alarmed!

I'm sorry if my absence today disrupted the progress of anyone else. If not, then everything's all right. I got a new cell phone, and cell phone guy said to charge it with the phone off, overnight; seeing how cell phone guy knows about cell phones I did it. I use my cell phone's alarm to wake up though, so I used this internet alarm clock page (which evidently does not work when the window is minimized.

So I woke up (naturally) at 11:38. When I oversleep, it usually happens so that I sleep just enough to miss the entirety of class. Damn my unconscious subconscience...

I don't remember... but I was probably dreaming about puppets.

so, that works.

meelee du papier-machee

bear head is all a-skinned with flour paste and bits of a poorly-edited newspaper. It will look splendid in color. With teeth and a tongue. Glassy-eyed, I've decided. The next task is to design the bear mechanism that will allow the puppet to do a bear-like activity; specifically, the swatting motion utilized to stun prized, disguised, upstreaming, spawning-salmon.

I'm excited to get started on the music, too. I'm confident it will be a funtime.

oh yeah... and five people were in class today. my entire group, and elliott (1/4 of puppet-making being known as curvankarilliot).

bear head

plastered up the old bear head today... or, rather, the bear face. I'm very pleased with the results, and think that when it is finally papiermacheed and painted, it will be quite nice.

The bear is skeptical.

The teeth and tongue really add a lot of character and presence to the face, but they are small details and will have to be added later.

phase two: phase two

began initial steps of the fish-making process, but I admit I need to get crackin' on those digits. I'm getting excited about the possibilities, with the music and lighting... should be an adventure.

I also learned that the secret ingredient of flour paste is love... and that you must cook it (stirring continuously as to avoid burning)--but isn't that all love really is?

I also must remember to look up those types of puppets for that types of puppets business we're supposed to do. Don't forget.

fingers, n' monkey, n' bear... oh... MIGHTY PUPPET SHOW HAPPY-FUN SMILE TIME-HOUR!

...that is, of course, one of many different ways this blog would be titled if japan had won the second world war. But thank your lucky Harry S. Trumans that we live in the America that we do, and that this blog is titled appropriately.

To confirm widespread rumour, yes. It's possible that our performance involves fingers, and a monkey, and (god willing) a bear, and... maybe a thing that shoots candy out of it, I don't know. So, see the performance, maybe you'll get a jolly rancher or a small package of m&ms out of it.

maybe.

don't read words that aren't there.

don't reread this.

phase one: phase one

with a glove compartment full of sketches, and having filled the tank to the brim with tolerance (and added just the right amount of indifference to lubricate all moving parts), we embarked today on the road to explore (with a hands-on approach) the magical world of puppet technology and performing objects (from the traditional to the abstract (to cyber-puppets (and beyond)))! Rudimentary diagrams of the finger puppets allowed the construction of a crude prototype made of paint sticks, rubber bands, string, pins, and small hardware. Things may be good. Combined my portion of the performance with Aisha's... so we've moved from the every-man/person-for-hisherself division of the group into two teams; congress and senate, meat and potatoes, biscuits and gravy, eyes and hot pokers, babies and b-b-q sauce... I think this will yield better results.