Eventually everyone else went to bed, and I hung out with Pete for a bit, till I too, fell asleep.

The next day we all woke up and Eric suggested we shoot something. So Eric and Pete brainstormed an idea where Eric should be some type of "bro" who's a big asshole and then gets robbed in house by some bumbling thieves who are pretty klepto and neurotic with taking EVERYTHING, not just the valuable stuff. So we proceeded to shoot on the Canon XL-2 I brought to shoot the noir project with, and I shot everything and in about 4 hours or so we got up to the first section of Shawn vs. Eric (I am supposed to be stuck in the bathroom), which totaled about 30 secs? and in total, we got about 1 minute 15 or so of footage, which wasn't bad at all! Pete left midday to go to work and later on, Shaun and Derek came by, and we shot the beginning of our Team Internet stuff and ended it once it got a bit dark, as we had to go to SF to meet up Ray at the SF State parking garage to shoot the first part of the noir. So for the next 3 days, we would shoot the entire fight scene plus dialouge of the noir, and also finish up the team internet, and some issues would arise...

And they say, don't fall in love

Dont sell yourself, your sure to fall in love

Don't sell yourself

to fall in love

with those things you do...

REALLY, I DON'T WANT ANY TROUBLE

Upon arriving to SF State, we waited for Ray to meet us up as we just messed around and I started prepping people and getting things set up. However, at some point in looking for a location to have the dialouge done, I got the BIGGEST piece of lint EVER in my eye. It was atrocious! It really hurt and when Ray came by, I felt really bad that I was like hi! OW! hi! It was somewhat of an emergency so Ed drove me to his friend's house in the area where I met Erika, Dave, and Ed's other wushu friends. I finally took out the piece of lint through flushing it out and it left my eye horrifically irritated, but ok. I left very embarrassed, as it wasn't really the best way to introduce yourself, let alone when after I did, they would be like oh! Chicago? So YOUR the director from Chicago? haha needless to say, it left me very sheepish. -_-

However, everyone was VERY patient and a very big thanks to Ed, who was so gracious enough to take care of me. Thus, we went on and filmed for about 3 hours, getting the intro to the fight and leading up to Dennis' section (he couldn't make it that day) and we ended up filming blocking sections of it with Shaun in his place and got up to Eric's first section and had him film that. Eric was mostly sleeping because he had been complaining of headaches so we woke him up to do some stuff for like 5-10 min. We called it a night, and upon seeing Ed knocked out in his car (he was up originally filming us for some behind the scenes) we tried to film him being spooked by all the guys bum rushing his car, but Ed woke up just as everyone was creeping around.

We called it a night by going to In and Out burger and chatting it up (I mostly chatted with Derek and Ray, who are also amazing fellows in their own right) and then went back to Eric's to sleep.

The next day, Shaun came by in the morning and Shaun, Eric, Shawn, and I all went to SF State around 3 to meet up Dennis and Ray and we WERE waiting for Derek, who took super long to get there. We ended up waiting about an hour, and then going upstairs to do the dialouge with Eric and everyone else. Troy came out to visit and was very sad he couldn't be a part of any filming as he had a recent knee injury, but he came and hung out for a bit before going to his cousin's birthday party. Derek still took another or so to arrive and we didn't start filming until about 5:30 or so, almost 6, which Eric wasn't very happy about it. I'm not sure what exactly happened, but I think Derek took the wrong bus, or forgot his wallet. One of the two or something. Anyhow, we all got prepped, re did some quick shots, and kept the ball rolling.

If your wondering how amazing it is to be working with the SP, you have to keep in mind that these guys have at the minimum, 2-3 years experience, and at most, 7-8 years experience either making, being in, or doing movies. So working with them was like being with LBP #2. I say that because the synergy of experiences and thought processes were SO in tune with one another, it was like we knew what to say or do without even having to say it. It always felt like we had been working together for some time, and really, I've only felt this coming from working with my own guys because of how long I've known them. Everything moved around like clockwork, and at any point we had to figure out something, because so many people threw out ideas, we found the solution to anything very simple and we just kept going! I mean from filming at 6pm to about 1am, we basically finished the fight, save for like the last 30 seconds or so. Also it was very, very, fun to be working with everyone and it was great to get either tips or suggestions from Eric, Ray, and Dennis. But ESPECIALLY Ray. He really was a wonderful assistant who helped me coach any of the guys or just knew exactly what I was trying to say or perhaps help to explain so. And he did it without even asking! haha hes the best ever. =D We had a run on joke of the night that we more or less weren't talking in english, but in choreography "talk" and he commented on how he found it funny that whenever he was able to find someone who knew who to "talk" to him in fight terms, he would understand and it would all sound like jumbled code, except to the two people talking haha.

