United State of Pop 2009

Now I don't have to listen to all those songs in full.
Who knew that the recording industry only knows how to write songs in one key.

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Catch the Wind

My grandmother, Mama, died last Tuesday morning. From elementary school through most of my college years I stayed with her about once a week. Through high school, unless I had a basketball game or band thing, I stayed at her house on Friday nights. When everyone else partied, or whatever you're supposed to do on Fridays, I went to Mama's ate junk food and watched TV. It was my escape every week. She used to make me a huge plate of spaghetti and garlic toast for supper, sometimes we'd splurge and have pizza. Or if she needed supplies we'd go over a town to Wal-Mart, I'd get a $5 toy and we'd go to Applebee's where I'd get the double cheeseburger and a cookie shake. Mama usually had the quesadillas, probably the reason I like them now. When I graduated high school she took me and my cousins on a cruise to Bermuda it was most awesome I'd do it again in a heartbeat. The first time I remember her crying is when I left for the Naval Academy after high school, and then again when I came back. While I was at Jewell before transferring to Wheaton I resumed my weekend stays at her house. After I graduated from Wheaton and went back to get another degree at Jewell I stayed with Mama Sunday nights as her caregiver, at that point she had full-time live in help. That continued until I moved to LA little more than a year ago. It was during that return to Jewell and staying with Mama that I started singing and playing my guitar regularly. Every private concert ended with Jolene, even the ones this last month with her in the hospital. She liked to hear me play and I loved playing for her. I'll never have a more captive audience. Or one more prone to be lulled asleep by my music.

I played at her funeral on Saturday. I would have liked to sing Jolene, but I didn't think it would be appropriate. I played Catch the Wind instead. My two cousins payed their tribute first in words, beautiful, appropriate words, then I played. I thought I'd make it through, but I got to the 3rd verse and broke down. I started thinking about the lyrics, "When the rain has hung the leaves with tears I want you near to kill my fears to help me leave all my blues away," and couldn't do it. I did manage to recite most of the rest, "Standing in your heart is where I want to be, I long to be..." But I couldn't finish it. Thankfully my mom, who was sitting at the piano, finished, "Ah, but I might as well try and catch the wind."

It'll be a long time before I see my Mama again. But she's dancing and laughing and singing at the feast. I've never heard Mama sing, I used to sit next to her in church and she'd just read the hymns without singing. I can hardly wait to hear her sing.

I love you Mama. I'll miss singing for you.

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The Arts

I wonder how any Christian could argue against the relevance and importance of the arts...

For surely the Bible itself is art. Isn't it the definitive collection of God inspired/revealed poetry, stories, and song?

Art is the human mind trying to capture the seen and unseen beauty and truth of the world. All true art is inspired at its core, and where does this inspiration come from but ultimately from God whether or not the artist recognizes the source.

I'm just glad I'm not alone on this stance. The good people at Ravi Zacharias agree and are turning their attention toward the arts.

Road to a Higher Degree

I fully expect to someday obtain a PHud using only the most rigorous and interesting methods available...or whichever gets the job done faster.
:P

Home and Books

In the last week or so I've been trying to catch up with my reading. I started off with one of my all-time favorites. When I read My Side of the Mountain in 6th grade I was absolutely convinced that I wanted to do the same thing. I quickly found out though, that outdoorsyness is not my strong suit. We went camping in the mountains for a week and the whole time I replayed movies in my head and wished for Dr. Pepper. SCA camping is much much more up my ally.

I also read Percy Jackson #2, which I really enjoyed. I've changed my mind on the series. I still have some qualms but I'm looking forward to reading the rest of the series as soon as I can find them in the Library, I'm thinking I'll have to order it in. Read Ella Enchanted and it was super awesome, I must say I liked it better than the movie, but I enjoyed the movie in its own right. On the not kiddie side I read the latest Sookie Stackhouse, which is by far my favorite vampire book series. *pssst* Sookie has a personality and so do the vampires. That's why. In my queue is The Ranger's Apprentice, Artimis Fowl, and the graphic novel version of Pendragon (I tried the book and hated it enough to stop reading almost immediately).

My grandma is still in the hospital, but she's stable and pretty close to being back where she was before all this drama. Who knows how long she'll last. Other than that, I've been hanging out with friends and ferrying my other grandma back and forth for her cataract surgeries.

Exciting, I know. The only thing I haven't been doing that I should is....MERCATOR! But I will strive valiantly to finish him in the next 3 days. Probably. :P

'Sup?

Obviously haven't felt the need to post for a while. Came home to Missouri earlier than expected because my grandmother was in ICU. She's doing better and not in ICU at the moment. We'll see. I'm glad that I got to come home in time for Thanksgiving, but unfortunately I seem to have picked up a bug on the way home. Laying in bed today drinking tea hoping that whatever this is is gone by Tuesday.

Being sick sucks.

Yosemite

Yosemite National Park is absolutely gorgeous. It makes even my poor photography skills and makes my pics look good. We stayed in a private cabin on actual park land with a perfect view looking down the valley to Half Dome. Hiking the trails was very much like being in my own personal fantasy world. It was amazing. I'm hard pressed to think of anywhere else that I've been that quite lives up to it's beauty. I hope to return someday. Sooner than later.

Can't stop Laughing

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Oh WOW

This is most definitely worth watching.

Behold the latent power of Cupid and the short film.

:)

Take a sad song and make it better...

Synecdoche

A great little comic about how each of the people we meet on the street are connected to us even across great distances of time and space.

Simple Life

I think the Amish have quite a few things right.

More and more I find moving out to my grandparents' farm and eeking out a life there more appealing. I know that I wouldn't be satisfied though. Someday I'd like to be able to spend several months a year up there...

So cool

I want one of these that says Mercator, She Wrote. It'll be so cool. Only the coolest of the cool will get it.

:)

Forward Ho!

Something happened, I don't know how, but sometime around June I went into full retreat mode. I haven't done that since leaving the Academy and I don't know why I did this time. I was on a roll. 4 scripty jobs in a row then nothing. A couple of bites, but that's all. I had hoped that going home would shake me out of it, I came back ready, or so I thought, and fell into the same pattern. I haven't been completely idle. I've nearly finished Mercator (1 chapter to rewrite), and I have been looking for a job, I just haven't been as tenacious as I need to be. It isn't like me to remain idle for so long, and now its a deep rut. That brings an image from The Berenstain Bears of Papa pushing a wheelbarrow down the front path in a rut and demonstrating to the kids how difficult it was to get the wheelbarrow out. It was a lesson on bad habits and how hard it is to break them. I've been trying to get out of the rut but I'm not exactly sure how, but I'm not giving up. I don't give up, not without giving it all I've got. It's a time for reflection, seeking, changing habits, and pursuing writing. There is a purpose to this long doldrum and I don't want to waste it. Time is something I've wasted too much of already in my 20's. Hopefully I'll emerge from this time a better person with something to show for all this time...

