The bulk of my Level 1 show is up.
Here are the videos in the order they occured during the show. I have a small part in Scene Painting, and a larger one in World's Smartest. There is one bit missing, the 'Story Game', the title for which was 'Squid and Beaver Fall In Love'. I only mention this because it provides some context for one of the questions in World's Smartest.
Oscar Moment 1
Scene Painting
Oscar Moment 2
World's Smartest
It's a treat to be able to see an audience eye view of the show. What strikes me is how tightly controlled most of the scenes are. Ethan, our teacher, has total control over scene length and pacing, and does a good job of breaking up the Oscar Moments when the scenes bog. It also strikes me how we're clearly still very new at this, but despite that put on a pretty good show.
Clinton and Jason, my gaming buddies, are in the first three scenes (Clinton's the guy in the red t-shirt, Jason't in a blue-grey button-up).
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03:11:02 PM,
Tuesday 9 May 2006
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My Level 1 Improv class had its 'graduation' show tonight. It went well. Everyone had a good moment or two and it was really satisfying and awesome. I'm signed up for the Level 2 class and I'm looking forward to improv being a 'thing' in my life. The show was recorded, so I may have some video clips up sometime in the future.
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02:59:08 AM,
Monday 8 May 2006
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For those who watch Battlestar Galactica, you might enjoy these drawings of the BSG characters in the style of the Simpsons.
(Warning: Some Spoilers Contained)
[via Drawn! The Illustration Blog]
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04:08:07 AM,
Sunday 7 May 2006
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Fantastic SF short, They're Made Out of Meat.
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03:19:21 AM,
Friday 5 May 2006
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Does anyone else like cLOUDDEAD? Specifically their eponymous album? It's ultra-nerdy dreamhop and it just kills me every time I turn it on. eMusic has it if you're curious.
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01:55:43 PM,
Wednesday 3 May 2006
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This American Life is doing a TV Show. Neat!
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05:30:19 PM,
Monday 24 April 2006
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The Pleasure of Finding Things Out with Richard Feynman. 40 minutes of awesome for your day.
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04:04:24 AM,
Thursday 20 April 2006
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I have been very busy. Did I mention I'm taking improv classes? They rule._
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12:51:00 AM,
Saturday 15 April 2006
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Am I the only one who sees a dark horizon on this MacOS/Windows dual-bootery?
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11:45:51 AM,
Thursday 6 April 2006
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WFMU listeners recorded 206 versions of a rant about Cake.
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04:54:48 PM,
Wednesday 5 April 2006
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A reason for Mirabai to go to Japan.
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02:19:41 PM,
Monday 3 April 2006
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This video of a (Spanish?) LARP group is incredibly hardcore dorkitude, but it also looks like a ton of fun.
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01:45:54 PM,
Thursday 30 March 2006
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Also, I'm just gonna say that I'm really disappointed by how the abortion debate on Moss's blog turned out. Basically everyone's being cordial, and thoughtful, and Nate's saying ridiculous, hateful shit like, "women's bodies are like African dictators," and then everyone sits around trying to puzzle it out as if the message didn't matter, only the intent.
I fail to see how this a step up from shouting at one another. If anything, it's worse.
This is, of course, why I didn't get involved.
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10:25:12 PM,
Wednesday 29 March 2006
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So I just picked up Guitar Hero. It's a ton and a half of very silly tiny guitar controller fun! Come over to my house to play!
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10:14:33 PM,
Wednesday 29 March 2006
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Yeah. I don't buy it.
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06:25:03 PM,
Tuesday 28 March 2006
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"Ever wonder what it's like to be a superhero? Complete with a creeping sense of dread and an overinflated sense of your superpowers? That's me. I wrestled the Brooklyn Bridge!"
I am drugs.
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03:29:46 AM,
Sunday 26 March 2006
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I quite like John Wilkins. He does philosophy and its direct relation to modern science in a way that really warms the Johnny in me.
I'd start with the surprisingly good interview here, and then move on to his blog, Evolving Thought.
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07:27:28 PM,
Friday 24 March 2006
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Just a note: I should never have stopped getting 100 Bullets collections, because that comic? It's fucking excellent. The dialogue, the art, the covers all mesh into a perfectly-tuned crime/mystery/conspiracy story.
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10:02:14 AM,
Friday 24 March 2006
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And Lo, I will rise on the seventh day. So saith the lord, "I am 133t."
Ancient Rome MMORPG institutes crucifixion for griefers. The first step to a true Internet Jesus.
