Blood, Sweat, and Pixels

by Jason Schreier

John Epler, the cinematic designer, recalled a bleary-eyed ritual in which every night he’d drive to the same convenience store, pick up a bag of Cheetos, and then go home and zone out in front of the television. “You get to the point where you’ve been at work for twelve or fourteen hours, you get on the road home and you think: all I really want to do is watch a TV show I’ve watched one hundred times and eat junk food I’ve eaten one hundred times, because those things are comfortable, and I know how they’re going to end,” Epler said. “Whereas every day is another something coming to the top of the pile, and, ‘Oh shit, somebody needs to look at this.’” When the store’s clerks started to recognize him, Epler realized he needed a lifestyle adjustment.

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