Monthly Archives: October 2014

Happy Halloween! (Hauntings of the Past…)

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Greetings, readers!

In honor of today being Halloween, I am going to let some of the past come back to haunt us.

To start with, this YouTube video I am sure you were hoping to never see again….

…And The Webmaster’s subsequent analysis of why it might offensive.

In addition to that, the Webmaster posted some, ah, remarkable explanations about September. This post included the trailer for the Great Pumpkin horror movie that, alas, did not actually come out.

Additionally, she had a rather bizarre concern about what happened to the Great Pumpkin a few months later.

For additional spooky levels, her conspiracy about rainbows is also rather terrifying.

Ha! You admit that rainbows are evil!

That is not what I said.

Thinking about it, most of The Webmaster’s explanations are a bit frightening.

As are many of her “food” choices.

I will definitely grant you the food one… The “fluff” at the end of that post was absolutely terrifying.

And since today is also a Friday…

…And so therefore you have time, here is one of the short stories I contributed to this website, and some analysis of things that would be terrifying if they were fluffy.

New Music Video – Very Impressive

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Greetings, readers!

My apologies for posting yet another YouTube Video to this blog, now making it five times in a row that the post has been a video, but I found this to be very impressive.

It is a new music video that is making the rounds on the internet

Although I am not particularly taken with the music itself, the video performance aspect of it is incredible. There are many performers, and they all seem to be synchronized.

Furthermore, I appreciate the “digital” effect the designers were able to achieve with the umbrellas. That is quite cool.

I also admit to being intrigued by the devices the four main performers were moving on. What is that device? How does it work? Is it as much fun as it appears?

However, I do not understand how the music video itself ties to the choreography. When the four colors came in at the end, it looked almost like a Windows Logo, but the colors were out of order. (And besides, tying the Windows Logo to a song where the lyrics are “I won’t let you down” ad nauseum seems a little… wrong. Unless they were trying to be ironic.)

I suppose that at a meta-level, it is impressive that everybody got the choreography correct. Maybe they were singing to each other about not letting each other down on this take?

Outside the meta-analysis, though, I really do not understand the link. It seems to me that any song with a very strong beat would have “worked” (from a choreography mapping perspective), and some might have worked better. If there were lyrics about twisting through the elements of time, for example, that would have flowed nicely with the music video’s choreography. Or some sort of reference to time and rhythm. As it stands, however, I do not think the song did the technology and synchronization justice.

What are your thoughts, readers?

Animator vs. Animation: Final

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Hey, Fluffsters!

So. As promised, here’s the last part (so far) of the Animator vs. Animation series. It came out only recently, and it is FANTASTIC.

I love how there’s actual resolution, this time! I also liked the fun effects of real life and animation.

Nicely done, Alan Becker!

Animator vs. Animation 1

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Hi, Fluffsters!

Today’s fluff is the first of four parts.

There is a fantastic YouTube “series” out. It’s called “Animator versus Animation.” Recently, the creator made part four. So I am going to be directing you to each of these for the next parts of this series.

Here’s the first part! (Trust me. Watch it.)

I love the way Alan Becker breaks the fourth wall with this one. Don’t you? I mean, seriously. You can tell that the animator is having trouble with his mouse. There are consistent rules within the movie. It’s cute and whimsical. And the sound effects are perfect!

I hope you enjoyed it.

Ironic Bank

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Greetings, readers!

I have once more encountered something quite bemusing in your world. In this particular case, it is a personal piggy-bank equivalent… in the shape of a bust of Karl Marx.

Personally, I think it is quite ironic to celebrate the man who desired to abolish property by making him a storage container for… private property.

But what do you think?

A Whovian Halloween- part 2

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Greetings, readers!

If you are neither a Whovian nor someone who does Halloween, my apologies. This post will not be the most inspiring for you.

For those of you who do appreciate Doctor Who, however, I am here today to share another idea for how to make a Doctor Who themed Halloween Party.

This idea is inspired by series 6. (Of the reboot, of course.)

It will not take too much preparation, just a little bit of “sneak” talent. Basically, take a black marker, and sneak tally-marks onto people.

Also, if possible, put random items into their pockets, or by their hands.

If you can do this without being noticed (maybe in a completely darkened room, holding your “target”‘s hand?) this has the potential of being adequate for a Halloween Party. For a bonus, if you could either stop the clocks at 5:02pm without anybody noticing, or just get all the clocks in your house to skip ahead to some time (after you have put tally marks on your guests, of course) that could increase the effect.

Alternatively, you can randomly disappear, and then come back, claim “no memory” of where you just were, and have tally marks on you.

That would not be as successful, however.

New Lindsey Stirling Video

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Greetings, readers!

I was originally going to do another “Whovian Halloween” post, but I am postponing it by a day.

I see what you did there.

…What do you mean?

“Post”-poning your post?

…

I assure you, that was unintentional.

Regardless, the reason my post has been delayed is that there is a new video by Lindsey Stirling up on YouTube.

In fact, it was only released two days ago!

I generally enjoy her music (with a few rare exceptions), and I enjoyed this one. One of the things I liked about the movie is the story it tells. For there is definitely a story being told.

It is also rather remarkable how in less than four minutes, the creators of this movie were able to make an entirely new universe.

In fact, this is a universe that it might be interesting to read some stories in.

What do you think, readers?