October 19, 2008
Worked all morning on script answers for the documentary I'm taping tomorrow in Santa Fe. Leaving for Sky Harbor in about a half hour.

Also working on a big, ambitious set piece painting of El Kid. Hit a final hurdle this morning on the stagecoach (the scene's got a sweeping Pinocchio type pan establishing shot). Way overproduced. Been working on it for about a week. Ridiculous, of course, but I don't know how to work any other way.

Yesterday, Kathy and I drove into The Beast and attended Gail Peterson's wedding. Very nice, in an old Lutheran Church in the downtown Phoenix area (1104 N. 3rd Street). Really reminded me of Iowa and the old stone churches there. The only thing different is they actually clapped at the climax of the wedding service. I kind of winced. My Norwegian kin would have frowned on that. Ha.

"Patience has its limits. Take it too far, and it's cowardice."
—George Jackson