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Date:2006-03-12 18:25
Subject:Well..I guess that is probably good then
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Mood: exhausted


Which country should you REALLY be living in?

Canada

You would make a great Canadian! You desire to live in a young, friendly country, that has little worries and plenty of activities. Canada is the place for you.

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I guess I am right where I should be then.

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Date:2006-03-02 22:56
Subject:Things I Miss...
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Mood: lethargic

-having money to do things (like fix my longboard).
-hanging out with the following people (alphabetical order): Cam, Ian, Mike, Pete, Warren, and the rest of the SFU folks. I still love you guys and I WILL see you on the 14th for the London Spy show.
-the bearings/bearing cover on the front left wheel of my longboard (how a bearing cover gets bent into geometric shapes is beyond me).
-regular sleeping patterns.
-doing things other than school and watching TV.
-being able to go snowboarding on a whim/at all.
-real meals.
-the energy to do anything not related to school.
-...blahblahblah...boring complaints

Cheers,


Stu

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Date:2005-12-16 22:10
Subject:look at me I'm posting
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Because I needed a break from having no movies to make

69 things you may have never known about me.. or already know.

1. Initials:
S.D.G.P.

2. Name someone with the same birthday as you.
Depending on who you talk to: The late Jesus Christ

3. Where was your first kiss?
Grade 7 on our leaving elementary two-day field trip thingy

4. For or against same sex marriage?
For.

5. Are you homophobic?
Nope!

6. Are you bisexual?
Nope again, although I do support Amy having a lesbian experiance before she graduates school

7. Do you believe in God?
I do not, but I try to keep an open mind

8. How many Canadian Provinces have you been to?
British Columbia, Alberta, and Ontario. I've been to more countries than provinces

9. How many of the Canadian Provinces have you lived in?
BC and Alberta

10. Have you ever lived outside of Canada?
No but I wouldn't mind doing so for a year or two

11. Name something you like physically about yourself.
My eyes and smile

12. Something non-physical you like about yourself.
My drawing ability and my ability to simultaneously be the smartest and most idiotic person I know

13. What's your mom's first name?
Deirdre

14. What is your dream car?
1991 Toyota Tercel with a jammed passenger side door (to take me to the Oscars)

15. If you could go anywhere in the world where would you go?
I would say the Ring Of Kerry in Ireland, but of places I have not already been either Greece or Australia

16. Have you ever had someone of the opposite sex sleep over?
Yes

18. Do you download music?
Yes

19. How many illegal things have you done?
Probably a lot

20. Where would you want to go on a first date?
Coffee for all the reasons amy said

21. Would you date the person who posted this before you?
I don't think I know Amy well enough but I wouldn't say no and well Warren is a sexy beast I just don't think it was meant to be.

22. Has anyone ever sang or played for you personally?
Mr. Peter Morelli wrote and played a song for a short film I tried to make but the project fell apart.

23. Ever been kissed under fireworks?
nope.

24. Do you like president Bush?
I do not for a plethora of reasons that I will not get into at this stage in the game.

25. Have you ever bungee jumped?
No and there is a 78 percent chance I will not ever

26. Have you ever white water rafted?
I have not but there is a 86.5 percent chance that I will in the future

27. Has anyone ten years older than you ever hit on you?
No, but I was hitting on this girl at a bar and suddenly she recognised me as my sister's younger brother and that emasculated me on the spot.

29. Have you met a real redneck?
My hometown is about 50% rednecks and 50% Australian Hippies (or granolas for those of you keeping score)so yes.

30. Are you racist?
I don't think so, I find myself saying things that people could construe as rascist, but i don't believe one race is superior to any other.

31. What song are you listening to right now?
The Fan by My Computer (I've been real boring musically lately and have not put anything on)

32. What is your current favorite song?
again I reiterate my musically boring month and a half

33. What was the last movie you watched?
the Chronicles of Narnia it was good

35. Where was the last place you went besides your house?
The Banana Leaf on broadway (super cheap and tasty lunch menu)

36. Have you ever seriously vandalized someone else's property?
nope

37. Have you ever hit someone of the opposite sex?
back in early elementary school and probably out of embarassed anger or something like that, kids do the darndest things. Oh and I've whacked Katie with a spoon in one of our various spoon battles, but that was only play fighting.

