Thursday, October 25, 2007
There's no place like where I am now
Well guys, I'm back from Dallas and what a trip it was! I'm about to suck in all the pictures, then photo blog the ever loving crap out of the trip for you guys. Please be patient, I took 1 million pictures and it takes a while to find just the right ones to put in the blog. Plus half of the pictures are of my weenie.
Monday, October 15, 2007
Special 10th Aniversary Commercial
I was home alone all day, so I fired up the camera and shot myself a brand new, completely insane, commercial for my animation DVD. If this doesn't make you want to buy one, nuthin' will:
Lots of people have things like camera men, or audio people, and even lighting crews. Not me, all I need is a tripod and trial and error, it usually only takes three times to get myself right where I need to be in the shot. Plus I can say I shot myself.
Lots of people have things like camera men, or audio people, and even lighting crews. Not me, all I need is a tripod and trial and error, it usually only takes three times to get myself right where I need to be in the shot. Plus I can say I shot myself.
10th Aniversary
Hey friends, I just realized it's the 10th anniversary of my very first "real" short film, Fast Driver. I made it in 1997 and sold it to MTV 3 months later. It has since been in several film festivals and on a ton of other TV shows. I don't say this a lot, except about everything I make, but this film has really become a classic.
What better way to celebrate this than by going to the "merch" section of this very website and buy a copy of the DVD. It's only 10 bucks and has tons of cool stuff on it. I know all my readers are going to hop right over there and pick up a copy, so that means, I'll buy one and my mom will buy one. Seriously, I don't have a job, for God's sake, if there is at least 1 millionaire that reads my site, please buy 100 copies. They make great stocking stuffers or Secretaries Day gifts.
If you aren't going to buy one, then look at this instead:
What better way to celebrate this than by going to the "merch" section of this very website and buy a copy of the DVD. It's only 10 bucks and has tons of cool stuff on it. I know all my readers are going to hop right over there and pick up a copy, so that means, I'll buy one and my mom will buy one. Seriously, I don't have a job, for God's sake, if there is at least 1 millionaire that reads my site, please buy 100 copies. They make great stocking stuffers or Secretaries Day gifts.
If you aren't going to buy one, then look at this instead:
Sunday, October 14, 2007
Anime Fans Suck
I seriously think that all anime fans are complete jerks. Every time I receive a negative comment on "You Tube" about my videos, I go to the persons page and they have nothing but anime shit up. I'm not a fan of the stuff at all, it literally bores the shit out of me. I'm serious, I fill my pants with excrement if I see anime. OK so maybe I don't poo my pants, but I wouldn't know because anime is so freakishly boring that I'm asleep before the crazy "asian pop" music video opening is over. They should prescribe anime instead of sleeping pills, I guarantee no one would get addicted to anime, unless they're fat pimply face teenage boys.
If you're a fan of anime, I'm sorry if I offended you with this post, but I'm more sorry that you're a fan of anime. Maybe you could leave me a post and tell me why you guys are so damn mean and hate everything except anime.
If you're a fan of anime, I'm sorry if I offended you with this post, but I'm more sorry that you're a fan of anime. Maybe you could leave me a post and tell me why you guys are so damn mean and hate everything except anime.
Friday, October 12, 2007
Posters a Go Go
As all the cool kids already know, there is a super awesome amazing Night-OH-Cabaret show on Saturday Oct. 20th in Dallas. I thought I would showcase all the Halloween-ishly themed posters I've made for the show. Don't get super scared please.
Ricki Derek's Night-OH-Cabaret
Saturday Oct. 20th
Ozona's Grill and Bar
4615 Greenville Ave.
Two Shows - 8pm and 10pm
Only $10
Make your reservation online today, simply e-mail nightohcabaret@yahoo.com with your name, the number in your party, and what time (8pm or 10pm). DO IT!
Ricki Derek's Night-OH-Cabaret
Saturday Oct. 20th
Ozona's Grill and Bar
4615 Greenville Ave.
Two Shows - 8pm and 10pm
Only $10
Make your reservation online today, simply e-mail nightohcabaret@yahoo.com with your name, the number in your party, and what time (8pm or 10pm). DO IT!
