state of the flooz
And so it begins... well it was supposed to get colder. Maybe later this week they tell me. So the state of the flooz what is it? Hmmm lets see here, ok ok.
Hiptop Updated! Yes amazingly so, the TMobile sent me a brand new Hiptop and I got the new software update. Big deal eh? Well it is in the hiptop/sidekick community. We can cut and paste now man, can yer phone do that?!? WELL? Can it!?!? The big hoodat for me right away without looking at the new update is ooo a calculator! Thats what I want!!
So to see the Matrix or not see the Matrix today, that is the question. Part of me, apparently the evil side of me, really wants to see it today. Why? Cause. Thats all just cause. I wanna see it. But I guess i could hold off another day and see it with the Graves gang yet at this point id still get pelted with stones so why bother and just go see it today and then see it again tomorrow if they even do that. See thats just it, seeing it tomorrow for thursday action isnt even assured neo-ness for me since its a vote, so why be left out in the cold, i say go see it today and then tomorrow, when the vote is pro planetside you'll be covered. But im self centered and evil or so they say. Which i think is funny but apparently true! I'm a self serving bastard, which in some ways is over due for me i think. I think all creators, leos, etc are self serving bastards, we create stuff for ourselves, bastard, we come up with our own stories, bastard, we make ourselves laugh (all the time) nothing is more evil than that.
So what else is new on the self serving bastard report. Lets see here, I have some video of the Montana trip to show, once mister fpt feels better. Maybe I'll put it on the lextant side for the moment, I think Troy is havin some technical probs with the server magic. I have a new piece coming out, started as a name for one of my Vann Swann compliations and now its turned into a visual motion piece... very cool actually. I found a cool way to do the intro titles on it last night.. i really like the effect, ill post here in a bit.
I'm in the works of having an artist work with me on.. yes.. Dark Kitty again. I've been watching alot of anime lately. One of the ideas I came up with last week was, to storyboard deconstruct a typical anime openning. Usually its 2-3mins of music, with all the standard japanese credits for who made the show, who did character designs etc, and bits of the show's core content either animated or slideshowish effected. So I wanted to do that for either Dark Kitty or Fish and Hami another concept i created back in texas. So Grundy hooks me up with an artist, and now that i've deconstructed an episode of anime, i kinda have a good feel for what needs to move vs what doesnt need to move so that i can figure out whats going to be a bitch to do vs, whats clever camera action. It still suprises me though it shouldnt that audio can do so much of the emotion and movement of a piece with actually doing anything video animation wise. Especially on these new pieces comin out of Bandai, they save every bit of expensive fluid animation budget just for the critical motion pieces, the rest is all about "what can i do to save money and still convey that theres something happening here". Its kind of fun to watch really.
I like the subtle effects that have deeper meaning, I mean thats what Dark Kitty was about, the deeper meaning, course we never really made it clear what any of it meant, it was just art with a twisted plot. I sorta want to get back to that, and rather then trying to over commit and struggle with 30mins, im considering more like 10min shorts of various flicks. I know i strong material for Fish and Hami, Mr Fluffers, Dark Kitty and maybe three others, so I may try for a strange kind of Robot Carnival type show, a combination of theme'd animes or something. Doing the opening sequence for Fish and Hami is currently the first real test.
I have five new posters to frame.. gah! 2 obey giants, 2 cowtown arts (ha!), and 1 something from log ago.. my first ever silk screen, wait a sec maybe thats more of a wood block art thing, anyways when i was in 7th grade or something. Its a cool bird, a steel bird thing, very strange. Mama save for me. Moms are great they save everything, put it in art tubes, organize it all and then spring it on ya some 20 years later.
Not much new on the gaming front, tried Final Fantasy XI, it was a bust me no likey that virtual world. Something about what grows up on the console should stay on the console. I dont think it looks that good on the PC. Call of Duty on the other hand, now thats pretty cool. Its another WW2 epic slaughter fest wtih blazin machine guns. Course I keep coming back to Savage an online RTS meets FPS game and for those of you like gator dave and all, its cool. I havent been able to successfully infect gator dave or jon into real gaming. They are tied to the worlds of spider solitare and such, which is good in a way. I mean rehab for those addictions are peanuts compared to the addicts of old.. the addicts of EQ.