Gymnopédie No.1

Fall

Its Tuesday and it's windy. I guess they call 'em the Santa Ana winds or something like that.

It feels very much like fall. The wind has knocked leaves off of the trees, the air was cool, and many houses have their Halloween decorations out.

Earlier I was listening to Gymnopedie No. 1 by Satie and the wind while drinking Constant Comment Tea. It was awesome. I felt like I should be in a Leonard Cohen song.

Good day, I must say.

The next step

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Wish

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Brown... like that stuff that isn't dirt and smells

Dan Brown.

The single most...er...

The absolute pentacle of...um...

Dan Brown has a way with words. It takes a certain something to make me want to throw a book across the room every paragraph and he certainly has that something in abundance.

The final straw...

To whoever is paid to care,

Several others and I just received a ticket for parking legally. The citation says that I have parked in a no parking zone for street cleaning. Except today Tuesday and is street cleaning on the opposite side of the street as clearly indicated by the signs on both sides of the street. What is strange to me is that all the cars on the street are parked legally, meaning that there are no cars parked on the side of the street that it would actually be illegal to park. I have included pictures taken at 9:30am of both sides of the street and their respective signs. This does not give me confidence in the employee who ticketed at least 4 cars in a row and failed to notice that there were no cars on the opposite side of the street and wonder why so many people failed to note the proper no parking sign. I would very much appreciate the fine being lifted, for I will not be paying it. You might also consider lifting all the other fines issued by Officer --- on Tuesday October 20, 2009 between 8-10am on ----. I sincerely hope that Officer ---- will be informed of his mistake and that they will be more careful in the future so that this will not happen again to myself or others.

Thanks for trying yet again to steal my money.

Go eff yourself,
Me

Mine

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Opportunity

There is a Showbiz Expo today down at the LA Convention Center. The guy I learned Script Supervising has a booth and is encouraging all his recent students to come down and hang out at the booth for a while. He gets people hanging around his booth creating more interest and we get the chance to meet industry people. Hopefully. Supposedly people come by the booth looking for Script Supervisors not training so there's an off chance that I may score an interview or two or none today. It's worth the effort to go down there at least.

:)

Legend of the Seeker

When I saw the billboards for the series last year I thought for sure that it was going to be terrible, unwatchable, and completely hoaky to the nth degree. I've read part of the book series that the TV series is based off of and I was afraid that it wouldn't adapt well. I'm not a hard core fan so I'm not all that disturbed by the differences between the two. I've never had much of a problem with the changes made from book to film, I come at it from the understanding that it is necessary to adapt stories between the two. I know the hardcore fans cannot stomach the changes and cannot see the merits. Granted, sometimes the adaptations are done poorly and lose completely core concepts of the original and the loathing of these adaptations is completely merited. But sometimes the changes reinvigorate the original instead of rotely copying it.

As adaptations go I am thoroughly enjoying Legend of the Seeker. Its great to see a high fantasy done well on film. Its hard for me to believe a major network took such a risk.

My favorite part is the portrayal of strong women. Kahlan the leading female is equally as powerful as the leading man. She fights with two daggers, or whatever she can get from the enemy and she fights just as well as the guy with the magic sword without the aid of magic. It's pretty awesome.

Freak Out Week

In six days I turn, ugh, twenty-seven. I thought twenty-five was bad. This is most definitely worse. Only because of the 27 year curse that took Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Curt Cobain, etc. I can't believe that the last 9 years have happened so fast, especially the last four. They're a blur. I just keep thinking that my life is passing me by and I'm not living it, but I know that's not entirely true. Most of my life is still ahead of me, the most productive years, and probably the most fun and fulfilling years. I should be excited, and I am, I really am. I'm also nervous. There is a lot to do and the time for slacking is behind me. I guess the thing that bothers me most is the total absence of a certain side of my life that most people have down by now. The whole love and relationships thing. It's something that once upon a time I gave quite a bit of thought to but never really pursued, I just keep hoping that someday it will fall into place, I'm not impatient and I'm comfortable with where I am. But like Sally said, "...and I'm going to be 40!" Harry,"Not for another (13 years)." Sally,"I know, but its OUT there!" Le sigh. Screw it, let it unfold as God intends, no use pining or moping. Besides next Monday I get to go to Disneyland for FREE!

Anachronism

I love it.

Watching A Knights Tale remembering why I came out here in the first place and why I love the SCA.

I have recently discovered that my taste in movies tends to lend itself more toward pure entertainment than any sort of "message." If a film can deliver both like Slumdog Millionaire then we've reached perfection.

Love that Film thing

Lately I've been rather lackluster about just about everything. I think that perhaps I have discovered the root of this sad state of affairs to be two things...

1. job hunting, not doing so hot
2. not enough movies. MOVIES, not documentaries.


Cure?
1. I need to watch more movies (old faves) and remember why I'm out here in the first place. A little celluloid encouragement.
2. Rearrange my room somehow. Best thing to do when slumps strike.

But first?

WAR!!!!!

I need to get the crap beaten out of me for several days. :)

Red Cliff

Paranoid

Me? Paranoid?

Uh...yes.

The Knightly Queen

Winter comes to Caid
dark storms froth her seas
warriors raise your horns of mead
in tribute to our fair Knightly Queen

No golden rose shall bloom as bright
No lady of chivalry display her might
No white sea bird soar to such height
as she who sups in Valhalla this night

A cheer to our lost Knightly Queen
Warriors raise your horns of mead
Hail! Hail! Odin's newest Valkyrie
Winter has come to Caid

New Layout

I was tiered of being all dirty rock. Thought I'd go Steampunk in honor of the great month of October just like Tor.

Phase

Maybe it's just a phase...

Inglorious

Saw Q. Tarantino's latest...

Wasn't impressed. I was hoping I'd like it, but nope, I didn't.