Yet we did run into some issues though.

You see, SF State obviously is a protected area, and its for students. So people filming in the parking garage, even though they DO have a film section with film students, you have to get permits, all that BS mumbo jumbo. But the SP have been filming films in that lot for nearly 4 years, so they never had encountered any type of big issue. Yet right around 11pm or so, some RAs that were watching the building came down. They actually were very nice, but basically asked if we had a permit, and cuz we didn't, even though Eric showed his ID and stated he was an alumnus, they were quite persistent about kicking us out. Yet Ray brought up a loophole in their defense and simply stated that we will take full responsibility of our actions, and that we'll say they came down to warn us and we simply didn't leave. The RAs thought about it for some time and eventually relented, giving us 2 hours instead of the 1 they originally said. They came back down, and we didn't try fighting it as much, seeing as how nice it was for them to do so. So we decided we'd leave and simply come back tomorrow. No big, no fuss, though I still felt really bad we couldn't finish it that night.

However, Eric seemed really mad. When asking him what was up, he wasn't very talkative and kept to himself. I wasn't really sure if he was mad persay at the situation, or perhaps that we didn't finish today, or even that he didn't get to do much just yet (I honestly hadn't written him out much to do at first for the day until the end). But I wasn't sure what he was mad at or whom. Of course with me, I over analyze EVERYTHING, so I assumed that perhaps, he was irked at me for whatever reason and I felt bad, as if I had wasted his time. Dennis and Ray asked us to go out and eat, but instead we just declined, because Eric just wanted to go home and we did come in his car. It was sort of an awkward ride home, but Shaun kept things lively and Eric felt bad that he didn't realize earlier that Shawn and I hadnt eaten since morning so we stopped by a store to pick up something small.

I really couldn't shake the thought that I did something really bad to piss off Eric, and I felt really bad. I went outside to walk Shaun to his car, and we ended up talking about everything, and he calmed me down, just saying that Eric was going through some rough times as of late, and perhaps its all stress related. I still felt bad, and became more aware of what I was saying around him, in case that perhaps I said something retardedly stupid (sometimes I do, and don't realize my tone of speech). Anyhow, I ended up talking to Shaun for what felt like 2 hours and it was AMAZING. We talked about our own life experiences, our goals, our dreams, our passions, what we feel about our peers, what we would like to do to improve ourselves, and perhaps one day really do something special with our careers. Right there and then, Shaun Finney became my new favorite person. I mean I've always respected Shaun and enjoyed chatting with him on aim and everything, but really in person, I felt really glad he took the time to sit and chat about everything and anything and I really felt that much more honored to be his peer and his friend.

So I called it a night, and went to bed to awake for the next day. Upon the next day we left early to meet up Dennis, and Derek came by early to shoot our very quick Team Internet bit which Shawn graciously shot while eating his mac and cheese Eric made for him. Then we went to the garage, quickly got some backup shots and finished the fight in case we had trouble. But seeing as we had more time, we did longer extensions of we had shot and Eric asked if he could extend his final section to which I happily agreed, and thus, in about 1 hour time, we finished everything! Ray met us up later, along with Ed, Matt Lucas, and Lucas Okuma with all their friends. Ed's friend had possession of the RED camera, so we all shot some very fun silly stuff and I got to shoot some small exchanges with Matt and Lucas who were both AWESOME and really cool to work with. (Thanks guys!)

We all went to get some Japanese food in SF State and came back to Eric's, where Shaun and I finished our Team Internet fight thanks to the gracious help of Pete shooting it. Shaun gave Shawn and I a ride to Ed's place so we could hang with Ed that night (Also, Ed was going to take us sight seeing around San Francisco and its Chinatown). We ended up getting some good mexican food and came back and chatted into the night. I saw alot of the ninja webisode series Ed has been working on and its looking really amazing. We chatted about our experiences thus far and Ed gave us alot of really cool advice. After Ed went to bed, Shawn and I discussed our opinions about everything for the future, and the experience of the trip thus far. We eventually both went to bed.

