Peter’s Birthday
Today is my nephew’s birthday. Happy Birthday, Peter!
Two years online
I started my online journal two years ago today after I got a call from Lazytown and sold my second story. I guess this would be a clear example of the aphorism “the more things change, the more they stay the same.” Rob and I are planning on staying in Iceland after we wrap production.
The motorcycle
Rob, for some time now, has been coveting a motorcycle. He used to ride them in Hawaii and the roads in Iceland are apparently perfect for a motorcycle. So, he’s been shopping for one for a couple of months. The shopping was sort of a hobby. Until last night, when he won the auction for
Dinner for eight
Sarah, Jonathan, Emily, Jodi, Sam and their friend Amelia came for dinner tonight. It was so nice to do some serious cooking, which I haven’t done enough of lately. Menu Cabbage and Apple Soup Orange, Cranberry and Spice Walnuts on a bed of Spinach Mushroom Risotto served with Sesame Broccolli Daim Icecream
Gay Pride Day
Today was Gay Pride Day in Iceland. 30,000 people flooded downtown Reykjavik. (For comparison, that’s 26% of the population of Reykjavik.) A parade went down the main street and bands played well into the night. Icelandair offered a special promotional deal from people wanting to come to Iceland for the celebration. Can you imagine a
Performance food
Jonathan Judge, one of the directors at work, made this really interesting documentary. Go check it out. Doug Fitch and Mimi Oka claim to be the world’s only “sustenance artists”. Both trained as chefs in Paris but now specialise in what they call Orphic Feasts – wildly absurdist performances which vary from creating edible pasta
Reading Aloud 2: Character voices
The human voice is very flexible and we’ll look at the ways you can manipulate it. Remember though, that the voice uses muscle and you can strain it just as easily as an ankle. Pay attention and stop if anything hurts. Your basic tools are Pitch, Placement, Pacing, Accent and Attitude. Pitch is fairly self-explanatory.
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Hand dancing
I love the music video we are shooting today, which is a good thing, considering how many times we have to listen to it. We did some fun choreography with live hands, pretty complicated stuff involving two puppets and an actor, but we had time to practise it and nailed it in two takes. We
Krafla, Mývatn and Glaumbær
We left Dettifoss and rejoined the Ring Road heading back west. On the way we passed by Krafla, which Rob was very interested in for the geothermal power. None of my photos do justice to this giant science-fiction landscape. On one side of the valley, the hills are barren, on the other side, they are
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Dettifoss
We left Hóll around nine in the morning and headed down Rt. 862 on the West side of the gorge that Jökulsá runs through. For those of you keeping track, the more digits a road number has the worse it is. So… 862, was an adventure in places, but well worth it. We pulled off
Hóll and back again
Our hosts were warm and seemed amused by my attempts at Icelandic. I think it pleased them that I was making the struggle to be understood. Their front yard is charming and has lots of flowers in bloom. I tried taking a picture of the view, but you’ll have to take my word for it
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More science fiction in real life
Wired News: It’s Alive (ish) When Rene Descartes said, “I think, therefore I am,” the philosopher probably didn’t imagine a stamp-sized clump of rat neurons grown in a dish, hooked to a computer. Following the article back to the home of the project, NeuroLab > Potter Group, I learned about Meart. Meart (Multi-Electrode Array art)
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3d printers reshape world of copying
3d-printers I just saw this article about 3-d printers, which is like SF happening right now. I’ve seen a few things printed out by a 3-d printer, but I had no idea that the technology was becoming as accessible as it is. This is amazing stuff. One of the applications that they are talking about
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Hóll and Holiday
It’s a three day weekend in Iceland. Rob and I are going to Hóll and will be back on Monday. I don’t think we’ll have internet while we are gone, so I’ve left some entries to pop up and amuse you while we’re gone. I’ll report back late Monday or on Tuesday.
Reading aloud 1: The basics
I’ve been thinking about discussing reading aloud for a while now and John Joseph Adam’s recent post about Harry, Carrie and Garp brought it to mind again. I know it seems like reading aloud ought to be self-explanatory, but I’ve heard a lot of authors who should not be allowed to read their own work.
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