1. Icelandic has 24 different forms of the definite article whereas English uses only “the.” 2. All the words sound alike. 3. I can’t make those sounds. Seriously. I was out for a walk with Audrey today and my upstairs neighbor stopped me and asked me something. I asked him to repeat it, and then […]
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Now I know what you’re thinking: How did I find a production of Little Shop of Horrors so quickly here. But, in fact, this Audrey is one of the cast member’s dog, and will be staying with us during Easter break. She’s quiet and well-behaved and about the size of our cat Marlowe back home.
Today was the last day of work until April 24. We all got chocolate Easter eggs and everyone was already half-way out the building, even though we were still working. After work, everyone went to Café Sólon for drinks. The production had rented the second floor, although apparently neglected to rent any lighting. It was
Today I worked a giant ball of stuff. I have such a glamorous job, don’t you think? The mayor needed to pull a giant ball of stuff out of the back of a car. So one puppeteer had the Mayor, someone else was working the arms, which left me with the giant ball of stuff.
1. First we have to shoot him. 2. Does everyone have a spray of trash? 3. Get some oil to stop the duck. 4. Is this position good for you? 5. Hey, I just got bruised by toast. 6. The pee factor is really high with this show. 7. Give me a second to figure
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We’ve joined Sarah, Julie and Emily to work with an Icelandic tutor once a week. It’s odd because I’ve been feeling like I’ll never learn this language, but at the class I was definitely ahead of the others. It doesn’t feel like it when I’m out trying to use Icelandic “in the wild.” Genta, our
I’m building a rig to make trash rain at work. The director wasn’t happy with the way the trash falls, because it’s heavy. He thinks it falls too fast to look good or “real.” So he asked for options and along with the other things brought to the table, I mentioned a possible puppetry solution.
In this episode various household appliances have gone beserk, including the Mayor’s toaster. The toast is not, of course, real toast. It’s some plastic thing that looks like toast. In order to create the illusion that the toaster is flinging toast around the entire house, people stand outside camera range and throw these hard square
Thought you might be interested in seeing the cover for the spring issue of Shimmer. It features the art of the amazing David Ho. Of course I’m pleased with the interior illustrations as well. Artwork by Paul Guinan, Stephen Stanley, Frank Harper, Joy Marchand and a dark new cartoon by Joseph Remy. The table of
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I can’t remember if I mentioned that I’m the puppeteer liason, which means I get to sit in on production meetings to represent the puppeteers. Tonights was three hours long, but felt like we got some good work done. I’m not going into detail, but thought you’d at least like to know why I wasn’t
Today we had an outing with several people from work. Ten of us piled into an “excursion vehicle” and headed up into the highlands for a trip to an ice cave. On the way we stopped at Barnafoss, which I’d never been to although I had heard it was beautiful. This description fails completely to
Next up was the glacial cave at Langjökull. For those of you who don’t know, and that would include me before today, a glacial cave is a cave that is inside a glacier, while an ice cave is merely a cave with ice in it. So today, not only did we drive over a glacier,
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The SF Site Featured Review: Shimmer, Autumn 2005 If I had seen Shimmer in a store, I would have snatched it up right away, because I am a book snob, and, to my shame, am too easily seduced by gorgeous cover art. However, had I indeed picked up a copy in a fit of unmitigated
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Shimmer – Spring Bonus To celebrate spring we’d like to offer you this special bonus; a story so exciting that we couldn’t wait for the next issue of the magazine to come out. We had to share it with you now. Download the pdf today!
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