Saturday, January 30, 2010
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Limited Stop Motion
A few people might remember me talking about Pretentious Man, my superhero with indie bitch-related superpowers.
He will be coming to life within the next couple of weeks in what I'm calling a "limited stop motion" series featuring PM taking on a slew of enemies.
Hopefully nobody has trademarked that phrase yet, cause I thought I was pretty clever when I came up with the idea of "limited stop motion."
Basically I'll be recording old-timey radio versions of these adventures, with sound effects and different voices and dramatic music, then laying stop motion animation over it.
The difference is that I'm going to be only doing traditional stop motion animation when characters use their powers, the rest will play like panels of a comic book. The pictures will be made out of a mixture of magazine clippings and construction paper, (since I'm obviously going to have to make costumes for everyone and have different mouths for dialogue.)
This is going to take a lot of work, so the next couple posts will probably be PM-related.
He will be coming to life within the next couple of weeks in what I'm calling a "limited stop motion" series featuring PM taking on a slew of enemies.
Hopefully nobody has trademarked that phrase yet, cause I thought I was pretty clever when I came up with the idea of "limited stop motion."
Basically I'll be recording old-timey radio versions of these adventures, with sound effects and different voices and dramatic music, then laying stop motion animation over it.
The difference is that I'm going to be only doing traditional stop motion animation when characters use their powers, the rest will play like panels of a comic book. The pictures will be made out of a mixture of magazine clippings and construction paper, (since I'm obviously going to have to make costumes for everyone and have different mouths for dialogue.)
This is going to take a lot of work, so the next couple posts will probably be PM-related.
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Monday, January 25, 2010
Wasp
There was a wasp in my room today.
It flew right at me, and I ran the fuck out of there.
Then I realized it had landed on me.
So I frantically ripped my clothes off and grabbed some RAID.
The cloud of insect killer was so thick I couldn't see through, and when it cleared the bitch was twitching on the ground.
With the threat extinquished, I could safely have a heart attack.
I'm terrified of those things.
It flew right at me, and I ran the fuck out of there.
Then I realized it had landed on me.
So I frantically ripped my clothes off and grabbed some RAID.
The cloud of insect killer was so thick I couldn't see through, and when it cleared the bitch was twitching on the ground.
With the threat extinquished, I could safely have a heart attack.
I'm terrified of those things.
Thursday, January 21, 2010
I've eaten 10 cheese sandwitches today
If you could see me right now, you would see a person who has been completely consumed by laze.
I'm sitting on my bed typing this as my PS2 loads yet another game of Madden. My 11-0 made-up Packer team is set to take on Atlanta. I don't even like football. The pajamas I'm wearing aren't even the ones with pockets, which is to say I don't have my cell phone on me. It's probably downstairs.
SModcast is playing from my laptop, which is also downloading The Sarah Silverman Program season one.
My theory is that I'm not going to have the internet in my apartment in Minneapolis, unless I piggyback it off some other fool's connection, so I'm burning rediculous amounts of DVDs to have something to kill time with.
I know I'm not going to have t.v. there.
The burst of motivation I had a few weeks ago hasn't exactly worn off, but it has been benched. (To put it in football terms.) The script's progress is going very slowly and the many scholarship essays I hoped to write haven't been started. I applied for a job, but haven't checked up on it.
It's not that I don't want to do things, it's that I got so excited so early for moving and going back to school and meeting new people that I totally burned myself out, then quickly realized that I still have 6 months left in this town.
Maybe this weekend something fun will happen here and get me excited about things again, enough to want to go out looking for another job and work on the script with people and get out of the house. Hopefully at least I'll want to put on pants.
I'm sitting on my bed typing this as my PS2 loads yet another game of Madden. My 11-0 made-up Packer team is set to take on Atlanta. I don't even like football. The pajamas I'm wearing aren't even the ones with pockets, which is to say I don't have my cell phone on me. It's probably downstairs.
SModcast is playing from my laptop, which is also downloading The Sarah Silverman Program season one.
My theory is that I'm not going to have the internet in my apartment in Minneapolis, unless I piggyback it off some other fool's connection, so I'm burning rediculous amounts of DVDs to have something to kill time with.
I know I'm not going to have t.v. there.
