I found this movie on TMC this morning that has made me severely miss being an integral part of a fine art community. Don't get me wrong, I love the art that I am involved with now. But I really want to be a part of something bigger and different. I don't think I'm ever going to get the art community I'm looking for here in SoDak. Too many people here only want to see art by commercial artists like Terry Redlin, John Crane, John Green, Mark Anderson, and Thomas Kincade. Yawn. Not that commercial art is bad. I quite honestly might sell out a little in order to fund the art I'm really passionate about. It's just that in this part of the country, most folks want to see pictures of wildlife and nature and the same old boring crap they see when they go outside. I'd rather enjoy nature firsthand than second- or third-hand in a painting of nature or a print of a painting of nature. That's just my preference. But living here and working at a frame shop, most of the art I see is of nature. I want to go to a gallery and see an artwork that doesn't make sense at first or that elicits some sort of response, be it physical, emotional, psychological. I'm just bored I guess. I think I need to visit more actual galleries. I need some sort of artistic dialogue. I need my artist friends to want to have an in depth art based conversation. I just need more. And what I really want is for my work to be in a gallery, even a commercial one.
The movie that prompted these strong feelings: (Untitled).
"Everyone has an opinion. The artist must find meaning in the process."
Maybe my process of getting into a gallery includes working as a commercial framer, a children's art teacher and a crochet instructor. I never thought I'd say this but I really enjoy sharing knowledge with anyone interested enough to listen. When I was younger I told myself I never wanted to be a teacher. Though it's not ultimately what I want for my life, I do like it.
Back to the movie: totally bizaaro ending, just exactly as it should be. :)
Showing posts with label movies. Show all posts
Showing posts with label movies. Show all posts
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Sunday, February 27, 2011
Internet: your slowness is seriously pissing me off...
Love, Ashley
I've been watching the Academy Awards since about a half hour in and I've been very entertained despite having only seen a couple of the movies. I LOVE LOVE LOVE Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland and was pleased to see it won the awards for best costume design and best art direction. And now after seeing some of the other wins, my goal is to at least see Inception and The Social Network. I've been holding off on seeing Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 since I really want to see the second one right after the first. I guess eventually I'll get around to seeing all of the wonderful films nominated tonight. I just do things on my own time line.
I've been watching the Academy Awards since about a half hour in and I've been very entertained despite having only seen a couple of the movies. I LOVE LOVE LOVE Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland and was pleased to see it won the awards for best costume design and best art direction. And now after seeing some of the other wins, my goal is to at least see Inception and The Social Network. I've been holding off on seeing Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 since I really want to see the second one right after the first. I guess eventually I'll get around to seeing all of the wonderful films nominated tonight. I just do things on my own time line.
Friday, February 25, 2011
Random Bit of the Day
I think the reason blogger was being janky last night and not loading properly had everything to do with the fact that I was trying to stream a movie online...
I was browsing one of my favorite movie streaming sites looking for something good to watch when I happened upon the original 1974 version of The Taking of Pelham One Two Three. I had no idea that the 2009 version was a remake! I totally loved The Taking of Pelham 123 with John Travolta and Denzel Washington. After finding out that Walter Mathau was in the original, I felt I just had to see it. I did a little research while waiting for my video to load and found that the original dispatcher's name was Lt. Zachary Garber but the remade character's name was Walter Garber. It's a nice touch and a cool tribute to the late great Walter Mathau. I didn't end up watching much but the intro to the old movie since it hadn't finished loading and I had to get to bed for today's early rising. But I will be watching the rest of it when I can and I expect that it will be just as awesome as the remake.
I was browsing one of my favorite movie streaming sites looking for something good to watch when I happened upon the original 1974 version of The Taking of Pelham One Two Three. I had no idea that the 2009 version was a remake! I totally loved The Taking of Pelham 123 with John Travolta and Denzel Washington. After finding out that Walter Mathau was in the original, I felt I just had to see it. I did a little research while waiting for my video to load and found that the original dispatcher's name was Lt. Zachary Garber but the remade character's name was Walter Garber. It's a nice touch and a cool tribute to the late great Walter Mathau. I didn't end up watching much but the intro to the old movie since it hadn't finished loading and I had to get to bed for today's early rising. But I will be watching the rest of it when I can and I expect that it will be just as awesome as the remake.
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Random Bit of the Day
I just finished watching the movie The Hand that Rocks the Cradle. This would be the first time I've seen it from beginning to end. HOLY CRAP AWESOMENESS! :D The part I find the most entertaining is that the little girl in the movie, Emma, is played by the actress Madeline Zima. She's had cameo roles in tons of different network shows like Law and Order, JAG, Touched by an Angel, King of the Hill, Gilmore Girls, 7th Heaven, Ghost Whisperer and Grey's Anatomy (only a few of which I actually watch or watched, ie the linked shows). But her bigger roles were on The Nanny (barf) and on Heroes (yay!).
