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## Pages

- [_FRONT_](https://mrcook.net/) - MRCOOK ...sees everything.
- [Eureka Folks](https://mrcook.net/photo-albums/eureka-folks/) - After I left my hometown of Eureka, CA, I was really bad about keeping up with the people who were most important to me. As I got older, I learned to value these connections more and along with it, a realization of how much better it is catching up with people in person. While we're
- [Chicken Movie](https://mrcook.net/old-videos/chicken-movie/) - Raw footage from something I started to make with Summer, Scooter, and James (aka Judy!). Ry makes an appearance just to mess everything up.
- [Pikezilla](https://mrcook.net/old-videos/pikezilla/) - Short behind the scenes look at a couple sleep deprived people building a model of Valencia, CA while listening to Blondie. Making of Feminists Versus Godzilla.
- [Making of Crotch](https://mrcook.net/old-videos/making-of-crotch/) - E & D made a movie called Crotch of the Largeheads using super 8mm film and all the visual effects wonder imaginable. I played the titular character. In this behind the scenes footage, we can see Kevin Vina (my co-star), Jason Wolven, Kimmy Mitchell. Sadly, the footage is in two parts as I apparently recorded
- [The Ramp is Gone](https://mrcook.net/old-videos/the-ramp-is-gone/) - Hanging out at Tod's house after he'd learned that his beloved half pipe had to be torn down. Rough night for him. There to provide no sympathy whatsoever: Chad, Ian, Luta, Ethan, and dude who's name I can't remember.
- [Davis](https://mrcook.net/old-videos/davis/) - Quick tour of Matt's Davis apartment.
- [Stuff](https://mrcook.net/old-videos/stuff/) - A few random things I found on old video tapes. Exciting day! An unfinished project featuring my mom and Mike Bradley:
- [German Lessons](https://mrcook.net/old-videos/german-lessons/) - I "helped" James Brusca and John Yi with an assignment they had for German class. This is the raw footage, not yet covered with soundtrack to bring it together. The only thing more unbelievable than an assignment that featured 90% stock footage was my total lack of German speaking ability.
- [Terror in the Streets II](https://mrcook.net/old-videos/terror-in-the-streets-ii/) - The continuing saga. Which apparently never got finished. Kris Cunningham and Moishe Brenman and Randy Knapp.
- [Trip to the Vet](https://mrcook.net/old-videos/trip-to-the-vet/) - When we first got a VHS camera, we would record anything. Case in point, Ethan recorded my mom and I taking our cats and dog to the vet. You can hear him say, "someday this will be a cherished memory". You know what? Now that my mom (and the pets) are gone, it really is...
- [Letter to Beth](https://mrcook.net/old-videos/letter-to-beth/) - Collection of things I apparently sent to Beth.
- [1st Year CalArts](https://mrcook.net/old-videos/1st-year-calarts/) - My first year at CalArts was like a Summer Camp- filled with people I was close to and never saw again. Finding this footage was a trip.
- [D Sings](https://mrcook.net/old-videos/d-sings/) - This is my most vivid memory of growing up.
- [SF Days](https://mrcook.net/old-videos/sf-days/) - E and D send another video letter.
- [Letter Home](https://mrcook.net/old-videos/letter-home/) - E and D went to CSSSA twice (I didn't get in the year I applied), the second year at CalArts. During that summer, we made video letters to one another. This is what remains of a video I sent them (they taped over it with their response). Just a group watching Coming to America: This
- [People Who Have Died](https://mrcook.net/random-scribbling/people-who-have-died/) - I'm 50 now. It's apparently the age where, when someone sends a message that says, "did you ever know...?" or, "do you remember...?" you can bet the follow-up will not be that they won the lottery or got some sort of Pell Grant. Nope. At this point, I'm learning all about people I once knew
- [Japo From Hell](https://mrcook.net/old-videos/japo-from-hell/) - Surrealist movie about friends and enemies. Starring Dylan Taffe, Kevin Vina, Mike Bradley, and Shana Weyer.