39. What's the first thing you notice about the opposite sex?
hard to say but probably their face

40. Do you like yourself?
Yeah I do

41. What do you usually order from Starbucks?
Caffeine: Caramel Frappacino. Non-Caffeinated: Tazo Peach Juice

44. Say something totally random about yourself.
The facial hair on the right side of my face grows thicker than that of the left.

45. Do you have an iPod?
no but once I get this whole horrible debt thing figured out I will most certainly get one

46. Has anyone ever said you looked like a celebrity?
Yes, Kellen is conviced I look like Ewan McGregor and I have a picture which is the only one in existance where I appear to be Peter Saarsgard

47. Whats your dad's name?
George

48. Do you have braces?
Did for two years in high school

49. Are you comfortable with your height?
Yep I have no quams at all about my height

50. Do you like someone right now?
I do. I'm the kind of guy who always has a current crush

51. How tall are you?
6'3"

52. Do you speak any other language other than english?
I understand a bit of French if spoken slowly and I know a bunch of the Cockney rhyming scheme

55. Have you ever ridden in a limo?
Never

56. Has anyone you were really close to passed away?
My Uncle passed away recently and a childhood friend died in a car crash two summers ago.

57. Do you watch MTV?
No

58. What's something that really annoys you?
Stupid people

59. What are some things you really like?
snowboarding, movies, comics

60. Do you like Michael Jackson?
Pre-molesting: he was kind of badass. creepy white no nose: no.

61. Can you dance?
I can swing and such but I can't club dance

62. Have you ever surfed?
nope, but I plan on learning either this summer (if I have time with school and all) or next

63. Do you know how to pump gas?
Jesus yes

64. Do you drive?
c'est vraiment

65. Whats the latest you've ever stayed out?
I somehow managed to not have a curfew in high school and would at times stay out all night.

66. Have you ever thought that you were honestly going to die?
I have not. Though I have thought, "I am going to be seriously injured and quite possibly lose the use of at least one of my limbs!"

67. Were you ever rushed by an ambulance into the emergency room?
Not by an ambulance, no. However, when I fractured my arm my parents rushed me there.

68. Have you ever been dared to do something you didn't want to do?
Maybe things I would have rather not done but nothing I was vehemently opposed to.

69. What's your favorite province to live in?
British Columbia because it is so pretty and has the best snow.

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Date:2005-12-07 00:20
Subject:Merry Christmas and whatnot
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Dear Santa...

Dear Santa,

This year I've been busy!

Last Friday I ate my brussel sprouts (1 points). Last month I pulled over and changed [info]urbanowicz's flat tire (15 points). Last Tuesday I put gum in [info]edwardapplebee's hair (-12 points). Last Thursday I gave change to a homeless guy (19 points). In September I put money in [info]katiestuart's expired parking meter (14 points).

Overall, I've been nice (37 points). For Christmas I deserve a new dolly!

Sincerely,
awkroicky

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Date:2005-11-24 21:15
Subject:take that boredom
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Date:2005-10-25 21:22
Subject:Homework!?! What Am I...At School?!?!
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Mood: happily exhausted