Friday, December 31, 2010
B-b-b-blizzzzzzzzzard...
So it stopped snowing long enough for me to shovel the driveway and front walk...and now it's snowing something fierce again. As much as I want to go to my Uncle Tom's 'It's A Wonderful Life' New Year's Eve party tonight, I don't think I want to chance driving in this nastiness even with my brand new tires. Guess I'll just have to get hammered at home, HAH!
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
More Gifting...
So I'm starting to notice a trend here...I go through phases of blogging between projects with deadlines. When I have something that needs to be done by a certain time, I devote as much of my spare time to it as possible. And while I could have easily posted a quickie before bed (heh), I've been watching a lot of Christmasy things these last few days.
I LOVE Christmas movies and tv shows. Actually, just a minute ago I was looking for something to watch and a movie called Nothing Like the Holidays is on one of the Encore channels...It seems way more inviting than the show I'm watching on NatGeo, Seconds from Disaster, though it's good as well. The movie doesn't start for a few minutes still.
Strange thing is that Z is still sleeping. I thought for sure he'd be up by now, but I don't mind. I guess he didn't sleep well last night...I personally think that Aaron and Terri should start letting him put himself back to sleep. He's over 8 months old now; gotta break bad habits like that or he'll forever think it's ok to wake up frequently at night.
So anyways, the projects I've been working on are obviously my Christmas gifts. I finished the painting of Baby Ella and have moved on to the painting of Blue and Peewee. I've also made the hats for Z and Ella and plan on today finishing up the appendages and choosing eyes for them. Saturday night I worked at Empty Bowls at the Wash Pav. I ended up paying the 10 bucks to take a bowl made by the Action Arts kids. I decided I wanted to give the bowl to Matt (as in my friend, not my brother-in-law). So the next day when I was working at Michaels, I got a couple of super soft dark purple skeins of yarn (Loops and Threads, Charisma for like $1.50 each!!!) to make Angela a nice hat and scarf set. I think I'll be able to get everything finished in time for when we actually celebrate Christmas, which this year is going to be the 26th. Sunday night we'll have our big breakfast dinner and exchange gifts at Jon and Marcy's house. So I have until then. If I can, I also want to knit my dad a hat but that's less likely to be finished on time because knitting takes so much longer than crocheting. I figure since he just reminded me of it the other day that it'll be alright if I work on it while I'm there. It'll be strange to have Christmas somewhere other than Mom and Dad's. Strange but good since Jon and Marcy's place is huge.
That reminds me that last night before I fell asleep I was thinking about my family in linear terms. I had this idea last Christmastime for a kid's storybook about my family, sort of a Seaman Saga. Starting with my dad, each page would be about one person. I still don't know how exactly I want to make the book. I had thought of canvas pages with fiber use and painting but that's just a start. I did decide the order in which I'd like to put the pages though. In numerical and chronological order, my family line is as follows:
1 Ron Seaman
2 Nancy Wingert Seaman
3 Aaron Seaman
4 Jessica Seaman Christiansen
5 Ashley Seaman
6 Jonathan Seaman
7 Terri Kessler Seaman
8 Chloe Seaman
9 Matt Christiansen
10 Ella Christiansen
11 Zidane Seaman
12 Marcy Wagner Seaman
The book will probably have birth dates and places for everyone, anniversaries for the married, and some sort of differentiation between generations. I like this order because then I can continue adding to the book as the family grows. I guess what made me even remember this scrap of an idea was that when I was over at Mom and Dad's on Saturday morning for coffee I read dad's latest Christmas newsletter the "Seaman Saga 2010". In it he talked about how the family has grown for 9 members to 12 all in the last year. It's pretty crazy since our additions have been infrequent in the past...like Terri June 2004, Chloe February 2007, and Matt October 2008. So this book is going to be a sometime-down-the-line project that I'm going to just stew on for awhile. In the meantime, I'm going to get back to working on my gifts. Z will probably wake up soon anyways and I've been blogging for a long time since I keep getting distracted by this movie...it's really good and it's set in the only other place besides home that's close to my heart...Chicago.
I LOVE Christmas movies and tv shows. Actually, just a minute ago I was looking for something to watch and a movie called Nothing Like the Holidays is on one of the Encore channels...It seems way more inviting than the show I'm watching on NatGeo, Seconds from Disaster, though it's good as well. The movie doesn't start for a few minutes still.
