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Cake day: June 12th, 2023

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  • Oh man here I come to plug my favorite low budget or indy-ish sci-fi movies!

    First, Coherence (2013). This movie was quite low budget but doesn’t feel like it because the story is so engaging. The hours I spent reading about this movie, reviewing timelines, etc after I watched it… It’s a great film and the discussions and theories about it are exactly the type of rabbit hole I love.

    Resolution (2012) has a unique and interesting concept, but I mention it mostly because it is low budget and related to The Endless (2018) which is pushing the definition of low budget but is phenomenal. The story lines overlap and Resolution came out first, but I watched The Endless before I’d ever heard of Resolution and I think I prefer that watch order, honestly. Both are great films though and worth the watch if you’re interested in cosmic horror/sci-fi type stories.




  • It’s good to hear about people giving the industry a try! There is really so much career opportunity, and it’s not going anywhere. I’ve weather multiple recessions, housing crises, economic booms and downturns in this industry and it is just steady, because it is so essential. I hope more people consider it as a career because the field is suffering for lack of licensed professionals.


  • That’s so cool, and thank you. I often think I would have loved to study a chemistry or engineering discipline, if I had been more in touch with my abilities and interests as an 18 year old starting college. I did complete what was a newer degree at the time called environmental technology, and it was geared toward renewal energy technologies with a lot of various science based courses as backbone. But certainly, the industry has changed a lot even in the time I’ve been involved, starting as a hazardous waste site remediation project manager for an environmental consultant, then got water and wastewater treatment licenses in 2005 when I saw an opportunity to get in on an emerging sector in the company I was working for. Right now the industry is struggling for licensed professionals, even while regulators push ahead in requiring more and more use of the technology. Should be interesting to see how it develops over the coming years. Overall though, I had been very fortunate to truly enjoy my career and the industry I work in.