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Hairy Potter
Last night the Mermaids danced until after 11PM.
Last night the Mermaids, The Mommy, Siena, HerMommy, myself, Monya, BopOp, Aunt, and Cuz all attended the 7th Annual Renton Film Frenzy Awards Gala, and we had a fantastic time!
And, as it turns out, last night the Mermaids and I won an award.
In the first weekend of October we invited a good friend over and we wrote, filmed, edited, and delivered a four minute movie.
Hairy Potter
When three tweenage muggles find a guide for becoming wizards, like their more famous cousins, they jump at the chance. But things take a turn for the worse when the nincompoop wizard, who wrote the manual, missed an important step.
We had screened the movie, along with the rest of the entrants, last weekend and arrived this night in high hopes, dressed in our party clothes, and (literally) walking the red carpet.
The Mermaids walked it like they’ve done it one hundred times – I suppose, in their minds maybe they have?
They owned it.
The awards started with some introductions and the 3rd place awards and right…about…then all three of my stars got up to go to the restroom!
OY!
[tangent]
The unseen hero here is The Mommy, simultaneously supplying tissue under stall doors, paper towels at the sink, and listening at the door for the announcements over the PA to make sure they wouldn’t miss their moment.
The speed with which they returned set a new precedent that I won’t let them soon forget.
[end tangent]
Back in record time and perhaps ten minutes later we were awarded the Special Judges Award!
The presenter was none other than L. Phillippe Casseus and he gave the Mermaids an excellent compliment saying that he was very impressed with the long takes.
Long-takes are always the hardest and you had some very long ones and you did it SO well!
I didn’t realize the pressure I was putting on them during filming but there were a significant number of very long takes that they pulled off with aplomb. This made the editing job quite a bit simpler!
Congratulations to all of the winners last night.
There is some amazing talent in Renton making films and it’s great to just put our creativity and ourselves out there, into the public, and be part of it with them.
I’m very proud of my Mermaids and their amazing friend for having such great work ethic, excellent creativity, and a fun-loving attitude – together.
Without further ado – the movie – Hairy Potter.
Gamification?
TheWeeOne, sitting and focussed in the back seat
Hey daddy?
Yeah.
You know how Halo is like a game?
Uhhhh, yeah?
That’s what pickin’ scabs is like for me – it’s like a game!
(What the??!) OK – What?
You know, because it’s fun and, like, I want to get to the next level.
I’ve got nothing.
Most likely…
In about 1988, while playing one of those faddish trivial-pursuit era board games with family, I was unanimously voted “Most likely to sleep in a coffin just for the experience”.
Now, in this family, I may have just…met…my…match.
Icy Mermaids
Late yesterday we had some fun in the late summer heat.
All because of Mary; Thanks!
Know your strengths
Just a short little parable about knowing thine strengths.
If you know about fixing bikes, or licking slugs, or chopping wood, or say, touching up April fools day pictures – that’s great.
Don’t think that these wee tidbits of trivia somehow automatically entitle you to just go off the reservation when executing at mealtime.
He said to ‘wrap the yams in tinfoil’ and just throw them on the coals for about an hour!
Yes, he said “coals” and I’m telling you, coals have different properties for cooking than wood fires. You can’t just expect…
Psssssh – whatever, it’ll be fine; I’ve got it handled.
Surreptitiously, I reduced the total time on the wood fire to 45 minutes – no problem.
I can report that the spoonful in the middle is quite tasty.
Moral: We have partners, in life, for a reason – it is foolish to casually discount their strengths.
Rock Happens
rock happen haiku
Rock hides in shadow.
Tube went Pow! Like a gunshot.
Clack’t teeth, ride Uber.
Update:
Closer inspection shows my rim took a lashing.
Great design accounts for the unforeseen
Pretty sure the designers of MY tent – The Himalayan Hotel – didn’t expect or plan for Mermaids and Monster High dolls. THAT is great design.
I suppose I didn’t expect or plan for them either – but here we are, creeping up on the third week of sleeping in the tent in the backyard.
Urban camping.
puh leeze?!
Happy Sequel Day
Today was just a good, fly by the seat of your pants Father’s Day.
We got up to watch Switzerland play (and win in the last minute) against Ecuador in the World Cup opening round. We had breakfast with some friends during that cap and then TheMermaids and I headed out for a movie marathon.
Beginning with The Amazing Spider-Man 2, then Captain America: The Winter Soldier, and capped with How to Train Your Dragon 2.
I suppose that makes it a day of sequels; sorta like Father’s Day and what it represents, another day in a sequence of exciting adventures with obligatory bumps and bruises and cheering and stories and plot twists and pride and anger and fart jokes and LOTS of one liners that sometimes only I laugh at.
Thanks to TheMermaids for putting up with me and my sequels.
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