Archives - June 2003

Sunday, June 1st, 2003

Hey kids! It's 3:30 am - and I just got back from Prop party
and Kaiju Big Battel™ in Philly!!! Here's the highlights:

Tom and I in the midst of packing his family truckster.

A few moments later, The Rocketeer was caught flying past Tom.

Then he busted some moves...

We arrived at the hotel and Jane took a picture.

I joined in the next one.

We met everyone inside and ate/relaxed.... looks like we're all in the midst
of bitching about something!

Tom remarked that our prop gatherings are exactly like the
Warhammer 40K get togethers.

We went to the bar and were horrified and amused to see the locals
boogey on down...wow. Then we went to bed.

The next day was prop party! Steve played dress 'em ups:

I took the opportunity to line up a SM PKD sculpt, three PKDII's, a C&S, and the über blaster that can fire real rounds... glorious.

We had a blast!! Thanks to Gian for hosting :D

Then Steve, Jane, Tom, and I went to Philly for the KAIJU BIG BATTEL™!!!!!!

We got rained on and ate.

Then? KAIJUUUUUUU

Fight!!

Dr. Cube! In the ring! EVIL! What a fantastic time... bedtime!

Friday, June 6th, 2003

Another Friday night, spent recovering from a root canal and crown fitting! I'm on a synthetic opiate, and am feeling mooshy. Here I am showing off my friend's sculpt of Trinity from The Matrix... I'm going to modify it for a Maschinen Krieger 1/6th scale space suit. Hooray!

Here is my strobe light assembly that I have to somehow cram into the new Blade Runner "concept" gun I'm building! More pics of that sucker later.

Lovely Lisa is coming over tomorrow! Listening to the new Liz Phair by the way - It is so unashamadly pop, it's kinda freaky... I hope she gets what she want to out of this whole "new sound" she has. Fave song so far? "Little Digger". That may change when I am more coherent. Hell, I ate a small bowl of chocolate ice cream earlier and it was almost as good as sex... so I think I'm an easy critic right now. Damn maraschino cherries are good. Ooookay - now Liz is singing about how "you" are just like her favorite underwear. Am I that high? Or are these lyrics actually this insipid?! AHahaa Paul is apparently on the guest list for some secret Radiohead show in December.. those NYC kids get all dem breaks, I tells ya! There is a Yorke on every street corner. Yay Paul for hooking me up with gorgeous Mirah music! Hugs and ticklish extremities! Jason 

Monday, June 9th, 2003

Hey kiddos! My face is returning to normal! Tomorrow I go back to Charlottesville, this time by myself, dagnabbit. Ah well. A road trip by myself - how much you wanna bet I'll be singing at the top of my lungs to all sorts of loverly mp3s! I also spent some of my downtime watching South Park on dvd - the whole first season... I forgot how great some of those episodes are! Refrained from being so doped up Sunday so I could play with the dremel and Blade Runner Concept Pistol. So, having found the strobe guts and soldering all the wires for leds and trigger, etc, I decided to go ahead and go all the way with the "slots" on the resin body - so I further hollowed out the interior CAREFULLY... and made the area thing enough behind the slots that I could just cut 'em out with an X-Acto.

More pics as the gun comes together - all the hard stuff is pretty much behind me now! Love, Jason Song on iPod? "Some Catch Flies" by Kristin Hersh 

Friday, June 13th, 2003

Hey kids! Spent last night without power from 5pm till exactly midnight... ugh. I so depend on electricity it isn't funny. AC. CPAP. Mac. Lightbulbs. DVD. yeesh. Took a few spooky fun pics with the flashlight, hehe.

