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| Sunday, October 18th, 2009 | | 5:00 pm |
Chances are your best in everybody's pants.
7 of diamonds today, in plain sight behind the couch where I've been a hundred times. I even vacuumed back there before the party on the 4th. WTF? I think this must be a sign, but I'm just too dumb to interpret it yet.
Three to go.
Current Music: Mr. Fancy Pants-Jonathan Coulton | | Sunday, July 5th, 2009 | | 5:38 pm |
I didn't meet my goal. There are still four cards missing. Current Music: Lost In The Moment-Edie Brickell & New Bohemians | | Thursday, June 18th, 2009 | | 2:23 am |
Had a kind of interesting eye-opener, recently.
I had some local film students get in touch with me about a project they were doing for a contest, wanting to know if I would be a bigfoot type monster for them. They had a couple of ideas that sounded fun, and I had the interest so I agreed. It turned out to be a much more amateur production than I was expecting, but it was still fun. I kind of went through it with my ego leading, thinking, "yeah, I've got enough experience for this, my part will look totally awesome by comparison, but whatev."
Well, the finished shorts are published now. Egads. I'm terrible! Nothing like I was imagining. I mean, the film students were totally thrilled with what I gave them, and were very insistent that it was more than they were aiming for, so that's cool. I'm probably really only terrible in comparison to what my expectations for myself were. But after ten years in suit, and a lot of mascot video work that I am totally proud of, it's an interesting wake-up call to be aspiring to "mediocre". I always thought it'd be cool to someday have one or two Hollywood suit acting credits, and thought of my experience as a mascot as more immediately relevant to that pursuit than it appears to be, or feels like now.
There wasn't a lot of planning or rehearsal or even direction, on anybody's part really, and it shows in the videos. The Interview in particular was done with one take from each of two angles. Eek. I'm not awesome enough to walk in and turn in an amazing performance from a cold read, any wishful thinking I may have done beforehand to the contrary.
I don't regret the experience at all, or anything like that; it's not really in my nature. A punctured ego can be repaired---plus it gives me a chance to try something else which may get me actually closer to my goals, rather than just feels-like-closer. The vocal performance in particular is something I would have liked to have more time to work on (a LOT more time).
I don't want to share the videos, but I will anyway.
The Outrageous Phone Bill Monster
The Interview
I can only get better. Good night, mom and dad. I love you.
Current Music: Monta Miestä-Happoradio | | Sunday, June 7th, 2009 | | 3:06 pm |
Queen of hearts, under the power strip behind the TV.
Two decks to go. I don't think I'm going to meet my goal of finding them all before the 4th.
Life is... happening. I'm not working for the Storm anymore, which is helping tremendously. I'm hoping to finish transferring Marc's wedding video to DVD this weekend, which he asked me to do ten months ago and which I thought at the time I could probably finish between Christmas and New Year's. It is a beautiful video; every time I sit down to work on it, I feel hopelessly alone. I have to confess this has made it easy to avoid working on.
I haven't been out to skate any serious distance in almost eighteen months.
Current Music: Olette Kauniita-Happoradio | | Saturday, February 21st, 2009 | | 11:07 pm |
Two of spades, behind the sheet-fed scanner this time. I'd already retrieved a handful of other cards from back there some months ago, not sure why I missed this one.
Three decks to go.
Current Music: Puhu äänellä jonka kuulen-Happoradio | | Wednesday, November 5th, 2008 | | 9:53 pm |
I'm heading to Oakland in the morning, with my father. I'll be in the Bay Area Friday, and possibly Saturday. It'd be nice to maybe have dinner with a few folks, but I understand there are standing social obligations so if it doesn't work out I won't have any hard feelings. Y'all should still have my phone number... I'll be checking email (and no doubt LJ also) sporadically, as well. Current Music: And She Said... (Valentin Extended Mix)-Lucas Prata | | Tuesday, November 4th, 2008 | | 9:05 pm |
I am feeling fairly emotional at the moment.
I feel compelled also to acknowledge Senator McCain's concession speech in Arizona. One year ago, I felt optimistic as---though McCain's political convictions do not match well with mine---I could still respect him as a politician and as a person, and feel proud to have him lead this country as president.
As time passed, I felt first bewildered and then forsaken, as the character of his campaign became shrill, divisive, and angry. I wondered what in his mind had caused this change, and I despaired of the possibility that he could be elected on these qualities. I am no less confused now, yet still indescribably bouyed to hear the leadership qualities I had once admired and respected in McCain, finally restored to his speech at the moment of his concession.
It seems somewhat silly to feel such relief based on the preliminary outcome of an election, out of all proportion to its actual importance. The political discourse in the United States has been descending toward something base and puerile for so long, so inexorably, that even the slightest evidence that this need not be a permanent condition takes on a significance exceeding its clinical import.