- [Color of Pilgrim](https://mrcook.net/old-videos/color-of-pilgrim/) - Just a regular day hanging out with Ethan and Dylan. Being goofy, making a couple movies: Color of Pilgrim and Eyeball Horror. Mike Bradley and I are there just to witness.
- [Shots and Words](https://mrcook.net/old-videos/shots-and-words/) - A collection of shots around school and words from the LA Times.
- [CalArts Walkthrough](https://mrcook.net/old-videos/calarts-walkthrough/) - Took my camera for a walk through the school during some community day. Tough to watch with all the movement, but this is pretty much what it felt like- checking your mail box, visiting the Animation department and video studio.
- [Old Videos](https://mrcook.net/old-videos/) - Repository for old VHS tapes digitized. VideosLuke Miller the KillerDowntownArron & BethThe HorrorFlotsamTerror in the Streets IIKung FoolsPretensionHallway Hang ’94ChameleonFaustoMasked IntruderEMS DisasterCalArts WalkthroughShots and WordsJapo From HellColor of PilgrimLetter HomeSF DaysD Sings1st Year CalArtsLetter to BethStuffMaking of CrotchTrip to the VetGerman LessonsThe Ramp is GoneDavisPikezillaChicken Movie
- [EMS Disaster](https://mrcook.net/old-videos/ems-disaster/) - My cousin Chelsea and I made this LEGO disaster movie in my parent's front yard. The next door neighbor thought I was "special" seeing me out there playing with toys and making up voices. He wasn't wrong.
- [Masked Intruder](https://mrcook.net/old-videos/masked-intruder/) - Another killer on the loose movie we made late at night when bored. This looks like it was me, Dustin Corea (and his little brother?) and Jame Brusca.
- [Fausto](https://mrcook.net/old-videos/fausto/) - Raw footage from a movie that I never did anything with. I guess the idea was that Fausto would be having a conversation with himself. Seems likely that I just really liked that location, under all the I5/I14 freeway overpasses in front of an old train tunnel.
- [Chameleon](https://mrcook.net/old-videos/chameleon/)
- [Hallway Hang '94](https://mrcook.net/old-videos/hallway-hang-94/) - A long video of mostly floor, recorded in the hallway. Summer, Scoot, Clay, Casey can be heard and then Becky's laugh, but not many faces can be seen.
- [Pretension](https://mrcook.net/old-videos/pretension/) - This may or may not have been for a class. Regardless, the level of pretentiousness is intolerable. I have no memory of who shot this.
- [Kung Fools](https://mrcook.net/old-videos/kung-fools/) - Fred Jackson and Ian Cunningham in a Kung-Fu flick spoof. They would be embarrassed as hell to see this, but not nearly as embarrassed as the guy who performed that racist-assed narration...
- [Flotsam](https://mrcook.net/old-videos/flotsam/) - Weird stuff I shot while trying to learn my camera and editing equipment.
- [The Horror](https://mrcook.net/old-videos/the-horror/)
- [Arron & Beth](https://mrcook.net/old-videos/arron-beth/) - This was the raw footage of version one of what became my application video to CalArts, titled "Chameleon". Beth Wengred and Aaron Sorenson starred. To be honest, I'd completely forgotten that we did this. It would eventually be re-worked and re-shot with Ethan playing the role of the Chameleon. All shot in Sequoia Park. I
- [Downtown](https://mrcook.net/old-videos/downtown/) - One weird night hanging out in downtown Eureka with Rocky Shaw, Jack Mock, Jason Wolven, Dustin Corea, Aaron Sorenson, and Eric Ohlson. Video begins with all of us hanging out at the gazebo, bored and restless. Everything it to dark for the camera to focus. Then we start shooting a short film about convincing Dustin
- [Luke Miller the Killer](https://mrcook.net/old-videos/luke-miller-the-killer/)
- [Let's Make an Office](https://mrcook.net/photo-albums/lets-make-an-office/) - It's been over three years (scratch that. It was three years when I started this project, now five while nearing completion) since I've been working from home. It was a hasty period back in March, 2020 when I lugged all my office equipment to my house. While planning where to setup my office, I decided
