Timeline 2009
created 03-02-16 @ 2:01
2009
Beulah, MI
01/03
massive life - not sure how to finish Almonds with After Effects
massive life - talk of Lauren moving to NYC?
01/08
massive life - obstacles to production services to performers are two disgruntled clients
01/11
massive life - thoughts on Grizzly Man
1/17 - 1/18
Transit - Prospect Heights, NY to Beulah, MI
Beulah, MI
1/26
Transit - Beulah, MI to Prospect Heights, NY
Exit 69 Big Beaver
Prospect Heights
01/29
email - Kathleen Hahn
email - from Fab, wants $20 a month for DSL
01/30
email - Craigslist posted generator (didn't sell)
email - to Faisal, super busy after Michigan
02/10
ondesire.com •http://ondesire.com/2009/02/10/aloha/ intro page to ondesire
Move a tiny island and call it a boat. Wrap a world with water and call it an island. Sprout a colossal starship from rock and sunshine and call it Earth.
02/16
massive life - performance and Kathleen
02/20
massive life - plan for Almonds to festivals
massive life - still own Gitzo Explorer tripod and many drives, Honda Odyssey
massive life - description of test shots including DOG, Peenumunde, Colors (MLK, Malcolm)
02/26
ondesire.com •http://ondesire.com/2009/02/26/alternates-to-flying-2/
03/02
email - to/from Kathleen Hahn
Beulah, MI
03/06
NY to Beulah
NJ Turnpike
03/07
email - Jonathan writing a script
email - to lads, meet at artist house for unpacking (toasters?)
03/08
email - regarding V2 model on turbosquid
email - To Marion, pictures of Crystal Lake
03/09
email - to Luke fellowship
03/10
email - from Kathleen Hahn, post phone call
03/13
email - toaster collection arriving tomorrow
03/14
ondesire.com •http://ondesire.com/2009/03/14/update/
[snip] This is just a little something to let you know I am still down with it and working to find a way.
03/15
email - to from garden, getting ugly
03/30
•http://ondesire.com/2009/03/30/welcome-to-version-01/
launch ondesire.com blog in stealth mode
04/01
ondesire.com - •http://ondesire.com/2009/04/01/dans-plan/
selling equipment
ondesire.com - several posts about gear to take with, scuba, camping, production, music
gas-Pilot, Mill Hall PA
04/02
trying to find a boat
Prospect Heights
04/06
email - to/from me, pricing Vixia
04/07
ondesire.com - •http://ondesire.com/2009/04/07/astoria-virgin/, shot Astoria virgin at Faisal's house
04/08
email - selling EOS 20D package
04/14
email - to/from Kathleen Hahn
04/25
massive life - ambitious visualizing, good connection with Jon
04/26
massive life - asking and receiving
ondesire,com - •http://ondesire.com/2009/04/26/schedule/
projected schedule for ondesire.com
04/27
ondesire.com - •http://ondesire.com/2009/04/27/plan-and-publish/
ondesire.com - •http://ondesire.com/2009/04/27/travel/
ondesire.com - •http://ondesire.com/2009/04/27/research/
ondesire.com - •http://ondesire.com/2009/04/27/movie/
ondesire.com - •http://ondesire.com/2009/04/27/vision-2/
ondesire.com - •http://ondesire.com/2009/04/27/health/
ondesire.com - •http://ondesire.com/2009/04/27/trek/
ondesire.com - •http://ondesire.com/2009/04/27/dive/
04/28
ondesire.com - •http://ondesire.com/2009/04/28/plans/
talking about faisal and I inventing visualization movies
ondesire.com - •http://ondesire.com/2009/04/28/vision-version-01/
04/29
ondesire.com - •http://ondesire.com/2009/04/29/dans-to-do-historic/
have one film released, that film is Almonds
ondesire.com -•http://ondesire.com/2009/04/29/vision-version-011/
pragmatic application of secret and bleep
ondesire.com - •http://ondesire.com/2009/04/29/268/
drew knapp at university of hawaii
04/30
massive life - further thoughts on Laura and the collapse of the family feeling, about the same as the podcast version. subletting or getting out permanent, feeling judged and dissed
ondesire.com - •http://ondesire.com/2009/04/30/nvc/
nvc video with Marshall Rosenberg
ondesire.com - •http://ondesire.com/2009/04/30/projects-are-self-education/
05/01
ondesire.com - •http://ondesire.com/2009/05/01/movie-strategy/
Rethinking Afghanistan
05/02
ondesire.com - •http://ondesire.com/2009/05/02/wishing-machine/
05/03
ondesire.com - •http://ondesire.com/2009/05/08/dance_and_rice_congee/
Irene and I go see Alexandra
05/11
email - from Cyn, little video of me
05/12
massive life - I think they (the dreams) indicate how far off I am from my own bliss [wow]. Finishing Almonds, launching new project.
