Last weekend, we finished shooting The Mustache (I ended up scrapping all but one short scene from the first shoot). Today, my sunburned arms began peeling. Despite the incredible heat, it turned out to be a pretty damn good day for shooting. However, the clouds in the sky kept altering the light levels, which are pretty significant on a video camera. Tomorrow, I'll begin editing proper. Looking over the footage, I'm quite satisfied.

My last day of work at Borders was yesterday. Today was my orientation at Hollywood Video. This is one of the very few stores in the chain that is designated a "library store." As such, it has a selection unrivaled by any other video store I've seen; this includes an impressive selection of foreign (including Hong Kong) films.

For the past two weeks, I've listened to almost nothing but The Coup's "Pick a Bigger Weapon." I don't generally listen to a lot of hip-hop, but that's slowly changing. Especially if there are more out there like Boots Riley and Pam the Funkstress. Riley's verses are witty, lively, and strikingly human; the funk influence sounds brilliant. "ShoYoAss" is an anthem for revolution I can get down with. I picked up their 2001 album, "Party Music," yesterday but haven't listened to it yet.

The Coup's actually playing Salt Lake on the first of July. I'm looking forward to it.