About a week ago I was at a holiday party munching on a gingerbread man when it dawned on me: "I wonder what part of a gingerbread man people go for first?" I figure the large tasty head would be the obvious choice, but this is where I need your help. If you would, please answer the poll below.
Remember, it's for posterity's sake, so be honest.
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays.
*Poll is now closed. Thank you for your input. I will take all of the accumulated information and make a lovely pie chart... Okay, no. I won't.
So if the word "Blog" is short for "Web log", do I call my Photographic Blog a "Phblog"? How do I pronounce that?
"Fffffllllaaaabbbbbllllooog."
Well, in lieu of actual content for today I decided to stick a picture of myself on here. Ain't I humble...
I am now a published photographer. Although, in the grand scheme of things this is ultimately not that much considering anyone can pretty much have a published photo, but it makes me feel warm and happy in my tummy, SO BACK OFF.
Ahem. Anyway, Schmap is basically an online tour guide with pretty pictures and lots of useful information for trips. It's free to the public and is fairly easy to use.
You can check out my photo in the newly released third edition of the Schmap Florida Keys Guide. It's one of three photos under "Holiday Isle Resort".
How is it that when I'm in a good mood I don't feel like blogging, but when I'm not feeling so hot I post relentlessly?
I got stung in the eyeball by something yesterday. Ruined my plans for the evening. I blame the spider that lurks in my room.
Our original deal: You don't bite me, I don't smash your little body into spider gooey-ness. I assume he didn't hold up his end of the bargain so now I'm on a warpath.
...so I figured out how to make stop motion animations today. Look at what I've been wasting my time making! Mom would be so proud!
I just discovered jumpcut. It is my new friend and I will use it for evil.
Naah.
Here's Drew and Derrick putting the hurt on a poor unusable tape:
A man that I did not know too well passed away last Friday. But he was someone I grew to respect. He was an excellent teacher and I feel like I missed an opportunity to get to know him better. But he did give me something a long time ago. He was the second director that I've ever worked for and he gave me an opportunity with a role I never thought I could pull off.
Here are some of his words:
"The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life. Attitude, to me, is more important than facts. It is more important than the past, than education, than money, than circumstances, than failures, than successes, than what other people think or say or do. It is more important than appearance, giftedness, or skill. It will make or break a company...a church...a home...even, a life.
The remarkable thing is that we have a choice every day regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day. We cannot change our past...we cannot change the fact that people will act in a certain way. We cannot change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have, and that is our attitude.
I am convinced that life is 10% what happens to me, and 90% how I react to it. And so it is with you...we are in charge of our attitude."
Bob Lauman, 2000
Thank you for helping me reach my dream, Bob. Thanks for giving me a chance. I choose to have a positive attitude.
[s]
In a message directed to [pbrstreetgang]: This is only the beginning, my fine feathered friend. There is only one path we may take from this moment onward.
The subjugated dinosaur people will rise again! And soon you will feel the wrath of GimpShop 2.2.8!
Sometimes one comes up with a really great line for a movie, although there is no movie to associate the line with [yet]...sometimes what you come up with sucks.
Either way, I've decided to start collecting all my new ones here:
June 21, 2007 - "You're lucky you're gorgeous, baby, 'cause I'm wont to smack a bitch."
June 26, 2007 - " I can see why you like the Internet so much, Heather. It's not quite reality." (courtesy of Jason L.)
July 12, 2007 - "You're a full time writer? That's like a full time actor who's too lazy to be a waiter."
August 22, 2007 - "Have a beer with Ultraman. $1 (or I'll stab you)"
August 29, 2007 - "So if 40 is the new 30 and 30 is the new 20, I guess I can tell my 8 year old daughter not to worry, since 9 is the new -1."
- everyone gets a pony
- everyone gets an ipod
- everyone gets a million dollars when they're born
Simply 3 more evenings of rehearsal and 'Comedy of Errors' is up and running at St. Charles' version of Shakespeare in the Park.
I seem to fumble the small lines...
Regardless, the show seems to be pretty solid. Although, I'm not too keen on shoving a gun down my pants...
...I'm hungry.
it's too bad...
We couldn't do anything to prevent this from happening.
it's too bad...
The timing of events unfolded in the way they did.
it's too bad...
There probably won't be a film festival payoff for about 21 hours of hard work.
it's too bad...
Bad people don't care to change for the better.
it's too bad...
Good people have to go through bad shit.
How you react to the events in your lifetime define who you are for the rest of it. There's no getting around that.
Safety at the workplace.
After what happened last night I feel uneasy. shocked. disgusted. upset that it could have happened to any one of us, simply because no one was thinking.
Never let your guard down.
I believe the director made the right decision. So we won't have a film entry this year. No big deal.
I'm just thankful he's unharmed.
The only reason I was able to get any sleep was just out of exhaustion. Working 30 hours out of 48 gets tough on the mind and the body.
Don't dwell on it.
I keep thinking how surreal everything felt after the incident. They didn't just hold one of us at gunpoint, they held us all. And ruined our weekend of all our hard work.
Don't dwell on it.
Driving home this morning I began thinking about what changed recently in my persona (I'm still an escapist) and came to the conclusion that it's all revolved around storytelling.
I love telling stories; funny ones mostly, but any story will do. And it seems as though I've run a bit dry on the story well. It doesn't do me any good to tell stories that I've told over and over again, but to create new stories with new adventures. I gotta get back in the grove and have some new adventures in my life. That's what I've missed.
I help to complete the story. I perform.
who i am
who you are
who are you
I have an uneasy feeling that sometimes actors can get so lost in the characterization of different roles that they lose a sense of their own being. Not completely, but it seems possible.
If you're not careful can you forget who you are after a while?
I think of myself as an 'escapist'. I generally never liked being 'me', which led me to the visual art world and then to the performing arts.
According to Mamet in Bambi vs. Godzilla: "Should the project go awry, you will be notified by a complete lack of contact with those in whose hands its administration has rested."
I dislike, although, I accept.
[insert name here] is pleased to be working with [insert production company name here]. [circle one: He/She] has most recently been seen as [insert character name here] in [insert past production company's name here]'s production of [insert name of show here]. Special thanks to [insert names of who you're sleeping with, and/or family members] for all your love and support! Thanks for coming and enjoy the show!
it's too bad...
People are inherently complex physiological creatures... and still some just don't use their turn signals when driving.
it's too bad...
I've lived as long as i have... and don't show enough appreciation for it.
it's too bad...
I'm not a robot... although I'm glad I'm not.
it's too bad...
I haven't spent as much time as I would have liked to finding awesome bands... because there are a lot out there.
it's too bad...
I'm not rich... because I know I'd spend the money nice and frivolously.
it's too bad...
Some people don't spend enough time to get to know themselves... before they get to know someone else.
it's too bad...
The internet has created an opportunity for kids to be 'emo'... just get over it, already.
To begin: I never thought of starting a blog until recently, and even then I never knew what to 'blog' about. I figured there are probably three basic things I could use this for:
- write some sort of diary
- outline specific information about a topic I know well for general knowledge, or
- bitch about stuff
I've never been good with keeping a diary or even expressing my own feelings, and I only really know a lot about very few topics (I'm the text-book definition of 'jack of all trades master of none'). Which leaves the last option on my list.
But as I think more and more about it. I don't just want to do something negative; I'll also try to throw in some good happy feeling type stuff.
So that's what I'll try to do.
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