I've heard it described as a Jewish revenge fantasy, and I have to say that I agree. I just didn't see the point of the thing. It went on forever seemed to meander all over the place. Playing fast and loose with history is one thing, entirely changing it with only the barest nod to the real thing is another. I didn't even like the action, if you can call it action, and usually that's what redeems Tarantino's movies for me. There was maybe one cool action scene and it lasted for all of 10 seconds. I can't say that I got bored in the movie, I came perilously close, but Q.T. never dwindled quite long enough to push it over to yawn territory. My biggest gripes were with the lack of any sort of growth in most of the characters and an over abundance of plot lines involving enough characters to make that growth nearly impossible. I have a fundamental objection to a revenge tale where the audience and the characters don't see the underlying evil of revenge even against the foulest of people, there's no point to the story. I like stories with point not just a series of cool bits and ideas. Of course I could be wrong and should I ever see the movie again I may see a lesson learned.

Honestly? Objectively? If we're only talking in pure cinematic qualifications, it was an extremely well done beautifully crafted movie. It's in the same boat as There Will Be Blood and No Country For Old Men, both of which were wonderfully crafted but left me wholly unsatisfied when I left the theater.

Am I asking too much? Probably

Am I too old fashioned? Maybe

Ultimate verdict? Eh, it was a Tarantino movie. You either love or leave it.

The idea of Inglorious Basterds = Pure Awesome
The Actuality of Inclorous Basterds = Awwww I wanted this to be Awesome...

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Doldrums

Working on it. Looking for a scripty job. Editing Mercator. Trying to craft a stand-up comedy routine. And working on an idea for a script. Mainly trying to stay optimistic and be proactive.

I guess I'm not totally falling down on the job...

The wind just isn't blowing my way.

Color circles

Just a little thing I ran across on my internet journeys. I thought it was pretty and fun. Just passing it along.

Okami

This simple little flash based game is based on one of the most beautiful innovative games I have ever played.

The entire game is animated in a 3D Japanese calligraphy style that is ridiculously beautiful. Its as though you play in a painting. The storyline for the game follows the sun goddess Amaterasu on her quest to save the world. The coolest bit is that the battles are based on painting. You draw a certain shape on the screen and Amaterasu does her thing. It is freakishly cool.

Kitten Mittens

Birds on a Wire

Birds on the Wires from Jarbas Agnelli on Vimeo.

Vegas

I had a blast in Vegas in spite of my absolutely horrible luck.

Lost most of the money I took to gamble with, but not all. I just couldn't stomach that. It's all good though. I had fun with my bud from MO and got to see the joust thing at the Excalibur.

Don't ask me why, but I really do love the place. It's the worst place in the world, THE City of Sin, but there is just something about the Strip that I love. Perhaps it's the false glamor. Or the shows. Or the people watching. Or the Casinos themselves, I love their flair and pretentiousness. Maybe its just the potential that something awesome might happen.

Boat!

They removed the video from You Tube so here it is from some Asian website that probably doesn't care as much about copyright.

This is the only song allowed on-board my future boat.

this and that Enya song...

pfffft!

Been Thinkin'

I've been out of school for a whole year now...well, half a year if you count my script supervising course.

I miss it.

You don't have nearly 20 (yikes) years in school without getting used to it. And I always liked it. I didn't really try for most of those years, but I didn't have to...

At least with school I always had something to do, someplace to be. You signed up, paid, and they told you were to be and what to do. You get used to that too.

I guess the one thing that school never taught me was how to get a job after you finish.

And...

I want to go back. Not undergrad. I've had enough of undergrad. But the thing is, I really have no idea what I'd want to study unless I could make my own peculiar program that includes basically everything.

But the time isn't right. I've got to do this script supervising thing. I've got to at least have a year or two of real scripty work which I'll consider my film school education. Maybe then, if Mercator does me right, I'll be able to go back to school...in something.

Percy Jackson and Miss Bennet's Zombies

I just had the pleasure of reading two books which have been on my radar for a while now.

Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief-
Not bad, not bad at all. But not Harry Potter. Very generic. Kid finds out he has special powers. Kid goes special place where there are others just like him. Kid is more powerful/special than all the other kids. Kid has to save the world because the adults are too stupid/not allowed to. I enjoyed the book well enough. But naturally some things bothered me. The fact that there are all these bastard children of old Greek gods around doesn't seem like the most wholesome message. Why Greek gods? I supposed because everyone is familiar with them even though they fell out of vogue nearly 2000yrs ago. And I don't particularly like how impertinent Percy is toward his elders or supposedly powerful gods. It's a book to be enjoyed not intellectualized I suppose.

Why do kid heroes always have to be rude and disrespectful toward just about everyone else? It's annoying and only encourages kids to become know-it-all jerks by the time they're 12. I'm of the opinion that there are plenty of those around already. And there never seems to be any ramifications for these attitudes or actions it's always dismissed as being "spunky" or some bull. I have nothing against spunk, but there is a limit, and it's rather boring to have another a-hole 12yr old hero. I guess the thing is, I just didn't like Percy as a person all that much. Now that I think about it, I wasn't particularly fond of any of the characters. Maybe I'm just jaded. Probably, definitely.


Pride and Prejudice and Zombies-

Interesting. I liked it, but the novelty of having a Kung-Fu E. Bennet wore off fairly quickly. I ended up soldiering through mainly because I haven't read the original (I will now). The interjected Zombies were great fun, but I really wish that they hadn't done the ninjas or the kung-fu bits. I found it odd and really a little too much having Elizabeth always going off about honor and her Sholin master.

Fun idea. I think it would work better as a B- Movie than as a novel. That would be Hilarious.

Absolutely Unbelievable

So I tried to embed this, but it wouldn't.

If you like MUSE this is a must.

Take a Bow- Symphonic Arrangement

Blog with Maps in

Beautiful wonderful marvelous maps!

Where is he?

He's never here!

Hey Alan,Alan, Alan, Alan,Alan,Alan...

Back in LA LA land

This is hands down the most gorgeous bike I've ever seen. I'm getting one specially made in my fantasy future. If nothing else I'm getting a poster of it to put in my garage and salivate over. :P

Back from my sojourn in Missouri. It was pretty darn nice to be home to put it mildly. Nice to be back. I missed my peeps here and my XBox360. Although I'm already bored with my games. *gasp!*

Mostly I'm ready to get this whole future thing rolling...

...and I didn't finish Mercator while I was home...

Party in Sweden's pants

The Hamster Dance

"Weird Al" Yankovic - CNR

The Big MO

It's been great being home for the last week and a half. So I guess that means that I'm half-way through my visit.

Cool.

Feels like it should be more than halfway through. But it's nice to have more than a week left. There are still a lot of people to see and things to do.

Ideas

Wedding Ideas for, you know, whenever I get married.

Dude

YOU are so awesome!

YES...YOU!

Kung Fu Internet Protection GET SUM

The Metal Shakespeare Company: "To Bleed or Not to Bleed" (Hamlet III.i)

...