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12:40:05 PM,
Thursday 23 March 2006
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It's incredibly dorky, but my gaming group has started doing a podcast before we start out game each week. I'm still working the kinks out, sound-wise, but I think it could turn into something interesting. Anyway, here's the rss feed link to the Durham Three Podcast.
EDIT: Now with show notes! With a little reading, what we're talking about won't be totally arcane.
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10:21:38 AM,
Wednesday 22 March 2006
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Liquid water discovered on Saturn's moon Enceladus. The article plays up the 'possible life' aspects, but isn't this the first confirmation of liquid water elsewhere in the solar system?
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01:43:02 PM,
Thursday 9 March 2006
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I saw the trailer for Tachiguishi Retsuden a couple weeks ago, and enjoyed its collagey-photoey-computery-berserk animation style, but not enough to link to it. However, I've now read a short plot synopsis, which, with its references to 'Fast Food Grifters' and culinary collapse, is even more berserk-sounding than the trailer. So I thought I'd share.
The movie is directed by Mamoru Oshii, who, despite directing my favorite long-form anime of all time, has a bit of a bad name in some corners of the blogmass.
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01:01:09 PM,
Thursday 9 March 2006
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Under Odysseus, a grunt supply officer in the Trojan War blogs about his experiences. Awesome.
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10:07:43 AM,
Thursday 9 March 2006
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A long look at Wil Wright's fantastic-looking game 'Spore'. I love the idea of a game where players create the content that other players will see in their own games.
[via the excellent Pharyngula]
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10:12:18 AM,
Monday 6 March 2006
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"Oh God, you smell good. What is that?"
"Macintosh."
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01:05:10 PM,
Friday 3 March 2006
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"I don't even know what pitchforkmedia is." An average day at an indie rock record store.
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02:37:16 PM,
Tuesday 28 February 2006
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During High School I'd ride from Odd Hand Rental to A Cay Viz. I once got mugged at Nerve Germ Content.
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11:17:35 AM,
Monday 27 February 2006
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Yet more music blog blogging: You Ain't No Picasso has a couple tracks up from Stephin Merritt's newest effort, Show Tunes. I'm curious what you all think.
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11:21:58 AM,
Friday 24 February 2006
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Speaking of music: MP3 blog Pimps of Gore has a post consisting only of different versions of Mad World.
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09:43:36 AM,
Friday 24 February 2006
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I need a new computer. I will be using it for heavy graphics and design work, including audio and possibly video. I'd like to buy a Mac, but this is probably the worst time to buy a new Apple machine, as the PowerPC line is going extinct and the Intel line doesn't have the Adobe programs I'm going to be doing the vast majority of my production on.
I'm not going to buy a G4 laptop, not enough power. My choices are either one of the Intel laptops OR a G5 tower. It's looking like I can get a G5 tower at a significant discount, on top of an educational discount, but I worry about obsolescence. My current G4 450 Sawtooth has lasted me a very solid 6 years with very few problems, and if I'm going to drop serious cash on a work machine again, I'd like to be able to expect the same amount of reliability.
What should I do?
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05:16:09 PM,
Thursday 23 February 2006
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BLOGMASS POLL!
So Anne and I were talking, and I came up with a little graphic charting the development of musical taste. It seemed like an amusing thing to share.
Mine:
The Point sdtk->Fat Boys->Beatles->They Might Be Giants->Hey I actually like music!
Anne's:
tmbg -> mediocre mid 90s radio -> blur -> hey, i like music!
What's yours?
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04:19:41 PM,
Thursday 23 February 2006
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The March of the Sinister Ducks: A very silly song with comics scribe Alan Moore on vocals.
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02:39:00 PM,
Monday 20 February 2006
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Warren Ellis vs. Joss Whedon in a thread on the San Diego ComicCon. Very, very silly. Very, VERY nerdy.
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10:29:22 AM,
Friday 17 February 2006
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A fantastic video of Django Reinhardt.
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09:52:48 AM,
Friday 17 February 2006
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Zillow is terrifying.
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12:50:11 PM,
Thursday 16 February 2006
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So if you move real fast you might catch the last 50 tracks of Pimps of Gore's 'Top 100 Guided By Voices Songs'. Good stuff from all over their catalogue.
EDIT: OMG, it doesn't have one of my favorite GBV songs 'Club Molluska'. It's a bit of a grower, but man, what a desolate song. I'll post it when I get home, although I think it's on one of my blogswaps.
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10:43:45 AM,
Wednesday 15 February 2006
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