Strange thing is that Z is still sleeping. I thought for sure he'd be up by now, but I don't mind. I guess he didn't sleep well last night...I personally think that Aaron and Terri should start letting him put himself back to sleep. He's over 8 months old now; gotta break bad habits like that or he'll forever think it's ok to wake up frequently at night.
So anyways, the projects I've been working on are obviously my Christmas gifts. I finished the painting of Baby Ella and have moved on to the painting of Blue and Peewee. I've also made the hats for Z and Ella and plan on today finishing up the appendages and choosing eyes for them. Saturday night I worked at Empty Bowls at the Wash Pav. I ended up paying the 10 bucks to take a bowl made by the Action Arts kids. I decided I wanted to give the bowl to Matt (as in my friend, not my brother-in-law). So the next day when I was working at Michaels, I got a couple of super soft dark purple skeins of yarn (Loops and Threads, Charisma for like $1.50 each!!!) to make Angela a nice hat and scarf set. I think I'll be able to get everything finished in time for when we actually celebrate Christmas, which this year is going to be the 26th. Sunday night we'll have our big breakfast dinner and exchange gifts at Jon and Marcy's house. So I have until then. If I can, I also want to knit my dad a hat but that's less likely to be finished on time because knitting takes so much longer than crocheting. I figure since he just reminded me of it the other day that it'll be alright if I work on it while I'm there. It'll be strange to have Christmas somewhere other than Mom and Dad's. Strange but good since Jon and Marcy's place is huge.
That reminds me that last night before I fell asleep I was thinking about my family in linear terms. I had this idea last Christmastime for a kid's storybook about my family, sort of a Seaman Saga. Starting with my dad, each page would be about one person. I still don't know how exactly I want to make the book. I had thought of canvas pages with fiber use and painting but that's just a start. I did decide the order in which I'd like to put the pages though. In numerical and chronological order, my family line is as follows:
1 Ron Seaman
2 Nancy Wingert Seaman
3 Aaron Seaman
4 Jessica Seaman Christiansen
5 Ashley Seaman
6 Jonathan Seaman
7 Terri Kessler Seaman
8 Chloe Seaman
9 Matt Christiansen
10 Ella Christiansen
11 Zidane Seaman
12 Marcy Wagner Seaman
The book will probably have birth dates and places for everyone, anniversaries for the married, and some sort of differentiation between generations. I like this order because then I can continue adding to the book as the family grows. I guess what made me even remember this scrap of an idea was that when I was over at Mom and Dad's on Saturday morning for coffee I read dad's latest Christmas newsletter the "Seaman Saga 2010". In it he talked about how the family has grown for 9 members to 12 all in the last year. It's pretty crazy since our additions have been infrequent in the past...like Terri June 2004, Chloe February 2007, and Matt October 2008. So this book is going to be a sometime-down-the-line project that I'm going to just stew on for awhile. In the meantime, I'm going to get back to working on my gifts. Z will probably wake up soon anyways and I've been blogging for a long time since I keep getting distracted by this movie...it's really good and it's set in the only other place besides home that's close to my heart...Chicago.
Friday, November 19, 2010
Random Survey
I found this time-wasting survey on Facebook this morning and decided to fill it out here sans the tagging bs...just a few tidbits about me:
1. What time did you get up this morning?
-7am, but I got out of bed about 15 min later
2. How do you like your steak?
-medium to medium rare
3. What was the last film you saw at the cinema?
-Whip It...last year a week before it came out
4. What is your favorite TV show?
-Law and Order: SVU
5. If you could live anywhere in the world where would it be?
-Florence or Amsterdam
6. What did you have for breakfast?
-a sesame bagel with cream cheese
7. What is your favorite cuisine?
-the all-inclusive and vague: Asian...especially sushi, Mongolian beef, crab rangoon, etc
8. What foods do you dislike?
-raw onions and tomatoes
9. Favorite Place to Eat?
-Zoni Kitchen
10. Favorite dressing?
-balsamic vinaigrette
11.What kind of vehicle do you drive?
-a blue 1995 Chevy Corsica...I call it Dimples the Chevy Storm due to the hail damaged hood
12. What are your favorite clothes?
-pajamas
13. Where would you visit if you had the chance?
-wherever Holly is
14. Cup 1/2 empty or 1/2 full?
-full most of the time
15. Where would you want to retire?
-the beach
16. Favorite time of day?
-morning
17. What is your favorite sport to watch?
-I don't like to watch sports, but if I had to choose I'd say basketball
18. Who do you think will not tag you back?
-this is dumb cuz I found this random survey on fb and have no intention of tagging anyone or posting it on there
19. Person you expect to tag you back first???
-see #18
20. Who are you most curious about their responses to this?
-seriously?
