July 28, 1996...A Decade Later.

It's hard to believe it's now been 10 years, a whole decade, since the night my life changed forever.

For a time back then I thought I was finished. That I'd go back to Albany, N.Y. and be done...with everything. Since then I've achieved so much. A lot more than I could have ever imagined coming away from life in Baltimore. I live in LA, I work in the film industry, and have achieved the level of success I set my sights on since first picking up that Newsweek magazine and reading an article about Avid and digital editing.....and there's more to come.

In that time I've cut:

- 4 feature films starring the likes of Sean Astin, Bruce Campbell, and Morgan Fairchild

- promos and trailers for both Showtime and HBO in New York City

- trailers for a number of independent features

- numorous film and television promos, a music video, and DVD supplemental material for 5 major films, all studio projects in Los Angeles

- plus cutting a series of film montages for 2 of the Hollywood Bowl's "Big Picture" performances

Tonight, Crystal and I will be heading out for an anniversary dinner where I'll not only reflect on what happened 10 years ago, but also celebrate what I've accomplished in my career to this point. Certainly not a downer evening, just marking an important and major milestone.