massive life - little by little, I've tended to turn my feelings off. without feelings my power is very low. to open and flow with it all, the opposite of shutting down
05/13
ondesire.com - •http://ondesire.com/2009/05/13/thanks-universe-and-by-the-way/
sold car and production gear. sublet
05/14
ondesire.com - •http://ondesire.com/2009/05/14/instruments-of-mass-creation/
05/18
ondesire.com - •http://ondesire.com/2009/05/18/birthday-present/
permission to use the hawaii images
05/22
CNS Penske Truck Rental, Jamaica, NY
Transitioning out of Prospect Heights Studio, sublet?
05/24
ondesire.com - •http://ondesire.com/2009/05/24/aloha-new-york-city/
was ready to go, Anastasia come through for sublet
ondesire.com - •http://ondesire.com/2009/05/24/whatever-it-is-i-am-about-to-do/
Adam Curtis documentaries
5/24-5/26
Logantown, PA and Holland, MI and Traverse City
Beulah, MI
05/27
ondesire.com - •http://ondesire.com/2009/05/27/desire-project-public-launch/
arrival in Beulah
ondesire.com -•http://ondesire.com/2009/05/27/vision/
vision
05/28
ondesire.com - •http://ondesire.com/2009/05/28/knowledge_archive/
groking wordpress
ondesire.com - •http://ondesire.com/2009/05/28/train/
training
06/01
ondesire.com - •http://ondesire.com/2009/06/01/desire-and-faisal-in-the-house/
Faisal offers to edit DOG
ondesire.com - •http://ondesire.com/2009/06/01/tags-and-categories/
before I understood categories
06/02
ondesire.com - •http://ondesire.com/2009/06/02/launch-the-first-wave/
blog goes public
06/03
ondesire.com - •http://ondesire.com/2009/06/03/personal-finances-and-the-resource-based-society/
06/08
ondesire.com - •http://ondesire.com/2009/06/08/loose_ends/, progress report Kai and Dan
06/09
email - from Dan to from JD, ride to Hawaii
06/10
email - me On Desire supplies list
ondesire.com - •http://ondesire.com/2009/06/10/still-here/, anger and environmentalism
06/11
ondesire.com - • http://ondesire.com/2009/06/11/away-kit/, packing to go
06/13
ondesire.com - •http://ondesire.com/2009/06/13/on-jets/
carbon footprintz
06/14
email - Transpac outreach
ondesire.com - •http://ondesire.com/2009/06/14/vision-revisited/
optimism about catching a boat, science fiction
06/15
ondesire.com - *http://ondesire.com/2009/06/15/da-kine-kai/
kai has a deadline, Desire might need serious workd
06/16
how to not get overwhelmed - intro, mission, core values
ondesire.com - •http://ondesire.com/2009/06/16/terrorist-training-tm/
consumption addiction
ondesire.com - •http://ondesire.com/2009/06/16/letter-to-steve-jobs/, letter to Steve Jobs
06/18
email - to/from Commodore of Transpac
email - opened a Twitter account
ondesire.com - •http://ondesire.com/2009/06/18/carbon-footprints/
commercial sailing operations
06/19
email - to Akiko
email - to from Christine Shacat, Kai's contact
ondesire.com - •http://ondesire.com/2009/06/19/calling-all-collaborators/
transpac, holes for collaborators, etc
06/20
ondesire.com - •http://ondesire.com/2009/06/20/1011/ kai gives up on Desire, Manhattan Bridge climb
06/22
email - outreach to Venice Biennale Almonds
06/23
ondesire.com - •http://ondesire.com/2009/06/23/apple%c2%ae-in-the-house/
06/28
ondesire.com - •http://ondesire.com/2009/06/28/meanwhile/
Hello World comes into our possession
Shop and Save video grabbed a few days earlier
6/29
email - craigslist sell Macbook Pro 17
06/30
email - to/from Aaron Kleinerman, through USMMA
email - Arron, reaching out to container ships
email - outreach to Greenpeace
ondesire.com - •http://ondesire.com/2009/06/30/telemetry-090630/
Dan has bought a Hobie Cat and will sail it around Lake Michigan
07/01