- [Let's Build a Pool](https://mrcook.net/photo-albums/lets-build-a-pool/) - Phase one: 2021 Through a fortuitous set of events, we were able to purchase the empty lot next to ours. It gave me the idea to put up and above ground pool as we've always wanted to have some water to cool off in when the LA heatwaves make going outside otherwise unbearable. I found
- [Skylife](https://mrcook.net/skylife/)
- [Dragonfly](https://mrcook.net/emmt_swank/videos/club-and-date-unknown/) - Show wearing fancy shirts at Dragonfly (unsure of date)
- [Spaceland 07/20/98](https://mrcook.net/emmt_swank/videos/spaceland-07-20-98/) - Spaceland 07/20/98
- [Summer Stuff](https://mrcook.net/emmt_swank/videos/summer-stuff/)
- [Anti-Club 05/01/97](https://mrcook.net/emmt_swank/videos/anti-club/) - Anti-Club
- [Martini Lounge 99](https://mrcook.net/emmt_swank/videos/martini-lounge-99/) - Martini Lounge 99
- [Mom's Cafe - Early Swank](https://mrcook.net/emmt_swank/videos/moms-cafe-early-swank/) - Early Emm't Swank (with Mark Sikes) playing at Mom's Cafe (CalArts)
- [Recording at Sublime](https://mrcook.net/emmt_swank/videos/recording-at-sublime/) - Footage from Sublime Studios in West Hollywood, recording their eponymous album.
- [Spaceland 08/18/98](https://mrcook.net/emmt_swank/videos/spaceland-08-18-98/) - Spaceland 08/18/98
- [Martini Lounge 08/06/98](https://mrcook.net/emmt_swank/videos/martini-lounge-08-06-98/) - Martini_Lounge_080698
- [Videos](https://mrcook.net/emmt_swank/videos/) - Links to individual videos will go here Anti-Club 05/01/97 Dragonfly Early Swank Martini Lounge 08/06/98 Martini Lounge 99 Mom's Cafe - Early Swank Poppy Peak - 4th of July 1997 Poppy Peak - Halloween Recording at Sublime Spaceland 07/20/98 Spaceland 08/18/98 Summer Stuff
- [Poppy Peak - Halloween](https://mrcook.net/emmt_swank/videos/poppy-peak-halloween/) - The following video was recorded by Bob Wallace during a Halloween party on the roof of the garage at Poppy Peak. First video features: Socket Mouth Overpopulation My Lover's Gay Red Devil Son Second video features: Embankment
- [Poppy Peak - 4th of July 1997](https://mrcook.net/emmt_swank/videos/poppy-peak-4th-of-july-1997/) - An early show at a private residence atop a hill near Eagle Rock.
- [Early Swank](https://mrcook.net/emmt_swank/videos/early-swank/) - Summer, Mark Sikes, Andy, and Kaley being artistic. Also an early Swank show.
- [Day 19 (Tuesday) Germany](https://mrcook.net/travel/europe-trip-2024/day-19-tuesday/) - Gengenbach, Germany to Frankfurt, Germany Woke a little later, downstairs for breakfast (much more crowded this time, since we were later). Discovered that someone brought their cute Samoyed to work! Decided to check our luggage at the airport when we pass through Frankfurt to avoid needing to lug it around and leave it in the
- [Day 18 (Monday) Germany](https://mrcook.net/travel/europe-trip-2024/day-18-monday/) - Gengenbach, Germany Woke up early (for Vix), ate breakfast at the hotel. Went back upstairs to prepare for a long day at the amusement park -Europa Park Drove the 40 minutes or so south to the town of Rust, which is where we'd had dinner the night before. The signs to get to parking were
- [Day 03 (Sunday) Germany to Czechia](https://mrcook.net/travel/europe-trip-2024/day-03-sunday/) - Munich, Germany to Prague, Czechia Woke early to pack, then downstairs for breakfast (turned on the tv to see that someone tried to assassinate ex-president Trump the day before). None of us ate much. Nerves and jet lag persist. Met our taxi driver, Nivan, who was dressed stylishly and drove a 7 series BMW. Our
- [Day 02 (Saturday) Germany](https://mrcook.net/travel/europe-trip-2024/day-02-saturday/) - Munich, Germany Sylvia and I walked to a bank to try to withdrawn money only to discover the 5 minute walk was actually taking us to a different bank that was ~25 minutes walk each way. And was closed when we got there. Walked back and met Vix in the lobby. Had the breakfast buffet
