Honey in my Gears

I took a 7 hour ride down to NYC last Saturday (the 23rd) to see the premiere of Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart at the New York Int'l Children's Film Festival. The version I saw, sadly, was in English, but it was still worth it! My entire trip cost under a hundred dollars (I'm even including food in that price).

I arrived with a little over an hour to kill, so I first went to find the SVA Theatre (easy enough, as the bus dropped me off a block away). I found a delightful little 'shrewd fast food' vegan place called Blossom du Jour, which is in plain view of the theatre, and ducked in for some breakfast (Smoky Avocado wrap - avo, smoked tempeh, tomato, lettuce, and chipolte aioli - so delicious). I wandered off to the tail end of the garment district to a place supposedly called 'Early Halloween' but was actually a little antique thrift store, where I met a cheeky old-world woman selling loads of antique dolls. I didn't buy anything, and had to get back to the theatre anyway.

In the theatre, sponsors of the film festival were lined up giving away products, including a bunch of snacks and drinks. I nabbed a fizzy grapefruit-flavoured water and headed to the bathroom. I was about 10th in line outside the theater, but that trip to the bathroom put me about 90th in line, but it was well worth it, because I got front and center (not ideal for a normal theatre, but this one had a big stage between the screen and seats). I turned off my phone, checked out the programme handed to me,

and saw...

...the most amazing detail below the information for this specific screening...

Stéphane Berla, one of the two directors of the film, was there for a Q&A session (with translator). I would have probably soiled myself if Mathias Malzieu was there, too, but he couldn't make it. My heart needed winding after that, sitting front and center, two feet away from him, while he towered 6 feet above me on the stage. I attempted to get some attention to ask a question, but he wasn't the one picking people out, it was one of the hosts of the festival, who was choosing mostly children, but Stéphane answered every question fully and elegantly, covering just about everything. Even though I didn't get to ask my question, Stéphane would periodically look right at me, and give me a smile, and he even sent me a secret message: at one point, while his translator was translating what he'd just said, he looked at me and tapped his finger to the side of his chest, indicating that he liked my heart tattoo. My heart stopped. Time stopped. The world melted. I wanted the day to last forever.

And as we were all ushered out of the theatre, I flipped through the mental-rolodex to remember how to say certain phrases in French, so I could ask him if he could sign my programme. He thankfully knew enough English that I didn't need to embarrass myself too much, and he gladly signed it.

I could have cried.

As for the movie itself, check out [my review] on Letterboxd.

Time again for awesome pictures I've found over the internet lately:

I've never really liked Blythe too much, but this is just adorable and I really, really want it. Click to see all the awesome features of this doll
(and here is a Hellmira doll that is also quite cute)




Disney plans for creating an animated adventure of The Scarlet Letter...
just kidding, but check out the imagery :)



Some peanut related art:

The Peanuts gang


Zombie Peanuts


Girls Drawin' Girls
(from the blog) "By day, women from the group Girls Drawin' Girls are animators and artists for shows such as South Park and The Simpsons. But by night, they draw sexy pin-up girls!"


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Be Stupid!

There are lots of these Be Stupid ads on the site, but I want to share a few of them here
( smart may have the answers, but stupid has all the interesting questions )

THAT was the last episode of the season??? They'd better be working on another, I say.

It was too linear, where others have at least one extra plot point... Booo. And fuck Richmond for getting scurvy. I wanted to see him again this season.

Relatedly, the rest of the season was bang on! I loved the FriendFace episode best, and in fact, had to reject a friend invite from my own mum just today. I am a monster.

There's just 9 more hours before I find out if school is closed! And I'm still procrastinating. YAY!

Dream
I dreamed of Wonderland University and will be working on a full-length animation, starting with the scene where Alice fails to enroll into The Mad Hatter's Infinity 101 (010101010101...) class because her teacup won't fit into the room.

projects
Charles and I will be working on animations galore in the coming weeks as well as a RIT late night teusday radio show (so RITers should maybe stop by for a visit and say hi).

My computer has bit the (hopefully not too) big one. It once again needs to be shipped to apple for logic board repairs. Hopefully, I won't lose anything, but I risk it every time, you know. I put three new programs for music editing/mixing fun, and then it crashes. I did get a very good show in last week at the station, though.

Work
Also, good news!! I may have a spectacular internship for next semester (which starts next week). Charles has met someone who has a publishing business, and needs an intern for InDesign goodness. It's right up my freaking alley and I am hoping to get some stuff together by tomorrow or Friday to kinda interview.

Random
Anyway, massive shopping spree this weekend, too. Old Navy, Wallyworld, trifts, foods, and Borders borders borders... I spent waaaay more than I should have.

(site of the week: http://www.jounce.org Dan Tamberelli's band. You might know Danny as Little Pete from The Adventures of Pete and Pete)

I'm at my aunt's house in east palmyra. This is by far the biggest house anyone in my family has ever owned. But it's right by the train tracks. Like, a few yards from the tracks. Every time a train comes by I think about Josh's death. I wonder if I can get use to that. But the house is amazing.

And this is somehow the most normal Thanksgiving dinner I've ever been to in my family.

...........

I need testimonies about me for my webpage (my cheap cop-out way to do a more interesting bio page). I need all of you to tell me what you think of me...
as a person
or artist
or writer
or friend
or enemy
or crazed villian from a disney cartoon
or whatever.

Or I can grab some quote you may have said to me in the past and use that. I want as many as I can get.

So if you have a moment, leave a testimony in the comments with your name (or what handle/alias you'd like me to use on my webpage) and I will be eternally grateful. Thankful, even, since this is thanksgiving day.

my belly is full

RIP ETERNAL SCREAM QUEEN Janet Leigh, July 6, 1927- October 3, 2004
I cried when I heard this morning.




I want to enter this week's icon contest over at cultfilm_icons, but I can only submit one.
Theme: Labyrnth

( which one should I submit? )

I watched Island of Dr. Moreau on tbs last night. I have a crazy boner for David Thewlis and Fairuza Balk <3

Now all my icons are made by me.

Here's a bunch of blank icons I made the other day:

( 8 blanks from High Voltage )

( two from Romeo and Juliet )

I want to learn Czech, so I can talk to Jan Svankmajer (or write or whatever) if I ever fulfill the dream of meeting him :)

I made Willard icons!


Crispin Glover gives me a total boner.