:)

Pens

The most awesome pens I have EVAR seen!

Oh Wow

This guy is unbelievable. It sounds exactly the same!

Blackadder - MacBeth

Damn I miss the Theatre!!

Style

I stumbled across this artist.

I LOVE it!

It's a combination of Romantic, Impressionist, white line (I don't remember the movement), and pure awesome.

Hilarious Bohemian Rhapsody Cover

MAPS!

maps! maps! maps! maps!

Mercator is going to need some seriously awesome maps.

Oh, how much work I have left on my little cartographer.

First things first. Last three chapters.

Homesick

That's all. I'm homesick and I just want to go back to MO for a little while. A couple of weeks. LA and the film industry will still be here when I get back...

Monkey Island!

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Seriously.

THIS is the most ultimate awesome game of all time. Or at least mine!

Monkey Island: Special Edition.

The original came free with the first computer that my family owned and I mostly owe my gamerness to this game alone...

Look! A three headed monkey!

Stand By Me | Playing For Change | Song Around the World

I can't remember if I shared this yet or not...

Love it.

4th of July

Um.

I went to AX 09 (Anime Expo) on Saturday and Sunday.

A friend of mine from the SCA asked if I would be in her skit for the Expo. And I said yes. The skit was a part of a costume contest thing. First the costumes are Judged by themselves, then your group performs a skit later that night. It was a very long day. I didn't really get to see any of the expo as my day was mostly spent helping the others in the group fix, put on their costumes, and sit guarding our stuff. I really don't like putting out other peoples fires. We were the Brawler Babes (the chicks from Smash Brothers Brawl). We had Zelda, Samus (Metroid), Princess Peach, and the female Ice Climber (me). We looked awesome and our skit went really well for not having actually gotten to practice it.

I did have some fun but tensions were high and that really wears me out. I'm already scheming for next year, but I only want to do it if I can enjoy the con. Its way too expensive to spend an entire day not getting do explore.

The costumes some of the people put together were ridiculously awesome. The work that had to have gone into some of the feather wings was staggering.

We didn't win, but that's cool. Its not due to any lack of skill or attention to detail. Just the way the cookie crumbles.

Truth

We can't escape it.

Es..cap...eh.

looks like escape!

Sand

Just tiny rocks...kinda.

Kutiman-Thru-you - 01 - Mother of All Funk Chords

Wow just wow

Writing

For some reason writing has been especially difficult for this particular chapter of Mercator. I'm thinking it, have something to do with me being afraid to finish the book. Probably because if I finish it, edit it, and then start trying to hock it I might discover that it really isn't good and no one will pick it up.

Or maybe I really am afraid of success, and as much as I hate being stuck in this middle place between school and success I'm comfortable with my life and not really being expected to be anything, or deliver anything, or be a certain way. I can just go on being the person I've become over the course of college.

But I'm ready. I'm willing. And I'm tiered of this comfortable no place that I've developed.

I just hope that God will use me and my imagination soon.

How much do I love this????? LOTS!!!

Oh-Maria

Hail holy Queen enthroned above,
Oh Maria,
Hail mother of Mercy and of Love,
Oh Maria,

Triumph all ye cherubim!
Sing with us ye seraphim!
Heaven and Earth, resound the hymn!

Salve (salve), salve, salve Regina!

(Clapping Hands)

Hail holy Queen enthroned above,
Oh Maria,
Hail mother of Mercy and of Love,
Oh Maria,

Triumph all ye cherubim!
Sing with us ye seraphim!
Heaven and Earth, resound the hymn!

Salve, salve-salve, salve Regina!

(Piano)

Our life, our sweetness here below,
(Oh-o-o)Oh Maria,
Our hope in sorrow and in woe (woe-oh-oh),
Oh Maria,

Triumph all ye cherubim (cherubim),
Sing with us ye seraphim (seraphim),
Heaven and Earth resound the Hymn!

Salve, salve-salve, salve Regina!

A-le-lu-iah

Mater ad mater inter marata
Sanctus sanctus dominus
Virgo respice mater ad spice
Sanctus sanctus dominus

A-le-lu-iah (A-le-lu-iah)

Our life, our sweetness here below,
Oh-o-oh-o Maria,
Our hope in sorrow and in woe,
Woh-o-oh-o Maria,

Triumph all ye cherubim (cherubim),
Sing with us ye seraphim (sweet seraphim)
Heaven and Earth, resound the Hymn!

Salve, salve-salve, salve Regina! (Salve yeah)
Salve Regina! (woh-o-oh)
Salve Regina!

Michael Jackson - Gone Too Soon

So true.

I have long thought Mr. Jackson one of the most tragic figures in modern music.

A boy who lost their childhood and was burdened with the weight of fame at an age better spent on imaginary stages rather than the bright lights.

A man who once held the world in his palm fallen from grace.

No mercy from the ones who once sang his highest praises. In his darkest hour largely abandoned.

Now on the verge of possible comeback he is stolen from this world.

As tragic as it gets.

"Now cracks a noble heart. Good-night, sweet prince;
And flights of angels sing thee to thy rest."
Shakespeare- Hamlet Act V

Best Movies of all time?

I have to say that they're missing a few. And have accidentally added some that are by no means good enough to be on any "of all time list," but its still a cool graphic.

Taken from /Film, where I get most of my movie news. Although I think I'll be switching to the trades seeing as I need a job pretty badly.

Me Likey!

I love Tweed! I wanna be like these dudes. And I would love to have a bike too.

I'm thinking this is more of a Win than a Fail

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Eggs

Don't know that I can crack one after seeing these...

Chemical Party

Hey!

What I do.

Excellent look at what a day in movie land is like.

Toward the beginning they introduce the Scripty. 'Tis what I do good gentles. And do well. She sums it up pretty gooooooood.

Some day I'll be the big wheel. But first I must prove my mettle as an Excellent Script Supervisor.

Or Script Wizard, the title I prefer.

Ugh. Must find job. Surely I can.

Blah blah snore.

Bored. Plenty of things I COULD do, but none I feel pressured to.

Except for Mercator and strangely, though I know what to write, I cannot seem to make my fingers work on his story.

Just finished The Left Hand of Darkness. It was alright. I understand it's place in sci-fi literature history, but it did not impress me much. Its success is in how alien yet familiar the culture of the planet Winter was. That and in the explorations of how miscommunication might occur between species. Other than that it was alright, not my cup of tea. I usually prefer a little more adventure. Or perhaps it was just the style of writing. I don't know. And don't really care.

Star Trek

Terribly good I'm afraid. Terribly.

