I'm sorry that I haven't been keeping up with things, but what is Holding Our Own? I unfortunately have not watched episode 1 so I don't know what you are trying to achieve with the series. Yeah, I should really watch this. Also, the tumblr looks great! So much detail!

Holding Our Own is the name of my Lego series.  It's in the style of a domestic sitcom.  The first episode is up on YouTube, and the second one is well into production.  I hope even to say soon, "nearing completion".  I'd love you to watch episode 1 at:

http://youtube.com/holdingourown

Are there any suggestions to make either page better?

Yeah, I do!  I've actually worked in the postal system once.  It's not illegal, and the post office doesn't mind, as long as the package can be delivered to the right address.  I'm sure to write the correct address clearly and transcribe it correctly.

UPDATE: Filming a nice scene with Melissa and her friends.  It's a lot of work, and there is a lot of movement in this scene, so I'm getting it done little by little.  AnimeNinja, the BiM user who provides Melissa's voice did an awesome job, and the audio is nearly in its finished form, which I'm animating to.  Hopefully, in a few weeks you will see the release of episode 2.  I'm going to try to get some images up on the tumblr page:

http://holding-our-own.tumblr.com or
http://holding-our-own.tumblr.com/archive

And I may even post a short video clip on YouTube featuring some animation I rejected.  Keep an eye out for any further developments.

So mint!  Animation is 85% complete!  Only two scenes, about 3 minutes left of a 22 minute brickfilm!  I built a new convertible fo Hector, different & better (imo) than the one I originally made and is seen on the tumblr page:

http://holding-our-own.tumblr.com

Just shot the stills, but haven't aniamted it yet.  I always animate in 3 steps:

1) shoot photos
2) Rename photo filenames and label keyframes
3) Animate in Vegas Studio.

The final two scenes are set to be filmed, and afterwards, a few touch ups and a bit more audio editing (mostly done since I always do the sound work along the way), and episode 2 is ready to be seen by the world!  Mary Charles (brick7), animeNinja, Brandon Fields (DarthVincentPrice) and I all reprise our roles, and they all did a stellar job with the vocal work.  They ae the greatest ensemble cast in brickfilming, even with me dragging them down!

Also, as a side note, suddenly the number of subscribers on Holding Our own's channel on YouTube doubled, jumping from 16 to 31 overnight!  I don't know how that happened, but I've been making some business cards & circulating them at Wawas, the local LegoPalooza event, and a nearby Chick FilA, 45 mins away) and the nearest Lego store (nearly 2 hrs away).  Maybe I'll save up some $$$ and stick an ad in BrickJournal if it turns out that I've made some success because of some promoting.

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Congrats on getting more subscribers!   I am really looking forward to episode two!

Sounds like fun!  Remember that if those last two lines I did for you sounded too much like Angie and you want more variety, let me know.  I'm worried that I didn't do my best because I was still a bit sick.

By the way, you don't drag us down.  You have the perfect "Brent" voice!

AAAAHHH!!!!!!  No progress at all!

First, my son loses the microphone part from my set (he usually pulls off the ceiling, which is easier to find!)

So then I get the mic head plate and put it aside in a place where I can easily spot it when I find a replacement for the main microphone part.

Unsuccessful, I put the contents of the bucket that should have had the part away, go to get the other piece I put aside, and it's like, GONE!

So back to square 1, I get that piece replaced again, go searching a tub of random lego bricks that used to have a bunch of them, and now had NONE!!!!

So, I go into my closet of sorted bricks to find just that part.  SUDDENLY I HAVE NONE !!!! IS THERE A MAGIC PORTAL THAT SUCKED THEM ALL AWAY?

I try to pull out one more box that may have this blasted part, and

LEGOLANCHE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm really mad now and there are 6x10 plates and 1x8 bricks all over, and the Heartlake Pool set is busted, and I still don't have the part.

So I go into my final box of random pieces and THERE IS ACTUALLY ONLY ONE THERE!  And it's miscolored.  SO I have to bleach it to see if I can get the color to look like the lost piece did.  Very c a r e f u l l y....

Now it's 40 minutes later, and I finally have the TWO PIECES that caused all this trouble back together again & then I have to go to work.

Maybe tomorrow will be better.

I bet it got sucked into the same void where the missing socks go... or did you check the bottom of your foot?  I think there is a magnetic attraction between Legos and the bottom of feet. 

All kidding aside, I'm sorry that you had to go through that.  We have done that here a few times - dumping tubs of bricks onto blankets to find that piece that we know we have a dozen of.  My daughter was in the habit of stealing the girl minifigures, then just their hair, for a while.  It drove my boys crazy until I got her some girls of her own to lose.  That was very clever of you to bleach the piece, and I'm glad it worked!  I am truly impressed that between family and work you have any time to film at all.