Oh Glob, how I’ve neglected you! But dry your tears, for here I am, still alive, and about to drop another load of stuff that will probably appear random, at best.  Apologies for my absence, and for this lack of ado, but here we go!

“What did I just listen to?!” you might ask, assuming you actually listened.  Well, that would be the result of assigning a phony radio broadcast to a huge nerd. Starring my buddy Bryan as Dak Territh; Keith Kilmer as Luke Skywalker; Emerald Brookins as caller 1, the “Extra-Gravity Snuggie” commercial, and the “Princess Leia Earmuff” commercial; Tonya Tyrrell as caller 2, “Sunshine Laundry” commercial, “Oxyclean” commercial, and “EnergyStar” commercial; and Greg Musselman (why am I linking this, when clearly, you already know about me!?) as Dev Kathan, lucky caller #10, and various announcers and goofy voices.

What did we think of making this monstrosity? I’m so glad you asked:

This assignment was to perform a dramatic reading of any written material, in such a way as to alter the original message. I decided to channel my inner William Shatner and do some song-talking.  I needed something that sounds ok being sung, but would be utterly ridiculous when spoken.  ”Doo Wah Diddy” (written by Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich) seemed the obvious choice (but I almost went with the theme song from “Sailor Moon“).

I hope I made Bill proud.

I know it’s been a while, but you remember those “Daily Create” things?  I did some!

The Daily Create #56 – POV silent walk down the street, through a building, etc – No narration!

Challenge accepted:

That’s almost 5 whole minutes of me, not talking.  I hope you all appreciate the effort that entails.

The Daily Create #71 – Reverse – Shoot video of some dynamic action, and then reverse it and post.

 This is Matthew Barrett, both a student and a teacher of mine, performing one of the Baguazhang “chi awakening” forms, Snake. I’m particularly fond of the backward sound.

The Daily Create #76 – Some trees express enormous soul. Find and photograph that special tree.
This poor guy used to be a bit more vertical, but during the flood a few months ago, the ground around his roots got a liiiiiitle too soft.

That’s all for today.  I’m not making any promises, but I’ll see about being a tad more diligent with the posting and such.

PS – Here’s Mythbuster Adam Savage, speaking at the Reason Rally a few days ago.  A bit of warning: he does use a couple of expletives, so if you’re offended by four-letter words, don’t think less of me.  I still think it’s well worth a watch.  Or two. Or twelve.