Reminded me how I'm an interstellar explorer born out of time. My fondest dream and longest standing desire does not exist and won't for a very long time...

but then again. I did read that article that said that quite possibly those of us under 40 will have the chance to extend our lives perhaps even to a 1000 yrs...

I'm not sure I want to live that long.

Woe to us who dream of the future and long for the past.

We are living in H.G. Wells' future, but to us it will always just be the present.

I love this place but the traffic sucks

At Portfolios. My favorite Coffee shop in the known universe. Very much like the one I hope to someday be a founding member of. It makes me Happy.

Monty Python's best sketch ever

piano,

I WANT ONE!!! OF EACH!!!!

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Art

Comics are art. Just funnier.

Shadowman

Shadowman- the title of the flick I just got off of on Wed. The crew was great. Much better and more smooth running than the one from my second show.

I totally messed up, though. It was only on the first day, so I don't have to feel too bad about it. I honestly thought the shoot started on Wed the 27th, but lo and behold it started on Tue the 26th. Oops.

It's not fun to be woken up at 8:30am by the producer wondering where you are. Or the resulting panic that follows realizing that you are completely unprepared for the day. So, jump out of bed and frantically try to make your printer and computer play nicely so that you can get the script preped in 15 min to head out the door. Only to realize once you get on to set that they never gave you the most recent version of the script, which isn't even reeally the shooting script. Nice. So basically you just struggle through the first couple of days almost faking it, but when you're good you still don't have to fake it... Yeah I'm goooood. Anyway.

Survived the first couple of days and had two off before going back for the last four. Hardly got anything done on the two days off. Why? 'Cuz I just got back from war and was still completely beat up and tiered from that.

And I thought I was being all responsible and stuff by leaving war a day early so that I'd have a day of rest and a day of prep. Good thing I left early.

After that the shoot was smooth. Although I got really bored whenever we weren't actually shooting. 12 hr days are HARD if you AREN'T GETTING PAID. It's really hard to give 110% then. But I don't slack on my job, but I'm not exactly going to go out of my way to shlup heavy stuff around.

Now, this really only applies to student shoots. I'm going to be working on a professional spec thing the next couple of weekends. I'm stoked about it.

I'm kinda under the weather at the moment though. It's hard to take good care of your self and eat right and all that jazz when you're on set for 12 hrs. Even if a lot of that time is waiting. I'm sure I'll get it all straightened out.

Supposedly the SAG drama should be over in the next week or so and productions will be going into final prep mode.

With some providence I'll be landing one of those jobs in the next couple of weeks.

Total Eclipse of the Heart: Literal Video Version

OH, crap.

Fast Time

Check out who's number two on the list.

My number 3 all time favorite comedian!

Right behind Gilda and Madeline. Tied with her comedy partner of course.

Another reason she kicks ass.

Lost Generation

Potrero War 2009 Action

War Post

Potrero War was unbelievably fun. The weather was perfect, the site was beautiful, and I fought really well. I had a blast. I think it was the most fun I've had in the SCA so far. So much better than Estrella. I'm really getting the hang of line fighting and it's a lot of fun.

Potrero is way down south and east of San Diego in the boonies. The shade was lovely and with the breeze kept the temperatures just right. I took Friday to prepare myself to fight on Saturday. For some reason eating has not been my main priority lately and I almost bought it when I was helping house Valentine set up camp. Friday I shot my recurve bow for the first time in competition and didn't miss the target once! Sweet! New Arrows too. James is letting me borrow some of his. As for throwing knives. I either hit the red or can't hit the broad side of a barn.

Saturday was one long day of AWESOME! I had so much fun it's ridiculous. I much prefer small wars to large wars. The fields are smaller and there is a lot more action. I can hardly wait until the next fight.

And my new tent was the bomb. just the right size.

Spent all my refund check at war. Bought a basket and a beautiful knife.

Green Lantern Trailer

My Captain

We were in a Resurrection Battle
amongst the shade and bales of hay
I saw my Fret Knot Captain go down
to his knee with a spear to his chest.
when the Marshal called hold.
He was out there alone and legged
I could not let my Captain lay
between the walls of shields alone.
I gave my shield and my life,
that my Fret Knot Captain be spared.

Susan Boyle Memory

Advanced Cat Yodeling

Wrap Party

Had a lot of fun. Drank a little (truely). Sang a couple of songs (extremely poorly). Talked a lot. Came home. Slept.

Great great day overall.

Screening

The screening for the first film I worked on as a script supervisor is in a couple of hours. Going to go check it out just as a matter of course. Besides I want to see how this one turned out. Its the 1920's vampire flick. Should be good. Here's hoping that I did a good enough job...

OH Neglect

My sorry blog how I miss thee. I am poor and unwise and lazy. I should fill thee with the thoughts that fill my days or the lack there of, but alas I am a fleeting sort who tarries not so much at the shore of the great expanse that is the ocean of the internet.

and I want to blow shit up on my xbox

Leonard Cohen: The Stranger Song

Princess and the Frog Trailer

Redneck Woman (Reality Remix)

High School

Its weird. Weirder now that ever. Old friends from high school are friending me on facebook. Now I have nothing wrong with that. The weird thing is that I've been kept at a mentally younger age than most of my high school counterparts by going to college for a freaking long time. It also helps that I dress like a college kid and do mostly those sort of activities. I could still probably pass for early twenties easily. We had these ideas about the future when we were in high school. About who we wanted to be and how we saw the world. And each of our visions were molded by our parents and the town we grew up in. And the way it was then isn't the way it is now although the people are still exactly the same.

Teenagers today struggle with the same things I did when I was a teen. And I remember that. My teen experience was quite unusual. I lived in a bubble of innocence that I was unaware of and I have now emerged from without bursting. Not many escape the small town christian midwest upbringing and survive college without either their purity bubble bursting and them throwing away every thing they once held close for something more "intellectual," "politically correct," or "liberating." Either that or they totally wrapping themselves in insubstantial religious/bland/middle class/american dream and perpetuate the lie that is killing Faith and the USA

This Movie is About Cats Flying

Hot

It's hot. I don't have a lot to say. I took my watch off. Time is very weird right now. It's kinda funny working on a 11th century dress after coming off of a modern day shoot. Right before that I worked on a 1920's vampire flick. I'm meeting a chick at afi about her show tomorrow.

Life is interesting.

Here's hoping that I'll get paid eventually.

Days of Rest?

Yeah right.

I get two days off before the last day of shooting and proceed to stay up half the night. I'm going to have to go to bed at 9 just to catch back up on my sleep.

Smart. Reallly smart.