The next day we woke up early and Ed drove us to Chinatown after finding the super most slanty road EVER haha. We walked all around Chinatown and took some really cool pics (especially with Ed's 35mm camera) and I climbed some light posts to pose and we ate some great chinese food, looked at bootleg stores, and just overall had a really good time. Ed was really kind to show us around and it was very cool hanging out with him for a day. We had to rush back though to meet up Eric after work to finish up the short we were shooting before it got too dark, and we would've gotten there in time if it wasnt for the CRAZY amount of traffic on the road. Eric was a little impatient, but we apologized and got right to work, even though poor Shawn was uber tired! haha. We ended up shooting as Ed shot photos of us and in about 3 hours time, finished up the last section of Eric's fight with Shawn, along with the ending sequence and my scenes in the bathroom. Originally, Eric was going to wet me with a hose from the outside window and that would prompt me to get angry and run out to fight him, be we all agreed that it would take too long and we would lose too much light. So I was totally ok with cutting myself down to a comedic role (something I haven't done in a while) and that was that! Overall, Eric edited a rough cut of the fight and it came out AWESOME. We both agreed to release different cuts of it and we were all really happy ALL the shooting was finally done hahaha. It was pretty nuts! We had shot 2 little shorts and a dialouge scene + fight all amount to about 10-12 min worth of footage in a week! pretty crazy haha!

Eric took us to a diner of sorts that night and we got some good food and chatted it up yet again, and at night Shawn and I packed up, went to bed for a bit, got back up and had to wake up Eric (hilariously) and off we went to the airport.

We had said our goodbyes, and off we were back to home. Arriving home, we had our epic stories to tell, and yes, my epic editing to do and push out not only Team Internet, but probably my best coordinated work thus far with ALL very highly talented individuals. Everything was done. I finished EVERYTHING and that was blowing my mind. Yet, there was some unfinished business that I had in my head...

Two is not enough...

One won't do it, two is not enough for me no...

Two is not enough...

RECURRING THOUGHTS

So, there still was the issue of that night with Eric. Not that I had came back home saying "oh Eric was crazy! What an asshole!" (hahaha) But you know, I had it in the back of my head. I had mentioned to him that I apologized at first for things happening and that I was sorry at first he didn't have much to do and thanking him for everything and he shrugged it off in good fashion, but I never felt we had the chance to talk about it.

Yet the funny thing was, sometime after our trip and right before I was going to Boston, Eric had im'd me and we chatted it up and caught up as usual (he was very busy doing some other films and prepping for comic con besides working) and eventually that time in SF was brought up. I pretty much just apologized if I had offended him at all, perhaps made him angry, got him disappointed in my actions, something! I apologized and said I felt really bad. He responded by simply saying that everything was just fine, he was VERY happy for us to have come out and been there, but he basically said he reacted strongly the way he did because as of late, his job was making him work even more, he had personal stresses, and recently he just wasn't filming period. He had been working hard writing up "Skyward", the SP's next feature, and he was really trying to push himself as a writer and director, and all of that just led to him being uber stressed, and frankly, needing a much deserved break.

That's why he was very, very, excited to have Shawn and I visit because he had been wanting to work with us for quite a while now (especially Shawn) and he was finally having the chance to film and do what he was so passionate about and loved to do. That's why he was always pushing to film and help out and asked to extend his part. He just wanted to relish the time he had with us as much as he could before it was back to regular, stressful, everyday life. He went on to say that his behavīor, thats just how he can be, and he meant no harm for it. He knows that not everyone responds well from it, but he was being honest and said that isn't really something that is going to change. He knows it can be an issue, but Eric is also a very straightforward and honest and level headed person, so though he may fume, he will never resort to petty means. He will always talk to you in a respectful and equal manner.

So what could I say to this really? I mean I felt SO relieved that he wasn't mad at me haha and I felt much better having that convo with Eric. I really want to go back again at some point or have them visit, but perhaps we'll see what happens next year. We might even all meet up for Micah Moore's newest project, "Beat Down Boogie"!

In the end, I still have all the respect in the world for Eric Jacobus. I mean meeting him in person, you really get to respect his drive and passion for making films and doing whatever he can do as individual and as a team player. He works so damn hard and really has all that self taught experience from life to push and guide him, along with his ever wonderful group of friends around him. I really see that he is a fantastic and wonderful individual and he's really blessed to be with the people he's with and he sure knows it.

Many people since my trip have asked me the same three questions:

How was it working with Eric Jacobus?

Is he THAT fast in real life?

Is he really goofy or serious?