email - Kelly at Horizon Lines
email - Innes, invoice comment on transpac
ondesire.com - •http://ondesire.com/2009/07/01/dan-kelly/
announcing around Lake Michigan, September
07/02
email - to Akiko, w/ pix
07/02
email - from Akiko
07/03
email - to Gretchen Benzie movies
email - Akiko in love
07/04
email - shopping for motorcycles
07/06
email - Kelly from Horizon Lines, considering my proposal
07/07
email - from Suzanne Lindbergh at Apple shipping laptop to Kai
07/08
email - to/from Faisal, blogging on Holy Boners
email - to Innes, adapt contract
07/09
email - to Kai, password for ondesire changed
07/12
email - to Craigslist, looking for Hobies
07/13
email - baolong.com, great bumpers
email - to Kelly Dennison trying to get lock down container ships
07/14
email - to Ann, first mission statement
email - Stan at Filter gallery for lens
email - PDF about Hobie repairs
07/15
email - to Chip, buying sails
07/16
email - to ssec.wise.edu, shifting the project to the great lakes
email - from NASA, high resolution images for great lakes
email - from Go2Marine
07/18
email - from buyer on Craigslist, laptop sold
email - to Kai, clarifying the project. We've decided to do two different trips
email - to Phela
07/19
email - to Kai - interesting idea that applies to dog.movie
07/21
email - to Kirk Jones, sold laptop to Mike Murphy
07/22 - 7/31
Akiko Kato visits
07/22
Akiko Arrives
email - from Akiko she is leaving to come to Michigan soon
email - from Mike Murphy, he wants computer lesson
7/23
email - from Kai, hashing out Desire
07/26
email - from Lauren, pix of her
email - from Carly and Steve, wedding pictures
7/31
Akiko heading back home
email from Kai, video of Desire
email - from Akiko, thanks for visit
08/01
email - melonie resigns as On Desire editor for Kai
08/02
email - to Kai, progress on Hello World
08/03
email - to Ann, most recent ALM plan
email - from Jeff
email - to Kai, on boyscout manual
08/04
email - Akiko checking in
email - to Kai, first use of mission statement in signature?
08/05
email - Hello World progress report
email - brothers, visiting, figuring out family finances
08/07
email - to Kai, talked with Kai the day before
08/08
email - from Anastasia, she's staying through October. Subletting the apartment
email - to Christine Shacat, no lock with rides to HI
08/09
email - to Dave Hart, update about life
08/10
email - from Akiko, PHCF no one knows about her and I
08/11
email - to Dave Hart, some weird variation of the Hobie exploit
email - to Gretchen, maybe help with Ondesire blog / production
email - progress report on Hello World repair
email - to from R Bushway, Mike Murphy's blog
8/12
email - Akiko's shipping rings
email - to/from Kai dispute about ondesire
08/14
email - to Phil Charles checking up on sublet to Anastasia through Ocotober
08/15
email - to many, save the date for launch party
email - to Jason, trying to arrange a freediving interview with him and Chris
email - to Jeff, trying to arrange an interview with him about greenwashing
08/16
email - from Jonathan, Nexius script summary
8/17
email - order from Murrays, many items
08/18
email - from Gretchen re Laura Herd and Jordan Bates working for Circle of Blue
08/19
email - hassling with Sails for Hello World
08/21
email - to many, launch party canceled due to heavy weather
08/25
email - from Laurence, she wants changes to some video
email - announcing brunch for Marion and Jung Woong baby shower
08/26
email - from Eileen, wants to send off
08/28
email - Chuck Hunt, collaborator (Irish Boat Shop?)
8/30
email - to Mike Murphy, Lauren is going to stay at my place?
