Ready for ACTION.

So I've finally got all the essentials for my video camera..

..Just some small minor adjustments left to do, and I'll be up and ready for some shoots.

So far, the quality is GREAT. So hopefully I'll have some test shots that I may upload in while.

Christopher.

Blah Blah Blah Video Cameras

My new Brevis35mm adapter is here!!! So without having to explain to you what that is, I'll just give you a Wiki link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depth-of-field_adapter

So basically, to make it short, a DOF adapter will help give my video a more of a film look, with much better depth of field. I'll also be purchasing a canon lens that I'll then put at the end of the Brevis35.

So with all that, all on my JVC HD7, I'm sure to have a pretty strange and lengthy looking camera setup.

Christopher.

In case you were wondering..

http://www.radivarl.demon.co.uk/nick/media/555.htm

Dear Reader,

So I had this interesting little thought the other day: Why do people always address others at the beginning of  letters by saying 'Dear'. This thought had never really occurred to me, until I really began to think about it. Now it makes complete sense to start a letter with Dear, if that letter is directed to, say, a loved one. Or in other cases, someone who is DEAR to you, and I understand that it's just the formal way of beginning a letter. But for example, say I were to write a letter to Director Michal Bay. I would start by saying: "Dear Michal Bay,...", right? But wait.. Michal Bay isn't dear to me.. And now all I can think of while thinking upon this is: "To my dear beloved Michal Bay"...

...But I hate Michal Bay...

Christopher.

How to Report the News

Today, I got a haircut.

     ..And while waiting for said haircut, I had the great curiosity of flipping through one of the many booklets, full of 'haircuts for men'. So as I began flipping through the book, page after page, I couldn't help but notice how extremely homo-erotic and absurd the hairstyles (as well as the models themselves) were. Shirtless men, with little pink bow ties, all that jazz. Dudes with the most unrealistic hairstyles known to man.
      And I just can't help but notice how EVERY SINGLE mens hair style book I run into these days, all keep up with this trend of having the most ridiculous haircuts ever. I don't know. Maybe it's me. Maybe I'm just not keeping up with today's new look...

 

Yeah... I'm sure that's the problem.

Christopher.

Park Benches

I now have this 'thing' for sitting alone in the park. I'm not sure if it's the big yet surprisingly comfortable benches, or just starring at all the strange people that walk by, but it is VERY relaxing for me. Just to sit there after a long day of work, in no rush whatsoever, just quietly taking in the nice weather. In fact, I wouldn't even mind being homeless for a day, just so I could enjoy sleeping on one of those huge benches. And so I say: Don't take park benches for granted! Sit down. Rest a while.

Christopher.

Ten Pictures: 2

Today.

      So today, I road my bike from Stow to Fryeburg. Out of curiosity, while I was biking against the wind in a wide open field, I fiddled around for my harmonica in my pocket, and just as I pulled it out, the breeze I was biking up against began to blow through my harmonica, and the harmonica began to virtually play itself. A deep and consistent drone of harmony. I placed the harmonica up against my ear to get a better listen, and as I reached the top of a hill, I slowly accelerated downward, faster and faster. On my ten speed, I crouched down low, pushed down hard on the pedals, and with my harmonica and my face low and close to the handlebars, the harmonica started to play its drone louder and louder, with great intensity.

Christopher.

Ten Pictures

Art FAIL

      Okay, so here I am talking about my art again..
 ANYWAYS. Here's an old piece I just came across not to long ago..

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The funny fact about this piece, is that it's actually a complete and utter failure.
      Okay, so I was doing the usual aerosol paint space themed gig, with an interesting attempt at creating an ocean, with a rising/setting planet/moon on the horizon.You can also see my attempt at clouds, where I had painted in white.. So anyway, I was letting the thing dry, obviously not very satisfied with it, that I had left a sheet of news paper over it. When I returned to it, a tad bit disappointing, I ripped off  what I could of the dried on news paper.. And VUALA!

      But I must say, I enjoyed what came out of it. Certainly it doesn't hold any real narrative, just being a big tangle of mistakes all in one. But I'd have to say for myself, that the news paper gave it some real depth.. Somehow..

      And that is why I say LEARN FROM YOUR MISTAKES! Because sometimes, they can give you some good insight... Or in my case, they can just look kinda cool.

Christopher.

Lysergic Acid Diethylamide

The 'Astromobile': Complete!

Rarely do I ever go through with these ridiculous ideas of mine, but I finally pulled through with one. With a little help from my friend Julie, I have completed.. THE ASTROMOBILE!! (That 'thing' I mentioned in that older post)

Gaze in wonder at these terrible quality pictures. (They do no justice)

Christopher.

One day..

There are days I could blog about ANYTHING. ..And then there are days like this where I can't think at all. It's the beginning of summer vacation, that beginning week where everything around me just STOPS... and then I realize "Hey, No more school!? I don't have to think anymore!". And it's almost as if my creative flow is on lock down.

In the meantime, I've painted you all this pretty picture.. of me..
Hope you enjoy it!

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Christopher.

