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Chris and I are doing better and better up here. Nothing really new to announce, except I thought I would do an update so you can know what is going down with me and my lady. The Olympics came and went and were were luck enough to go see the torch pass. After the events started we went to the Ice Sculpting Competition that was held in Provo and was free. Unfortunately most of the ice sculptures had already melted a great deal (they had record heat that day). But it was cool to be part and see the awards. The semester recently ended and somehow I pulled off a "B" in Old Testament when I was only asking God for a "C." And man was I asking Him. The new semester has started and I am enjoying my classes. In my film history class I get paid to be the projectionist and in my Advanced Narrative class I am one of two students so it is very casual. I am planning on shooting Prometheus Unbound (My first major production as well as my first color and sound film.) some time this summer. I just rewrote the script and think that it is approaching as "good as it is going to get." I am still working at the Mad Lab and will be a TA this fall for a Narrative Analysis class. Chris is still working from home for Sequoia but she is planning to get an new job by the end of the summer. She is also finishing up those pesky few credits that she needs to graduate through Rio Salado. We were just called to teach Valiant 9 class and we are pretty stoked for that. We have joined a "Intellectual Society" (as one member called it) or a brainstorming group that meets once a week. There we present our ideas and get feedback and suggestions from the group. The group is lead by Brandon Dayton (McTeage) and one of the attendants is his older brother Cameron who married Dixie Shumway a week before Chris and I (they just announced that they are pregnant). It is a pretty sweet meeting to attend and I learn a lot. If I ever (or maybe I should say, "when") I live in Mesa again I am going to try to organize something similar with Craab (if you are interested). It is very inspiring and great creative exercise. In fact a majority of the "society" (which has remained unnamed despite efforts to give it a name) is made up a group very similar to Craab. Only younger (most are fresh from the missions) and where we have more of a artistic/adventure inclination they have more of a musical inclination (not to say they do not have elements of artistic/adventure and we do not have music. When they are together they just pass around the guitar-or "Stick"-and sing songs. It's pretty cool.). Anyway one last anecdote and I am done. My friend Ryan Arvay just got married in the SLC temple, and since he is a convert and his parents could not attend the temple ceremony he asked me to be one of the witnesses. No one else was invited (not even Chris) to honor that Ryan's family could not attend. It was just me, Ryan, his wife Zera, her Step-Dad (who was the other witness) her mom, and the Sealer in a sealing room. It was a beautiful experience and a great honor to be able to be a witness to it. The Salt Lake Temple is so beautiful. Anyway there it is our recent lives all wrapped up nicely in one post.

Kohl

PS. Chris and I want you to come up and visit us.

I just finished editing a 30 min project for the BYU law department. It took me 60 hours to do in the space of 5 days. It was grulling. It was suppose to be a 40 hour project but it keept on growing. Luckily it was a paid project and with these monies I have recived for my services I will travel with my wife Chris to Mesa this Thursday and stay untill Monday. And then I will go to the Comicon and then I will shoot my movie. But just so you know we will be in Mesa this Friday, Sat, and Sun.

6 of 7 of the actors were perfect. I couldn't have asked for more.

Today Chris is appearing in her first student film (except the one shot in my film in which she stood in for IO). A few girls in the film program asked her to be in their film. I haven't read the script but it is about a grown brother and sister (Chris) having a conversation in a car. Maybe I should read the script. Anyway it has been kinda weird and amusing since I am not doing anything on the film. It is like our roles have been reversed. I am friends with all the girls, I often talk Smallville with the director, and I think the girl who wrote it is a pretty good writer (except now I am trying to remember what I have read of her's) but they asked Chris to be in it without asking me if she was an actress, if she would want to, when she was available, and stuff. Not that they should have. They all thought it was funny that I came home from school and Chris told me she was going to be in a movie. Usually I am more up on these things. I was going to pretend to be mad but one of the girls caught me off guard when she asked what I thought of it and I had to tell her the truth, that I thought it was cool. Ever since her unemployment Chris has been a little listless. I think getting out and interacting with someone other than me and my puppets is good for her. Plus I think she will do a bang up job. I don't think I will ever cast her in one of my own films however. I don't think directing your own wife is a wholesome practice, but maybe I will change my mind in the future.

As for the rest of you. I will extend the promise that I gave to Alison, that you are welcome to be an extra in any of my films that call for extras.