Oh and I'm putting my lip through a quick bootcamp this week because I'm playing my trumpet this Saturday and Sunday for the Altavia Investiture. I need to work out a bunch of little trills and one or two thirty second mideival sounding fanfares.

I'm psyched let's just hope my lip can get back into good enough shape in the next 4 days.

Whoa

This is a phenomenal reel. I hope I can work with these guys some day.

I ADORE Dolly

eat it whitney

Busy

The thing about this industry is that when you have a job all you have time to do is work and sleep.

Which means I haven't had time for blogging...or Mercator. :(

Only days until I get a break though.

One of the most annoying things about working on a student set is the fact that it takes 2 hours to set up the first shot. It has to be perfect. But the last shot? They scramble around like maniacs set up 4 shots in 10 minutes and often they're unuseable.

And one of the best things about being a scripty is that I don't have to lug heavy equipment. I'm typically a helpful person, but I have nothing really invested in these films. And I'm not getting paid enough ($0) to stick around and lug heavy things. Basically I do my job and jet. If I were working with people I know I'd help. But I'm not...

Scripty

So yesterday was hell. But not as bad as I was afraid it would be. We start with the most difficult shots of the whole thing...naturally. I was on my feet the whole time. And by the end of the day we were setting up extremely complex shots so fast all I could do was get down the scene number, time, and the most basic movements. Never mind checking the 11 extras. 11. I'm getting tiered just thinking about it.

Today was much much better. Almost as many set ups but only 2 actors to keep track of. I got to sit down and even go to the bathroom! It was great. Tomorrow should be about the same and Tues should be a little more difficult but not all that bad, except the call time will be 6:30am.

Enough. I need to wind down.

Coming Back

So the trip home was amazingly fun. And I can barely stay awake. In fact I fell asleep on the plane coming to Denver without meaning to.

MARU

I want a cat just like this one.

Home

Home is nice. But for the first time I'm torn between two places. I guess I'm getting used to California. Or maybe I was just getting used to the last few months. I'm actually pretty nervous about this first Scripty job. I'm sure I'll exceed all expectations. Especially since I'm applying myself...but...

It's sort of weird to be back here when it isn't spring break or anything.

Wow. I've almost been out of school for a year?!

cool.

A Show Stopper

I love this woman

Hey, Let's Time Travel Y'all

Now that we've got the poster, let's go invent a time machine so we can change things for the better!!!

Yay!

Let's all go kill Hitler. I get to go first!

or

"Hey, don't worry about me, babe, I've got a time machine and a poster. That's all I need to rewrite History!"

Shit

It didn't work. I'm still stuck on the second level of Mario 1 and the Dungeon is getting a little boring.

Ha! Let's keep going.

How about...

you get the glue and I get the gun and we all have a little glue gun fight by sticking all of the broken pieces of history together in a big mess. It can't be any worse than it already is!

Never mind. I kinda like the way things are.

Mainly because of Christ.

Happy EASTER EVERYBODY READING THIS!





whenever you are. you know, it's always Easter in some dimension.



yes I know I'm weird.

Being Creative

Maybe part of my creativity is just having severe Da ja Vu all the time. Though once I get used to it, I probably won't even notice anymore.

But it sure makes for some interesting poetry.

BlaH.

Like that. Did you like that poem? I call it..."TV." Which I've been watching all day.

Night.

Maps of Coolness

Oh Wow.

Look! Now they can Map coolness! Mercator would be so proud.

At least now next time I go out to have a good time in LA or New York I'll know where to head so they can tell me that the clubs are full and I can't get in.

Coooooool.

Ode to the Poor Pitcher Whose Name I’ll Never Know

He died too soon after the game
and now everybody will remember his name
as the guy who pitched his ass off
for the Angels in the outfield
catching his fly balls

It’s sad to be true
you never know when
the dark cloak will
come for you

so it would be better to be
ready for the one
whose name you’re more likely to say in vain
though He’d never use yours in that way
so maybe you’d better think before
saying all those things
and the dark cloak comes
to take you away
to the heavenly gate
where you might not get in

_this is for the Angel's pitcher that I just read about on Digg. Heaven Bless his family man. Tragedy.

Most amazing thing ever!

No, not that Molly. Something else entirely. Besides, THAT is far from a done deal he still might come to his senses and say no.

Now THIS. This is probably going to be the most fabulous piece of high school music (original) theater ever performed on the planet Earth. Remembered faintly by only those lucky enough to either have seen it or read about it on Amanda Fucking Palmer's website. (which I read regularly, that is to say almost religiously, because she's so fucking cool, yes there's that word again, and this is the worst run on sentence (and link(ooh parentheses between parentheses between parentheses, now that's the mark of a smart writer! beginning not capitalized either...) ever put between two parenthesizes)

I really want to go see it, but it will be sold out. And I'll be working. And and and... oh well. Life goes on. Until it doesn't and then it's all up to God.

And no I'm not on drugs or drinking. I just am. The way God made me. Heaven help me and the rest of the world, because neither of us are going to know what hit us. (and neither will Dacus.)

Done Finito.

Time for sleep. I just hope I can. And I hope they decide against me on that stupid show because it's going to be sooo hard and maybe not worth it. But then again, when is anything? Worth it, mean.

At Gunpoint

We're all going to die and it's awesome.

Time to reconsider that God thing for a lot of people I would think... Maybe...

I remember now why I liked astronomy and science and shit.

Coupled with this article on how we're all going to live forever...from the same site.

I think it's all pretty damn funny.

Talk about messing with the Apocalypse and the tree of life!

Backwards

Some things just make more sense when they're backward.

star wars' george lucas in love

I'd forgotten about this and how utterly awesome it is!

Sheep

This is so ridiculously awesome. I don't have the words. Although I do want some sheep now.

Bled Dry

I really wish colleges would wait at least a couple of years before asking their alumna for money.

What are you stupid?

You just bled our resources dry for how many years and now you want us to gift you money?

Right. Smart. Wait five years when perhaps we have steady jobs, don't ask within the first year when most of us are either unemployed or just holding down a low wage job to get by and pay our loans.

It's stupid. And is not likely going to make us think kindly of you in the future when you come back begging for more money.

I'm tired of being asked for money I don't have for causes that I couldn't care less about. I paid full tuition, I'm not about to help others who may or may not be qualified to even receive a higher education. You don't care about the student's education, you care about your bottom line and the things you can say to lure more into your halls.

Having said that. I love both my colleges. Just one more than the other. Way more.

Christo et regno ejus. Baby.

I'm seriously Laughing here

Oh that Picard, he's soo funny!

