Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy hired me to produce a video that leverages its unique winter term offerings to attract new high school students to an upcoming Open House.

All of the photos were taken by CHCA students and teachers on previous winter term trips, and the music (”One Big Holiday”, by My Morning Jacket) was produced under the Creative Commons license and distributed on The Wired CD.

He’s actually a Republican who owes the State of Ohio almost $1200 in back taxes. He doesn’t have a plumbing license, and his vote might not even count because his name is spelled wrong in voter registration records.

Oh, and his name is actually Sam.

[original photo]

it’s getting really hard to stay quiet, cause i don’t have much else to say.

Here we go again:

1. A student decides not to sleep during his class trip, depleting his energy and exhausting his body.
2. His parent sees that he’s tired and lets him skip an important commitment the next day, choosing not to communicate with me (the organizer) about the absence.
3. I email the parent afterward to see what happened and to communicate my concern about the child’s commitment level for future engagements.
4. The parent responds with this lovely passive-aggressive introduction:
   

   “I have been quite bothered by the tone of your email …”

5. I briefly wonder how I managed to write an email with “tone”, then subsequently connect the dots between the student’s behavior and the parent’s behavior. Coincidence?
6. I laugh.