Wow. I just opened Windows Media Player with the intent of listening to a song that I realized 5 seconds later was a song I’d written for “Men at Arms”. Gah, I’ll be so happy when there’s a recording of the music from this show.
Bah. Just had the classic actor’s dream of having to be onstage, but not knowing any lines. I was Marian in The Music Man, so I knew all her songs about 90%, but of course I hadn’t rehearsed singing them, so they hadn’t been fully worked into my range yet. Though it was being performed at Hockaday, the role was double-cast, and Harold Hill was played by Tom Tompkins, which was also weird. Tom could pull it off, but he doesn’t really seem like the Harold type. I tried to sneak script onstage and read from them in a not-very-obvious fashion, but I failed miserably. Anyway, during intermission, I got a phone call from Mrs. Felice, who told me that Berne Klinke (Bud Frump in Jesuit’s How To Succeed two years ago) would be at the show tomorrow and tried to reassure me as I panicked. I frantically tried to learn my lines. Then I heard music, and I ran to the stage, only to find my double already there, singing “Til There Was You”. They had decided to put her onstage instead of me because I had been on the phone. Ugh.
I’m tempted to take this image and make an icon that says “My fandom looks disturbingly like my Physics teacher.” I swear, Richard Taylor and Peter Jackson were twins separated at birth!
Fluffy kittens sing
Of the joys of sleeping in.
I blog in haiku.
Today, as I had little to do for my senior project, I went around taking pictures of all my friends and writing mean haiku about everyone. It was fun! Especially picking on Keith, muaha.
So here is my day at Reel FX, in haiku form:
Ninjas and pirates?
Watching GI Joe makes me
thoroughly depressed
Explanation: Why are there ninjas, pirates, and cowboys in GI Joe? The world may never know.
Wolverine? Havek?
Which X-Man are you? Watch us
Waste company time
Spam based on Conan?
Girlfriend looks like Amelie.
Ah, inspiration.
From the upcoming animation “Mr. Spam”
Watch as he CGs!
Limbert’s 1337 Photoshop skillz
Make me feel stupid
Alas, woe. The sky
image does not work. I make
a contribution!
Helicopters fly
Through the air like hummingbirds,
Blown up by glider.
Watch as we BS
The entirety of the
“Behind the Scenes” reel
While the camera crews filmed one of the guys, who was pretending to show us some of the storyboard and concept art stuff, he just spouted gibberish about “This is where I lost my eraser.” Another: “It’s interesting that you get neater when you don’t have your eraser.” Another: “At which point did you start drinking heavily?” It was funny. And I think I was in a couple of the shots; watch for me if you ever see it.
Damn. The virus spreads
Throughout the entire system.
Thanks a lot, Brandon.
Doodling and sketching,
Checking email all the time.
Does Keith ever work?
Arthur gives advice
Troubleshooting email woes.
Blind leading the blind.
Entropy decrease?
Coincidences pile up.
I dine with Rachel!
I went out to lunch with a bunch of the Concept Art room guys, and they were randomly having lunch with a guy that was having lunch with Quinn Mathews and his daughter, Rachel, one of my good friends. Craaaaazy.
Meet Keith’s new girlfriend.
He got lonely; played the SIMs.
Send us a JPEG!
Cobra flips the bird,
Hamsters don Leperchaun suits.
God bless blooper reels!
The Keith Series: (Keith protested that indeed, he does do work, so I wrote more haiku about him. Har.)
Scanning through the script,
Keith’s work is invaluable.
Without him, we fail.
Keith: a vital part
of Reel FX’s art room.
All hail the scanboy!
Fabian asks me
To scan a bunch of his art.
Hah, I stole Keith’s job.
No, Keith is our friend.
He does not deserve the grief.
He gave me chocolate.
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::preens:: I helped one of the SFX guys prep an image in Photoshop today. Ph34r my 1337 Ph0toshop sk1llz! ::grooves::
I made A Contribution. ::nods:: Of course, they ended up using a different image for the final, but still…
Observation of the Day:
mattman_skippy: though, as I’m about to leave, i’m slightly fond of the lone star state
mattman_skippy: in my many travels, i’ve found that Texas is the only state that knows how to barbecue, unfortunately
spockmonkey4: *shrugs* My affection for Texas is in the endearing sense. Like how we like Fred Colon because he’s a bigoted moron that’s so blindingly dim, yet authoritative nonetheless. He’d make a good Texan, come to think of it.
First sign of the penny dropping:
I was at Virgin Records this afternoon, and the guy told me that the “Frequency” cards (like frequent buyer things) were only good for three months. I thought to myself “Am I going to get 10 cds before three months is up?” Then I thought to myself “In three months, I’ll be in college.” Zounds.
Yay. Fixed a few glitches in the Captain’s Log template. Whee! Renata, you might want to post in your blog an offer for frowlers to join, so that we know who to email to add to the member list.
Briefly Peppered with a recommendation for all things Jasper Fforde. Genius. Read The Eyre Affair, kids, you won’t regret it!