Ah the memories

Dreams do come true!

How long until I can afford one of these babies?

Double Mode

Depending on when you catch me I can be one of two completely different people. Well, not completely different...

Sometimes I'm this really confident outgoing social person who loves being around people and exploring new places.

Sometimes (most of the time) I'm this really insular person who is afraid to talk to people and is reluctant to leave the house at all.

It's really really weird. I wish the social person would just stick around.

Late Night

For some reason movies seem much better really late at night...

Great Day

Wow.

I don't know what it was, but I had a phenomenal day.

Nothing special happened.

Spring is in the air.

Ate Vietnamese food.

Went to class.

Finished Chap 14 of Mercator.

Playing my new favorite video game.

I'm just really happy.

Nice. :)

Forgotten

I used to watch movies ALL the time. It was basically the only thing I did besides somewhat trying to not flunk out of college. But ever since I've started pursuing film as a career, I really haven't watched movies the way I used to. The result is that I'd almost forgotten how much I really LOVE movies and why I'm out here in California chasing a dream.

I remember now.

And all because of The Matrix.

It was the first rated R movie that I ever saw. And it was largely responsible for sparking my growing obsession with movies. I remember how blown away I was watching it for the first time on the big screen in my basement in the dark after senior prom (or junior winter formal it's hard to remember). I've always been in love with the magic of movies. Before I could talk Superman stole my heart, he flew. In fifth grade Jurassic Park blew my world apart. And in high school I found out what The Matrix was.

I remember now.

That fire.

That Magic.

God help me.

I want it.

MY FAVORITE!!!!!!

I should know better

So instead of getting anything of importance done today I read the last third of a fantasy book that I've been stringing along for the better part of a month.

Eeegads!

Has it been that long? I have no sense of time anymore. I need out of this rut.

Anyhoo. Of course it has to be book one of a series that isn't all out yet. In fact it is the only book of the series out so far. Even worse it just kind of leaves off without any sort of real ending!

Evil!

...

It just occurred to me that I will be guilty of a similar crime in less than a month. And should fate smile kindly upon me in the next year or so people will be making the same fuss about Mercator book 1. I have to believe that he will be picked up. Because I have to finish his saga. I have to. How could I leave his tale unsung? He's too good for that fate.

All I Ask of You Phantom of the Opera Nick Pitera

Nick Pitera

Scrapped

So I've scrapped everything that I've written for Chap 14 of Mercator. It wasn't much but it just wasn't working. Going to settle down and force myself to write for 3-5 hrs after class today.

Gotta make it iron clad or it just won't happen.

Everything's amazing, nobody's happy

Major Blockage

I don't know what's wrong. But I can't seem to start this chapter of Mercator. I've got maybe a page, but it just doesn't seem right. I know exactly what happens. Its a really cool, exciting chapter, but I can't get it out!

I should just soldier through it even if the writing is majorly shitacious.

Its not like my bad writing has stopped me in the past.

Its just so painful!

Weird.

I got the Jones

I guess Spielberg, Lucas, and what's his face recorded their creative process for prosperity back when they were brainstorming Indy.

Yay.

I just hope that I'll be able to weed out the really stupid shit when I get older...

!!!

Dr. Litfin is RETIRING!!!

!!!

o.O

*slightly shocked*

Bananas in Pajamas

Layout

New Layout.

Likey?

Or

No Likey?

Biographies

I like to read biographies from time to time. Most of those that I have read have been on musicians, particularly Janis Joplin. But that doesn't actually have anything to do with what I want to say.

My biggest problem with biographies is that you always have to wade through at least one chapter, usually lengthy, on the person's family history.

Dude.

BORING!!!!

I don't want to read about Alfred Hitchcock's great grandparents. I don't care!!!

I know that it was a shaping force in his psyche, but it doesn't make it interesting in the least. Its just like long info dumps in fiction, especially fantasy, unless done artfully and without the reader realizing that they've just been treated to an extensive history of this non-existent world. (And believe me it's hard to work it into the story.) But at least fiction writers try to work it into the story. Biographers usually just dump it at the beginning and bore the hell out of you.

I understand the desire to want to keep the story linear (although most biographies start with a single interesting chapter which relates some pivotal happening later in the subject's life, because other wise we'd never get past the first paragraph), but really...try to make it interesting. Play with time a little bit. Start with the person's most famous years and then jump back and forth weaving a more interesting story which really reveals their driving forces. Because I'm not going to remember in chapter 2 how his/her mother always gave them liverwurst giving him/her a life long fear of owls in chapter 38 when they go on a drug binge because the tour bus hit an owl. Weave it together. Make it a story.

Don't worry Janis, I'm a gunna do you justice someday.

I'd forgotten How Awesome this Movie is

As much as I love the new Batman movies. I think that the original two will always be my favorite.

n+s= Pure super Awesome

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Neil Gaiman

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Political Humor

Mark Sanford
NASA Name Contest

Lost in translation, seriously

Lost in translation, seriously

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Bum Bum Bum!

I just dyed my hair super blond today .

And got in trouble at fighter practice for it. So now I'm going to make an appointment with Kate to "fix it." And I'll admit that it could use a little fixin'. I'm excited.

Most Unwanted

May I present for your listening pleasure...

THE MOST UNWANTED SONG IN THE WORLD!

Tasty Day!

Happy Pi Day!!

I <3 Mercator

I woke up this morning in love with Mercator again. I think it partly has something to do with having to look at a few maps for reference and remembering how much I adore maps. Which I suppose is a good thing seeing as me and Mercator are going to be together for a very very long time. I surely hope so at least.

Only star on the left...wait is that a planet?

I've always wanted to be able to to do this.

Never mind I already knew Orion and Cassiopeia. I want to know more!

Where are we?

Geography of a woman.

And I loved Slumdog Millionaire. Especially the music. They deserved every award. Bravo.

Symphony 1 In the Barrel of a Gun - Emily Wells

tranquility

Fly fly away

Dude, I so know how that guy feels!

Look look look

Found the Imdb thing for the pilot I worked on last October. I guess it got picked up after all.

Looks like they settled on a title. Good for them. I'm not watching it.

Scripty

I can already tell that I'm going to be a nervous wreck my first day on set as the script supervisor.

Granted, for me being a nervous wreck only effects my ability to talk on the phone, but still...

Right now I'm not quite half way through my script supervising training and I can tell that even with 100hrs I'm only going to be basically prepared to handle the job.

And this is the most comprehensive script supervision training out there aside from becoming an apprentice.

I cannot imagine someone taking a lesser course going out and thinking that they are in any way prepared to do this job.

