Writer: Jax Stafford

Earlier this year, I gave this website a big face lift in anticipation of the coming year. Little did I know that the coming year would be 2020 and that video production jobs would come to a crashing halt for months on end. Well, at least now I’ve had some time to work on my reel.

In hip hop, ‘Nickel Slick’ is someone who looks slick, but who is made of cheap material on the inside. Not a good look for a human, but in video production, looking expensive while remaining affordable is exactly what we do.

One day, finding a shady place to while away the afternoon with a sandwich and an Attenborough piece on insect colonies, I noticed a sort of social opera unfolding in the parking lot nearby. The lot was full and it was apparently premium real estate because several cars were queued up, waiting for spaces.

I loved my father very much, but growing up, I’ll admit I was a little intimidated by him intellectually. I’m not the biggest moron in the world, but let’s face it, designing spaceship components was never really in the cards for me.

Here’s the thing: If you see a sign that says “No Left Turn,” and you turn left anyway, you’re a bad person. Not ‘bad’ like Hitler or Lex Luthor. Not evil. But, like a clown who makes people cry or a doctor who makes people sick. Incompetent, I mean.