The cyclical nature of the Universe compels us to revisit past truths to divine future events.

Wow, has my life changed! I need to read over my journals and marvel at the journey I've taken. It's one of those things: I thought I was heading somewhere, and I fully expected to get there, but I'm still surprised that it all actually worked out! I never really knew if I was on the right track or if I was just deluding myself with thoughts of better days. As confident as I've been along this unorthodox path, it was impossible to shake the fear of abject failure, the fear that my life would stay similar, the fear that I would get a degree and still have no direction, no friends, and no hope.

I've always been a proponent of the intuitively led life; I've always had faith that each answer to life's big questions resided somewhere in my subconscious; I've always believed that my optimal path would unfold around me as long as I paid attention to signs and hunches. I've seen indications that these beliefs were true, but until recently I hadn't been completely blown away by them. Along the way, situations and moments would pop up and I'd think, "Ok, yeah. There is something to this whole intuition thing." But lately, for the first time, events have caused me to stop wondering if I was correct in living this life.

As of now, I am sure of it! Completely following your heart is not only the most interesting way to live, but it's also the easiest way to get all that you desire! Hell, maybe it's the only way, I dunno, but it's my chosen way, and I'm absolutely thrilled to see what comes next!

[This could have been written tonight, but it was written April 11th, 2006. Just as I was then, I am still grateful for my friends, my ability to dream, my ability to reinvent myself, and my ability to persevere through the dark recesses of my mind. Here's a prayer to the new decade: May we all become greater than we have ever been and continue on towards the bliss of our souls.]

-- Mike Roach

2010: The Year of Adventure

A Festivus for the rest of us!

It's Christmas!

Okay. So I made it through another weekend. The last weekend in Los Angeles for 2009 a matter a fact. What a weekend it was. What a weekend these last several have been. We've really had a great year out here on the west coast. From big moves with Phalco to the simple fact of rediscovering what it is that makes our life so special. It's weird to still be here on December 21st. But as said last week, it's fitting. A time of reflection and reminiscing of a year's past. A great year. A year that ends next Thursday in New York City with the people who have come to be my life, my family and my best friends.

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to everyone from myself and the entire Phalco crew. As always, we wouldn't of been able to do it with out you. Cheers. Beers. See you in 2010!

Fuck A Toy Truck, is it Christmas yet?

9:37am – It's Thursday. I think?

I don't know what the date is. I don't know when Christmas is. And I'm not sure why it's still 2009. It's like time has stopped here on the west coast. A year of chaos, craziness and absolute greatness has wiped my mind clean.

11:06am – Seriously. What day is it?

My one of four apple devices has just informed me that it's mid December. My work has informed me that Christmas is close, but not close enough. My social surroundings have informed me that it has been a great year and that a new one is upon us. I inform myself that the new one is going to be adventurous. Yet, I am still confused on why time is standing still.

1:23pm – Hungry.

When you think about it you begin to realize that this odd, not so real frozen moment of time is a chance to stop and reflect on what it is we have just sailed through. Changes in ways of life. Growth within our craft. Rediscovery of friends. Preparation for what is next. It's the end of a decade and a beginning to an all new era.

1:52pm – Umami Burger.

I'll continue to be confused on when I get to finally leave work and head back east. And I'll continue to be confused on why it feels like the holidays have already passed and why I'm sitting in some type of fake, nonrealistic world of reflection.

2:22pm – Last Meal!?

Oh God, could this be the moments before death? Or maybe I'm already dead. Was 2009 my last year on earth? Is Steven Sims and all his greatness gone for ever? Am I writing this awful blog post from purgatory?

2:23pm – That was a tasty burger.

Doubtful.

4:12pm – Long week.

It's just been the craziest and greatest year of my life. I'm worn out, tired and riding my final days of 2009 out in LA as long as possible. In a week I'll be on a flight back east. And in two weeks I'll be ringing in 2010 in the city that never sleeps. And in three weeks I'll be back in LA, at it again. Rocking the year of adventure.

-- Steven M. Sims

From New York With Love

Phalco's super great friend and even super greater producer, Lydia Rendon, never forgets us when she's hanging around 30 Rock in New York City. Now residing in the Big Apple the lovely Lydia sent over these photos last night. Doesn't it just want to make you run out the door and head back east for the holidays? It sure does. While my other Phalco counterparts will be holding down the fort in LA and running around the Burgh chasing pretty ladies, I'll be spending my post Christmas days in NYC with Lydia and friends, ringing in the New Year. It's going to be a great end to 2009. And an even better beginning to 2010.

30 Rockefeller Plaza

Studio 8H

A Very Merry Phalco Christmas 2009

Haul out the holly and string up the tinsel because Phalco Films presents the 3rd Annual Very Merry Phalco Christmas.

Come join us as we keep the tradition alive with cheap wine, cheaper beer and an all out holiday celebration that features nothing but straight drinking. With Phalco's fourth year in LA quickly approaching we plan to make this the best Christmas celebration since the discovery of Rudolph. So deck your halls and clear out the malls because it's Christmas time in Phalco Land.

Hope to see you there!

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90 West Lounge

12740 Culver Blvd. Los Angeles, California

Saturday, December 19, 2009 @ 8:00pm

Mind Games by Dan Bern

A few weeks back Dan Bern asked on his Twitter page for song requests that he can record and upload to YouTube. Here's request #1, made by Dan Bern himself. It's "Mind Games" by John Lennon, but I like to call it "Bern does Lennon and kills it."

Is God a Steeler a fan?

Let's hope. Because we sure need him tonight.

Dennis Dixon - 1st String Steelers QB

Tyler Palko - 2nd String Steelers Quarterback

Smith & Tague Do Breakfast

While dining at The Griddle Cafe on Sunset, Phalco's own Jeremy Tague ran into writer/director Kevin Smith.

We can now chalk this up there with Phalco's other non-work related celebrity meetings such as Roach and Sims' Lou Ferrigno sign sale and Sims' Harvey Keitel/Quentin Tarantino 2007 sausage discussion.