21. Bird watcher?
-sure, if I see one I like
22. Do you consider yourself attractive?
-most of the time
23. Pets?
-fish: 3 goldfish, 2 koi, 3 bettas, and a whole mob of guppies...oh and I live with 3 cats too
24. Any new and exciting news that you'd like to share?
-I just changed 2 poopy diapers within a half an hour...gross.
25. What did you want to be when you were little?
-an astronaut, a veterinarian, and a cake decorator...simultaneously
26. What is your best childhood memory?
-basking in the dining room patches of sun with my dog Baxter as my pillow and a good book in hand
27. Are you a cat or dog person?
-I'd say dogs, since I'm allergic to cats but I live with cats and most of my friends have cats...HOLY CATS!
28. Are you married?
-no
29. Always wear your seat belt?
-yep (except usually not in taxis)
30. Been in a car accident?
-a few actually...nothing too serious though
31. Any pet peeves?
-annoying customers at work and being nagged about housework
32. Favorite pizza topping?
-Hi, I am Plain Jane. I like pepperoni and extra cheese.
33. Favorite Flower?
-irises
34. Favorite ice cream?
-anything with heath bites or chocolate covered peanut butter in it
35. Favorite fast food?
-The BK Lounge...but I love me some Culvers cheese curds
36. How many times did you fail your driver's test?
-I passed on the first try
37. From whom did you get your last email?
-Michaels...go figure, though I will be going in on Sunday afternoon with my coupon for 20% off my whole purchase including sale items...
38. Which store would you choose to max out your credit card?
-either Blick or Utrecht
39. Do anything spontaneous lately?
-I spontaneously went to Jon's last night with Matt and Angela and Jessica (from work)
40. Like your job?
-mostly, just not getting enough money or hours
41. What was your favorite vacation?
-my road trip in May 2009 from LA to Chi with my Holly
42. How about who's your favorite actor/actress?
-Johnny Depp/Angelica Huston
43. Last person you went out to dinner with?
-the whole Wingert clan at HyVee for grandpa's birthday last week
44. What are you listening to right now?
-The Wedding Singer is on FX
45. What is your favorite color?
-yellow
46. How many tattoos do you have?
-5, and I've got the next 2 designs already
47. Coffee drinker?
-an avid one, in fact, I'm having another cup right now
48. How many children do you have?
-none (though I should) but I do have 's child in my care right now...
1. What time did you get up this morning?
-7am, but I got out of bed about 15 min later
2. How do you like your steak?
-medium to medium rare
3. What was the last film you saw at the cinema?
-Whip It...last year a week before it came out
4. What is your favorite TV show?
-Law and Order: SVU
5. If you could live anywhere in the world where would it be?
-Florence or Amsterdam
6. What did you have for breakfast?
-a sesame bagel with cream cheese
7. What is your favorite cuisine?
-the all-inclusive and vague: Asian...especially sushi, Mongolian beef, crab rangoon, etc
8. What foods do you dislike?
-raw onions and tomatoes
9. Favorite Place to Eat?
-Zoni Kitchen
10. Favorite dressing?
-balsamic vinaigrette
11.What kind of vehicle do you drive?
-a blue 1995 Chevy Corsica...I call it Dimples the Chevy Storm due to the hail damaged hood
12. What are your favorite clothes?
-pajamas
13. Where would you visit if you had the chance?
-wherever Holly is
14. Cup 1/2 empty or 1/2 full?
-full most of the time
15. Where would you want to retire?
-the beach
16. Favorite time of day?
-morning
17. What is your favorite sport to watch?
-I don't like to watch sports, but if I had to choose I'd say basketball
18. Who do you think will not tag you back?
-this is dumb cuz I found this random survey on fb and have no intention of tagging anyone or posting it on there
19. Person you expect to tag you back first???
-see #18
20. Who are you most curious about their responses to this?
-seriously?
21. Bird watcher?
-sure, if I see one I like
22. Do you consider yourself attractive?
-most of the time
23. Pets?
-fish: 3 goldfish, 2 koi, 3 bettas, and a whole mob of guppies...oh and I live with 3 cats too
24. Any new and exciting news that you'd like to share?
-I just changed 2 poopy diapers within a half an hour...gross.
25. What did you want to be when you were little?
-an astronaut, a veterinarian, and a cake decorator...simultaneously
26. What is your best childhood memory?
27. Are you a cat or dog person?
-I'd say dogs, since I'm allergic to cats but I live with cats and most of my friends have cats...HOLY CATS!
28. Are you married?
-no
29. Always wear your seat belt?
-yep (except usually not in taxis)
30. Been in a car accident?
-a few actually...nothing too serious though
31. Any pet peeves?
-annoying customers at work and being nagged about housework
32. Favorite pizza topping?
-Hi, I am Plain Jane. I like pepperoni and extra cheese.33. Favorite Flower?
