As the Fatboy Slim song goes, "We've come a long, long way together..." :)
Welcome to jutanclan.blogspot.com Post number 1000!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Wow. I didn't think when I started this blog in April 2005 that I would end up being so addicted to it, keen to share my experiences at Pixar, in California, at Waterloo, and traveling in Europe with the world. But here we are, and 1000 posts later I am still going and going. Readership has increased from essentially my parents, Matt Lausch and Mrs. Lausch to an average of 1500-2000 hits per month from about 66 countries. This statistic still blows me away, and I am extremely surprised that people in India, China, Australia, etc are keen to know how my work is going, my thoughts on the Python programming in Maya, and what style food I cooked for dinner. :) It is surprising and quite humbling that this many people care about my life, and I am honoured that you pay attention to all these details by visiting. So to you, avid JutanClan blog reader, I thank you.
I wanted to make the 1000th post special, so I've decided to do a quick retrospective of some important "landmark" postings on my blog. Thank you for your consistent interest. I will keep writing if you all keep reading! And if you stop reading... I'll keep writing anyway. :)
Mike Jutan Blog Retrospective... 104 of the most important posts!
- Post #1 (04/24/2005): Moving to California for the first time
- Post #10 (04/29/2005): First visit to Pixar
- Post #55 (06/05/2005): Big Sur Pixar Intern Camping trip
- Post #89 (08/05/2005): A sad post after breaking up with a really important girl in my life
- Post #120 (08/15/2005): Waterloo Frosh Week
- Post #164 (11/19/2005): Dinner with my family
- Post #185 (12/11/2005): Rock Climbing in Toronto
- Post #229 (01/25/2006): Disney buys Pixar
- Post #257 (03/15/2006): Pixar Cars Wrap Party
- Post #270 (04/11/2006): Visiting ILM for the first time
- Post #296 (05/16/2006): Start of Maya Independent Study class at Waterloo
- Post #297 (05/16/2006): Pixar Technical Director internship job offer
- Post #329 (06/21/2006): First images from my Raytracer
- Post #343 (07/01/2006): First perspective drawing on tablet
- Post #383 (07/24/2006): Completion of Raytracer
- Post #390 (08/01/2006): Graphics Gold Medal
- Post #392 (08/07/2006): Long weekend at Alex's cottage
- Post #402 (08/21/2006): Norm visiting San Francisco
- Post #409 (09/01/2006): After creating my first on-screen Art for a Pixar film
- Post #416 (09/10/2006): Pixar intern camping in Big Basin
- Post #425 (09/24/2006): Philosophical discussion with Yaron
- Post #438 (10/12/2006): Shading work at Pixar for Wall-E
- Post #443 (10/23/2006): Visiting Google for the first time
- Post #448 (11/01/2006): Pixar Halloween 2006, meeting Darren Aronofsky
- Post #449 (11/04/2006): Me on stage with John Lasseter
- Post #451 (11/07/2006): Lunch with Pete Docter
- Post #453 (11/08/2006): More photos of me and John Lasseter
- Post #478 (12/06/2006): My quote on the Pixar hiring website
- Post #486 (12/15/2006): Wall-E Sets Crew Party
- Post #501 (01/01/2007): New Years in Toronto
- Post #509 (01/09/2007): Thoughts after reading Elie Wiesel's "Night"
- Post #523 (01/24/2007): Thoughts after reading Primo Levi's "Survival in Auschwitz"
- Post #524 (01/26/2007): Mathematics Scholarship award dinner
- Post #528 (01/29/2007): My first post about Barack Obama
- Post #532 (02/03/2007): Norm's cats
- Post #536 (02/08/2007): Freakin' out about finishing University
- Post #552 (03/06/2007): San Francisco Hotel Room
- Post #553 (03/06/2007): ILM interview weekend in San Francisco
- Post #554 (03/12/2007): ILM job acceptance