So all of you have probably been waiting trepidaciously (or without any interest at all) to hear about my first day back in the game we call school. I will sum up in point form because a)9 hour day on less than that number of hours of sleep has left me far, far too tired to actually write anything of real substance here on livejournal (which is about par for the site). Enter: my thoughts and experiences at VFS...
-I had quite a few preconceived notions about what a producer did. Consider my mind blown. I still don't want to be a producer mind you, but I know that it will be an important course for me considering that I want to avoid the "work your way up the ladder" studio system. I will have to have to skills necessary to produce my own independant films because I have a feeling nobody else will.
-that last bit was more of a paragraph with some sentence fragments than it was a "point"
-Documentaries: still not my cup of tea, but...but I have paired up with Dave (because I like name dropping people only I know, like a one person inside joke)who has a badass idea involving his girlfriends grandpa.
-half of the class seems...nay is pretty cool. There's a few churchies (just kidding). The other half could be cool but some of them are gothy and uber-artsy and other seem really reclusive.
-Documentary prof seems more strict/academic (read: already gave me reading and an assignment) than the Producer and Sound profs who tend to swear more and make jokes (all the while still being good teachers mind you), but seeing as how I don't plan on doing docs for the rest of my life I think that will work with my intentions for that course. I intend to just get the technical skills from it and move on.
-Sound prof = one of the best profs I have had. Ian, think if Robbie from Dinosaurs, liked on-location sound instead of rocks...and was a guy...and a radio jockey. Sadly, he is also leaving the school come January. What's that little devious voice in my head? Pick his brain for all he's worth before he goes? I think I just might.
-I have somehow become the "funny one" of the group. This has some advantages: a) You can insult people all you want as long as you do it in a funny voice so as to make them think you are joking b) Everyone talks about you like you are some sort of Demi-god of funny, and you all know how much I like flattery and c) There seems to be a sort of Norm from Cheers thing going on where people shout my name whenever I walk into the room. This I like.
-My AVID instructor is rediculously attractive, no seriously
-I have gotten a high five from two out of the three instructors I have had classes with so far.
-I have slept on the couches of 3 out of the 15 people in the film class "clique" that seems to have formed (only amounts to two couches but...shut up).

All in all it looks like it is going to be a blasty blast this year and I have learned a rediculous amount in only the first day. I like that fact a lot...A LOT.

And seeing as how I actually say goodbye on my livejournal posts (as opposed to the sleeker, faster, stronger blogspot) I will do so again:

Cheers my friends,

Stuey "Danger" Popp

PS- Ian I am working on more comics and can't wait to see the script for issue #7. I have some ideas for the character of the mayor as you might be able to tell by the way I have drawn him. So we should meet and discuss. Also I ache in my bones for that pile of comics to read.

PSS- Cheers for real reals this time

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Date:2005-10-24 12:48
Subject:Got To Apply That High IQ Somewhere...
Security:Public
Mood: groggy

You Passed 8th Grade Math

Congratulations, you got 10/10 correct!

Could You Pass 8th Grade Math?

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Date:2005-09-26 15:56
Subject:Results = Not Surprising
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You are a

Social Liberal
(75% permissive)

and an...

Economic Liberal
(15% permissive)

You are best described as a:

Socialist




Link: The Politics Test on Ok Cupid

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Date:2005-09-19 20:32
Subject:Adventure's In Dreamland
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I think I had someone else's dream two nights ago. I had a completely non-fucked up dream about training to be an underwater rescue person. It didn't have any of my usual dream logic twist and turns (or dinosaurs). It was just straight forward training at which I was excelling. It seems strange to me as until now this isn't even something I have ever thought about let alone researched. The training seemed pretty reasonable upon waking up (and no longer being hampered logically by everything in a dream making sense) which leads me to think that I was dreaming somone elses dream. Hopefully future dreams will contain more sex, wierdness, dinosaurs and none of this rational events bullshit.

That's it for me.

-The Stu

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Date:2005-09-18 02:21
Subject:Pencil and Paper
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I have started drawing again after a brief hiatus. This surely means that new Masked Avenger comics will be coming your way soon. But for now I am content drawing pretty girls. It is really quite relaxing.



That is all,

Stu

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Date:2005-09-12 15:42
Subject:Trees Snapping In The Night
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Mood: calm

It's been a while since I last posted drunk. It will continue to be a while seeing as how I am not drunk now. Not much to talk about other than I have an apparently badass new place to live in Kitsalino. I say apparently because I haven't seen it yet, but I trust Hans. It has a large deck so I forsee deck parties and hibatchi BBQs. Chances are if you can read this you are invited to this probable party. Also the bar apparently caters to the university crowd so I can jaunt downstairs and be awkward with the ladies whenever the desire hits me.

