I just checked the Douglas Adams Video Tribute Contest page, and the views of my video have gone up by over 100 in the last 24 hours. That is good, right? Right now I am #1, but I keep waiting for the other submissions that will be slicker and prettier than mine to show up. :P

Getting frustrated with the new one though. I am having a harder time than I thought I would finding voice actors.  Quite frankly I am amazed that none of my acty/performy type friends didn't just jump at the chance to say shitty dialog into a microphone for coffee and carrot cake. And that there is absolutely no one on craigslist who wants to contact a stranger for same. I mean, I made the cake from scratch and everything. Maybe I need to move to the ad to a different category....

I am not sure where to go from here. I don't want to make a nuisance of myself. I could beg and plead and cajole and bully, but I don't want to do that. It is a little project that has nothing to do with anything important. I am not getting paid for it nor am I going to pitch it to anyone.  It isn't even going to be entered into a video contest. It is a learning tool for me.

So while I am figuring that out, I am busy making a list of the props and set pieces I will need. Somehow I am going to have to figure out how to make myself a mini squirrel phone. And a mini turkey. A lot of the scenes are set in the living room, so the number of sets will be low. I have decided to try to make a new computer. The old one is off white. And huge and clunky. Looks very 90's. Though I suppose lots of people still use the clunky 3 foot deep monitors. Do I want to do another paper one, or do I want to try sculpting one? These are the hard decisions one must make as a director, producer AND animator. *hand to forehead* However will I muddle through? :)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
Ok. enough silliness for one night. I need to try to sleep tonight. Insomnia is a bitch and makes the days hard to focus on. Tonight I am arming myself with lots of benedryl. Allergies are acting up again, so I might as well kill 2 birds with one stone. I leave you with a picture I have entitled "Sad Dalek Just Wants To Go To Bed, Damn It". Enjoy.

I have spent most of the week trying to keep my face from itching to pieces from all the allergies I am suffering. I hate this. I have been working on trying to record some songs to post here, but the allergies are seriously getting in the way of anything worth listening to. It is getting better. I just did another trial run. It went better than others, but not good enough for others to listen to yet. I will work o0n it more later today.  Eventually there will be audio in that page.

Stop mo has been put on the back burner for now. I will be working on it off and on, as the inspiration strikes, but it was frustrating me so bad I needed to step back a little. Why can't I get it all to work right? I can't be that bad of a fuck up. Grrrr.

Took my mind off it last night with a Lebowskifest. Which was attended by me. A local theater was playing The Big Lebowski for $2, so I invited a bunch of friends to come watch it with me. And no one showed up. Yeah, feeling like a loser now. But I love that movie so it wasn't a total loss.