A History of Hiatus

This blog will be on hiatus for the foreseeable future. I would like to direct you my new blog, however, which can be found here:

Believe You Me. Enjoy.

I has a new job

I like it.

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King Kong Plays Ping Pong with his Ding Dong in Hong Kong

I watched The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters last night, and it was easily one of the best documentaries I have seen. The world of gaming is much seedier and strange than I had expected. If you get a chance, please check it out. Also, I recently saw a few other fantastic docs at the Full Frame Documentary Festival.

I'm rereading A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, and it is pretty great, too.

In other news:

• I'll be playing some bitchin' Air Guitar in Troy Sterling's Air Guitar Madness this and next Saturday. You should come and see it and participate, too. Oh man. Pictures from last week can be found here.



• I start a new job on Monday. I'm really excited about it, and I'll have the opportunity to write professionally. Not sure in what capacity, but writing nonetheless.



• I am the owner of a new (used) car. I forgot that driving can be so much fun. (Mine is black.)



• Spring is (basically) here. I played disc golf with a friend recently, and it was exhilarating.



• I've been reading and drawing almost every day. Some writing in there, too. It feels good.



• I've lost 18 pounds since January and I'm going to the gym 3-4 times a week. That feels great.

Nick, you might owe me 18 dollars.

Dear Life: You are a cruel bastard

This is what upsets me...

It's things like this that really make me cringe. What's wrong with people?

Hrm

I haven't updated in a while, but I won't apologize. I've honestly been pretty busy with work and improv, and some other creative projects that I want to work on. I'm also trying to find a way to let my creative endeavors take on a new form. I'm not sure what that is yet, but I think if I foster enough of my creative abilities, it will show itself.

Recently, I got a bunch of titles from friends over at DSI. Here's a sampling of what i did with some of those titles, and a possible avenue for what I want to do artistically.

Enjoy: (click for larger versions)

I'm not even going to try...

to sum up DSIF8, so I'll let the other media available do it for me.

Check out the Tumblr blog here.

And some awesome pictures here.

It was great to see everyone. Great festival.


Cast of the festival Bat: (counterclockwise) myself, Jane Borden, Zach Ward, Douglas Sarine, Jeff Griggs, Rene Duquesnoy, Kevin Patrick Robbins, Dan Izzo, Mark Sutton, and Joe Bill


AskaANinja.com's Douglas Sarine & Some Jerk


MC Chris is my homeboy.

What the French, Toast?!?

Some things:

• I have stayed up too late the past two nights with no real purpose, but I have ended up seeing some great and interesting stand-up uncensored on Comedy Central. On Friday, The Comedians of Comedy Live from The Troubadour came on, which featured such greats as Patton Oswalt, Zach Galifianakis, Eugene Mirman, Dana Gould, and others. I had seen the tour show before, but this was really a nice treat since I had not seen the show in its entirety before. Also, I don't know if I accidentally zoned out for 15 minutes, or if they just cut it out for editing (more likely) but David Cross and H. John Benjamin were not featured. I was pretty bummed and confused, but I suppose I'll just have to rent or buy the DVD to get the full experience. I also don't really think that Sarah Silverman or Brian Posehn are particularly very funny or very good at stand up comedy. On Saturday, I watched a special with a fella named Rodney Carrington, who is a good-ol' boy, clad in Justin attire, who jokes and sings country songs about titties and beer. At first, I was extremely put off by this guy, as he was often opinionated and full of unfounded bigotry. He struck me as another Ron White or Larry the Cable Guy, but as the show progressed, I noticed that he had a certain swagger and intelligence that made him quite appealing. Since the show was uncensored, there were plenty of profanities and dick jokes and, at one point, ladies in the audience flashing their boobies. As much as I found wrong with old Rodney (his misogynistic and homophobic tirades, his goofy arrogance, his cowboy hat), I found that he really did a nice job of setting jokes up and had a great way of crafting callbacks and clever puns. He was also very self aware, and really seemed to know how to best use his persona to appeal to the crowd. In the end, he appealed to me much more than Fratboy Dane Cook or Racist Jeff Dunham. I think my parents would probably love this guy.




• Instead of watching the Superbowl (which I really could give two shits about), I stumbled across Animal Planet's Puppy Bowl IV, which is as sickeningly adorable as you might imagine. In fact, its just a bunch of puppies playing in a large pen made to look like a football field. And there is commentary. Can you believe it? Sure you can.




• I really liked Cloverfield, so if you didn't, I am sorry and you can shove your opinions up your butt. I think the movie did everything it set out to do, and it did it pretty well. If you want to see a monster movie that captures a sense of terror and confusion, then go check it out. If you want to go see a science fiction movie to blow your mind and change the way you think about society, then you should probably go see something else.




• LOST is back! I enjoyed the season premiere, but man, they sure do like to move the story pretty slowly. I was expecting a lot more, and was somewhat disappointed by the lack of advancement in the saga. I don't even really want answers, I just want movement. I think we'll see a little more of that next week. One can hope, I suppose.


• I had a nice brunch with Joe S. today-- it was great, that Joe is a smart dude. I also hung out with a certain Ryloc earlier in the week, and we had some beers and mediocre food. Both of these Man-dates were at Milltown. It was good to have hangout times with friends as to not feel the pangs of loneliness this week, as Callie was in Vail, Colorado.


• And finally, I am scootin' again, as the Vino is back in action. I couldn't be happier.

That's all you get for now, friends, stay tuned for more updates soonish. In the meantime, I have hopped on the early train to Tumblr-ville, and you can check out my mini-blog Pocket if you want. It's less musing and more media / internet related stuff. Ciao.

Ted is My PH

whiz bang update / 2008 intro

• Florida was fun - Spiderman ride and Blue Man Group and everything overpriced


• watched Fast Food Nation-- see it if you are trying to eat healthier like I am (also watched recently: Juno- B, Sweeney Todd- B, National Treasure 2- F )


• sick today-- you would think I could have staved off germs amid all those jerks in Orlando, but no


• the scooter is still out of commission :(


• kind of in love with the idea of puppetry right now


• got a new digital camera for Xmas from Santa (yay!)


• going to NYC in just over a week


• DSIF8 is just 6 weeks away

My 28 goals for 2008, in no particular order:

1. update blog template


2. get in shape


3. write more / create more with less of a focus on improv


4. audition for something


5. update acting resume', finalize headshot, compile reel


6. put together voice reel


7. build and launch a kickass website


8. get a business card made


9. purchase a swank new phone or handheld organizer type thing


10. stay in touch with old friends more directly (less time on Facebook / MySpace more phone calls / letters / visits)


11. take more pictures


12. go somewhere completely new


13. take a voice class


14. take a cooking class


15. spend less time on the internet and the tv, and more time reading, writing and drawing


16. listen to more new music


17. blog more often


18. do something really exhilirating and exciting (skydiving or something crazy)


19. submit writing for publication


20. save money


21. be less bitter, snarky, and complainy


22. meet more new people


23. eat out less


24. develop a "good" habit


25. be more patient


26. clean up more often


27. finish what I start


28. decide what the fuck to do with my life