im getting too much comment spam. comments are now friends-only. if you should be on my friends list and arent, drop me an email or twitter or  something and lemme know where i know you from.

amaaaaaaaaaaazing bday.

i get to see ducklings all the time! pix shot by my coworker marco

http://www.videosift.com/video/Balding-penguin-gets-a-wetsuit


awesome. penguin pimp.

someone got a picture of me and dave at danceright last night
http://la.napkinnights.com/pics/view_image.php?id=14514

=) yay! that was fun. it was an event sponsored by obey. the first part was a fashion show w/ free blueberry energy drink vodka mixes, and ice cream. it was at a cool loft downtown called apartment 3. then we went to a really terrible taco place, and got in line for la cita, where z-trip was playing. and z-trip was awesome. ive only seen z-trip once, when a bunch of stormriders went to see him play the star wars song.

tonight dave and i are going to carmel by the sea, to run around the redwoods and the beach. im trying to update my flickr as quick as i can with ny and japan pics, and updating anime news network with TMR pics. and sending pics to marvel. and working too!
eep tons of stuff to do. anyways. life is completely awesome, be back sunday.

At wwla remy interviewed joe polaski, a writer on Heroes who's gonna be doing a comic book for Marvel! This interview rocks - read it here:
http://www.comicbookresources.com/news/newsitem.cgi?id=13399

I'm going to japan with aka-san and  intermixi at the end of march. what should i bring back? weird food requests, LA/NY people? and does anyone want a postcard from me?

any photo requests? what do you want to see pictures of? any funny poses i should do? im going to tokyo anime fair, samurai school, animation school, harajuku, places like that. i'll also get some sticker booth stuff made. im contemplating bringing a duct tape penguin to take pictures of in weird places.

Also, work's sending me to NY in april if anyone wants me to bring over some japanese treats.

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btw my friend christy is doing a marathon that is raising $ for a leukemia/lymphomia/hodgkins cure. if you wanna support her in her training, click here.

im gonna try to cut way back on caffeine for the next couple weeks. all that redbull kicked my ass.

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started a bit on the redbull penguin. will post pics as i work on it. have a lot more lighting stuff done - more on the beauty dish and the ringlight is almost ready.

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im telecommuting today. i cant hit one of our essential servers from my laptop. stupid vista.

this is exactly why i dont watch dubbed anime: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPGdIH0jFZU

heya! i've been getting a lot of people telling me how they liked reading the food posts. It's march and that was supposed to last a month- but do you want me to keep doing it? Leave a comment and let me know if that's something you're interested in, or if it would be really boring.

pasting press release:


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


ANIME EXPO® 2008 & INTERMIXI JAPAN TOURS ANNOUNCE:
PRE-REGISTRATION GRAND PRIZE GETAWAY TO JAPAN SWEEPSTAKES

A New Way to Experience Japan


Anaheim, California (March 5, 2008) ‹ Want to experience Kyoto? Get wild in
Osaka? See the all that is anime/manga in Tokyo? Attend the Tokyo Anime
Fair? Be part of the Tokyo Game Show? Anime Expo® 2008 and Intermixi Japan
Tours announce the Pre-Registration Grand Prize Getaway to Japan! All
pre-registered attendees who register prior to June 15, 2008 will be
automatically entered. Winners will be announced at Anime Expo® 2008¹s
Opening Ceremonies July 3, 2008. Anime Expo® 2008 will be held from July
3-6, 2008 at the Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles, CA. More
information can be found on the website www.anime-expo.org
<http://www.anime-expo.org> .

Two (2) lucky pre-registered attendees will win an all expense paid trip
(including roundtrip airfare, hotel, excursions, some meals and much more)
courtesy of Intermixi Japan Tours. Winners will be able to choose from the
following seasonal tours (as available):

· Kame Hame Kansai Tour
· Neo Tokyo Tour
· Tokyo Game Show Tour

For full description of tours, please go to www.intermixi.com.

Attendees, Press and Industry Members are also encouraged to view the video
coverage site of the 2007 convention at www.AXBackstage.org.

About Anime Expo®
Located in Los Angeles, California - Anime Expo®, the nation¹s largest
anime/manga convention, serves to foster trade, commerce and the interests
of the general public and animation/ comics industry. This event serves as
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can be found at its website (www.anime-expo.org).

About Society for the Promotion of Japanese Animation
The Society for the Promotion of Japanese Animation (SPJA) is a non-profit
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).

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found at its website (www.intermixi.com)

my friend andrew bell is in town tonight with a badass new art show at gallery 1988 (the place next to golden apple)
http://creaturesinmyhead.com/

check it out. show goes til 10p.

then you should head over to nova express at the other end of melrose (kinda) and say bye to the best coffeeshop in LA.

its a good day when the flying spaghetti monster is following you on twitter.

also i made a really ghetto bento box! i stuck it in a hershey's xmas tin with a penguin on it. alicia did you get your package yet?

my maid came today. she was confused when i told her not to vacumn cuz i want my robot to do it. btw if anyone in LA/OC needs a kickass awesome, and super patient person to clean your house, lemme know and i'll send you my friend's #. she's a screenwriter and wants to get more housecleaning clients so that she can write in her off hours.

Oh man. CRAZY WEEKEND.


(photos by vissago)

Barcamp is kinda an un-convention. You show up and everyone's expected to participate in some way- a lot of people give talks. My friend Chris did a cool one called SMS2meatspace, which was about using texting to affect the world around you. Vissago did one on reality hacking, which was mostly about noticing details about people in the world around you, and using that to your advantage. Dan did a talk called "ask a hacker." And me.. well I suck at public speaking. So i taught a karate class. It was called "Ninja Class: defending yourself from furries at raves." A new meme born- furries vs ravers. The class went super well, filling the room to the point where people poked their heads in to watch but couldnt really come in. I made Dan a "furry" by taping ears and a tail (made of blue tape) to him, and used him to demonstrate techniques on. It was super hilarious.