Movie is dead. I currently don't have the time to put into hand puppets and people want their equipment back. Alas such is the life of a filmmaker with no budget. Also I previously stated that I didn't blame the lead actress. Well she was a bitch to my sister at the bar so I am back to blaming her. It is all her fault. Seriously.

I am getting more and more stoked to see all you alls in Vancouver as the days tick away until my flight back. Events currently planned: September 30th: fly into Vancouver, stay at old house, somewhere in this time see Serenity. October 1st: Move to new house, buy Hans a beer at the pub below us for finding the apartment. October 2nd: go see Clap Your Hands Say Yeah! at Sonar assuming that tickets are sold at the door (anyone up for this?). October 3rd: Death Cab For Cutie show at the commodore, pay Ian his money. October 11th: Coheed and Cambria show with Pete, Mike, Devin, and whoever else is going. October 17th: start school and dissapear for a year making the odd reappearance for The OC and St. Patrick's Day (probably more times than that but those are the definate ones).

It was the second snow fall of the summer season this weekend. Weather in Fernie is interesting, it goes from sunny and warm one day to winter the next, Autumn is for pussy towns! Like the other time it was still to warm to be the nice light fluffy snow that Fernie is know for aka champagne powder (or crystale powder if you want to get technical because we don't live in the champagne region of France). Also like the other time and as I eerily predicted not hours earlier in a conversation with Katie Holmes (my friend not the one who is "like soooo in love" with Tom Cruise) the power went out. This time was actually worse than the last because there was a shit tonne more snow. And it all froze to the trees cause them to droop and ultimately snap under the weight. I stood outside Saturday night and listened to the snap snap snap of trees fucking up my power grid. As a result I was without my main sources of entertainment: TV, internet, and illumination. I busted out some candles but the other two were not coming back because Shaw has "a monopoly on fun" to quote Cam and they also don't like to work on weekends. So I kicked it old-old-school and read my book by the light of a lot of candles, because I have bad eyesight and candles suck at lighting up a room.

That about sums things up,

-El Stu

oh and the new steak pizza at Dominos is delish.

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Date:2005-08-27 20:34
Subject:Brad Pitt may have ruined my movie
Security:Public

Hello folks (ie Hans, Ian, Warren, and Cam),

There is an extremely high probablity as the school year approaches that my film "The Off-Season" may not get finished, at least not how it was originally intended. There are only five scenes left to shoot. I've managed to coodinate days off with myself and two of the actors. I am waiting as we speak to hear back from Leslie and Mike. Leslie may have to work but I am seriously willing to pay her whatever she would miss out on by filming my movie (which is saying a lot because I am ass poor and have that whole tuition debt looming). Mike who is my lead, however, is another story. Apparently he got work as a featured extra or some shit on "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford" the extremely long titled new Brad Pitt movie which is filming outside of Calgary. This filming may coincide with my two window of shooting. Awesome for him, shitty for me.

Should it be the case that the last five scenes will not be filmed with real people then I am going to take things into my own hands (literally) and film the rest using cardboard sets and hand puppets. That's right hand puppets. Sure it won't be the original vision of the film but it'll at least be funny and give me something to edit. The new title will be "Failed Movie with Puppets".

Later and Cheers,

-Stuey Popp

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Date:2005-08-26 01:42
Subject:On eagain in yhew footsped of qwarriwen
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Mood: smashed so fucking much

i AM VERY VEERY drunk. I am very vbery veyr very drtunk. I promised Sttreert thar Iw would tap a to meny daughtwr and today I found out that she had broker enup wqith her boy friensd so it is one. Also I think thar my mobie is fucjked ad ,faer was live avton ges but the possiblotilty of filming ther esrt with hand [uppptets hsd present dsesd isteslef and I am certainly stoked aboit t har idea plus i gert a free samich drom smitties die to n unfortunate mix-up. Anywhae I am offf to sleep now so I hop3 you enjou the fucking drinlk rqmplings aywhoist I am off toa sleep.