Tuesday, October 9, 2007
One Wedding and No Funerals
First of all I want to say congratulations to Mr. Stan and Mrs. Michelle Laikowski, two friends of mine that got hitched this weekend. Me and Nancy had the honor of attending their wedding and it was a blast. We had to rent a car and drive about two hours to Rhinebeck, New York. Another couple went with us, Mike and Kathy Hagan. It was a beautiful trip, the trees hadn't completely changed color yet, but they had begun. I can't help but think if it weren't for all this darn global warming the trees would have been much more colorful. DAMN YOU AL GORE, I WISH YOU HAD NEVER STARTED GLOBAL WARMING!
Rhinebeck is a really quaint little colonial town. It was very well kept and all the houses and buildings were in amazing shape. The inn where we stayed was called The Beekman Arms. Supposedly George Washington and Benedict Arnold stayed there. I didn't see no ghosts, so I don't believe those stories. SCREW YOU HISTORIANS, I WISH YOU NEVER MADE UP HISTORY!
Our room was huge, it was all 19th century looking and had way to many benches. I guess people in the olden day times liked to sit on benches. The Inn was broken up into several individual houses. Here is one of them:
This is our room, there were all these wooden beams that I'm sure people hit their heads on all the time. If you look closely you can see a floating head. I guess I did catch a ghost.
Here's my lazy ass wife. We just got there and she's already going to bed.
The coolest thing about this place was, every room had a colander of port.
I thought it was just decoration, until I took the lid off and the smell fumes melted my face. We had literally been there 5 minutes when we discovered it. I immediately called Mike and asked if he had one in his room, because I wanted to know if it was safe to drink. He said he had already had some, that dude is insatiable. So we drank a sip. It tasted like prunes. Nancy hated it, but I sucked it down. I wanted to feel just like George Washington did before he freed the slaves. It worked. I'm just Glad there weren't any ghosts trapped in the bottle that I accidentally released. BTW, I'll be talking about ghosts a lot in this blog entry, it's October after all, or as I like to say ROCKtober. I also say ROCKvembr and ROCKecember. In fact I think I call all the months ROCK something or other.
We went for a walk after we put our bags in the room. This town was great. It was really gorgeous. It was the perfect town to visit this time of year. It felt like we were transported back in time about 60 years. I only say that because Christopher Loyd and Micheal J Fox were there.
Here is a cool looking restaurant that was across the street from our Inn. We didn't go inside.
In honor of ROCKtober and fall, here's a pumpkin.
Here's a cool looking sign and Tavern a block down the way from our Inn. We didn't go in here either. To tell you the truth, we had no idea this little town was going to be so cool. We would have planned to stay two nights, so we could check it all out, and do some ghost hunting. BTW, this town is in America.
I'm not sure what this little guy was doing to Nancy, but in retrospect I think I should have beaten him up for it.
But after a closer look I realized it was Michael Jackson and I had nothing to worry about. He's a gay pedophile after all.
I'm a sucker for older buildings and houses. This place caught my eye, it couldn't have been because it's painted pink.
I was falling in love with this town the further we walked, but all my lofty feelings came crashing down when I saw this. I guess the reality is there are no perfect towns, even a quiet little northern colonial town has a problem with drunken homeless dudes. It's a shame, but just a fact of life I guess. We did steal his wallet though, so the story had a happy ending.
On the way back to the Inn, we passed a cool cemetery behind a church.
Oddly enough I have nothing to say about ghost right now. Except that they are AWESOME!
The wedding and reception were at this weird place. It was on this hill. In the center of the whole place was an old mansion. It was at least 150 years old. The interior was covered in wood, oriental rugs and antique furniture. It was definitely haunted.