Current Mood: optimistic, again, at long last.
Current Music: Of These, Hope (Reprise)-Peter Gabriel | | Sunday, November 2nd, 2008 | | 4:12 pm |
Found another card---emerging, this time, from inside my large-format printer. Lo, stuck to the back side of a proof, the nine of diamonds.
The rank of incomplete decks is thus cut from five, down to four. Current Music: Where The Streets Have No Name-U2 | | Wednesday, October 8th, 2008 | | 3:30 pm |
This meme hates me so much. | My LiveJournal Trick-or-Treat Haul |
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| kjaer goes trick-or-treating, dressed up as Edison Carter. | | brokkentwolf gives you 12 green coffee-flavoured jawbreakers. | | crocodile gives you 12 softly glowing root beer-flavoured pieces of chewing gum. | | drleo gives you 17 green lemon-flavoured gummy worms. | | kurreltheraven gives you 16 orange cherry-flavoured wafers. | | lynxspirit tricks you! You lose 30 pieces of candy! | | nerfcoyote tricks you! You lose 16 pieces of candy! | | notrobert tricks you! You get a piece of paper. | | reemul tricks you! You lose 8 pieces of candy! | | sabercat gives you 11 mottled green mint-flavoured gummy bats. | | seattleturtle tricks you! You lose 1 pieces of candy! | | kjaer ends up with 13 pieces of candy, and a piece of paper. | | Another fun meme brought to you by rfreebern. |
| | Tuesday, September 30th, 2008 | | 11:58 pm |
Resolved herewith
...to more frequently use the verb to buffalo in conversation. Current Music: Sexy M.F.-Prince & the New Power Generation | | Monday, September 22nd, 2008 | | 6:39 pm |
Catching Up With kjapeche Mode
From: kjaer
Subject: Re: Question
Date: September 22, 2008 6:31:18 PM PDT
To: Michael P.
On Sep 22, 2008, at 5:25 PM, Michael wrote:
Hey Ray – How are you? Heard you are Doppler? Is this true?
Perfidy! Calumny! All lies!
Well, okay, maybe it's a little true.
I am fighting off some serious crud. I don't have time to be sick! I don't have time to be Doppler either, for that matter, but I notice it didn't stop me from saying, "yes." I think for some reason I thought it might help me meet women? Don't ask how that's working out.
How are you doing? I heard a rumor that there was a little rigging snafu at the 'hawks game a couple weeks ago. How on Earth did you and Ryan talk Kevin into allowing THAT to happen?!
ok
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Current Music: Lost In The Moment-Edie Brickell & The New Bohemians | | Sunday, September 14th, 2008 | | 11:36 pm |
This weekend has brought the recovery of nine additional playing cards, which had been flung behind things as the epilogue to this year's Fourth of July party.
For those of you playing along with our home game, that translates into the completion of one full deck---54 cards.
Right! Five decks to go.
More later.
Current Music: Piano In the Dark-Brenda Russell | | Saturday, August 16th, 2008 | | 6:21 pm |
| | Monday, July 28th, 2008 | | 11:24 pm |
I recently failed a saving throw versus madness---starving, hysterical.
I don't know what it means, either. It can't be good.
Can it?
Current Music: Cuesta Abajo-Jerry Rivera | | Friday, May 9th, 2008 | | 8:24 am |
| | Wednesday, May 7th, 2008 | | 12:52 pm |
Writer's Block: My First Car
My first car was a 1967 VW Beetle. There was a huge windstorm the day President Clinton was sworn into office, during which a western red cedar fell on---and crushed---my Bug. When it was sold to a schoolmate of mine, my dad crawled in through the sunroof and drove it up onto their flatbed truck, feet in the air, working the pedals with his hands. I hadn't even gotten my learner's permit yet. I ended up riding a bicycle everywhere until I was 21. | | Wednesday, January 30th, 2008 | | 12:55 pm |
Via ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) jwz...
Today is International Delete Your Myspace account Day.
I'm thinking about it. The only reason I'm not already there is I don't give a saline drip about my Myspace page, not enough to even go to the effort to delete it. Also, as much as Myspace sucks, they're still better than Classmates. | | Tuesday, January 29th, 2008 | | 11:13 pm |
People complain that it only ever rains here. That is hogwash; I have proof.
Current Music: The Show Goes On-Bruce Hornsby & The Range | | Saturday, January 12th, 2008 | | 3:32 pm |
| | Sunday, December 2nd, 2007 | | 8:34 pm |
Tonight's forecast:
Purple, with a chance of dandelions.
Current Music: Sweetness Follows-R.E.M. |
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