Watch this.

http://vimeo.com/11414505

Painting with passion

So today, I discovered my almost-kind-of split personality. But the strange thing is, this personality only comes out of it's cave when I'm painting. When I paint, I tent to become complete and utterly fixated on what I'm working on. Any mistakes I make, any outside distractions of any kind, and I begin to curse like a mother-fuck (excuse my language). Today, my friend Anthony was being a compete and utter tool in front of me while I was painting, and all I wanted to do was pour my glass of paint thinner down his throat. Pretty extreme, eh? Well I didn't REALLY want to pour paint thinner down his throat, that would be absurd.. but it was a small idea of mine.. Now it's not like this is some big bottled up problem of mine, it's honestly all in good fun, but isn't painting supposed to bring me to a better place? Now there's no way in hell I'd ever give up painting, I love it too much, but it seems to me like it's some freaking bi-polar love-hate relationship I have with it, It completely calms me down one second, and drives me insane the next.

And that... make's it all the more better.

Christopher.

Jonesin'

I can proudly say that I have become much much more politically aware as these past few May Term weeks have passed. I'm currently in the class '1960's: Decade of Turmoil', with my teacher as Mr. Jones, And I can tell you this, NO ONE can teach a history lesson like he can..With as much passion, and as much heart as he. He likes to yell, but most of all, it is because he want's his students to UNDERSTAND. He want's them to empathize with the people of that generation, so they can really see what it must have been like then. I can say I've learned a lot from him, and in that, he's done his job. In fact, he has made me SO aware, so in tune, that just the other day, we were shown the entire 'I Have A Dream' speech, and I can honestly tell you this, it almost bought a tear to my eye. It was THAT powerful to me. Call me a pathetic hack, but Mr. Jones has brought light to me that our generation is no where near, and probably will never be as politically active as the youth were in the 1960's. He's made me realize how self indulgent and self aware our generation can be, and how we may never act upon any political injustices in our lifetime. This may be because we really have nothing to fight for, and we are well off the way we are. But this is not always true, where will always be some form of oppression, whether it is economical, or social. One example of current social oppression, is of Gay Rights. There are MANY issues involving Gay Rights. In fact, in many states it is a legal right to deny Gay's service, which I find to be very shocking. So there are still many things worth fighting for. But it all comes down to your decision, if your really going to fight them.

Christopher. 

Hey!

...If YOU wont read this blog... Who will?...

Christopher.

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Oh, You know that feeling...

Okay...

So I'm reading a GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program) tutorial, off of their website, and while I'm reading... I get this little helpful piece of information: "The invention called the typewriter introduced the Shift Key. You generally have 2 of them on your keyboard."
  
Thank you very much... GIMP...


Christopher.

Walk (day one?)

For the last couple of days, I've been killing my time like you wouldn't believe, by either taking long pointless naps, or long pointless walks. The other day, I'd chosen to take long pointless walk, through my lovely town of Stow, to, you know, "see the sights" (Or lack there of). But to my amazement, it was something I had not expected. I began by dragging myself out to the middle of this large field, somewhere I had never been before. I turned around, and for the first time in my life, I saw the Town of Stow from a completely different perspective, a completely different angle. It was as if I had never stepped foot in Stow before. (And not to sound all sentimental and pathetic, but..) For the first time in my life, I could actually see the sun set in Stow, and it was a sight to be seen, for sure... But then the bugs began to eat me alive, so I hurried home as quick as possible, in a fit of rage.

Christopher.

A little known fact:

The English word 'testify', derived from a time when men were required to swear on their testicles.

Christopher.

Hmmph..

I cannot help but notice how horrible I am at blogging.. THIS post within itself.. is horrible.

Christopher.

The 'Astromobile'

So I've thought of possibly the greatest idea ever thought.. ever. It involves a giant industrial sized hanging mobile, and about a half dozen Astrostars. Now if you're wondering what an Astrostar is, it's basically this nifty little lamp, that takes the shape of a black 12 sided dodecahedron, with tiny holes on all sides. And when turned on...

POOF!

..It projects stars all over the room. Pretty simple. Now, my grand idea is to basically make a hanging mobile, that perfectly spins and rotates, and attach multiple Astrostars at each end. Here's a cheap little sketch I threw together, to give you a "better" idea of the plan..

 

Voilà.

 Lights turned off. Astrostars turned on. Give the mobile a little push, AND...

...The most AMAZING light show you will ever witness, right before your very own eyes!!! 

 Now it sounds easy, but the most difficult part about this project will be balancing the Astrostars perfectly with each other, for the mobile to have perfect inertia. So it will be a difficult balancing act. But hey, we can only know, if we give it a try!

Christopher.

One mans trash...

In my recent endeavors, I've been sifting through an old (OLD) bottle dump in the back of my house, which sits on a very (VERY) steep river bank. Cans, bottles, and miscellaneous objects dated back to about the 1930's can be seen scattered absolutely everywhere. Old shoes, bottles of just about every shape, size, and color, old license plates, random car parts, and PLENTY of rusty old cans..

 Broken pottery.

  The river at the bottom of the embankment. Quite picturesque.. (almost TOO picturesque..)

 

Popeye brand popcorn. "ahg ahg ahg!"

And the list goes on..

With these, as well as whatever else I can find, I hope to think of something creative to do with them... and if not that... I'll be sellin' them for a pretty pretty penny. (Heh heh heh!) ...Any ideas?!

Christopher.

Hmmmm?

So, my 'older' blog had somehow magically disappeared... So at that, I decided to make a new one, EXACTLY the same.. So.. here she is!
           In other news?... Nothing...

Christopher.