For the first time in my academic career, I am finding myself motivated to really study this stuff and get it down cold so that when I get out there for the first time I'm not worried about the basics, I can concentrate on the real issues.

I'm excited. I want to get out there. But it is daunting. The first time doing anything is daunting. Heck I'm still daunted putting on my armor on Monday nights. And this is so much more important.

Ghost Bustin' Time

I wanted this so badly when I was little. I never got it. And now just look at what I've become!

One complaint

It's probably become obvious by now that I listen to Ravi Zacharias a lot. And I'm not about to stop, but I do have one complaint. I really really don't like the bookends of every audio podcast. It really detracts from the message as a whole for me because it is 100% Christian Radio, which I've never liked. I know it's supposed to set up the message and let the listeners in on what they're supposed to get from it. But it's annoying and usually not entirely accurate, or dumbs down the message so much with some epithet that it almost detracts from the message as a whole. The ending summary is just as bad. Luckily since I listen to it on the internet I can just fast forward or end it early. I can understand the beginning, but I really hate it at the end. Mostly because Ravi is quite capable of ending his message on his own, and a thousand times better than whoever is trying to dumb it down to a single statement at the end.

The dumbing down is my biggest problem with the bookends. Ravi is brilliant, persuasive, and easy to listen to. The other stuff isn't and has he aftertaste of tin can Christianity which is so prevalent everywhere in the evangelical world. To me it almost seems like a disservice to Ravi's messages. I just worry that those non Christians who I recommend the podcast will be put off from listening because of the intro's and outro's.

But that's just me, and I'm obviously not going to stop listening.

WWII

A little history of WWII made pictorial and hilarious...or at least mildly amusing.

Babble

I stumbled across this article on a universal set of lingual symbols. Thought it was pretty cool.


And here's a short article on the Vatican's stance on evolution. I kind of like how they called atheists absurd in their assumption that somehow evolution means there is no God. It's sort of like saying...something else really drastic wide sweeping and groundless.

Why never to post on internet forums

“To give truth to him who loves it not is but to give him more plentiful material for misinterpretation."

George MacDonald

Eden

This is a very interesting article on what might have been the real Eden.

On a tangent here's a sweet movie that shows what an asshole Rama was to Sita. And serves as a great illustration of how unbelievably unique the character of Christ is in comparison with other god/men.

Estrella War 2009 - Friday 13th Battle

This was either the first or second battle I ever fought in.

OH MAN WAS IT AWESOME!

I can hardly wait until the next time I get to do this.

Blueberry Girl - New from Neil Gaiman

The Rock Wanderer

Behold the first version of The Rock Wanderer School of Rocks Logo.

Eventually it will be awesome and gorgeous, but for now this will do.

Regress

Ok. There's no point to this really but...

on further examination, the Oscars weren't that bad.

I still think the musicall and the host weren't the best choices, but the pacing, set and pretty much everything else went smoothly and didn't totally bore the audience.

I just felt sort of guilty for spewing so much venom.

38 Cute Animals, 1 Cool Screen, 8 Different Uses

Dear Hollywood

Dear Hollywood,

I HATE YOU!!!!!


I HATE YOU FOREVER!!!!!!

No Love,
Jens

Summation of pre and postshow oscars

OOOOH shiney dresses!

Stuck

I can't get it out!!!

GARRR

Writing Mercator is HARD.

Why does it take so long? Why can't I just sit down and bang out a chapter without having to pry myself away from the internet every 15 min? Why can't I focus?


Brrrggggglllldddd.

Of course just sitting down and writing has never been a strong suit of mine. I'm a particularly good procrastinator. I was lucky to get a first draft done of a paper in college by the time it was due.

Proofreading? What is this thing you speak of?

Evolution

Southpark Theory Of Evolution - More amazing video clips are a click away

I'm not entirely sure why I don't watch more South Park...

Truth comes out

This is the real reason my persona is viking.

Name

When I chose my name for the SCA I didn't really give much thought to the fact that it is the name of the warrior chick in Völsunga saga also known as the Nibelung Cycle that Wagner adapted to Opera.

I was more interested in keeping Bryn. I originally wanted Brynja, but it's not "historical," or some such bull.

But it fits really well.

Why?

Because my persona can be a Shield Maiden without having to lie.

Tom Waits - Smuggler's Waltz / Bronx Lullabye

Second Home

I want I want I want to go!

In the same vein. This particular message by Ravi Zacharias is awesomer than awesome!

Home

Oh, how I <3 Missou-ah.

I've had the privilege to have seen these several times. My uncle is a former representative and is currently a lobbiest. He's super cool and so is my aunt!

Boot to the Head

Captian Eo (1 of 2)

This movie has stuck in my mind since I first saw it on my first trip to Disney when I was probably 5 or 6. It was singlehandedly responsible for my love for Michael Jackson. Who I think is possibly the most tragic figure of modern rock.

Finally I get it!

Ha!

I thought this was rather funny.

In other news Vincent required another ton of money to be well, but hopefully this is the last time for another 60,000 miles. And by then I won't have to cry mercy at the feet of my parents.

Poor Vincent doesn't seem to like California. I can't really blame him. The other cars are mean here.

Beat

I'm beat. Quite literally, I've got the bruises to prove it.

But damn was it awesome!

Except for the cold,

and the tent,

and vincent breaking on me half way through Arizona at 11pm.

I can hardly wait until the next war.

Going to WAR

So I leave in just under 3 hrs for war. Turns out that I'll be able to authorize tomorrow. I'm going to study the entire way there. I'm sure that Phillip will help me out. He's training to become a marshal.

I cannot believe how much CRAP I'm taking. I'm taking more than I brought back from my parents at Christmas by 2x. But if I'm going to be camping I don't want to be thinking, "if only I'd brought the kitchen sink." Which would be nice, but it's too heavy.

I'm stoked. It has to be so much better than even Great Western War...

:)

Peace, I'm out until Monday.

The REAL Indiana Jones 4 trailer

(Alternate) DuckTales TV Intro

Conspired Against

The world has conspired against me.

Tonight's fighter practice has been canceled because of rain.

Which MEANS....

I won't be able to authorize for heavy weapons combat.

Which MEANS....

I won't be able to fight at Estrella because I was told that they won't allow authorizations there.

Which MEANS...

Why the fuck am I going? The real reason I wanted to go was to fight. I could co thrown weapons and archery, but I wanted to fight.

Fucking rain.

I'm hoping that an exception will be made in my case since I've been trying to get authorized for a couple of weeks. I'm not sure why they didn't let me do it last week.

I'm sad.