On the side and behind the place there were motel like rooms. You could stay in the mansion or these outside rooms. The wedding part took place outside behind the mansion. I didn't take any pictures of the wedding because of my uncontrollable sobbing. I did take a couple of pics right after the ceremony though. Mike, the guy that drove up with us, is on the right, and my friend Carl is on the left. That is Carl's girlfriend, I don't remember her name. I'm not too worried about it though, because I'm pretty sure Carl doesn't look at my blog, so I'm 100% positive Carl's girlfriend doesn't either. On the off chance she does, you looked beautiful... uh... ma'am.
The camera was saying that the batteries were dying as we took our walk earlier, so me and Nancy went to a store to buy new ones. The store was called "Variety Store". Upon entering we discovered that up north the word "Variety" roughly translated into "Dollar". We were basically in a high priced dollar store. We buy the batteries and exit this overpriced 99cent store. I open the batteries, throw away the old ones, and insert the new ones. I turn the camera on and the low battery light was still flashing. Needless to say we didn't go back into the store to get batteries that worked, I decided to take our chances. Unfortunately that means we didn't get a lot of pics. DAMN YOU DURACEL AND YOUR SUCKY BATTERY LIFE.
This is where the couple got married. Isn't it cute?
Here's the front of the mansion. If you look closely, you can see my friend Chris on the balcony doing his Michael Jackson dangling a baby impression.
This is the little bar inside the mansion. I want one of these in my house.
Here are a couple pictures of the inside of the mansion. I couldn't think of a good enough organ joke, besides there's a little boy right next to the big organ.
This is Chris from before with his previously dangled son Tucker. I don't know who's more adorable.
Brass doggies, those groggy doggies! Nancy peers over a set of brass dogs.
After the fox hunt, Sir Gibbons likes to relax in his study with a snifter of brandy, then it's off to the stable to beat the butler and other miscellaneous servants with a riding crop for their insolence.
Rhinebeck is a really quaint little colonial town. It was very well kept and all the houses and buildings were in amazing shape. The inn where we stayed was called The Beekman Arms. Supposedly George Washington and Benedict Arnold stayed there. I didn't see no ghosts, so I don't believe those stories. SCREW YOU HISTORIANS, I WISH YOU NEVER MADE UP HISTORY!
Our room was huge, it was all 19th century looking and had way to many benches. I guess people in the olden day times liked to sit on benches. The Inn was broken up into several individual houses. Here is one of them:
This is our room, there were all these wooden beams that I'm sure people hit their heads on all the time. If you look closely you can see a floating head. I guess I did catch a ghost.
Here's my lazy ass wife. We just got there and she's already going to bed.
The coolest thing about this place was, every room had a colander of port.
I thought it was just decoration, until I took the lid off and the smell fumes melted my face. We had literally been there 5 minutes when we discovered it. I immediately called Mike and asked if he had one in his room, because I wanted to know if it was safe to drink. He said he had already had some, that dude is insatiable. So we drank a sip. It tasted like prunes. Nancy hated it, but I sucked it down. I wanted to feel just like George Washington did before he freed the slaves. It worked. I'm just Glad there weren't any ghosts trapped in the bottle that I accidentally released. BTW, I'll be talking about ghosts a lot in this blog entry, it's October after all, or as I like to say ROCKtober. I also say ROCKvembr and ROCKecember. In fact I think I call all the months ROCK something or other.
We went for a walk after we put our bags in the room. This town was great. It was really gorgeous. It was the perfect town to visit this time of year. It felt like we were transported back in time about 60 years. I only say that because Christopher Loyd and Micheal J Fox were there.
Here is a cool looking restaurant that was across the street from our Inn. We didn't go inside.
In honor of ROCKtober and fall, here's a pumpkin.
Here's a cool looking sign and Tavern a block down the way from our Inn. We didn't go in here either. To tell you the truth, we had no idea this little town was going to be so cool. We would have planned to stay two nights, so we could check it all out, and do some ghost hunting. BTW, this town is in America.
I'm not sure what this little guy was doing to Nancy, but in retrospect I think I should have beaten him up for it.
But after a closer look I realized it was Michael Jackson and I had nothing to worry about. He's a gay pedophile after all.
I'm a sucker for older buildings and houses. This place caught my eye, it couldn't have been because it's painted pink.
