:: Dano's Production Journal ::

:: 9/29/2004 ::

I'm back online! Here's what you missed: the origins of Zowzoo!


Here's master puppet builder Angie showing Zowzoo's head, which is based on a sculpt we made.


Zowzoo makes a good hiding place for the always inquisitive Sweetums.


Zowzoo close up.


Angie tries on Zowzoo's lower half.


Shooting day comes...


This sucker's big.
:: Dano 3:02 PM [+] ::
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Soon you will hear my voice on KGSR and KLBJ radio pitching the Austin Film Festival!

I am moving this weekend and don't know when I'll get internet service up and running. So if emails get bounced back, call me at my new number (if I remembered to email it to you).

Oh, and THIS rules. I recommend the audible.com audio book version, read by the Daily Show cast. It's so nice to hear Jon Stewart getting to swear.

:: Dano 2:39 PM [+] ::
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Now online: "The Teaser" extended director's cut! Now with more sex and violence!

:: Dano 1:55 PM [+] ::
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You can call me a wimp and a copyright violator, but you can't call me an IMMORAL wimpy copyright violator...


:: Dano 3:57 PM [+] ::
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Out of the Mouths of Babes: Stories from a Montessori School Teacher

During playtime, one young student declared himself President of the cushion-constructed fort. Another youngster declared he was stupid.

Teacher: Why did you call him stupid? That's not nice.
Youngster: Well, he is.
Teacher: Why?
Youngster: Well, President Bush is stupid. So that means he has to be stupid.
Teacher: (holding back laughter) Well, what makes you think President Bush is stupid.
Youngster: He has to be, because he's always on vacation.

:: Dano 7:31 AM [+] ::
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Well, she looks better than Nathan Lane...

:: Dano 1:03 AM [+] ::
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Dude!

So like 80 people used up .25 GB of bandwidth checking out my webpage today. Who are you?

Polyphonic Spree plays Stubbs 9/22! Come along!

My room smells like clay. As do my hands. Pictures to explain soon.
:: Dano 10:15 PM [+] ::
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Damn, Scarlett Johannson, you all grow'd up! And your face is hard to draw! Almost as hard as Nathan Lane's...
:: Dano 4:36 PM [+] ::
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"Big Will make fishin' look good..."


"Worm's in the water so it's understood..."



coming soon:
"Can I 'help' you boys?"
:: Dano 11:17 AM [+] ::
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Last "no pictures" post:

Reality TV being planned right before our eyes. I like how the "dream jobs" for women compare to the "dream jobs" for men. Catwalk model, swimsuit model, biker chick (?) vs Martial artist, stand-up comic, bartender. Looks vs ... whatever. The day jobs they are seeking are infinitely more interesting, but I guess they're not as escapist. Nobody wants their daughter to be a caregiver, scientist, or corrections officer (?) anymore...

"At the heart of the show is the journey the faker takes into an unknown world and the relationships that develop between the faker and their mentors"

Yeah... right. I think it would be funnier to have a swimwear model who has the dream job to be a Cop. Or a biker chick who wants to have a 'religious occupation.'
:: Dano 10:38 AM [+] ::
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The Political Post - things that amuse or enrage me:

Amuse: Brits blogging in NYC

Amuse: Kerry burns Cheney : "The vice president even called me unfit for office last night," Kerry said. "I guess I'll leave it up to the voters whether five deferments makes someone more qualified to defend this nation than two tours of duty." - thanks to spentpenny on her birthday!

Enrage:

Enrage: If this were to happen in the US, who do you think would be more likely to curtail civil liberties and exploit it for political gain?
:: Dano 10:51 AM [+] ::
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Highlight of the Dionysium this evening:

In the debate arguing the resolution that NASA not be privatized:

For the Resolution: I believe that all of us here would rather see our descendants among the crew of the USS Enterprise than among the crew of the private Nostromo, the doomed ship of the film 'Alien'.

Against the Resolution: The $15 billion annual budget of NASA should go to curing disease and solving the world's population crisis, otherwise our descendants will become nothing but Soylent Green.


Lowpoint of the Dionysium:

While introducing his group Two Note Solo's attempt to create slam fiction, the leader disparagingly comments that his team will be able to complete their task despite the fact that non of them have dread locks or are slam poets. Needless to say, that's when I decided that the best part of the night had past. You'd think at an event describing itself as 'the Dionysium', someone would realize that their audience probably doesn't buy into stereotypes or dirty, starving, hippie artists. However, the jerk is the programmer for the Alamo Drafthouse, so I'll forgive him... this time.
:: Dano 11:21 PM [+] ::
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