-irises
34. Favorite ice cream?
-anything with heath bites or chocolate covered peanut butter in it
35. Favorite fast food?
-The BK Lounge...but I love me some Culvers cheese curds
36. How many times did you fail your driver's test?
-I passed on the first try
37. From whom did you get your last email?
-Michaels...go figure, though I will be going in on Sunday afternoon with my coupon for 20% off my whole purchase including sale items...
38. Which store would you choose to max out your credit card?
-either Blick or Utrecht
39. Do anything spontaneous lately?
-I spontaneously went to Jon's last night with Matt and Angela and Jessica (from work)
40. Like your job?
-mostly, just not getting enough money or hours
41. What was your favorite vacation?
-my road trip in May 2009 from LA to Chi with my Holly
42. How about who's your favorite actor/actress?
-Johnny Depp/Angelica Huston
43. Last person you went out to dinner with?
-the whole Wingert clan at HyVee for grandpa's birthday last week
44. What are you listening to right now?
-The Wedding Singer is on FX
45. What is your favorite color?
-yellow
46. How many tattoos do you have?
-5, and I've got the next 2 designs already
47. Coffee drinker?
-an avid one, in fact, I'm having another cup right now
48. How many children do you have?
-none (though I should) but I do have 's child in my care right now...
Fondant and Harry Potter
So the new Harry Potter movie came out like an hour ago...whoopdeedo. I started reading the books when I was in high school when just 1-4 were out. And I'll admit, I went to the book release parties at Barnes and Noble for books 5-7. The books are blow-your-ass-off good. But I haven't been completely impressed by the movies since the first. I do want to see Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1. But not tonight, and probably not in the theaters...I don't really see the point in spending as much money as it costs these days to see a movie. Especially when there's 2 fairly large tvs here in my home and we have Direct TV. I'll catch it eventually... Anyways the only Harry Potter movie I saw in the theaters was 5...and that was with Jerry (bleeeeeeechypoopoopoo) back in the summer of 2007 when I was in Champaign, IL for corporate training for Jimmy John's. Jeeeeeeeeebus. I guess the reason I post this is cuz I was just checking my facebook a few minutes ago, killing time while the fishies feed, and I saw at least 10 posts from different people about seeing the new movie...yowsa! Normally, I'd be sound asleep by now since I gotta get up and watch Z tomorrow. However, I had to work till 9:30 tonight and got invited over to my pal Jon's place. He and Angela are making a cake for our friend Sarah's birthday. Jessica, Matt, and I just watched and drank wine, but they were using something I've been wondering about for ages...fondant. To be more specific, red fondant from the Duff collection of baking items we carry at work. It actually tastes pretty good, and it looks relatively easy to work with (even for baking dummies like me). At any rate, the cake was still in beginning stages when I left to come home to bed...but now I'm wired and can't get to sleep. I gotta get up in 4 1/2 hours so I'm gonna try to hit it...good night world (wide web)...enjoy the fondant and Harry Potter in life cuz you never know when you'll turn into a pumpkin.
Friday, November 12, 2010
I love you, truly...truly dear
As far as my fish chronicles are concerned, I know I made a post awhile back about my little goldfish Truly Scrumptious and Caracticus Potts...However, they've grown a lot and they no longer live in the little 10 gallon tank I have, but my big 55 gallon tank. So here's the little buggers. I got them in January 2009 and named them for the main characters in my favorite childhood movie Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.
Characticus Potts is a black moor (telescope eye) goldfish. Black moors are known for their large protruding eyes, which are misleading in that their vision is more limited than other varieties of goldfish. As they get older, they gradually change color starting with the underbelly.
These two varieties of goldfish are personal favorites of mine. Truly is my second oranda and Characticus is my third black moor.
Hitchcock
Here is a fairly comprehensive list of Alfred Hitchcock's films (courtesy of Wiki). The highlighted ones are those I've seen. It's been sort of a long-term goal of mine for awhile to find and watch as many of them as I can.
1925- The Pleasure Garden
1927- The Lodger
1927- The Ring
1927- Downhill
1928- Champagne
1928- The Farmer's Wife
1929- The Manxman
1929- Blackmail
1930- Juno and the Paycock
1930- Murder!
1930- Elstree Calling
1931- The Skin Game
1931- Mary (German version of Murder!)
