Other people use the term derp?

So, there seems to be a lot out there of people using 'derp' in different ways. This is one such way, it made me laugh.

I Met the Walrus

I went to the AA Film Festival last night and this was by far one of the best films there. It's John Lennon in an interview from the 60s where this kid randomly jumped into his room with a voice recorder. The animation makes me...well, it makes me happy. It's great and whomever gets to see this film is lucky as shit.

Go to the film fest.

WEBSITE!

Soooo, I know I announced it before when I got my website, but now I've uploaded much more than just the basic layout. All should come and have a visit. It's still not done obviously, but it's getting there!

http://www.emilyemilton.com/

Woop!

I'll Put You on the Streets!

I might be going crazy...

Had another crazy weird dream last night. I can't really explain the whole thing for many reasons, mostly because words can't describe it. However, I can tell you that Shia LeBeouf was there. We were in the mall hiding in the bushes (you know, the fake ones) because a monster was coming, we saw a bit of it, and in its wake there was a cliff type thing, another object it left in its wake was strawberries. Shia decided that it would be a good idea to figure out how to get a strawberry, and when he did, he sprouted wings. This is only like a two second part of the dream which was good and long, all like this too. CRAZY! Lots and lots of colors, which I hear only certain people dream in color. I should really get my dreams analyzed.

Yael Naim

This is my new favorite video. It reminds me of summer, and all of the fun random things that happen in the summer.

She kind of reminds me of Feist, especially with the freeness of her video.

A few things...

So, comforters, you know the things you sleep with at night? Yeah, try comfortNOT! No matter what, the tag always ends up at my face. Tickling, scratching, doing everything annoying, and it can't be stopped. I turn the comforter around, tag at the end of my bed, and it ends up back in my face. Some might say, well you probably just twist and turn enough in your sleep that it would go back the other way too. WRONG! Once the tag is at my face, the comforter doesn't shift, even if I sleep with it like that for a few days. Come on now universe, give me a break.

Another thing. Today, my alarm did not go off again, luckily I set 3. Two on my phone and one on my clock. The two on my phone, kind of woke me up, but obviously not well enough. I woke up at 10 am, guess when I have class. Yup, that's right, 10 am. I quickly threw a bunch of clothes on and shot out the door. I saw one of my friends from art school as I was walking down the stairs to the sidewalk, he was crossing the street, I turn out onto the side walk rather quickly only to find a patch of well hidden black ice. Now, I've gotten away with this whole year without a fall yet, but of course, on what ended up being one of the warmest days in recent months, I slip and fall. Right on my side, giant bruise awaiting reply. Luckily I took my computer out of my bag before I left the house, otherwise I would be in a much worse situation right now.

I've got a lot to do before tomorrow, I should probably get going. Kthnxbye.

Thesis Paintings

These are the paintings I've been working on all year. Soon to be all done and showing on April 12th. There is where you can see them in real life, but for now, here's some pictures.

Farmer's Market One

Farmer's Market Two

Famer's Market Three

Wave Field One

Wave Field Two

Wave Field Three


There we have it. There are three more for that I'm currently working on which I will put up later, if at all possible, before the show goes up. YAY!

Couldn't Help Myself

I love Elijah Wood, even when he's doing this.

Mall Walkers

So there's this movie called Mall Walkers that I'm workin' on for a film class this semester. We started film in the Summit Place Mall up in Waterford this weekend. We have to shoot during off hours so our schedule involves many all nighters locked in the mall. It's fun but extremely tiring. I'm acting as the production designer so I'm in charge of hair, make-up, costumes, and sets. It's a lot of work, but fun at the same time, especially once we hit and pass that point of insanity in the night. This weekend we shot the coffee shop scenes in the mall, here's some pictures I took during my down time, which is plenty, but only once we start filming.
The Coffee Shop

Rehearsing for the shot.

This is crossing the point of insanity.

We're kind of a big deal.

The actors, they get antsy too.

Sometimes you have to get on the floor for the betterment of your art.

We have fun with the simple things (read the sign)

This is our director...being a banana phone?

She could be a JC Penny ad.

Director + Dolly = Amazing

Eeeep!

I've got a website. Of course it's not done like everything else in my life right now, but I'm working on it, I swear!

http://www.emilyemilton.com

I feel so professional and stuff. PROFESSIONAL!

I'm heading into the home stretch for school this year (or maybe for the rest of my life) and I couldn't be busier. I hope to be able to keep in touch with everyone, but I can't promise that I won't become a hermit. See you all in a month or two! Ha.

They Learn Early

Oh kids.

Bilal's Stand

This is the film that I helped out on with the re-shoots this past summer and fall. The premier of it is at the Michigan theater on April 3rd. All should come to support Sultan (the director).

WOO HOOOO!

Crayons

This is by far my most favorite Sesame Street tangent ever. I remember as a kid waiting in each episode to see if they were going to play the crayon factory clip. Apparently I still love it. The music is sweet. All of the old workers in the factory, smiling huge because they love making crayons. And then all of the colors! Man, so much about my life makes sense now. I really think this must have had a big impact on me, and that's why I'm so crazy nowadays.



I also loved all the freaking wonderful guests they had on Sesame Street. I wonder if they're still doing that.



The animations were key too.

