The Gameboy Camera/Action52/Kevin/HVR-A1U Post

I've been playing with the idea of making a movie entirely with my Gameboy Camera. You know, that bulky old thing. It was a pretty novel idea at the time... no one else had tried anything like that on a handheld system. However, the idea proved a bit lofty for that era in gaming... the Gameboy printer produced seriously shitty renderings of the actual photos you took. It was funny to use the Gameboy as a camera at the time, but now that I've stopped laughing, I think it would be cool to actually turn this into art.

The images the Gameboy produces are heavily pixelated, and strangely haunting... not entirely recognizable, but somehow familiar. However, it only holds up to 30 frames at a time. That would be about a second of footage... unless I slow down the frame rate. I guess that would add to the creepy ambiance a little, but I hate having to deal with technological barriers. Still, it's an interesting thought... so I whipped out the Gameboy printer, and I'm going to try to produce some images. Hopefully I'll have those up on deviantART soon.

Status regarding my band: we still need a drummer (with a kit that s/he's willing to pack up for gigs) and a keyboard player, preferably with some synth experience as well. I've already got my good buddy Lucas signed on as the bassist, and Eric and I will play sax... I'm hoping Eric will consider playing baritone, I think two alto's might be too much. Our plan is to make a sort of jazz-fusion video game cover band, remixing old favorites. We already decided on a name. We are Action52. And hopefully we'll get this show on the road before long.

Doodle Jr. is still alive and well... but today he's been a little sick. He isn't as lively as usual, and he's been floating in one place a lot. I've read online that this could be a symptom of ammonia poisoning, a result of too much fish waste in the water, but that's impossible since I just recently cleaned out his tank. Maybe he's just having a rough night, fish are allowed to have rough nights, too.

My night was actually really lovely! I was originally supposed to tag along on a double-date with Shana/Kyle and the dreaded Michelle/Larry, but Shana's new friend from school, Kevin, was making a guest appearance. After much begging on Shana's part, I agreed to come with and meet Kevin, despite the potentially unbalanced suck-to-fun ratio (in suck's favor, of course). Upon my arrival, I was introduced to Kevin, and my was he a tall glass of cherry Coke!

All kidding aside, Kevin was marvelous: funny, intelligent, charismatic, a bit nervous, but that was understandable. To be honest, I was shocked that he could keep up with my usual brand of ridiculousness, and respect him a lot for that... as well as his shocking ability to turn a suck>fun situation into a fun>suck scenario.

Sometimes, I feel like I'm having the most fun when I'm meeting new people. It isn't that old friends aren't great, but getting to know someone that I previously wasn't aware of is downright fascinating... and as I get to know them, I get to experience bits of life from their perspective. I believe that the more people you talk to, I mean really communicate with, the more you begin to understand the world around you.

Bleaugh. I'm just not very funny tonight, either. Whenever I sit down to write this blog, I end up spouting all this philosophical nonsense or boring you with the details of my day. God damn, do I have nothing of interest to talk about? I guess I really don't. Oh right, and I apologize for not posting... at all... this week. Wow. I'm bad. I don't even have an excuse, I was just lazy.

Well, maybe I have one interesting thing to say: I've ordered my Sony Professional HVR-A1U, and it's on its way. I can't wait to get my hands on that puppy! No more fucking Gameboy Camera for me after that, I'll tell ya! But I'm also looking at investing in a JAG 35mm adapter, as well. That would provide me with a greater depth of field, not to mention more of a filmy look... which I think is really nice.

Anyway, that's all I've got going on right now. I kind of wish I had a girlfriend, but then I remember how much I hate other people, and how no one understands me, and I feel so much better. Who says being antisocial has to be a bad thing? :)

Oh! I almost forgot! I'm going to stop with the viewer participation shit. It just felt awkward asking you guys to respond... and I have a sneaking suspicion Connor doesn't read the blog anymore. So maybe it would be more accurate to just speak directly to Shana when I make a post. Whatever happened to the important English people reading my blog? And why isn't anyone clicking the goddamn advertisements? Aagh!