And away we go

So the final reason it has been so quiet around here recently, more than the video projects, more than the dog, is that the hard won equilibrium I had found around infertility issues has been lost, and how.

I am not going to go into detail now. The nutshell version is that in January it really started to look like we had conceived the old fashioned way and that was pretty damn incredible. When it turned out not to be the case, I kind of, well.... I hit a bit of wall. And I am not sure what to do about it.

So we are going on vacation tomorrow. We are taking a month off from trying to conceive. No IUI, no timed sex, no conversations about what do we do if. Just vacation in the sun. Well, actually at the moment, it is raining pretty steadily in Kauai, but I think we will manage quite well. Worries and problems are being left in Seattle and will be re-looked at sometime after we get home.

Our first week, our room should have wi-fi access, so we will post a few pictures during the course. Not sure about the 2nd week.

Oh, and speaking of pictures, Todd has a few stills from the Duo shoot posted. I have seen the rough cut of the short and it looks great. I'm excited to get the other chapters shot.

Public Service Announcement

If you have been asking, "Dan, where have you been all month?" I can partly answer you. A video I have been working on is finished and can be found here. I would embed it into the post but that would be the low quality version and you really should see the hi def option (the link for the HD option is just below the video on the right.)

We created this as part of a contest put on by Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center for its new End Colon Cancer Now campaign. The winner will be used as part of the campaign, so we are keeping our fingers crossed.

According to the rules, it will take several days to clear the pre-screening, then the video will be posted here along with the other contestants. 15 finalists are chosen and the winner is announced by March 15th. Though it is a judged competition, comments can be posted about the finalists, so I will be asking all my readers (oh so many of you) to drop a positive comment or three.

I am very pleased with the final product, and I really want to thank everyone who worked on this. Each of you really came through and I am grateful.