if somehow you are still subscribed to this feed – well FYI – i’m doing this very ridiculous thing next month:

I sort of crashed a set decorators fundraiser thing on the NY set streets tonight – really just because a favorite taco truck had tweeted that they were there. (omg that sentence was so LA 2010 right?) In this first shot we see Universal managed to physically simulate the clone tool in photoshop.

I’m super busy trying to work, or trying not to think about work, so here’s a pic of me looking fancy. So Gavsy and Nicholas and the 2 other people that pay any attention to my blog you’ll have to wait a bit longer for things to wrap up. and i already broke a promise to myself to say no to any new work for the rest of the spring/summer that came along – but it was so good I had to say yes. So now theres that too.

If I made a movie it would be this one. It’s possibly my favorite film ever. U can see the whole thing starting here – or see the segment below that has a multitude of moments I adore: a shopping spree, a makeover, a fancy dinner alone in a fancy hotel (SO ME!), drinking alone at a fancy bar (also so me) – and the LA part! The orange trees in the airport!, Meg Ryan as Angelica Graynamore, and THAT SIGN!, Angelica Graynamore and THAT ACCENT! The “LA” restaurant with the shards of light reflected on their faces! Her painting, the transition, her poem! I’ve imitated her accent so often in private – and it’s still a default i slip into when nervous.

Like so many films that totally bomb, it’s actually genius. (Hello Donnie Darko.) And it’s prolly gay to take a life message from a film but i sort of live by this film – especially the line about doing the thing you’re afraid of doing.

Every detail is flawless yet casual. Every set dressing so considered I see something new every time. The fakeness of studio sets is embraced, and a shot of a car pulling up to his apartment is obviously a model. The kitschy lamp in the beginning of the film contains every detail of the end of the film. Excellent music choices and score. And the use of rough storyboards with the end credits – in LOVE. I love when a work acknowledges that it’s a fabrication and doesn’t get hung up on being perfectly artificially polished. I guess the most amazing thing about the story is it’s an only positive film – there’s really no villains or violence – or sex. And it amazingly handles both entertaining artificiality and deep realness in the characters performances and delivery. I hope u love it as much as i do. John Patrick Shanley (the writer/director) thank you thank you!

Spotted biking around my neighborhood. That’s floating alien baby cupids, neon, etc.

Opening night is sold out. More pics to come after I recover. I designed all the sets/props as well as all 40-some illustrations projected on the scrim.

The Good Soldier Schweik for Long Beach Opera – It’s a comedy, in English, based on a Czech novel about the start of WWI. Only 2 performances, each in a different theater, the first one being far superior and almost sold out – Get Tix here if u want.

This is the tipsy bar – which i think is quite a sublime little piece. The mugs attach magnetically to metal hidden under the top allowing repositioning of the mugs – and re-balancing or un-balancing of the bar without the mugs falling.

this bed is made from platforms and crates used in other scenes. The look is spoze to be very traveling troupe with a circus/military feel.

I got this green chair for $5. Making it into a wheelchair cost a bit more.

These sketches were rough early concepts. The birdcage was found on craigslist and i added the extra who-ha at the top. I think adding chandelier crystals to those chairs and cage was a bit of genius but that’s me talking about myself. And let me tell u what a bitch it is to paint a birdcage.

The Good Soldier Schweik for Long Beach Opera – It’s a comedy, in English, based on a Czech novel about the start of WWI – if any of that interests you. There is also a scene with 5 guys in a bed together getting enemas. Maybe i should have gone with that for the poster image. There’s only 2 performances, each in a different theater, the first one being far superior I think – Get Tix here if u want.

Asians don’t handle alcohol well.

Mr. Black is every Tues at Bardot. I show up at the 4:00 mark. Glamour.