To answer that, I always say working with Eric is fantastic. His knowledge of film techniques and directing and work ethic and personality easily make for one of the easiest individuals to direct, let alone help you to carry a scene or work through a fight scene. YES he is that damn fucking fast in real life, very strong, and he's got no problem making you catch up to his level. And as for his personality, well he's always serious about his work, but ALWAYS has fun doing it. Eric is always smiling, making goofy faces, or making jokes. He's a blast to be around with, and I'm really glad to have met him and learned yet again, so much from him. I truly hope we work together again on Micah's project as I'll have even more to learn from.

Oh! and Eric also showed Shawn and I some stuff from Dogs of Chinatown which looks AWESOME. We saw the fights and they look very cool. I can't wait for the final cuts of them. =D

Dig beneath my skin...

And find out...

What there really is to me...

TO SHOW OUR APPRECIATION FOR YOUR SUPPORT, THANK YOU

First off, here's the Team Internet video we did:

LBP INVADES THE STUNT PEOPLE!

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBlTjjiH-nc

I am truly grateful to Eric for his wonderful hospitality and generosity, to Shaun for being a truly great friend and wonderful companion and screen fighting partner in my comeback fight hahaha, to Ed for his wonderful hospitality as well and giving his time to take Shawn and I around and show us a great time and really give us some great advice for the future, to Ray for being the BEST EVER!!! and being oh so generous and helpful with his knowledge and assisting me and teaching me even more about fight choreography and coordination and direction/coaching, to Dennis for being the silliest and also being SO cool about getting things done right, effectively, and having a blast being on set and goofing around, to Pete Lee for talking me about film, life, and more film! Your knowledge and technique and talks were always really wonderful and yes, you are such a loveable asshole, haha. You are truly great friend, and I can't wait to film again with you!, and finally to DEREK! I haven't talked about Derek much, because well, we didn't get to talk too much sadly, and our fight is so short this time around, but nonetheless Derek was very cool to work with, VERY cool to direct and I know he is very pleased with how the Team Internet and noir fight turned out. Though we didn't talk much, Derek was very awesome and really, there was nothing else to say except don't be so damn late next time!!!! hahahaha.

All in all, I am truly grateful for everyone that I met in SF and the experience as a whole was a wonderful blast. I have so many good memories from there that I can't wait to go back. =D

I know there is obviously one person I missing that I haven't thanked, and seeing as this IS the last blog about this, I shall do it now:

To Shawn Bernal, my traveling buddy, my brother in arms, and my best companion in this business so far (well next to Keith haha)

I want to thank you so much for allowing me the opportunity to make my dreams come true, to be able to expand my range and push not only you and the team and myself, but everyone thus far that I've met and for being supportive and a great companion all along the way. I think we've both learned so much from working together and really by now, you've improved so ridiculously and stayed so humble and generous that I'm grateful you decided to message me off the boards about working together. Now look at us! 1 year from that day and we've worked with about damn near everyone! I can't wait to finish up the noir by the end of the year and finally release it and show off to everyone your already ridiculous growing skills. Keep up the fantastic work brother, and I haven't repeatedly told you before, YES you are that damn good, and YES you will continue to keep growing to be even MORE good than you are now. You'll have your day sir. Don't fret cuz that time is coming soon, I know it. Hopefully i'll be there to see it first hand, but either way, your gonna make it, so don't worry. Your day will come. =D

So that's it folks! All my thoughts and recollections of the saga of working with others. Again, I have hoped you enjoyed reading this and I hope that perhaps people now know how hard it has been trying to get this project done, and how much I enjoy working with these people and how much I have learned in trying to do so. I have learned SO MUCH about myself, my career, my profession, and life. I wouldn't have it any other way. This has all made me so much more aware and I am glad for it doing so.

In the end, I am grateful for the opportunities presented to me and I can only hope that at the end of the day, I can learn and accept my mistakes and continue to push myself as an artist and continue to be passionate about my craft. I thank EVERYONE down to my family, my friends, my peers and brothers, my associates, my supporters, everyone! I wouldn't have and could NOT have done this without you. So Thank YOU.

By the end of the year, all 4 eps should be released and the full movie should be submitting to festivals. Until then, I won't write something relating until I AM done with it.

Thank you all, really. Thank you. I shall be working hard.

Well I should be off to bed. This last blog has taken me about 2-3 days, and many hours to write. I really had to think hard about what I wanted to say, more so than the rest.

Take care everyone, and again, you all are awesome and wonderful. =D

Good night.

Sunlight wakes me...

Just to say

"Let's go to sleep now."

You work early

So for this hour, I'll just look at you...

From Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Mexican.