08/31
email - outreach to Brunton
email - another order from Murray's
email - order from moontrail
email - ordering iPhone recorder
09/01
email - to/from Lauren staying at Artist house not working out
email - must have talked on phone, sent email of building Bonnie's house
09/02
email - from Foyle Film Festival, Almonds rejected
09/03
email - to many, this is it, launch party Saturday
09/04
email - to Kai, Hello World dancing at anchor
•http://ondesire.com/2009/09/04/yin-and-yang/ environmental costs
Hello World, Lake Michigan
1. Elberta Beach 09/05 – 09/06
09/05
•http://ondesire.com/2009/09/05/launch/ putting Hello World in and out of the water
•http://ondesire.com/2009/09/05/e-beach-arrival/ party the second
09/06
•http://ondesire.com/2009/09/06/larry-for-launch/
•http://ondesire.com/2009/09/06/underway-underweigh/
2. South of Esch Road and Otter Creek 09/06 – 09/07
09/07
email - from Melonie, they all think you're crazy
•http://ondesire.com/2009/09/07/moon_trail/
•http://ondesire.com/2009/09/07/pumping-water/
•http://ondesire.com/2009/09/07/south-of-esch-road/
•http://ondesire.com/2009/09/07/approaching-empire/
•http://ondesire.com/2009/09/07/sleeping-bear-dunes/
3 South of Sleeping Bear Point 09/07 – 09/08
09/08
•http://ondesire.com/2009/09/08/not-dead-yet/
•http://ondesire.com/2009/09/08/to-north/
•http://ondesire.com/2009/09/08/south-of-port-oneida/
•http://ondesire.com/2009/09/08/on-the-wire/
4 Crescent City, North Manitou Island 09/08 – 09/10
09/10
•http://ondesire.com/2009/09/10/bliss-and-shadow/
•http://ondesire.com/2009/09/10/digital-zoom-saved-my-life/
09/11
•http://ondesire.com/2009/09/11/northport/
•http://ondesire.com/2009/09/11/grand-traverse-bay/
09/12
email - to Eileen, in Traverse City
6 West End Beach, Traverse City 09/11 – 09/17
09/13
•http://ondesire.com/2009/09/13/jeffs-place/
09/14
•http://ondesire.com/2009/09/14/back-in-beulah/ funny, beach babes
09/16
email - attention for Kitty Boy
email - Dan, notes from iphone, lots of pre-production lists
•http://ondesire.com/2009/09/16/michigan-schooner-festival/
7 Old Mission Peninsula 09/17 – 09/18
09/17
email - from Michael O'Neil, swami court date
email - Fabrice to everyone, reading James the riot act
email - from Gretchen, acting producer
•http://ondesire.com/2009/09/17/slow-motion-start/ got the bike
•http://ondesire.com/2009/09/17/anchored-at-the-tip-of-old-mission/ sleeping on the tramp
•http://ondesire.com/2009/09/17/keep-warm/ formulas and science
09/18
•http://ondesire.com/2009/09/18/fruit-fly-friendship/
•http://ondesire.com/2009/09/18/old-mission-to-barnes/
9 Charlevoix 09/19 – 09/20
•http://ondesire.com/2009/09/19/dinner-by-candlelight/
09/19
email - from Innes, statement, invoice
email - to myself, with audio!
10 St James Bay, Beaver Island 09/20 – 9/23
09/20
email - from Marion, Ari is born
email - from Gretchen, and to Dick Burris
email - to various, just checking in
•http://ondesire.com/2009/09/20/dark-night-of-charlevoix/
•http://ondesire.com/2009/09/20/an-island-called-beaver/
email - from Melonie, Kitty Boy doing ok
09/21
email - to me, killed iPhone underwater
email - to Ritch Branstrom, can I visit?
email - from Gretchen, being a producer
09/22
•http://ondesire.com/2009/09/22/snorkling-with-dick/
9/23
email - from Nastia, with pix
•http://ondesire.com/2009/09/23/bye-bye-beaver/
09/24
email - from mom weather
•http://ondesire.com/2009/09/24/the-upper-peninsula/
13 Dune Buggy Blowouts 9/25 – 9/26
09/25
•http://ondesire.com/2009/09/25/intensity/
•http://ondesire.com/2009/09/25/summer-islands-and-beyond/
09/26
email - from Melonie, Kitty makes a miraculous recovery
email - to Melonie, pix of me with Rich and his kids
14 Stonington Peninsula 9/26 – 9/30
09/29
•http://ondesire.com/2009/09/29/still-in-the-up/
15 South of Crescent City, North Manitou Island 9/30 – 10/1
9/30
email - to Melonie, checking out of Ritch's tomorrow
email - from Melonie, her dreams
•http://ondesire.com/2009/09/30/adhoc-workshop-poem/
•http://ondesire.com/2009/09/30/heading-ese/
16 Point Betsie (bike ride back to house) 10/1 – 10/2
10/01
•http://ondesire.com/2009/10/01/the-wind-blew-me-home/
