Back from the first heat of the 48Hr film screenings, which included our zombie/romantic comedy/parody “Brains, Actually.” The DV decks at the venue had real difficulty playing back our tape. And when one was found that did play it back, the sound levels were kinda munted. Nothing wrong…
..and I’m wrapped on the 48hr shoot. It’s a _zombie_ movie. I am 100% certain that at least some of the scenes we shot are comedy gold, so we’re bound to get a few laughs. Quite pleased with the lighting I did mostly, for a first effort.…
In middle of a fine dinner of fish and chips last night I picked up the sauce bottle and, as is my habit, gave it a vigourous shake, only to find that SOMEONE had carefully balanced the lid of the sauce on top of the bottle but not actually screwed…
My fantastically geeky beloved is currently using a borrowed bar code reader to read the UPC barcode on all of our books into a database. Truly, when it comes to hawt geeky girls, the FSM has blessed me. Went to dinner with Arna and Josh last night – had very very…
So I saw an article today which details how a young girl, on a tour of a chocolate factory, accidentally had her hand severed in a conveyor belt. This is, of course, tragic for all involved. I sincerely hope they manage to re-attach it. However. I have to say. It’…
“[Director of the Federation Against Copyright Trust, Tony Eaton] says the federation has access to a search engine that allows it to see any illegal downloading in New Zealand.” Oh. You do? Right. Yeah, I have one of those, too. And I have a working lightsaber. And my best friend…
I’ve spent much of the evening listening to George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic albums. As a result, I really want to go out and DANCE. Except it’s nearly 0200 hours on a sunday night/monday morning, Annette is asleep, and I no longer have friends who I know…
Two movies I have watched recently: (1) V for Vendetta. I went into this with very low expectations, as I’ve been burned before by comic adaptations, especially adaptations of layered, textured comics with a multitude of well-developed characters. They inevitably turn into a 2D version of themselves, once they’…