1931- Rich and Strange
1932- Number Seventeen
1933- Waltzes from Vienna (aka Strauss' Great Waltz)
1934- The Man Who Knew Too Much
1935- The 39 Steps
1936- Secret Agent
1936- Sabotage
1940- Rebecca
1940- Foreign Correspondent
1941- Mr. and Mrs. Smith
1943- Shadow of a Doubt
1944- Bon Voyage
1950- Stage Fright
1951- Strangers on a Train
1953- I Confess
1955- To Catch a Thief
1955- The Trouble with Harry
1956- The Man Who Knew Too Much
1956- The Wrong Man
1966- Torn Curtain
1969- Topaz
1972- Frenzy
1976- Family Plot
1925- The Pleasure Garden
1927- The Lodger
1927- The Ring
1927- Downhill
1928- Champagne
1928- The Farmer's Wife
1929- The Manxman
1929- Blackmail
1930- Juno and the Paycock
1930- Murder!
1930- Elstree Calling
1931- The Skin Game
1931- Mary (German version of Murder!)
1931- Rich and Strange
1932- Number Seventeen
1933- Waltzes from Vienna (aka Strauss' Great Waltz)
1934- The Man Who Knew Too Much
1935- The 39 Steps
1936- Secret Agent
1936- Sabotage
1937- Young and Innocent
1938- The Lady Vanishes
1939- Jamaica Inn1940- Rebecca
1940- Foreign Correspondent
1941- Mr. and Mrs. Smith
1941- Suspicion
1942- Saboteur1943- Shadow of a Doubt
1944- Lifeboat
1944- Aventure Malgache1944- Bon Voyage
1945- Spellbound
1946- Notorious
1947- The Paradine Case
1948- Rope
1949- Under Capricorn1950- Stage Fright
1951- Strangers on a Train
1953- I Confess
1954- Dial M for Murder
1954- Rear Window1955- To Catch a Thief
1955- The Trouble with Harry
1956- The Man Who Knew Too Much
1956- The Wrong Man
1958- Vertigo
1959- North by Northwest
1960- Psycho
1963- The Birds
1964- Marnie1966- Torn Curtain
1969- Topaz
1972- Frenzy
1976- Family Plot
Old Movies
Last night I watched "Holiday Inn". It makes me wish I had more old movies around...They're so hard to find online. Maybe I should try checking them out at the public library. I'm a huge fan of Alfred Hitchcock. But I also love Cary Grant, Fred Astaire, James Stewart, Bing Crosby, and Danny Kaye.
So I've decided, I'm going to have to make a trip to the library (besides to return the 2 books I have out) to check out some old movies...but for now, I gotta feed the Z-man.
So I've decided, I'm going to have to make a trip to the library (besides to return the 2 books I have out) to check out some old movies...but for now, I gotta feed the Z-man.
Thursday, November 4, 2010
Color Themed Betta
In the Spring of 2009, I got three Betta fish named Purple Haze (like the song), Red Dawn (like the movie), and Midnight. I had one older Betta named Craig that I'd had for a year already when I got the new three.
Midnight
All four on my desk. Left to Right: Red Dawn, Craig, Midnight, Purple Haze.
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
The Chronicalling Continues...
So did anyone else start blogging more after watching the movie Julie and Julia? Hah, nobody's really reading anyways...but maybe someday if I'm more diligent about it or someone takes an interest...
Well, I watched that today. I was going to try to start my post during the movie, but it's a Z day today. My nephew Zidane is a totally awesome little guy but at nearly 7 months he's demanding more of my attention on the days I watch him. I like that he's not crawling yet, or, bad as it sounds, rolling really. It's not that he can't roll, it's just that he's not interested. That makes him immobile yet, which is great. However, he's finally started sleeping through the night which means his day naps are fewer and farther between. I'm betting this post will take ages to finish simply because he's been refusing to go down for a nap for hours. No matter...
In the late Spring 2009 I acquired a few fish for my 55 gallon tank. Two of them were small bottom feeders called plecostomous. I guess one of them was a special kind that wasn't as hearty as the other but neither of them lasted long. At that time I had 4 goldfish and a koi in the tank and was looking for a little help with cleaning but these two suckers randomly disappeared both within a week of me getting them. I therefore do not have any pictures of either. I did name them though, both after the same character from Metalocalypse: Milminiman Lanylin Swimwamley. And I will be getting tats of them as well. (Just little ones as part of a larger whole.)
The other two fish I came to own at that time were a pair of butterfly koi. I named them also after Metalocalypse characters only these were after Dethklok band members Pickles and Skwisgaar Skwigelf. The pictures I have of these two are from October 2009. They were only about 3 inches long when I got them, but by the time these were taken they'd grown at least another inch.
Here's some of the old video footage of the scaly buggers swimming along to a tune from one of of my top 5 favorite movies of all time Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain. It's called "La Valse d'Amélie". It's funny because all these fish are either named after Metalocalypse and Southpark characters.