Gppd evening to yahs,


SWtuewytpoipp

XCheeerus

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Date:2005-08-19 02:55
Subject:Fuc I;m dunk
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Mood: so fuckin durkvnk

Like the titlwe sayd... Fuck I qm fdrunk angaiun. So here goes antother Wartren style drunken post. Baically thwe movie goes liek shot andf I think I dunkenly insulted my leadactress at the bar tonight. there was and awkrewant sylined=ce after I spoke ant then she eft and I sidnt see her foto the rest of the night5. Yay for drunken me. Anyways tge movei has towo weeks to finish or it is done for good. Well, sort of. I plan on fonoshing the movie with hand putpppes should mi actoews fall through. And that about sums things up., I am going to go watch the dailt show causre that shit is dfunnny,

Pewax,


Styu

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Date:2005-08-16 02:36
Subject:
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In case you were unaware. Crazy writings, pictures, and non-dA arts are now available over at: http://stueypopp.blogspot.com

-Stu

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Date:2005-08-14 23:24
Subject:Dang...
Security:Public
Mood: restless

I have had a weird day. Bad weird. On my drive home from work I saw a dead cat/squirrel/something in the middle of the road. This didn't weird me out until further along my drive home I saw a crow get electricuted and fall twitching to the ground. Then I had a dream which started out kind of okay (me and Zach Braff running a press conference/pep rally) but then just got a fucked up with wierd emotional shit. So I didn't get a restful sleep. And then on the way to work tonight I almost hit a dead deer that was in the middle of the road and another live deer halfway up the ski hill road. Fucked up day.

In better news I watched the first half of the first season of entourage and that is just dang awesome.

-Stu

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Date:2005-08-06 23:05
Subject:Up-Up-Update and Away!
Security:Public
Mood: bitchin'

Hooray for cheesy subject titles. But none the less a brand spanking new update is upon yee. This is the first of a series of updates coming to my various blogs over the next few days. I am super exstatic about the fact that in under 55 days I will be on a flight back to Vancouver. Also stoked on the following things:
-to be living in the Kitsilano area.
-To be almost entirely recovered from my longboarding accident.
-my two actual days off that I have coming up
-to see Death Cab For Cutie (Ian if you need the money ASAP send me your address and I will mail you a check)
-a week and a half during which time my parents will be away thus leaving me the house to myself

I am however less stoked about the indeffinate hiatus that my film is currently on. I do want to edit the first couple of scenes so as to feel as though I am actually doing something to forward the progress of the movie. As demanded by the unwritten rules of artistic creation I attempted to drink myself into a stuppour upon receiving the bad news from my actors. This was harder than I had expected. I mean, I'm the first person to tell you that I can drink a lot but like a pitcher and a bit of beer, plus a Jager shot, plus 5 or 6 Surfer's On Acid is just a bit ridiculous. I only got mildly inebriated and only after the last SOA.

Had a Moolatte from Dairy Queen and only barely enjoyed it. It tasted good and all but it was too thick and thus lacked the thirst quenching ability found in a Frappiccino or Timmy's Iced Cap. I can't quite remember how whatever Blenz has tastes so currently the Moolatte stands at number 3 on my list of commercial iced coffee beverages list.

Started seriously swimming and running this week and have come to three conclusions: 1)Music actually does make running easier 2) I can't swim in a straight line with my eyes closed (incidentaly I am also out 20 bucks for a new pair of goggles and 3) that whole wait half an a hour after a meal thingy is not a myth (at least not after a three course meal consisting of a monster rack of ribs and delicious cheesecake)

Ian, I meant to mention a while ago that Xavier vs. the Danger Room = freaking awesome. I can't wait for the next issue. Incidentally have you been reading any Ultimates 2? cause that is also hella sweet.

