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Monday, February 28, 2005
I got all my shopping done over the weekend. The cloth for my next tie looks pretty neat (it's got flames!), and I have about a billion parts for my electronics project. Putting the tie together will be easy. Figuring out how to get my electronics project to work is going to be hard, though! I fear I may have already burned out two lasers....
posted by Phillip at 6:51 PM
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Friday, February 25, 2005
Man, Sci Fi Channel's Friday night line-up will be the end of me. Three hours of awesome shows, which effectively kill any hope of me having a social life that night. I've been watching Stargate: SG-1 since it premiered on Showtime way back when, I've been following Stargate: Atlantis since I got the standee from the theater, and I gave Battlestar Galactica a second chance after I was less than thrilled with the miniseries. Boy has that show paid off! I also think it's important to note that not one of these shows is an original property; they're new takes on established mythos. SG-1 came from the Stargate movie, Atlantis came from SG-1, and Galactica is a remake of a '70s tv show. It should also be noted that the franchises have had their share of failures in the past: Stargate:Infinity and Galactica 1980. The less said about these shows the better. Maybe there's still hope for Star Trek sometime in the future, huh?
posted by Phillip at 11:17 PM
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Thursday, February 24, 2005
I've finished up my tie that I was making for my costuming practicum. I'll be buying some more cloth to make a second one in the next few days. Shouldn't take long to finish up the second one. I'll also be buying parts for my electronics class final project, too. This weekend will be dedicated to gathering school supplies of an odd nature, it seems.
posted by Phillip at 11:32 PM
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Wednesday, February 23, 2005
My voice class moved to a new room today since the theater space we were assigned is now being used for a play. The class is now in the Forum Studio, which is the smallest theater space the La Jolla Playhouse has. Seriously, there isn't even a backstage to speak of. The costuming rooms are the same ones I used in the Forum Theater, which means an actor has to exit the building and re-enter to change clothes. And it's a rather dirty and cold place to hold the voice class. Oh well.
posted by Phillip at 11:58 PM
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Tuesday, February 22, 2005
I drove back to San Diego this morning, but it turns out I really didn't have to do that. My one class was cancelled today. So almost as I arrived at my classroom, I turned around and headed back to the cityshuttle bus. As I got off the bus, I saw a penny right by the door. Looking at the side turned upwards, I could see it was a wheat penny. Those are kind of old, so I picked it up and went on my way. I was halfway to my mailbox when I checked the date on the penny. 1937. Oldest coin I've ever found on the ground.
posted by Phillip at 6:34 PM
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Monday, February 21, 2005
I'm back at home, and I went to Disneyland yesterday. I actually planned to leave around 10 or 11, but Brit woke me up with her scratching, Mike came in 5 minutes later, and I found myself so awake that I left for the theme park at around 8:15. I was inside the gate an hour later and by noon, I had been on the Haunted Mansion, Pirates of the Caribbean, Indiana Jones Adventure, Star Tours, Innoventions, and Big Thunder Mountain Railroad. The rain and early time kept most of the crowds away, I guess. I also saw Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln, since they're closing it down tonight to replace the exhibit temporarily, though many people online don't think it's coming back.
posted by Phillip at 11:46 PM
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Friday, February 18, 2005
Hey, remember last year when I talked about having to use actual 16mm film to make one of my class projects? Well guess what? I'm doing it all over again! Yes, my roommate is currently taking Vis 176 and is shooting his final project tomorrow. For some reason, he thinks he's incompetent when it comes to operating the camera so I'm sticking around to help him out. I think he just fears learning something new.
posted by Phillip at 5:14 PM
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Thursday, February 17, 2005
Now that I'm done with the play participation part of my costuming practicum, all that's left for me to do is finish my final project. Since it's a costuming class, the powers that be thought it would be nice for us to produce something we could keep. So they bought some patterns and we buy some cloth and go at it. I'm working on a tie. I'm already about halfway through, so I'm thinking it may be prudent if I buy some more cloth and start working on a second. My teacher suggested this, also, and it really wouldn't be too much harder for me. I mean, some people are making pants!
posted by Phillip at 5:47 PM
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Wednesday, February 16, 2005
It's a little disturbing how much fun I'm getting out of this Wampa toy. His arm comes off to recreate when Luke uses his lightsaber in the cave, his piece of meat fits in his hand and a bit can go into his mouth so it looks like he's tearing away the flesh, and he comes apart at the waist thanks to an easy to disassemble ball-jointed waist. I really shouldn't delight in ripping apart my Wampa, but I do. I'm a little scared at how much I like it, even.