- Post #558 (03/18/2007): Essay: The will to live
- Post #559 (03/18/2007): Essay: The enduring nature of Jewish identity in Nazi Germany
- Post #561 (03/19/2007): Congratulatory breakfast for my ILM job
- Post #574 (04/04/2007): Bought tickets for Europe trip
- Post #575 (04/07/2007): I'm done University
- Post #589 (04/21/2007): Done University Party
- Post #595 (04/27/2007): Arriving in Paris, France
- Post #600 (05/01/2007): Meeting Waterloo friends in Paris
- Post #601 (05/02/2007): Museum of Modern Art in Paris
- Post #604 (05/05/2007): The Louvre with Ans
- Post #618 (05/19/2007): San Sebastian, Spain
- Post #625 (05/24/2007): Cannes Film Festival, meeting Jeremy Piven
- Post #631 (05/31/2007): My birthday in Cinque Terre, Italy
- Post #633 (06/03/2007): Cinque Terre hike
- Post #636 (06/04/2007): Florence, Italy
- Post #640 (06/05/2007): Lamborghini Factory
- Post #647 (06/13/2007): Annecy International Animation Festival
- Post #652 (06/17/2007): My first film credit for Ratatouille
- Post #662 (06/24/2007): The 36 hour commotion to get to Greece
- Post #663 (06/25/2007): Record heat in Athens, the Parthenon
- Post #669 (06/30/2007): Santorini, Greece
- Post #673 (07/02/2007): Meeting my parents in Kos, Greece
- Post #683 (07/22/2007): End of Europe trip
- Post #689 (07/25/2007): First day of work at ILM
- Post #697 (08/05/2007): Business cards, new apartment
- Post #698 (08/05/2007): Simpsons Kwik-E-Mart in California
- Post #701 (08/08/2007): 3D face scan from Siggraph
- Post #706 (08/11/2007): New Mountain Bike
- Post #709 (08/14/2007): First visit to Big Rock Ranch
- Post #712 (08/17/2007): First visit to Skywalker Ranch
- Post #733 (09/04/2007): Pictures from outside ILM
- Post #734 (09/04/2007): Housewarming Party
- Post #745 (09/14/2007): Life lessons from a jerk bus driver
- Post #757 (09/24/2007): 2 months after starting work
- Post #767 (10/02/2007): Matt and I in the Annecy 2007 video
- Post #781 (10/15/2007): The day I decided I wanted to work at ILM
- Post #783 (10/16/2007): Some thoughts on Python in Maya
- Post #789 (10/19/2007): My sister the genius
- Post #806 (10/30/2007): ILM Halloween
- Post #808 (11/01/2007): Canadian dollar hit highest level since 1800's
- Post #812 (11/05/2007): Matt Parrott's performance artwork
- Post #820 (11/12/2007): ILM Celebration 2007 Party
- Post #822 (11/12/2007): Muir Woods visit with Matt
- Post #823 (11/13/2007): Ratatouille credits on DVD
- Post #829 (11/19/2007): Party at Cary's house
- Post #854 (12/04/2007): Frank and Jess's wedding in Texas
- Post #859 (12/07/2007): Hanging out with Joel from MST3K
- Post #865 (12/12/2007): Lucasfilm Holiday Party 2007
- Post #879 (12/18/2007): My work in the Pixar Wall-E trailer
- Post #886 (12/23/2007): Rock Climbing in Red Rocks, Nevada
- Post #894 (12/27/2007): Grand Canyon
- Post #899 (12/28/2007): My plan for 2008
- Post #901 (12/28/2007): Visiting my family
- Post #903 (01/02/2008): Visit to Waterloo
- Post #905 (01/02/2008): New Years 2008 in Toronto
- Post #911 (01/07/2008): My IMDB listing
- Post #930 (01/22/2008): An open letter to the American voting public
- Post #951 (02/11/2008): Visit to EBC with old Pixar crew
- Post #954 (02/14/2008): Indiana Jones trailer
- Post #968 (02/24/2008): Housewarming #2 ILM Edition
- Post #970 (02/24/2008): Ratatouille wins Best Animated Film Oscar
- Post #979 (03/02/2008): Ghostbusters and Ninja Turtles stuff
- Post #986 (03/08/2008): Feeling at home in San Francisco
- Post #997 (03/20/2008): Work, Life, Purim and Happiness
- Post #1000 (03/23/2008): This post, the Mike Jutan Blog Post Retrospective
Thanks for reading!
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