The burst of motivation I had a few weeks ago hasn't exactly worn off, but it has been benched. (To put it in football terms.) The script's progress is going very slowly and the many scholarship essays I hoped to write haven't been started. I applied for a job, but haven't checked up on it.
It's not that I don't want to do things, it's that I got so excited so early for moving and going back to school and meeting new people that I totally burned myself out, then quickly realized that I still have 6 months left in this town.
Maybe this weekend something fun will happen here and get me excited about things again, enough to want to go out looking for another job and work on the script with people and get out of the house. Hopefully at least I'll want to put on pants.
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Monday, January 18, 2010
Fade In
I spent the day so far watching documentaries about fucked up people.
First I watched "Married To The Eiffel Tower" about people who are sexually attracted to objects instead of other people. Like, they believe everything has a soul.
This one lady was in love with her bow and became a world champion archer because of it, but then her and "Lance" broke up and now she totally sucks at shooting bow and arrow.
Next I watched "Deliver Us From Evil" about this horrible child rapist priest. He was describing in full detail what he did to these kids and he was all calm about it like it was normal. At one point he said that he isn't attracted to women or men, or nessessarily children, but naked children he's all about.
So now I feel really down on humanity and am about to watch (500) Days Of Summer to get motivated to write this next script I've been working on, so I'll probably be even more bummed.
Mondays.
But I'm going to do a lot of writing today to try to get into the habit of writing every day. There's still 6 more months since I leave for film school, but maybe if I start now I can have this script perfected by summer and do some shooting in appleton (where the whole thing is set and most of the story revolves around certain fox cities landmarks.)
First I watched "Married To The Eiffel Tower" about people who are sexually attracted to objects instead of other people. Like, they believe everything has a soul.
This one lady was in love with her bow and became a world champion archer because of it, but then her and "Lance" broke up and now she totally sucks at shooting bow and arrow.
Next I watched "Deliver Us From Evil" about this horrible child rapist priest. He was describing in full detail what he did to these kids and he was all calm about it like it was normal. At one point he said that he isn't attracted to women or men, or nessessarily children, but naked children he's all about.
So now I feel really down on humanity and am about to watch (500) Days Of Summer to get motivated to write this next script I've been working on, so I'll probably be even more bummed.
Mondays.
But I'm going to do a lot of writing today to try to get into the habit of writing every day. There's still 6 more months since I leave for film school, but maybe if I start now I can have this script perfected by summer and do some shooting in appleton (where the whole thing is set and most of the story revolves around certain fox cities landmarks.)
Thursday, January 14, 2010
Sunday, January 10, 2010
A Thousand Miles
Last night was super chill.
I headed over to my friend's house to hear some of his new music. It ended up being me, my friend, and then 4 other people I didn't know.
The guitarist from Number One Fan, a girl from New York who played Vanessa Carlson covers, a dub-step producer from Madison, and Kevin's lady were there.
Kevin insisted that he's only heard the song "Pokerface" once. That's not even possible is it?
After being awake for 24 straight hours I thought I would sleep in, but woke up at 8 this morning and got BK breakfast.
Used a coupon, cause that's how I roll.
Now I'm probably going to dig out my Vanessa Carlton cd because everyone knows I have a penchant for female singer-songwriters, and my Ingrid Michaelson cd has been way overplayed as of late.
EDIT:
Here's that dude's sweet drum&bass reworking of Biggie.
I headed over to my friend's house to hear some of his new music. It ended up being me, my friend, and then 4 other people I didn't know.
The guitarist from Number One Fan, a girl from New York who played Vanessa Carlson covers, a dub-step producer from Madison, and Kevin's lady were there.
Kevin insisted that he's only heard the song "Pokerface" once. That's not even possible is it?
After being awake for 24 straight hours I thought I would sleep in, but woke up at 8 this morning and got BK breakfast.
Used a coupon, cause that's how I roll.
Now I'm probably going to dig out my Vanessa Carlton cd because everyone knows I have a penchant for female singer-songwriters, and my Ingrid Michaelson cd has been way overplayed as of late.
EDIT:
Here's that dude's sweet drum&bass reworking of Biggie.
Saturday, January 9, 2010
Chuck
Been watching Chuck for a while. Finished season one and now I'm about two episodes into season two.
