Halloween Costume...

This was the first year where I broke my "don't repeat the same costume twice in one year".  I wasn't confident in my second costume, I didn't put the time into it that I wanted to, so it will have to hold and maybe get added to by half price Halloween costume pieces from the seasonal stores.  But I figured since the first time I tried the costume I won a costume contest, I figured it was worthy to do again this past weekend.  Anyhoo here's some pics from the last two costumes...

Supplies... 

scissors for cutting inches off of my goatee and trimming it in the mirror to make it match the length of my beard.  Then eyeliner, cheap black lipstick, and tons of clown paint...

One of the only pictures from the first costume party.  

I went as Captain Spaulding from the movies "House of 1000 Corpses" and "the Devil's Rejects".  I think the paint turned out better the first time, but I don't have any pictures really.  I was in a rush after the first party that I came home put on the costume & paint, and ran out the door.  Not only forgetting to take any pictures, but also forgetting my camera.  There are some pictures from other people at the party.  But in LA it's all about who you know, and I don't know the people with the pictures.

Round 2

forgot to paint the red circles on the cheeks this time around.  I was in a rush again and didn't want to keep the guys waiting, and I was excited for the Sat before Halloween!  I remembered first time I looked in the mirror once I got to the party.  It made me sad but no one seemed to notice and everyone liked my costume.

Plus I had a reason to act goofy all night cause there were puffballs on my shirt...

We were suppose to stop at the party for a bit where I hardly knew anyone and the people that I knew there hardly knew anyone.  Then we were planning on going downtown to see the people who go crazy with costumes and makes spectacles of themselves, but we never made it...

"I Peed.  It was good."

You could write on the mirrors with dry erase markers. So of course I did...

Leaving the Party...

Left the party around 3 am, after having had the paint on since about 8pm.  You can tell it started to wear off around my eyes and lips.  It was a fun Halloween season and I still get to hand out candy to children tomorrow after work!

-eD

I know its like 230 but the "paRty" I'm @ won't play skee lo - I wish.  Lame...
[edit - had to finish this post after the fact because when i was trying to text the post to the blog, a girl (whose name i forget) twisted my phone around and i accidentally sent an unfinished post...]
-eD

Year of the Rabbit

Went to lunch with my buddy turner then to the stan sakai exhibit at the Japanese American National Museum.

It was pretty awesome.  Very inspiring stuff. I need to get back into my samurai project...
Now to get mentally and physically prepped for the face paint for tonight.
-eD

A lotta stress @ the house this week, but it's halloween weekend time for fun. Gameplan is Stan sakai & tim burton art shows and costume fun. all in 2 days! -eD

I hope it's not a bad omen that my fortune cookie from lunch didn't have a fortune... -eD

New Phone!

After like 5 years or so I finally get a new phone... It's still very basic, but it does everything I would want a phone to do.  Text, Phone, Alarm, Camera.

It's pretty small, same height as my old phone but wider with a larger screen.

And it's a slide phone!  Don't know why I like those so much.  It's like my old phone but better and with a full keyboard!

Now to get all my ringtones back, and to make some new ones Bwah Ha Ha Ha!
-eD

Bathroom Fun

Bought some fake poo on the Internet. It was like $2 so I figured it was well worth a laugh or two. I've had it in the bathroom on top of the commode for a few days now and my roommate les, that I share a bathroom with, has not said anything about it.

I figured he would have said something. I mean it doesn't look too natural.

Maybe he just doesn't want to give me the satisfaction...
-eD

Walked past a homeless man who had an ipod hooked up to a boombox. He was playing paul simon, you can call me al. It was awkward. Not use to that. -eD

Trimmed a few inches off of my goatee last night then while shaping it it ended up almost being the same length as my beard. It feels strange...
-eD

SUPERFAST Trolley Tour of (some of) San Diego!

These next videos show (in a very sped up fashion) my trip to and from comic-con 2011 via trolley.  The Music is two remixes of the song "momentet" by Danish rapper L.O.C. I couldn't get this song out of my head during the con so I thought it only fitting to put both remixes to the sped up video.  

This was my first attempt at super speeding up footage.  Not sure what I think of it yet (WARNING: these videos may cause motion sickness!). 

I think it's trippy to see some of the stuff wiggle because of how it interpretted the mash-up of frames.  The first one going to the con had an original footage length of 21 minutes and leaving the con, and leaving the con had an original length of 35 minutes.  I'm in no way saying that this is in any way good editing or even a good idea, I just wanted to do it to see what it would look like.  Curiosity sated... 

-eD

Ghost Flower!

Dun Dunnn Dunnnnnnn Ghost Flower!  A few months back we noticed a very large spider starting a web near your rain gutter in the back of the house.  That was a windy weekend and I guess the spider gave up on his web but there were still tons of webs hanging around.  One of them was strong enough to be able to hold an entire flower.  I saw it swing in front of the upstairs office window while working and had to take a video of it.

-eD

Haven't Posted in a while.

Wow, I haven't realized how long it has been since my last post. I'm not sure if I've forgotten anything that I wanted to post for before even.  But at least I can talk about this past week.  I've had the week off of work because we are waiting for the client to approve us to start on the next part of cinematics because the scripts and storyboards haven't been finished yet and there is no reason to pay us to sit on your rumps and wait for the "go-ahead".  Since I've been home I've been working on ideas for shorts and even planning a possible round 2 of the Hands project though some of the ideas are a lot more difficult it may be more of a once or twice a week posts. But first I wanted to figure out how many to do this go-around and what order to complete them for postings.  I've also been catching up on some video projects that I've wanted to finish.  Though one project is already in the eternal back burner because when I shot it the lighting was too different on the shots to meld them together.  I've also reworked some scripts of things that I wanted to start.  I know once certain things change in the next few weeks, I will be back to super-creative but since I don't talk about personal things that annoy me on here if they're not funny, I will keep it to myself but will most likely post a long ranting post once it is all over.
On Wednesday I went to see a free screener of the movie Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters, which takes an interesting look at the fabled Hansel and Gretel who when grown up become witch hunters and travel hunting and killing witches.  It was still a work in progress considered there were still shots that needed wire removal, final cg characters or items, and even some shots that had crash mattes when characters fell but it was still pretty good.  Then afterwards we went to Buffalo Wild Wings for some beers and some wings.  It was pretty fun to go out again.  On Thursday we went to Venice and walked around for a bit, got nostalgic for being around Venice again and ate at the Sidewalk Cafe where we use to eat when we worked at Radical 3D, and then went to a few thrift shops and costume shops getting ideas and trying to find some costume ideas for Halloween.  Not too much luck but I may be able to just rework what I have and not create a totally hand crafted mask, still questioning that aspect.  well back to my random project catch up times before going back into work on Monday...
-eD

Stuffy...

Got a mild cold that has got me a bit stuffed up. Tried to use Mucinex DM but it was way too strong and made me downright loopy for a bit. Then after the 12 hours ran out I wasn't really thinking and drank a 40 while playing some video games after work. I was asleep by ten thirty. Then of course I woke up at about 2, and had trouble getting back to sleep. Not so good. Dayquil didn't seem to work either. But it's getting better and I know not to use Mucinex DM if I have to do anything important, even driving. Loopy!
-eD

Am i the only person who after they see one lone ant they start to feel itchy and think they see more random ants out of their peripheral vision? I doubt it
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