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"Hector thinks of himself as a mix of Henry Miller, Ernest Hemingway and Hunter S. Thompson." So says co-writer and director John McKinney of Hector Quince, the titular character of his short film Hector Quince: Author, premiering tonight at Cinespace. In it, Hector, having just completed his first successful novel and contemplating his next move, inadvertently ends up in the middle of some seriously dangerous happenstance that might just be his own fault. McKinney took some time to answer a few questions about the film before it premiers. Here's what he had to say:

Fearing the lack of God in your life? In need of some salvation, stat? Longtime friends of LAist, Los Angeles' own Honor Student are back with another short. Welcome to God's House.

Hey guys, interested in learning some cool math? Donovan + Magical Thrift Store Sweater + Mae Shi Soundtrack + Double Dutch = Your daily dose of funny.

What do your game feces -- er, faces look like? Coach Wiener (a.k.a. Honor Student's David Neher) wants to know -- and then he wants to show you how to play volleyball. Like a man. A real manly man. A real manly man with a cowboy tie and a Carmen Miranda fruit headdress.

Do you like to laugh? We sure do. SuperDeluxe.com is one of the best places on the internet to get your funny fix -- (Brad Neely, anybody? Bob Odenkirk? FarkTV?) Now David Neher of Honor Student fame is stroking striking out on his own, with very sexy results. We can't wait until Coach Weiner shows up....

Pink's, shminks. No, honestly. Who wants to stand in that line on a hot summer afternoon just to get a middling dog covered in shitty chili on top of an untreated white flour bun? Not me, dudes and dudettes: but I sure will walk far (twenty minutes tops, depending on footwear and levels of drunkenness) for a Skooby's Hot Dog. I want my bun infused with garlic, my dog compact with flavor and deep-fried...

How does one become a success in the music business? Is it who you know? What you know? Does dressing like Michael Jackson help? Or does it all come down to...how you lick the competition? Honor Student has an answer: and it is today's 4:20 Video. Very, very, VERY NSFW. Video courtesy of Superdeluxe.com....

LAist loves Honor Student. They are a trio of L.A. funnymen-filmmakers: David's the one with the great hair who makes incredibly realistic masturbation faces. He stars in this installment of "Chasing Donovan", their on-going series of short comedic episodes (they've also done videos for The Mae Shi). Matt and Oz work behind the scenes, and their hair is also not too bad. They are also possibly the only Oklahoman-Dominican directing duo working in the...

For today's 4:20 Video, we bring you Los Angeles-based funnymen and filmmakers Honor Student, who decided to peek into the psyche of one of America's greatest leaders.

We don't really know who put this together. We don't know the point. We don't know what's going on.

Much thanks to Here in Van Nuys who pointed us towards another Van Nuys based blog - We's in California. Bluntly and comically, a Canadian couple shares accounts of their new homeland, including seeing a rapper in the bank and dealing with Homeland Security. After perusing this crackup blog, we had to share some of our favorite quotes with you:

The commencement of the school year typically generates all types of education-related news and anecdotes. This year they sadly range from the tragic to the bizarre. NYU was shocked by the suicide of 23-year-old grad student Joanne M. Leavy, the second Tisch School of the Arts student to die within a week and the seventh death of an NYU student in a year.