Well, I watched that today. I was going to try to start my post during the movie, but it's a Z day today. My nephew Zidane is a totally awesome little guy but at nearly 7 months he's demanding more of my attention on the days I watch him. I like that he's not crawling yet, or, bad as it sounds, rolling really. It's not that he can't roll, it's just that he's not interested. That makes him immobile yet, which is great. However, he's finally started sleeping through the night which means his day naps are fewer and farther between. I'm betting this post will take ages to finish simply because he's been refusing to go down for a nap for hours. No matter...
In the late Spring 2009 I acquired a few fish for my 55 gallon tank. Two of them were small bottom feeders called plecostomous. I guess one of them was a special kind that wasn't as hearty as the other but neither of them lasted long. At that time I had 4 goldfish and a koi in the tank and was looking for a little help with cleaning but these two suckers randomly disappeared both within a week of me getting them. I therefore do not have any pictures of either. I did name them though, both after the same character from Metalocalypse: Milminiman Lanylin Swimwamley. And I will be getting tats of them as well. (Just little ones as part of a larger whole.)
The other two fish I came to own at that time were a pair of butterfly koi. I named them also after Metalocalypse characters only these were after Dethklok band members Pickles and Skwisgaar Skwigelf. The pictures I have of these two are from October 2009. They were only about 3 inches long when I got them, but by the time these were taken they'd grown at least another inch.
Skwisgaar is the yellow koi.
Pickles is the orange koi.
The other fish will be formally introduced in a later post but are named as follows:
Scott Tenorman- chocolate oranda goldfish
Kyle- red ryukin goldfish (white in these pics)
Damien- black moor telescope-eye goldfish
Bradley- calico ryukin goldfish (upside-down in the corner)
Nathan Explosion- standard koi (white/black spots)
Here's a few more shots of the crew from that time.
Friday, September 24, 2010
My Little Pony Fish
A backwards Chronology of my pet fish starts now:
These three handsome male bettas are my most recent single dwelling fish. I got them here in Soo Foo earlier this Spring. My three and a half year old niece Chloe helped me name them after things from a My Little Pony videotape that she loves just as much as I did when I was her age. It actually came out the year I was born.
Floom:
Smooze:
Ogg:
These three handsome male bettas are my most recent single dwelling fish. I got them here in Soo Foo earlier this Spring. My three and a half year old niece Chloe helped me name them after things from a My Little Pony videotape that she loves just as much as I did when I was her age. It actually came out the year I was born.
Floom:
Smooze:
Ogg:
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Modern Marvels...meet Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
I just finished watching Modern Marvels: Failed Inventions.
My thoughts...
After seeing all the failed attempts to marry the concept of a motor vehicle with an airplane or a boat, I am proud to say that I have always loved the impracticality of a flying (or floating) car. My very favorite movie from childhood was Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. Partly because of the music, partly the story, partly the costumes, but mostly the main character...the car that could float on water and fly through the air. I'm actually pretty glad that inventors have long since given up marketing car/plane and car/boat ideas to the general public because it allows my pristine childhood fantasy stay in the realm of fantasy (or at least completely unattainable by my own means). The idea is just not practical. Normally this would upset me, but with Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, therein lies the draw.
A totally awesome set of failed inventions I fell in love with in the show was the Dymaxion car and the Dymaxion home designed by Buckminster Fuller. He's my hero...
This may seem like a bit of a stretch to shift into "fish-mode", as I call it. But I happen to have a lovely pair of goldfish whom I've named after the lead actors in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Truly Scrumptious and Caracticus Potts. I've had the two since January of this year just chilling in my 10 gallon start-up tank. They live a quiet simple life compared to my other fish and I love to watch them. I had this idea I want to put some music to some video I shot of them palling around and post it on youtube. I'm going to do that right now. Except here's a few stills from around the time I first got them when they were wee little babies...
I enjoy this shot because they look so far off behind the foreshortened driftwood...and they're obsessed with their reflections.
And here's Truly up close and personal:
::::UPDATE::::
Truly Scrumptious and Caracticus Potts (the fish) make their debut on YouTube
My thoughts...
After seeing all the failed attempts to marry the concept of a motor vehicle with an airplane or a boat, I am proud to say that I have always loved the impracticality of a flying (or floating) car. My very favorite movie from childhood was Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. Partly because of the music, partly the story, partly the costumes, but mostly the main character...the car that could float on water and fly through the air. I'm actually pretty glad that inventors have long since given up marketing car/plane and car/boat ideas to the general public because it allows my pristine childhood fantasy stay in the realm of fantasy (or at least completely unattainable by my own means). The idea is just not practical. Normally this would upset me, but with Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, therein lies the draw.
A totally awesome set of failed inventions I fell in love with in the show was the Dymaxion car and the Dymaxion home designed by Buckminster Fuller. He's my hero...