For real, it's the best show on t.v.
For real, it's the best show on t.v.
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
Film School Confidential
Looking over college catalogs and touring apartments in Minneapolis online all day.
Even though I've been looking forward to this for a year and still have another six months to get ready,
I'm still scared as fuck.
Even though I've been looking forward to this for a year and still have another six months to get ready,
I'm still scared as fuck.
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
Monday, January 4, 2010
New Years Eve
Finally got around to uploading the infamous pic from new years eve...
and here it is:
Click on it to enlarge for the full experience.
Some other things that have been going on.
I've been checking out film schools non-stop online, and getting a bunch of catalogs sent to my house.
I'm still pretty sure I'm going to the one in Minneapolis that I talked to when I first decided I wanted to go, but just in case I get to my tour and find the school to be UW Fox-like, I'm getting some backups in mind.
One that I really like is also in Minneapolis, but their program is 4 years and they make you take basic art classes.
Problem.
I haven't taken art since 8th grade because I know I suck.
So I started a sketchbook where I'm going to try drawing some stuff in case I go to that school and have to take drawing 1 with a bunch of kids who have advanced beyond stick people.
The least embarrassing will be posted here.
As part of my new years resolution to Keep Busy I'm starting another blog-a-thon. As lame as it sounds, forcing myself to write even the lamest blog post still gets me up and productive, which leads to me being motivated enough to do some real writing.
Otherwise I'd totally spend every day watching Boy Meets World.
(^ Still haven't finished the 5th season, it's getting intense.)
Speaking of, I've done a lot already today and am probably going to watch some Cory, Shawn and Topanga...
and maybe try to draw Wayne Coyne since I totally just saw his dick in the "Watching The Planets" video.
and here it is:
Click on it to enlarge for the full experience.
Some other things that have been going on.
I've been checking out film schools non-stop online, and getting a bunch of catalogs sent to my house.
I'm still pretty sure I'm going to the one in Minneapolis that I talked to when I first decided I wanted to go, but just in case I get to my tour and find the school to be UW Fox-like, I'm getting some backups in mind.
One that I really like is also in Minneapolis, but their program is 4 years and they make you take basic art classes.
Problem.
I haven't taken art since 8th grade because I know I suck.
So I started a sketchbook where I'm going to try drawing some stuff in case I go to that school and have to take drawing 1 with a bunch of kids who have advanced beyond stick people.
The least embarrassing will be posted here.
As part of my new years resolution to Keep Busy I'm starting another blog-a-thon. As lame as it sounds, forcing myself to write even the lamest blog post still gets me up and productive, which leads to me being motivated enough to do some real writing.
Otherwise I'd totally spend every day watching Boy Meets World.
(^ Still haven't finished the 5th season, it's getting intense.)
Speaking of, I've done a lot already today and am probably going to watch some Cory, Shawn and Topanga...
and maybe try to draw Wayne Coyne since I totally just saw his dick in the "Watching The Planets" video.
Sunday, January 3, 2010
Blankets Are Persuasive
My bed fully inflates in 3 minutes.
This is where I spent the day, wrapped in my cocoon.
Tomorrow I'll be forced out by responsibility.
But once my shift is over, the real work can begin.
Unless, of course, my blankets are persuasive.
^ Gah. Welcome to overtired lame poem corner.
I guess what I'm trying to say is I really need to get some shit done tomorrow, and not sit in bed watching Boy Meets World like I did all day today.
This is where I spent the day, wrapped in my cocoon.
Tomorrow I'll be forced out by responsibility.
But once my shift is over, the real work can begin.
Unless, of course, my blankets are persuasive.
^ Gah. Welcome to overtired lame poem corner.
I guess what I'm trying to say is I really need to get some shit done tomorrow, and not sit in bed watching Boy Meets World like I did all day today.
Saturday, January 2, 2010
Harry Elephante
On the long drive back home yesterday I was hoping to catch up on sleep,
but every time I closed my eyes all I could see was this guy.
I named him Harry Elephante.
He was lost and found warmth in my head, so I invited him to stay.
More details on new years eve once they become clear.
but every time I closed my eyes all I could see was this guy.
I named him Harry Elephante.
He was lost and found warmth in my head, so I invited him to stay.
More details on new years eve once they become clear.
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