I was falling in love with this town the further we walked, but all my lofty feelings came crashing down when I saw this. I guess the reality is there are no perfect towns, even a quiet little northern colonial town has a problem with drunken homeless dudes. It's a shame, but just a fact of life I guess. We did steal his wallet though, so the story had a happy ending.
On the way back to the Inn, we passed a cool cemetery behind a church.
Oddly enough I have nothing to say about ghost right now. Except that they are AWESOME!
The wedding and reception were at this weird place. It was on this hill. In the center of the whole place was an old mansion. It was at least 150 years old. The interior was covered in wood, oriental rugs and antique furniture. It was definitely haunted.
On the side and behind the place there were motel like rooms. You could stay in the mansion or these outside rooms. The wedding part took place outside behind the mansion. I didn't take any pictures of the wedding because of my uncontrollable sobbing. I did take a couple of pics right after the ceremony though. Mike, the guy that drove up with us, is on the right, and my friend Carl is on the left. That is Carl's girlfriend, I don't remember her name. I'm not too worried about it though, because I'm pretty sure Carl doesn't look at my blog, so I'm 100% positive Carl's girlfriend doesn't either. On the off chance she does, you looked beautiful... uh... ma'am.
The camera was saying that the batteries were dying as we took our walk earlier, so me and Nancy went to a store to buy new ones. The store was called "Variety Store". Upon entering we discovered that up north the word "Variety" roughly translated into "Dollar". We were basically in a high priced dollar store. We buy the batteries and exit this overpriced 99cent store. I open the batteries, throw away the old ones, and insert the new ones. I turn the camera on and the low battery light was still flashing. Needless to say we didn't go back into the store to get batteries that worked, I decided to take our chances. Unfortunately that means we didn't get a lot of pics. DAMN YOU DURACEL AND YOUR SUCKY BATTERY LIFE.
This is where the couple got married. Isn't it cute?
Here's the front of the mansion. If you look closely, you can see my friend Chris on the balcony doing his Michael Jackson dangling a baby impression.
This is the little bar inside the mansion. I want one of these in my house.
Here are a couple pictures of the inside of the mansion. I couldn't think of a good enough organ joke, besides there's a little boy right next to the big organ.
This is Chris from before with his previously dangled son Tucker. I don't know who's more adorable.
Brass doggies, those groggy doggies! Nancy peers over a set of brass dogs.
After the fox hunt, Sir Gibbons likes to relax in his study with a snifter of brandy, then it's off to the stable to beat the butler and other miscellaneous servants with a riding crop for their insolence.
Wednesday, October 3, 2007
NOIR TONIGHT!!!!!
I'm a great improv show tonight at The Upright Citizens Brigade Theater in New York at 9:30pm. It's called Film Noir Improv. It's the most fun I've had doing improv ever. The theater let us decorate the window inside the theater, so if you're in the area please come out to see the show. It's a 30 minute completely improvised Film Noir, and we all wear shades of grey and grey make up, so it looks black and white.
UCB Theater
Hope you guys can make it out.
UCB Theater
Hope you guys can make it out.
Monday, October 1, 2007
NEW COMMERCIAL!
Here's the next Night-OH-Cabaret video for the upcoming Oct. 20th show:
Please copy and paste this link into an e-mail:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=gj4fiWCUxxA
Then send it to all your friends in the Dallas/Fort Worth area. We are trying to get these videos to pass through the internet colon of Dallas, and we can't do it with your fibrous e-mailing help.
If you want to make a reservation for the show, all you have to do is e-mail nightohcabaret@yahoo.com with your name, the number in your party, and the time (8pm or 10pm)
Help us get that theater packed with happy people PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Please copy and paste this link into an e-mail:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=gj4fiWCUxxA
Then send it to all your friends in the Dallas/Fort Worth area. We are trying to get these videos to pass through the internet colon of Dallas, and we can't do it with your fibrous e-mailing help.
If you want to make a reservation for the show, all you have to do is e-mail nightohcabaret@yahoo.com with your name, the number in your party, and the time (8pm or 10pm)
Help us get that theater packed with happy people PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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