And to update the BR gun, here's a pic of the strobe deelie I installed in the "barrel" area:

Lisa is coming over Saturday, and we will have fun! Gonna go see Finding Nemo in digital. My mom turns 50-something-or-other on Sunday, so we'll take her to India's :) Song on iPod? "You're The Good Things" by Modest Mouse Hugs, Jason  

Monday, June 16th, 2003

Hey kids! Great weekend! Friday night I made things, and cleaned my livin' space... got a lot done on the latest diversion, a studio scale X-Wing. This is a couple of feet long - and is made from all the original materials that the filming miniatures used during the production of Star Wars in 1976. I'll have more pics to share tonight/tomorrow - but for now, here's a 2.6 meg movie of the twinkling lights I installed in the engines: http://roboterkampf.com/flicker.mov I'm also slowly working on my new website - www.roboterkampf.com All I have up at the moment is a banner - but I'm learning new html tricks, which are fun fun fun! Saturday the lovely elegant Lisa came over and we watched Star Wars (WHICH SHE HAD NEVER SEEN)... we were going to go see Finding Nemo, but the lines were too long. Did eat Chick-Fil-A though, yayyy! Sunday Lisa and I did get to see Finding Nemo digitally at 12:30! Then we went to India's in Annapolis for my mom's birthday. I had Murgh Tikka. Yummah! Lisa went home around 5, and my brothers and I watched the unrated version of Old School - there was more Andy Dick giving blowjob lessons in this version, hehe. There may have been more nipples too - I'm not sure. Haha. Regardless, an awesome film. Then I had a minor problem with the light rig on the X-Wing, which meant I had to tear a wing assembly off (GODDAMMIT!!) to fix... but by bedtime, it was all better - and slightly further along than it was on Friday. So - on the bench I have:

X-Wing lit studio scale model
Blade Runner concept blaster with lights
MaK Fliege
MaK Raccoon Diorama
Alien Nostromo Crew Pistol prop

God, I'm such a geek. Anyway, back to the list: BMW FlY¨gelrad III German "UFO" Sänger German Orbital Bomber and the huge Me262. Damn, I need to finish that 262. A lotta stuff in flux lately... plus, I am going to go back and rework a few weathering techniques on older builds... keeping busy and happy! Heeeee. Song on iPod? "Your Dirty Answer" by Kristin Hersh. Loves! Jason 

Tuesday, June 17, 2003

I'm currently at work importing video and listening to songs I got into in late 1993/early 1994... Cub, Tiger Trap, Heavenly, etc... indiepop/cuddle core/twee.

Saw Hester (you-know-who) P. and Captain Sissy (hehe - code names) at Rockport last night looking at the scooter in the window - resisted the urge to "put a bullet in 'em", lol. Not worth my time, and the rage subsided quickly. Lisa says it's kinda normal to still want to see them suffer immeasurably (I may be paraphrasing, lol) but what I really want is to feel nothing - to not have them matter. I suppose feeling severe disgust mixed with sheer searing hatred is better than regret or yearning, yes? I just hope it rains in Nantucket at the very least this Saturday. I take solace in the fact that I am now unfettered by a soul sucking, creative-black hole, lactose intolerant bitch that no one liked. And that all I have to do to exact my sweet revenge is nothing - she'll temporarily destroy his life eventually like she temporarily destroyed mine... Fancy Lad, if you're reading, you have about 3 years left - she's only good for 5 per man (or woman, heee!)... and if you are indeed reading, I wish Karma to visit upon the both of you what you caused to me tenfold. You deserve to fucking die, spiritually. Assclowns.

Funny enough - and I'm still trying to figure this out - Andy Partridge's songs immediately make me feel calm... just started getting worked up as I wrote my rant above - and "Dame Fortune" came on the iPod - and I felt calmer... I leaned heavily on the XTC catalog of songs when Slutty McCheater did her number on me, so I suppose I have a positive association with that sound/voice. Also, he sings a lot about his crumbling marriage and eventual rebirth, so I suppose I feel a vague connection or kinship with the material. All I know is I feel better for venting and humming along.

Bottom line - I refuse to become bitter. I refuse to let the actions of one deceitful and weak individual destroy my ability to laugh or love. And honestly, even though I'm "behind" on where I would have been for someone married 5 years ago, I love love love who and what I am today, and feel like I was "muted" from 1997 to 2001...

Haha - Frente's "Paper, Bullets, Walls" is on now. What a fun band they were for that one brilliant ep.
I think the modelmaking is an extension of an escape I built into my life during the dark days of school, work, and the ex. I had an environment I could have god-like control over, with black and white rules. Escapism, baybee.