This may seem like a bit of a stretch to shift into "fish-mode", as I call it. But I happen to have a lovely pair of goldfish whom I've named after the lead actors in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Truly Scrumptious and Caracticus Potts. I've had the two since January of this year just chilling in my 10 gallon start-up tank. They live a quiet simple life compared to my other fish and I love to watch them. I had this idea I want to put some music to some video I shot of them palling around and post it on youtube. I'm going to do that right now. Except here's a few stills from around the time I first got them when they were wee little babies...
Characticus Potts is the Black Moor Goldfish.
Truly Scrumptious is the Red Cap Oranda Goldfish.
I enjoy this shot because they look so far off behind the foreshortened driftwood...and they're obsessed with their reflections.
And here's Truly up close and personal:
::::UPDATE::::
Truly Scrumptious and Caracticus Potts (the fish) make their debut on YouTube
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Obsessive Compulsive As Usual
I thought it would be nice to spend my afternoon of art making also watching Ghost as a tribute to the now late, great Patrick Swayze. I haven't seen it in awhile.
I found it online in 5 streaming parts but it's taking forever to load...
I may have to get my external hd going and watch Dirty Dancing instead.
Now, a lot of people claim that they've seen that movie 'like a hundred times'. However, I actually have, and probably many more times beyond that. It came out when I was in diapers and I've been watching it shamelessly over and over since. When I was a kid I would watch it every time I stayed home from school sick or whenever there was a snow day. And I definitely still geek out and watch it again pretty frequently when I'm home alone. There's nothing like rewatching a classic great movie to make me feel all tender and girly. Plus I enjoy predictability and routine in my film selection, as I do with most everything.
I guess I'm just a creature of habit.
I found it online in 5 streaming parts but it's taking forever to load...
I may have to get my external hd going and watch Dirty Dancing instead.
Now, a lot of people claim that they've seen that movie 'like a hundred times'. However, I actually have, and probably many more times beyond that. It came out when I was in diapers and I've been watching it shamelessly over and over since. When I was a kid I would watch it every time I stayed home from school sick or whenever there was a snow day. And I definitely still geek out and watch it again pretty frequently when I'm home alone. There's nothing like rewatching a classic great movie to make me feel all tender and girly. Plus I enjoy predictability and routine in my film selection, as I do with most everything.
I guess I'm just a creature of habit.
Monday, August 10, 2009
Favorite Movies
A Scanner Darkly
American Beauty
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
Candyman
Capote
Chasing Amy
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Clerks
Desperado
Dirty Dancing
Dogma
Donnie Darko
Dumbo
Fear and Loathing in Los Vegas
Fight Club
Finding Nemo
Friday
Ghostbusters
Holiday Inn
It's a Wonderful Life
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
Julie and Julia
Kill Bill
Mall Rats
Moulin Rouge
Napoleon Dynomite
North by Northwest
Once Upon a Time in Mexico
Pete's Dragon
Princess Mononoke
Rebecca
Romy and Michelle's High School Reunion
Rope
Sleepless in Seattle
Spirited Away
Star Wars
Step Brothers
Super Troopers
Tenacious D and the Pick of Destiny
The Big Lebowski
The Count of Monte Cristo
The Departed
The Golden Compass
The Hours
The Lady Vanishes
The Life Aquatic
The Man Who Knew Too Much
The Ninth Gate
The Princess Bride
The Royal Tenenbaums
The Triplets of Belleville
The Truth About Cats and Dogs
The Wizard of Oz
Transformers
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
V for Vendetta
What Dreams May Come
White Christmas
Wicker Park
American Beauty
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
Candyman
Capote
Chasing Amy
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Clerks
Desperado
Dirty Dancing
Dogma
Donnie Darko
Dumbo
Fear and Loathing in Los Vegas
Fight Club
Finding Nemo
Friday
Ghostbusters
Holiday Inn
It's a Wonderful Life
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
Julie and Julia
Kill Bill
Mall Rats
Moulin Rouge
Napoleon Dynomite
North by Northwest
Once Upon a Time in Mexico
Pete's Dragon
Princess Mononoke
Rebecca
Romy and Michelle's High School Reunion
Rope
Sleepless in Seattle
Spirited Away
Star Wars
Step Brothers
Super Troopers
Tenacious D and the Pick of Destiny
The Big Lebowski
The Count of Monte Cristo
The Departed
The Golden Compass
The Hours
The Lady Vanishes
The Life Aquatic
The Man Who Knew Too Much
The Ninth Gate
The Princess Bride
The Royal Tenenbaums
The Triplets of Belleville
The Truth About Cats and Dogs
The Wizard of Oz
Transformers
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
V for Vendetta
What Dreams May Come
White Christmas
Wicker Park
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