Writing has begun in earnest for my Untitled-God-Road-Trip-Movie. Anyone have suggestions for a title?

That's about it for tonight. Soooo here is a sneak peak at what updates you can expect to be coming to blogs near you:

-At least two new pages of The Masked Avenger on http://stueypopp.deviantart.com, however if I manage to get more than that done then I will release them over the course of several days so as to not overload my fans

-a bit of humourous (at least to me) writing over at blogger cause well I need to put that blog to use and also succumb to the indirect peer pressure created by Cam and Warren splitting their journals "in twain"

-and finally some random crap over at MySpace because I will undoubtedly be bored and have nothing to do at some point next week

So that is the low down, to recap: dA=art/comics, LiveJournal=my boring life, blogger=random writing and dumb pictures, MySpace=random crap for the sake of me being less bored.

Till next time True Believers,

Stu "The Stu" Popp

P.S. Katie I don't know if you read this but if you do then you should definately make a stop over in Fernie on your road trip to or from Calgary

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Date:2005-07-26 14:05
Subject:Time Speed Up Machine Slightly Fixed!
Security:Public
Mood: complacent

So It Looks like I will be back In Vancouver at some point during the day on Friday, September 30th. I am quite stoked that I will have 2 and a half weeks to hang out with friends/get settled in to my new digs before starting class at VFS. I am also stoked about seeing Death Cab For Cutie on Oct. 3rd (thanks to Ian for picking me up a ticket). And now for some other talking points:

-For those of you who read this and haven't already checked them out pages 7 and 8 of Masked Avenger issue #6 are up at my deviantArt site.

-completion of "The Off-Season" is currently looking doubtful due to me working pretty much every day of the week and my actors wanting to hold down "real jobs" which is lame. But it has been a useful learning experience so even if it doesn't end up finished I will at least come away from it with something.

-Never read High Fidelity when you haven't been in a relationship for a long time. Seriously awesome book but dang did it leave me a little depressed.

-my bar star status has waned which is good for my pocketbook but bad for my hopes of doing anything but work and sleep.

That's it for me. Cheers to you all and I will see you in 2 months

-The Stu

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Date:2005-07-20 02:02
Subject:An Open Letter To Chris Claremont
Security:Public
Mood: ...X-Babies...

Dear Mr. Claremont,

Once upon a time you raised X-Men from the dead, effectively bringing a comic that was near cancellation to one that consistantly rates as the top selling comic of the month. You created some of the most memorable and interesting characters in X-Men history (re Gambit, Rogue, Emma Frost). However, it now seems that you have lost your touch. After decades of writing X-Men you seem to be doing nothing rehashing old 80s style plots and cannot escape the unimaginative, flashy, colourful, Michael Bay-esque stories that pale in comparison the recent Warren Ellis character driven storylines.

I knew you had a certain style going in. I expected that once more the characters would unrealistically talk about what they were doing in a fight scene whilst they were doing it and that "voice-overs" would be overused for little actual dramatic effect. While I was prepared for such stylistic throwbacks I was certainly not prepared for...X-Babies. Nothing can better sum up what I hate about your current run than the X-Babies. They are the epitomy of the late-80s/early-90s cartoon of bizzare alternate-universes that require no real explanation and as such are never given one (the recent incarnation of X-Babies were caused by a Jean Grey shaped bomb). They are representative of garishly designed villains who have little to no real motivation or humanity to them (ie Apocalypse, Mojo, and to some extent Mr. Sinister). They are cutesy-used-three-times-before-and-weren't-funny-the-first-time crap that causes me to be no longer able to suspend my disbelief.