Beulah, MI
10/02
email - to Anastasia, rent and approximate return
email - from Ritch, Hello World launch from Stonington Penninsula pix
10/03
•http://ondesire.com/2009/10/03/the-wind-blew-me-home-chapter-2/
•http://ondesire.com/2009/10/03/map/
10/04
email - to Nastis return date contingent on $
•http://ondesire.com/2009/10/04/the-wrap/
10/05
email - from Tom Wilentz, Artist house trademark registered
•http://ondesire.com/2009/10/05/debriefing-continues/
10/06
email - to Anastasia and Susan, please deposit running low on funds
email - Xtraverse, waypoint export
email - to ads, trying to get them to postapalooza
10/07
email - Kai wants to keep using the Macbook
10/08
•http://ondesire.com/2009/10/08/the-cost-of-sailing/
10/09
email - Gretchen with pix from launch party
10/11
email - to many, requesting return of books and media
10/13
email - to Nastia, be back on the 10/19
email - to Steve, Mr Boy is gone from Mel's
10/15
email - from Kai, sending first payment for the Apple laptop $700
10/18
email - to Jim, heading back to NYC tomorrow
email - from Julie, back in my life
Prospect Heights, NY
10/19
Transit - Beulah, MI to Prospect Heights, NY
email - from Kai, first payment for MBP
10/20
•http://ondesire.com/2009/10/20/return-to-the-crib/
10/22
email from Patrick the Road
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Road_(2009_film) released in November
10/23
email - to Laurence about updating videos
10/27
email - to/from susan, thanks for payment, another one coming next month
10/28
email - from Kai, Deal Struck on Great Lakes Ship Pollution
email - Julie coming to NYC
10/29
email - to Faisal, going to lighting workshop at Abel Cine, Dedo
email - to Steve reserving the Mills for a screening
email - to group, announcing screening of Around Lake Michigan
•http://ondesire.com/2009/10/29/save-the-date/
10/30
•http://ondesire.com/2009/10/30/making-a-movie/
10/31
•http://ondesire.com/2009/10/31/around-lake-michigan/
11/03
email from Rajaram, thanking me for visiting him
11/04
•http://ondesire.com/2009/11/04/breakfast-and-the-rough-cut/
11/05
•http://ondesire.com/2009/11/05/sketch-north-manitou-island/
11/07
press release for Evening of Exploration
11/08
•http://ondesire.com/2009/11/08/for-immediate-release/
11/09
email - to/from Gretchen, images for evening of exploration, my spiel about project
•http://ondesire.com/2009/11/09/invitations-and-press-releases-away/
11/10
email - to from Akiko, endings
•http://ondesire.com/2009/11/10/breakfast-monolog/
11/11
Allegros coming to my apartment on Thanksgiving while I'm away
•http://ondesire.com/2009/11/11/open-source-film-making/
11/12
email - to melonie fixed their image
email - to many, individuals prodding them to come to E of E
•http://ondesire.com/2009/11/12/north-manitou-odyssey/
•http://ondesire.com/2009/11/12/saldaje-joins-the-bill/
11/13
•http://ondesire.com/2009/11/13/near-miss-with-the-manitowoc/
11/15
email - from Kai, help with voice over
11/17
Amtrak, NY to DC
11/19
•http://ondesire.com/2009/11/19/homegrown-organic-eatery/
11/24
Amtrak from Chicago with Mike and Sarah
Beulah, MI
11/28
Evening of Exploration
•http://ondesire.com/2009/11/28/save-the-date-11-28-09-archive/
11/30
•http://ondesire.com/2009/11/30/evening-of-exploration-debrief/
12/02
email - starting Jonathan's script for Cars
12/06
email - Sarah Louisinau, going back to NYC after 12/10
12/07
•http://ondesire.com/2009/12/07/evening-of-exploration-post-press-release/
12/08
crafting a letter to the Mills
email - from Gretchen wants to come to dance class and stay at my place 1/3-1/9
12/09
email - from Susan Koenig, to Pete Sandman article in Benzie Record Patriot
12/12
Cherry Capital Airport ($1 parking) Picking up Patrick?
12/14-12/15
Transit - Beulah, MI to Prospect Heights, NY (confirmed from gas receipts and tolls) with Patrick
Avis Rental Car (charge 12/15)
Ohio Turnpike (toll 12/14)
Port Authority (toll 12/15)
Prospect Heights
12/21
From Allison, what should I do?
12/28
email - Kai sends rest of cash for MBP
•http://ondesire.com/2009/12/28/xroll/
12/31
email - to Akiko, what I'm doing for New Years