- [Day 01 (Friday) Germany](https://mrcook.net/travel/europe-trip-2024/day-01-friday/) - Los Angeles to Munich, Germany The journey started the same way it ended: with a ride to the airport in our minivan, courtesy of our friend, Gary. We had some time to kill, so grabbed some food and generally just hanging out. Vix ate a salad. Consider this the first OF MANY pictures of our
- [Day 14 (Thursday) Croatia to Austria](https://mrcook.net/travel/europe-trip-2024/day-14-thursday/) - Rovinj, Croatia to Heiligenblut, Austria Got up early and finished packing, then off to the Adriatic Hotel for breakfast again. Same waiter (from Bosnia). Walked back to the hotel and got to the door just as our golf cart ride arrived. Loaded up the luggage and rolled through the largely empty 8am streets in the
- [Day 15 (Friday) Austria to Germany](https://mrcook.net/travel/europe-trip-2024/day-15-friday/) - Heiligenblut, Austria to Salzburg, Austria to Munich, Germany Woke up to the chill of the alpine air (having left the window wide to provide air flow in our a/c-less room. As hort segue to discuss the type of windows we see often in the places we've been in Europe. We first encountered them in the
- [Day 16 (Saturday) Germany](https://mrcook.net/travel/europe-trip-2024/day-16-saturday/) - Munich to Frankfurt to Gengenbach, Germany (RECONNECT WITH VIX!!!) Vix and the rest of the camp had to wake up at 4:30am to get on the bus back to Munich. Woke up and started to organize a bit before our flight later in the day.Went downstairs to eat breakfast and weren’t there very long before
- [Day 17 (Sunday) Germany](https://mrcook.net/travel/europe-trip-2024/day-17-sunday/) - Gengenbach, Germany After some research, we decided to only throw a few laundry items into the on-site service- enough to get through the flight home. It’s pretty expensive, but we won’t burn our precious time here at a laundromat. Sylvia took the bag down to the lobby and it should be ready after our trip
- [Europe Trip 2024](https://mrcook.net/travel/europe-trip-2024/) - It had been nearly a decade since we have been overseas. Despite loving to travel, life complications have seemed insurmountable. Work, school, global pandemic, dog, etc... However, Vix had expressed interest in attending a German language camp over the Summer and that became the impetus for us all to renew those passports, pack up, and
- [Day 04 (Monday) Czechia](https://mrcook.net/travel/europe-trip-2024/day-04-monday/) - Prague, Czechia Breakfast at hotel was all delicious. European hotel breakfasts are delightful. Creamy scrambled eggs and light, flaky croissants never fail to inspire. Walked around Prague. It was hot and humid, but we saw a lot: Passed by the New Town Hall, David Cerny's rotating Kafka kinetic sculpture (which was not moving when we
- [Day 13 (Wednesday) Croatia](https://mrcook.net/travel/europe-trip-2024/day-13-wednesday/) - Rovinj, Croatia Woke early after a very sleepless night (thanks cappuccinos!). Walking through the streets of Rovinj is a trip because the streets, which are regularly packed with tourists, are empty and so quiet. Walked down to the hotel our hotel has a deal with for breakfast (Adriatic Hotel). Had way too much food. Fruits
- [Day 12 (Tuesday) Croatia](https://mrcook.net/travel/europe-trip-2024/day-12-tuesday/) - Cetingrad, Croatia to Rovinj, Croatia Said goodbye to Maja after packing up, and gave Rocco (i.e. "Rocky"), the little one-eyed dog of the compound, goodbye scritches before hitting the road. In-auspicious start to our long drive: the "you need to add more oil" light came on in our rental car. Drove really bad twisty turny
- [Day 11 (Monday) Croatia](https://mrcook.net/travel/europe-trip-2024/day-11-monday/) - Cetingrad, Croatia Got up early and noshed a little bread with butter and jam and some instant coffee before heading out to Plitvički Ljeskovac (Plitvice Lakes). We timed our journey to hit a market along the way that would be opening at 6:30 so we could pick up some much needed sunscreen. Seems like every