There is also a direct correlation to that undying "thread" that was sewn into my being at the age of 5, seeing those production stills from ILM/Star Wars. I so wanted to be the guys blowing up Death Star tiles in the backlot parking lot, and running the motion control rig. I get such happiness from seeing some hairbrained series of wires and lights come alive in my hands, or some bits of hand-poured resin become a space ship... my grandfather was a big-time modeller too, and my grandmother said I do the little "tongue out of the side of my mouth when I'm concentrating really hard" that he used to do. Neat.

Also, I heard modest cottages in Eastport can be had for around $200,000 which will be quite doable in the next few years for me. That's all I really want - a detached single family home near or in Annapolis, close to work (hopefully Scooterable) with a small but cute yard. I like pre-50s construction, and want to do the repairs myself - I have quirky weird ideas for decor anyway.

Sorry this entry started off so negatively - so not like me, really.

Song on iPod? "What Am I Supposed To Do?" by pApAs fritAs
Love you all (except you-know-who, hehe)!

Wednesday, June 18, 2003
1) First grade teacher's name: Do not remember - Mrs. Anders, maybe?
2) Last words you said: "word."
3) Last song you sang: "The District Sleeps Alone Tonight" by Postal Service
4) Last person you hugged: Lisa
5) Last thing you laughed at: SNL Transcript from Will Ferrel's crazy Doctor sketch.
6) Last time you said 'I love you': Yesterday.
7) Last time you cried: Dunno... maybe a little during the end of Finding Nemo, damn.
8) What's in your CD player: Don't have one anymore, really...
9) What color socks are you wearing: Black.
10) What's under your bed: Part of a rug, dust, possibly a kitty.
11) What time did you wake up today? 8:10 am. Yeeeeeee
12) Current taste: Nothing - drinking water.
13) Current hair: allmost ready to become "shaggy" officially.
14) Current clothes: Tan/navy bowling shoes, aforementioned black socks, black boxers, tan shorts, blue button down with gold paisley pattern that was so poorly silkscreened that it is almost completely gone.
15) Current annoyance: Rain.
16) Current longing: Sun for scootering.
17) Current desktop picture: Apple swirly colors.
18) Current worry: Real estate climates.
19) Current hate: debt.
20) Favorite physical feature of the opposite sex: Smile, then tits. Heeeeee... smartass, me?
21) Last CD that you bought: Severed Heads "CVTBB" remaster
22) Favorite place to be: Home.
23) Least favorite place: In traffic.
24) Time you wake up in the morning: during the week: 8 am.  During the weekend: 10:30-ish.
25) If you could play an instrument: Guitar, better.
26) Favorite color: Green.
27) Do you believe in an afterlife: Hope so.
28) How tall are you? 5'11"
29) Current favorite word/saying: Rad.
30) Favorite book: Right now, reference books.
31) Favorite season: Fall... late Fall.
32) One person from your past you wish you could go back and talk to: The old me.
33) Favorite day: Doris Day.
34) Where would you like to go: Italy.
35) What is your career going to be like: filled with Instant Messaging
36) How many kids do you want: 1, maybe 2.
37) What kind of car will you have: A Mini or something plucky.
38) Type a line you remember from any book: She said..."
39) A random lyric: "Under more stars than, there are prostitutes in Thailand"
40) Identify some things surrounding your computer: iPod, cell phones, Nikon, Car Keys, Video Camera, Harddrives.
*Relationships*
1) Do you have a boyfriend/girlfriend?: yes
2) Did you send this to your crush? heh. no.
3) Do you prefer friends of the same or opposite sex?: opposite, usually.
4) Who is your best friend?: Simon.
*The*extra*stuff*
1) Do you do drugs? Claratin.
2) What kind of shampoo do you use? Whatever is in the shower.
3) What are you most scared of? Poor health.
4) What are you listening to right now?: The Postal Service
5) Who was The last person that called you? Tom LoMacchio
6) Where do you want to get married? Where ever.
7) How many messenger buddies do u have? About 15 regulars.
8) If you could change anything about yourself, what would it be?  My metabolism.
9) Any tattoos or piercing? Old ear hole - still open.
*Favorites*
1) Color: Green, again.
2) Favorite number: *, for aesthetic reasons.
3) Food: Panera - miss it!
4) Boy's name: Don't have one...
5) Girls Name: Emily.
6) Subject in school: Art.
7) Animals: Kitties.
8) Sports: N/A
9) Place to shop: Online.
10) Movie: Star Wars, Frida, Old School
11) Musician: Robert Smith resonates the most for me, still.
12) Genre of music: most...
*Have*you*ever*
1) Given anyone a bath? yes.
2) Smoked? nope. Not cigarettes.
3) Bungee jumped? Nope.
4) broken the law? Sure.
5) Made yourself throw-up? Yes - to get over food poisioning quicker.
6) Gone skinny dipping? No.
7) Been in love? Yes.
8) Has it lasted? No.
9) Made yourself cry to get out of trouble? NO, hah.
*First*thing*that*comes*to*mind*
1) Red: paint.
2) Cow: Ice Cream.
3) Socks: need socks.
4) Greenland: maps.
5) Beer: big vats making beer.
*Final*questions*
1. If you could be one person for a day who would it be and why?   Bill Gates - I'd close up shop and make the world a better less frustrating place.
2. What was the last movie you saw in theaters? Finding Nemo
3. Who is your favorite cartoon character? Brak
4. What you ate this morning: Nothing.. a Mocha
5. Last time you ate: Lunch - Cheeburger, Cheeburger.
6. Who would you hate being locked in a room with? Benji and Hillofshit.
7. Who would you love being locked in a room with? Liiiiiisa.

