mis·take

mis·take /mɪˈsteɪk/ Pronunciation[mi-steyk]
noun, verb, -took, -tak·en, -tak·ing.
–noun
1. an error in action, calculation, opinion, or judgment caused by poor reasoning, carelessness, insufficient knowledge, etc.
2.

Oct. 29 - Synchronicty

I've been having TONS of synchronistic occurrings as of late. This was today's from breakfast at Coco's.

No on H8

These are seriously awesome. More awesome than the damn boring No on Prop 8 commercials that I donated money to air. (If you're reading this blog I'm most likely preaching to the choir by posting these but JUST IN CASE.)

Haunted tour in Hollywood

A few weeks ago I went on a Haunted Hollywood ghost tour for the first time. It was probably my first touristy tour of Hollywood and it was definitely my first hunt for ghosties in the area. I would link you to the tour company except for the fact that it was wretched! Oy! I could have given a better tour with less knowledge. The tour guide was more interested in dropping names ("During the day I make movies and I just finished one with Mark Wahlberg. " And, "My good friend (dropped name) was telling me that (something inconsequential).") My mother was there as well and she was irritated to the point of seeking out reasons to call him an idiot (she finally found one later in the tour).

Now the knowledge might be interesting and the the guy who took us to our van was super into the whole thing...but the tour guide/driver was boring. And he drove like a maniac.

The best part of the tour was when we told the Bulgarians in the back of our van that they were on a haunted tour. They were like, "We don't believe in ghosts." Then why are you on the haunted tour? "What is haunted?" HA!

But the guide did drive us by Winona Ryder's house (at some point it turned into a celebrity homes tour??)!! And he did take us to the witch house in Beverly Hills. (Then he told us some bullshit story about it's history.)

I don't know if it's really haunted but we took pictures, just in case, to try and capture some orbs. (The house is being fixed up at the moment... thus the fence.)

Here is how most of the pictures I took came out:

There are actually a few orbs in there!

But then I remembered that I had had so much luck with taking a picture of Julie the ghost (in New Orleans) years ago by telling her OUT LOUD that I was there to take her picture - so I decided to do the same at the witch house.

I said, "Hey ghosts. I'm here to take your picture. SAY CHEEEEEESE!!"

And this is the picture I got of them smiling:

That got the "Oh Shit!" response from me. I don't know about you.

Ghost Tours I've been on in the world:

- Jack the Ripper/Haunted tour of London (by bus)
- Jack the Ripper walking tour of London
- Queen Mary (hands down, the best one!)
- French Quarter in New Orleans
- Mummies in a church tour in Ireland
- Stonehenge (I'm counting it even though there was not really a ghost or alien focus)
- Seattle (the most entertaining simply because the tour guide was funny)
- Newport, Rhode Island (eh...not so sure about that one)
- and now Hollywood (Could have been cool... but the guide was lame...I'm considering taking over his position. Even if I suck my enthusiasm trumps his whole tour.)

In other haunted news - I was watching part of the Travel Channel's Most Haunted Live event a week or so ago when they were roaming around Gettysburg. I was manning the webcams and I swear I saw some mysterious things going on!

Compositing!

Last quarter I studied Compositing as an elective. Though I didn't finish it to my full satisfaction - I decided to share my final project anyway!

Be a Millie!

Since I'm an only child I adopted myself some big sisters. Lorre, director of the upcoming MILLIES movie, is one of them. Watch a little behind the scenes magic and become a Millie with me!

Cooler

Today I've been playing with Adobe's Kuler (pronounced "Cooler") site. (Otherwise known as procrastination.)

Here are some fun themes I made today (which are all downloadable and usable in your Adobe CS3 applications) :

• JHorror (the blue and beige I based my current MySpace Halloween page on)
• Bram Stoker's Dracula (grabbed from BSD art)
• Erin by Jenni  (grabbed from a painting JenniPrange.com did of me)
• Raven (grabbed from an image of a raven's wing)
• Suicide Girl Tattoo
  
• Wine Bottle
• Sangria
• Blush Wine
• White Zinfandel
• Merlot
• Fried Green Tomatoes
• Idgie and Ruth

When I was in sad... Engrish cheered up my mind

In Tokyo Lesley and I found this awesome Engrish sign on the wall in "our" station (Nishi-Shinjuku). It was one of the few Engrish signage things I actually found ... most of the random-ass Engrish was on t-shirts and everyday fun items. Well, it turns out that this sign is one of many - it’s a whole campaign of happiness and thanks to Gabriel I was able to see these alternatives:







Now those are entertaining (I think) but most of my Tokyo hilarity came courtesy of the junk souvenirs I bought. (I regret that I sent some out to friends and DIDN’T write down what they said...I should have captured those for posterity! Dangit!) Here are some gems that I KEPT FOR MYSELF:

Fucuckle!! No idea what that means but shout it with glee, my friends! Because the Make-U-Happy Kaori Doll is here! Not much makes ME happier than tiny little smiley black things with skulls.




What does make me happier than scary little wish dolls?? Trees! Definitely, hands-down, trees. Trees help me out when I’m in sad.


But every now and then trees can’t cheer me up and I get down and my muscles get sore. But that’s when I resort to the healtiness of the Pocke-Bow hook.

The plastic massage hook makes me feel safe and cared for somehow.



But the ABSOLUTE BEST PURCHASE I made in Tokyo was this amazing technological invention:



Say it with me... VIRTUAL BUBBLE WRAP!!! Bubble wrap that you can NEVER FINISH POPPING!!! (Unless the battery dies.) This not only has the tactile sensation of popping a bubble wrap bubble - it also makes "the sound." And if you push on it enough - every once in a while you unlock a secret sound. Puppy barks, bells, fart noises. It. Is. Never. Ending. Joy! You can see how much joy it brings just by looking at the packaging!

(I know. You’re jealous.)