- [Day 10 (Sunday) Austria to Slovenia to Croatia](https://mrcook.net/travel/europe-trip-2024/day-10-sunday/) - Klagenfurt, Austria to Ljubljana, Slovenia to Cetingrad, Croatia Woke up early (before 7) to grab an early breakfast at the hotel.Off to Ljubljana, Slovenia (country #6). After a small bit of confusion about where the border crossing actually was, of course... Parked near Dragon Bridge and walked around in the tourist areas while they weren’t
- [Day 09 (Saturday) Austria](https://mrcook.net/travel/europe-trip-2024/day-09-saturday/) - Klagenfurt, Austria Had breakfast at the hotel. Used an espresso cup for a cappuccino. Similar spread as we’ve seen elsewhere- all very good, but less “upscale” due to volume. This is a big place. Looks to be a summer vacation destination for European families. That said, despite the large number of families, the actual volume
- [Day 08 (Friday) Austria to Hungary (and back)](https://mrcook.net/travel/europe-trip-2024/day-08-friday/) - Vienna to Sopron, Hungary to Gräz, Austria to Klagenfurt Austria Met up with Attila at breakfast in the hotel. Discovered Attila’s phone is out of data as he was sending us pictures without attaching to the hotel’s wifi. Hopefully he won’t have any problems on the way back to Budapest because he won’t be able
- [Day 07 (Thursday) Austria](https://mrcook.net/travel/europe-trip-2024/day-07-thursday/) - Vienna, Austria with Attila! Breakfast at the hotel. Planning to go for a walk around the south side of the city center, hitting sightseeing locals: Karlsplatz, Secession Museum, and Rathauplatz Tried to pick up Attila, but his train was delayed, so we went back to the hotel and immediately heard from him that he was
- [Day 06 (Wednesday) Czechia to Slovakia to Austria](https://mrcook.net/travel/europe-trip-2024/day-06-wednesday/) - Prague, Czechia to Bratislava, Slovakia to Vienna, Austria Woke up early and packed Breakfast at the hotel once again. Once again delicious. We'd become hooked on automated cappuccino machines. Hit the road- next stop Bratslava, Slovakia! Noticed in Slovakia and Slovenia: Even when listening to Spotify, the local news breaks in for announcements on the
- [Day 05 (Tuesday) Czechia](https://mrcook.net/travel/europe-trip-2024/day-05-tuesday/) - Prague, Czechia Another hotel breakfast. Many of the same people were eating at the same time. They have a juice they call “multivitamin” which we also encountered in Munich which tastes similar to POG. Since we did get a chance to make reservations to have a drink at the top pf the Dancing House (the
- [Day 20 (Wednesday) Germany to LA](https://mrcook.net/travel/europe-trip-2024/day-19-wednesday/) - Frankfurt, Germany to Los Angeles! Woke around 7 in the hopes that we could be on the road by ~7:45. It was after 8, unfortunately.Stopped by a post box on the walk to the parking garage.Stopped at a gas station to fill the tank before returning the car.Returned the car and had to take a
- [Travel](https://mrcook.net/travel/) - Placeholder collection of travelogs. Europe Trip 2024 Day 01 (Friday) Germany Day 02 (Saturday) Germany Day 03 (Sunday) Germany to Czechia Day 04 (Monday) Czechia Day 05 (Tuesday) Czechia Day 06 (Wednesday) Czechia to Slovakia to Austria Day 07 (Thursday) Austria Day 08 (Friday) Austria to Hungary (and back) Day 09 (Saturday) Austria Day 10 (Sunday) Austria to
- [That Damn Sumac](https://mrcook.net/photo-albums/that-damn-sumac/) - Back in 2020, due to a rare confluence of finance foresight and an uncertain global economy due to an impending pandemic, we were able to purchase the empty lot next to our house. I said empty, but there were two features on the steep incline. 1) a pine tree that we nearly killed when a
- [Age of the Hits](https://mrcook.net/random-scribbling/age-of-the-hits/) - The 1980's was undeniably a weird decade for music. It was marked by the music video era, when MTV became the dominate force in what (America at least) was listening to. Video created the radio star. There has been plenty of thoughtful insights surrounding how much looks of certain artists may have contributed to their
- [Scoot's Show](https://mrcook.net/photo-albums/scoots-show/) - September 2nd, Oceanside, CA. "Outside the Mall" show for Mr. Mark Scooter Chamness. Excellent time had by all.