YESSSSSS MOCHA MOCHA! It helps me edit video.

And can get the Venti when I'm not on my scooter (the thermos I stow in the seat is a Grande size)... thought I wish I could ride the damn thing - rain rain rain forces me to use the Droid/Jetta.

That is my view - and has been pretty much like that all summer - rain. Meh.

Lisa is at the moment being interviewed by an intelligence agency - I hope she gets the job!! She's a super smartiepants, so I have confidence in her. I don't see her again until Friday, sigh. I guess I'll keep busy with my nerd gear.
Song on iPod? "Bizarre Love Triangle" by New Order (single version)
Love, Jason

Tuesday, June 24, 2003
Hey kids.
Here's the next "see what electronics crap I can cram into Mr. Morgan's excellent sculpts"... the Alien Nostromo sidearm from 1978/9:

I gutted the Enterprise Phase Pistol toy.... the leds that illuminated the energy cell now light up the singlepoint tip:

I would have gotten more done, but I had company:

And she had something other than props on her mind:

Simon says hi:

Rock, Jason
Song on iPod? "We Will Become Silhouettes" by The Postal Service.

Thursday, June 26, 2003

Two things to show for a night with my new iSight:

Earlier with Mookie:

Song BLARING from iPod? "Getting by" by The Rentals. Kiss kiss, bang bang!
Jason

Sunday, June 29th, 2003

Wheee! Fun weekend! Friday movie (28 days later! rarrrgh!) dinner with Tom and Jane and Lisa at the Hunan in Riva Festival.. got the porno fortune cookies! Best one utilized Engrish! "Doggie Fashion"! Here is Jane in action - taking a pic that will no doubt end up in her Xanga, haha.

Then I said "you're a dork, Jane!" and then she made this face:

Hahaha! Kidding! When we left, the sky was gorgeous. Being the stellar photographer that I am, the sky got overexposed or something. I could do a little photoshoppery, but tonight I'm tired.

Lisa is full of Tangy Pheasant. Heeeee.

Bloggers repruhzent.

Saturday Lisa and I did what we wanted, when we wanted. Idyllic! Played Scrabble. Here's the board:

I lost. But not by that much. Hahah! Look out Mensa girl, I'm gonna get you one of these days!

After she left I hung out with Simon and cleaned.

Sunday I worked on my stuff. Painted the Sänger bomber:

Got a canopy ready for paint:

Got the Alien Nostromo gun under control:

Started the Horten Amerika Bomber:

AND! Got my Alice Pack - the beginning of the Proton Pack from Ghostbusters!

So good night to great friends! Happy!!! Song on iPod? "Everything Right is Wrong Again" by They Might Be Giants.