12 months ago we had a comic that delved into the culture surrounding the X-men. Students rebelled and caused riots, humans tried to become mutants by grafting parts to their bodies or taking drugs made of designer genes, and the characters struggled with real life emotional issues. Even the villains were believable and fit into the Marvel world that has always been based in the human element of the heroes. Hell, Ellis even managed to make the Shi'Ar empire seem like a plausible thing in the realm of the X-Men. Now, we have X-Babies...not to mention a previously unheard of race of lizard people that tranformed Pheonix into one of them and threatened to destroy the world using a giant machine that amped up Storm's powers, plus a nameless and apparently unstoppable Alien that just happens to show up and then get "defeated" (but actually just got shuffled off to a mini-series event because nobody really dies in your X-verse do they Chris). And next inline we have an multiverse tale in which our universe is threatened and yet I could care less.

You have managed to work in the slightest amount of character development by which I mean about a total of 5-6 pages in 12 issues and yet even that has no real basis in the characters...well...character. So I can't even ask you to focus more on that. When I say character development I don't mean that I want to see the characters playing basketball because that is whacky and amusing (though if done (ie not as a showing off of how the mutants would use their powers to cheat or play practical jokes) such a thing can serve to ground the characters in reality).

So, basically, I guess what I am asking you to do is stop. Stop hurting the X-men. Please bring back the smart, witty, character driven plots that I enjoyed during the three years that Warren Ellis was writing New X-Men. Please stop rehashing garish old villains that nobody cares about. You once saved the X-men but now all you have done is forced the series to take a big step back. Thank god for Astonishing X-Men...if only it would actually come out on time...

Sincerely,


Stuart Popp

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Date:2005-07-11 02:06
Subject:I Have A Name Twin
Security:Public
Mood: geeking out about Batman

My name twin plays lead guitar in a band: http://www.mphtheband.com/stu.html. He also looks like Raffi.

I have decided on a second writing project. It is a zomcom or Zombie Comedy for those of you not "in the know" and it currently has no plot. Basically I want to avoid the comparisons to Shawn of the Dead because I do not want it to be the same as the afore mentioned movie. It has also been suggested that I avoid the standard survival, or more over that the survival element ie running from zombies pushes the main plot, format and that I keep some scary elements in. I have mixed feelings about both these ideas but I do intend to keep them in mind. What I do know is that I will keep with the old George A. Romero slow moving zombie. None of that running crap. Another suggestion is that I write is as a situational comedy or sit-com. This brings back memories of my old imaginary roommate Zombie Bob and the sitcom idea formed around our house called "Three Guys, A Girl, and Zombie".

I haven't written much of my "Untitled God on a Road-Trip Movie" yet as I am having trouble with characters other than bench guy and God. I am also lacking a major conflict. Mostly this is due to a lack of time as I have been filming quite a bit but any suggestions are welcome.

Speaking of my more serious project, I have gotten about half the movie filmed now. However, scheduling issues have hit again so I will have some time off from filming to do things such as write some stuff for my other script ideas, work on the animations for ratemylee.com, and hopefully get some Masked Avenger comics done (My goal is to do at least one scene for each of the scripts, the base animation for rml.com, and at least 3 pages for the comic). I have been fairly productive in the last week so I want to keep it up this week, there is no reason for me to be lazy. The film is so far turning out well. The scenes in the house are a bit different shot-wise than I wanted due to the layout of the house being restrictive to some shots. I got all the shots that I wanted for the opening scene which makes me happy. I may have fucked up and recorded over the sound for the first scene we shot but that is what ADR is for. I have been losing confidence over my directing ability the more we go along but I think it is in part because a) I have had less and less sleep each day of shooting and b) the last two days technical problems for which I was not immediately prepared for occured. But again I have a few days to relax and sleep so I can get back at it with my brain at 100% and all that jazz.

Also I finally saw Batman Begins and as I told Hans I think I came several times upon seeing it. Of course I waited for the movie to climax because I am a gentleman. Things I liked about it: Everyone's performance, Bale's voice as Batman, the "do you want to see my mask" scene, Bruce Wayne finally pretending to be a fop, all the nod's to the three most awesomest Batman graphic novels (Year One, Long Halloween, and Dark Victory), the joker reference at the end, and pretty much everything else. It is definately one of my favorite movies so far this year.

That is all for now.

Cheers,

-Batstu

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