Heat wave!

Wow, it is sooooooooooooooooo hot here in LA! For the first time in the year that we've lived here in Hollywood, we've had to turn on our air conditioning! The heat made this weekend semi-miserable because I was working thursday through sunday. I did a short zombie horror movie in Burbank(the valley gets even hotter then Hollywood) in a tiny little apartment. but I soon got acclimated to the heat and sweat and it was fine.
Then, Sunday, I did pick-up shots with Nicola for that USC thesis i shot back in Feb or March. We were out in San Gabriel(even further inland and hotter!) and the entire neighborhood was blacked out. So we drive to 2 Home depots(the first one was out of gennies cuz the blackouts) to rent 2 small gennies to run our lights. The power came back on, thank goodness, so we were able to use house power after only 2 shots.
Anyways, I just got an email from Karen Holmes, my favorite teacher at SFSU, because I had heard she was retiring!!! In her email she explained what the situation and the good news is that she WILL continue teaching, just not in the same way... much to my relief. She also sent me a really cool picture that I'd like to share.



PhillM tip-of-the-day:
I have gotten in many disputes with people over this, but, trust me, I am right, I have seen it and I have had the experts tell me- HMIs WILL flicker if they are not run on a quartz-synced putt-putt generator that can maintain 60 Hz. Believe me, it is devastating to find out your shots are unusable because of HMI flicker. The good news- all modern Honda putt-putts are quartz-synced.