- [September Get Together](https://mrcook.net/photo-albums/september-get-together/) - We never need a reason to hang out and see one another, but sometimes the stars align and doing so just makes sense. In this particular case, we had two out of towners in town. John Flinn in from Portland and Becky Gessert visiting from D.C. To extend our time together, Mark & Rex (who
- [A Typical Night](https://mrcook.net/random-scribbling/a-typical-night/) - Me: "Go to bed." Child: "Nein." (they are learning German) Me: "I'm going to be waking you up bright and early tomorrow." Child: "What?" Me: "Yeah. Remember? We're going to jog on the beach, then do a hula hoop competition, then the hot dog eating contest, then the limbo…" Child (dismissively): "Goodnight, dad"
- [The Intruder](https://mrcook.net/random-scribbling/the-intruder/) - When I was fourteen or fifteen, at an age of "any expression of individuality goes", I was living a barren existence. My mom had been pestering me to clean my room, so one angsty Saturday, I move everything I owned into the small crawlspace that extended along the unfinished section of our house, accessible through
- [I Against I](https://mrcook.net/random-scribbling/i-against-i/) - It is the two of us, together. We go to all the same places, inseparable. My animal and my mind. The two sides of what is me. There is no choice in the matter, foreigners joined by fate. Handcuffed together and making a run for it. Like any good drama, each are complicated characters with
- [No Vinyl](https://mrcook.net/random-scribbling/no-vinyl/) - As a person who both has a problem with collecting vinyl records and who formed his musical tastes in an era where vinyl records fell out of favor (the mid-90's), I'm always disappointed to come across albums I adore that have never been released on vinyl. For no other reason that to document my own
- [Random Scribbling](https://mrcook.net/random-scribbling/) - Collection page for all the random thoughts put to the written word. Nothing categorized in any particular order. A Typical Night Age of the Hits I Against I No Vinyl People Who Have Died The Intruder
- [Random Images](https://mrcook.net/emmt_swank/random-images/)
- [Visuals](https://mrcook.net/visuals/) - A collection of things I created in the past that have no real place in this world, so they go here. Client’s Bitch Desultory Creations Life on the Homefront
- [Photo Albums](https://mrcook.net/photo-albums/) - A small collection of photo albums chronicling various events. Several of these were migrated from an older web site I neglected to maintain. Brunchocalypse Eureka Folks Feb Birthdays ’04 July 3rd ’05(?) Let’s Build a Deck Let’s Build a House Let’s Build a Pool Let’s Install a Hot Tub Let’s Make an Office Megan at
- [Life on the Homefront](https://mrcook.net/visuals/life-on-the-homefront/) - A very short-lived comic I did for no good reason. In that first one, I didn't even bother to look up what a reasonable cholesterol level was (or how to spell it correctly...) and I just lucked into something in the 'high' range.
