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October 25th, 2007

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Local Postcard Reveal

Hopefully, this card has arrived in time to the recipient’s mailbox, but there’s no telling with these fires. This one goes to fellow adjunct, blogger, writer, and post card artist Rob.

This one I made with gouache (watercolor) and gold marker. I used a broad brush and several shades of blue and purple. I hoped to get an effect similar to ones done with a Japanese calligraphy brush.

Rob, I hope you like it. I’m glad to know you’re safe and well.

There’s still the international postcard I sent out. I don’t think it has reached its destination yet, so it will be a few more days before I do the reveal. Stay tuned.

If you’re interested in doing the postcard swap, you can go to Post Due dot Com. If you’re interested in getting postcards from me, e-mail me at shindotv at mac dot com. You can also send postcards to me at:

shinichi evans
PO Box 125003
san diego, ca 92112-5003

Digitally Generated Hotness

I’ve seen the Beowulf trailer a few times on TV, and Danish/Old English mythical hero is hot. At least in some shots he is. In a few scenes, the characters appear somewhat realistic, while in others, they look like very detailed CGI. Motion capture, getting closer to perfection, has a lot to do with it. Which lead us to the titular character portrayed by Ray Winstone. He’s nowhere as appealing in real life, and I never knew who he was until I went on the film’s website. Angelina Jolie, whose character gives birth to a pile of melted cheese, retains her most of her original appearance, while Winstone is remade as a young and virile Teutonic fantasy. Talk about movie magic.

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Oct 07

News Updates of the Fires.

Here’s a map, in the NY Times, of the fires in SoCal, and their containment status.

In the San Diego Union-Tribune, here’s the update on the fires (digest).

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Oct 07

What The Buck: Crazy Black Lady Edition

Buck takes some fun as usual potshots at some of my favorite people. One’s easy to guess, but she’s not the funnest target, but funny nonetheless. I’m not telling any names, just watch and find out.

Buck has finally got his shit together with the non-YouTube/non-MySpace website. Here it is: http://www.buckhollywood.com. Check it out, enjoy.

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Oct 07

Silly Aside

Here is a break from the fire. I found this widget on Red Moon Cafe, so I went to creator’s site and used my URL to get this result:

My blog is worth $7,339.02.
How much is your blog worth?

This reminds me of the widget that showed what movie rating applied to a blog. I remember mine was rated R. I don’t know what criteria determines the value, but it’s a nice distraction.

Just for the hell of it, I also entered in the addresses of some other blogs.

Brian:

My blog is worth $3,951.78.
How much is your blog worth?

Chris:

My blog is worth $7,339.02.
How much is your blog worth?

Ted had the highest value of anyone I put in:

My blog is worth $24,275.22.
How much is your blog worth?

Danny had the second highest:

My blog is worth $12,984.42.
How much is your blog worth?

Just a little silliness. Enjoy.

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Oct 07