posted by Phillip at 8:40 PM
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Tuesday, February 15, 2005
I went out on a toy buying binge again today. Got myself a Dr. Fate figure from Justice League, Iceman from Marvel Legends, Lobot and a Wampa from Star Wars, as well as volume 10 of Excel Saga and volume 3 of Love Hina. The Justice League line really got me interested again in the Paul Dini/Bruce Timm animation style figures that began way back with Batman. I'm thinking about tracking down those missing characters from all the various toylines that came out that I don't have. Toyfare did an article on these a few months back, and a quick glance at it show I'm missing 13 of them, as well as some better versions of figures I do have or versions of characters I already own in the updated animation style. Guess I gotta get cracking, huh?
posted by Phillip at 7:13 PM
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Monday, February 14, 2005
I went back home yesterday morning for the first time in weeks. We were celebrating mom's birthday a day early since I have class today. We ended up eating at a really expensive restaurant in downtown Fullerton. I drove back to San Diego this morning. A short trip, but it was nice to finally be able to go home again.
Oh yeah, yesterday was also the third anniversary of this blog!
posted by Phillip at 5:04 PM
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Friday, February 11, 2005
Once the play ends today, we all stick around for another hour while people take pictures of the set and actors in costume for the theater archives. I know I have to stick around to take care of the costumes, but beyond that I really don't know what I'm doing. Hopefully it'll just be sitting around playing cards.
posted by Phillip at 5:20 PM
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Thursday, February 10, 2005
Once again, it took less than 10 minutes to sign up for my classes. Actually, it took a little longer this time than last quarter's registering. I didn't have enough classes to sign up for! So I looked around a bit for some filler classes. I'm not entirely sure I want these classes yet, but I can always go back and switch them around, if need be.
posted by Phillip at 5:30 PM
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Wednesday, February 09, 2005
I finally attended the lecture for my electronics class after missing two weeks' worth due to my costuming practicum. Fortunately, two weeks' worth of lectures is only two class, and the teacher keeps his lecture notes online. Really, though, this is a class that isn't very interesting in its material, but the teacher makes it worthwhile. The guy's so laid back and funny that I really do want to attend lectures. A rarity, I know.
posted by Phillip at 9:39 PM
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Tuesday, February 08, 2005
It's a little weird having my nights free again. There's still three more showing of the play this weekend, but I'm free until Thursday night. And I can't escape this feeling that I should be doing something. Schoolwise, I'm fine, but it feels like I should be running around sewing buttons back onto costumes. It's really very odd. I feel like I've got way too much free time. It's probably a sign that I should get a job, huh?
posted by Phillip at 8:19 PM
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Monday, February 07, 2005
Watched the Super Bowl yesterday with Justin. Both of us were mostly watching it for the commercials, but the nachos didn't hurt either. Oh, and apparently there was some kind of game going on, too. Actually, I kinda wanted the Patriots to win, if for no other reason than that Peter Griffin likes them. Now that's just sad, isn't it?
posted by Phillip at 9:02 PM
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Friday, February 04, 2005
Since the play opened yesterday, I don't need to show up at the theater until 6:30. I'm supposed to be there until about 11:30 each night, so it's still 5 hours that I'm stuck there. But it's better than the six I would spend there previously. It's not so bad really, we spend the time playing card games or dominoes with the other free practicum students, theater staff not busy at the moment, or actors not yet onstage.
posted by Phillip at 5:34 PM
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Thursday, February 03, 2005
Today was the official opening night of the play. We started late so traffic could clear out from the "state of the County" address going on in the theater next door. Overall, the show went quite well, but our set decoration has been causing some problems. For the entire first act, the floor is covered with a soft linen cloth. People have top walk all over this thing. One scene in particular necessitates a leather pad overlay as two characters wrestle. Maintenance put a new coating on the floor to prevent scuffing, which meant the normally slick sheet moved around a lot more. There was at least one close call, but everyone made it out alive.
posted by Phillip at 11:47 PM
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Wednesday, February 02, 2005
I picked up the paperback of Timothy Zahn's latest Star Wars novel Survivor's Quest. I don't think it's quite as good as his earlier novels, but it was an interesting read nonetheless. Zahn keeps going into the mythology of the characters he created way back in Heir to the Empire, which is pretty cool, but what amazes me is that Grand Admiral Thrawn is still such a powerful motivator in these books, even ten years after Zahn penned his death.
posted by Phillip at 11:52 PM
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Tuesday, February 01, 2005
The play's preview performance was tonight. There were a few hitches, but overall I think it came out fine. There was one moment where I had to run back to the dressing room to get a forgotten item of clothing for an actor, though. Luckily, I had plenty of time, so no one in the audience noticed. ...Unless they read this. Which isn't too likely. I'm... I'm gonna stop typing now....
posted by Phillip at 11:54 PM
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