- [Let's Build a Deck](https://mrcook.net/photo-albums/lets-build-a-deck/) - In 2010, a couple years after finishing the house, we decided that it was too difficult to get down into our backyard and that one solution would be to build a deck. So we worked with our structural engineer to design something that would hold a lot of people (it's calculated to support 150lbs per
- [Let's Build a House](https://mrcook.net/photo-albums/house-construction/) - Below is a collection of photos from when we built our house. It was disastrous at times, but well worth the three years of stress and anxiety. These photos will be out of order, but chronicle going from empty lot to moving in. There are people in these images I would not hesitate to punch
- [Let's Install a Hot Tub](https://mrcook.net/photo-albums/lets-install-a-hot-tub/) - Through a long series of events, we were given a hot tub. The only catch(es) were that we had to figure out where to put it and we had to go get it. So I started planning a location for it and built a mini deck that mimicked the design of our main deck. Then
- [Sunset Commercial](https://mrcook.net/photo-albums/sunset-commercial/) - As part of the marketing campaign for a game I was Creative Director of, I was asked by a friend from the agency making a commercial if I would play a role in it. As I'd be playing myself, I figured I couldn't screw it up too bad. Foolish mortal. It was an incredible experience
- [Brunchocalypse](https://mrcook.net/photo-albums/brunchocalypse/) - We hosted a brunch at our house in May of 2018 and used a photobooth app we had acquired for Ruby's birthday a few months earlier. As you can see, this was the age where kids 'dabbed' all the damn time. These will definitely be shown at her wedding for maximum embarrassment factor.
- [NYE 2009](https://mrcook.net/photo-albums/nye-2009/) - With our house finally complete and its intended use to be a clubhouse for friends, we hosted a New Year's Eve/Hat making party to ring in 2009. At the time, we had just found out that Sylvia was pregnant, but it was too early to tell anyone. She told people that she had a sore
- [Swank in the Studio](https://mrcook.net/photo-albums/swank-in-the-studio/) - Back in the last century, Emm't Swank was gifted some studio time and set about recording their demo album in a couple days.
- [Post Pan](https://mrcook.net/photo-albums/post-pan/) - Back when Sylvia and I lived in our beloved Hollywood apartment, several friends came by so we could all walk up to the Arclight theater to show Becky's daughter, Keeli, the then recently released Peter Pan movie. It was awful.
- [Megan at the Marmont](https://mrcook.net/photo-albums/megan-at-the-marmont/) - One of the best people in the world had a birthday. It may have been her 30th? My memory for these things is bad to start with, then the creating date for these pictures are of dubious value. May have been 2004? Anyway, the potato quality of these pics is a result of having been
- [July 3rd '05(?)](https://mrcook.net/photo-albums/july-3rd-05/) - A gathering out in Thousand Oaks to celebrate Clay Morrow's birthday. There were lots of babies running around, as was all the rage.
- [Desultory Creations](https://mrcook.net/visuals/desultory-creations/) - Below are a few things I rediscovered on an old hard drive. I believe I originally created them for a blog I had in the savage days.
- [Client's Bitch](https://mrcook.net/visuals/clients-bitch/) - Dating back to the start of the 21st century, my friend, Albert C. Braun and I started entertaining each other with clip art comics poking fun at corporate life. I have long forgotten who did what, so just assume anything funny is Albert's and anything purulent is me.
- [New Years 2007](https://mrcook.net/photo-albums/new-years-2007/) - What turned out to be one of the last big parties with a large contingent of CalArts friends, Cody Cameron hosted a New Years party at his house near the Silver Lake reservoir. As was tradition at that time, several of us met up for breakfast the next day at the Farmer's Market. I had
- [Feb Birthdays '04](https://mrcook.net/photo-albums/feb-birthdays-04/) - For whatever reason, we are surrounded by people with February birthdays. It gets crazy celebrating everyone, so one year we held a single event to celebrate Sylvia's (Feb 3rd), Scooter's (Feb 14th), and mine (Feb 17th). Megan Graham graciously hosted. I paid her back by photoshopping her cat's head onto her body as seen in
- [Emm't Swank](https://mrcook.net/emmt_swank/) - Emm't Swank Bio Emm’t Swank Bio Emm’t Swank is: Summer Seay – vocals Andy Hopper – guitar Kaley Copeland – keyboards Cody Cameron – bass Marcus Smith – drums Rolling Stone Magazine called them L.A.’s “angry pop stars” in its annual Best of the Best issue. Fans have packed clubs from San Diego to San
- [Set Lists](https://mrcook.net/emmt_swank/set-lists/)
- [Lyric Sheets](https://mrcook.net/emmt_swank/lyric-sheets/)
- [Clippings](https://mrcook.net/emmt_swank/clippings/)
- [Fliers](https://mrcook.net/emmt_swank/fliers/)