Valentine's Day

I still don't understand why people make such a big deal about Valentine's Day. Don't cry if you don't have a date. Hang out, relax, have fun. Watch a movie with a friend, go out to get some coffee and just chit chat. Eat a heart shaped cookie. I repeat, HAVE FUN! Don't you remember when you were little and V-Day was all about getting silly little cards in your heart shaped bag taped to the edge of your desk. And the best ones were the ones with candy? Don't you remember that? That's how Valentine's Day should always be. Just because you don't have a date does not mean you need to mope around.

Everyone, life will go on. The world did not end. I spent the day with friends and doing things I enjoy. I had a good Valentine's Day, WITHOUT A DATE!

Maybe that's just me.

Whatever.

(St. Patrick's Day is the same way, just replace dates with alcohol, and replace the red with green)

The Universe Revisited

I just bought this book called 'Universe: The Cosmos Explained' which basically gives a simple explanation to most of the aspects of astronomy. I love it. All I'm doing right now is reading the glossary and I find it completely fascinating. Wonderous.

I also just bought the new Jack Johnson album, it's pretty much amazing. There's something about it that just gets me in a way that his other albums don't.

Now I'm reading about the Superstring Theory. Geebus this is interesting.

But I'm supposed to be painting. Woops.

The Universe

Apparently somewhere in the universe every second there is a supernova. That's roughly 30 million supernovas per year. This has been happening for the past 10 billion years. To put it in perspective to something closer to home, there are about 2 supernovas in the Milky Way Galaxy every century.

Holy effing shit. The universe is huge. I can't even think about it. There has to be life somewhere other than just here. We can't be the only ones. There's no way. I don't believe it for one minute. They're probably thinking the same thing, wondering if we exist. Do we exist if there's no one else out there to wonder if we exist? And if we stop wondering if there are others out there, do they, in turn, stop existing? Existence is like that tree falling in a forest not making a sound puzzler.

I know I exist, but I don't know if you exist.

I don't know if you noticed...

But it's February. Of 2008. Crazy. Life's crazy.

At least I'm not as bad off as some of these people. Saxophone lady? Really?

Bob Dylan? Really?

I remembered another dream. It's a weird one because it connects to another that I had the other day. I guess I should start with the little bit of that one and then explain the dream I just had.

Well the other day, as a part of a few other dreams that I was having, I was suddenly on the set of a feature film that was about Bob Dylan. Not that strange right? Especially since I just saw Factory Girl which has Bobby in it and also saw an add for I'm Not There. The strange part wasn't the fact that it was about Bob Dylan, it was the fact that the director of this film was so invested in it, that he felt whatever Bob was supposed to feel in that scene, if Bob had a stomach ache, he had a stomach ache. So that's the dream leading into up to the dream I just had.

This morning, I woke up just after I had it and found it so strange that I made myself remember it. It started out with the same scene that I had seen the director fall down from a stomach ache in. So Bob wasn't feeling that well. (Don't ask me if what I was watching in my dream was a movie or if it was the real event because I don't know) However, he had to go out to greet his fans. He was in the basement of whatever arena or stage he was playing at and when he walked out of his door into the hallway (all concrete), there was this long table set up with people standing all around it waiting for his autograph. He started writing them right and left, but he was still feeling kind of sick and weak. So when the art on the walls, which was his, started getting looted, he could barely do anything about it. It was a frenzy to get all of the art and he gave up caring. Some kids were taking down mixed media pieces and pulling them apart, this led him to run over to them and say, "If you're gonna steal it, don't take it apart!". Bob then left the hallway and proceeded to give his concert, where he played, not the harmonica, but a small keyboard with his mouth. It was rigged up and everything just like the harmonica would have been around his neck. Then I woke up.

Now, normally, I can't really put two and two together on why I have the dreams that I do, but this one makes a lot of sense as just a jumbled mess of things I've been thinking about recently. Such as:
-Had a lot of Bob Dylan references recently
-Juliana's been feeling sick to her stomach
-I've been watching Lost, where there are strange hallways made of concrete
-Lost is just messed up so weird things happen to people all the time
-I've been afraid about my art getting damaged while in storage
-I've also been thinking a lot about the harmonica, don't ask why

Jumbled mess, that's all this dream was.

Weird. Just weird...

So tonight when I was waiting for the bus to get back to the homestead, I thought little of the odd weather, warm and foggy. That was until I saw lightning. Now, I mean, lightning in February, rare, but not unheard of. BUT THERE'S STILL SNOW ON THE GROUND! I mean, wow, something crazy is going on. I'm all for spring coming, but not this early. This is too early. Oh boy, here comes global warming.

One of the reasons I may find this more than just slightly off is because I've started watching Lost, boy is that a weird show. They have all the seasons in HD streaming online. It was a BIG mistake on my part to start watching them on Friday night. However, I have made a deal with myself that the only way I'm allowed to watch them is if I am at the art school painting. Therefore, I get really excited to go up to the art school to paint. It's basically a win win situation. I was loosing some of that vital motivation to work on my project, now it has been renewed.

Oh by the way, like I said, I started watching it on Friday...I'm already halfway through the 2nd season. I got a lot of painting done this weekend. Go me.

Summing this post up:
Weather's weird
Lost is even weirder