Vissago had photo gear set up, strobe lights, so we played with photoshoots. The "Ask a Chola" chick also decided we needed a cholas vs ninjas meme, so we did a bunch of battle shots. Vissago took most of those- they look badass. I wore my new spikey hoodie to barcamp, which was a lot of fun too.



We also had a congo line with an inflatable dalek, vollyball w/ the dalek, cupcakes and amazing free food. It was a super fun con. =) Oh and Rock Band. I've never played Rock Band in public before, and did really well with the maps song.

The best part was that a lot of my friends were at barcamp- boogah and crystal (organizers), joe crawford (i talk to him a lot online but havent seen in 10 yrs), chris nelson, vissago, zsnark, david mertle, tacitus, adrenaline, sumbry, dan kaminsky.. super fun people. and this girl i knew off techniquelle 10 yrs ago was there too, joanna. small world :) and made some new friends too, hooray!

oh FINALLY got a new phone, and after barcamp got it working properly.



More pictures from vissago: http://www.flickr.com/photos/vissago/tags/barcampla5/
Pictures i took: http://www.flickr.com/photos/pinguino/sets/72157604021065971/


Saturday remy and i went to disneyland with carrie and nathan. disneyland with carrie is always a blast cuz she likes it as much as i do. but it was like, cheerleader day. SUPER crowded cuz the USA jr nationals were there. SO we hid out in a super fancy resteraunt called Steakhouse 55, and ate gourmet foods. I ordered a glowtini, which was a drink with a glowy, strobey ice cube (could set the glow speed). that was entertaining. the resteraunt had run out of them so they had to get one from another resteraunt- probably the pirate bar next door. we hit space mountain, mr toads, matterhorn, alice, thunder mountain, pirates, haunted mansion and astro blasters, almost all within a 2 hr span after eating. SOOOOO fun! there were all sorts of new things we were noticing on the rides, mainly in pirates and haunted mansion, that probably got added when they changed back from xmas deco.

http://laist.com/2008/03/01/barcampla5_take.php is using my photos from Barcamp. Hooray!

On a super sad note, my absolute favorite resteraunt/hangout spot in LA is closing on Wednesday. Nova Express *cry* so I'm hanging out there the next 2 nights if anyone wants to meet up. This is the alien themed comic book style late-night coffeeshop/pizza place with insanely incredible caffeinated drinks that is like.. the best place ever. and its gonna be gone. i hate when that happens. http://laist.com/2008/03/02/nova_express_closing.php

Seriously guys. if you have a favorite place in the world that always makes you and your friends super happy.. keep them in business. bring friends of friends there. keep it financially viable for the owners to keep it around. buy lots of food. nova's been around as long as i've lived in LA, and i always expected it to be one of those places that will always be there. at the same time, it's always empty, except late nights on the weekends. im guilty of not frequenting it enough. argh. their fries are so yummy, and drinks so well caffeinated. it is a sad day in Los Angeles to lose such an awesome establishment.



Pictures of nova express: http://www.flickr.com/photos/pinguino/sets/72157601939889886/

http://ww2.48.tv/bin/index.cfm

this is my friend nancy's video for the 48hr film festival. do a search for "headshot" . im standing around looking like a bored casting assistant in one of the shots. kam is in it too and nathan worked the sound. yay! i think it turned out really good. the entire thing was put together in 48 hrs.

these are a lot harder when i forget to post, but probably a decent exercise in remembering stuff

tuesday day 19 
an orange
british style! tea and biscuits
healthya, grilled veggie sammich and cold wild rice salad
a bunch of saltines
2 string cheeses
taco bell grilled stuft burrito

wednesday day 20
an orange
british style! tea and biscuits
togos clam chowder and 1/2 tuna (got the annoying chick who cant make sammiches)
furaibo- awesome resteraunt. winter oden soup (not to be mixed with udon), fried fish cake with melty cheese inside, japanese fried chicken (different than american), grilled onigiri (in miso and soy)
pinkberry - mochi and carob chip


thursday day 21
redbull. thats a breakfast right?
hawaiian food: rice, grilled chicken, macaroni salad, and potstickers
i decided to try eating healthy again:
romaine lettuce salad w/ vinagrette, pumpkin seeds, orange flavored cranberries
microwave rosemary flavored veggies
olive oil and basil flavored red potato fries with banana ketchup

thursday day 14:
valentines nerds
doubledouble from innout
hersheys kisses
gigantic cookies of doom
pasta and meatballs?
vanilla ice cream and hersheys syrup

friday day 15
steel cut oatmeal
picana meat on swords!! so much meat! (we missed you alicia)
i dont remember what else i ate

saturday day 16
PF changs - lemon scallops and i stole some of remy's lemongrass shrimp
string cheese twists
gross breakfast burrito

sunday day 17
cool ranch doritos & moxie orange
curry house- chicken curry bowl and a cherry float
string cheese twists

monday day 18
sugar snap peas
rice & pizza flavored gardenburger & brie
mint julep
brie and crackers
more rice with hello kitty furikake
string cheese


btw turn off your lights for an hour at 8p march 29. everyone's doing it. actually, read this journal, its a much better writeup of why you should participate.

this week sucks. found out from aestetix (via LJ even!) that phlux passed away 02/02/08. phlux was really awesome.. trying to find out what happened, cuz this sucks. issue 51 of clone's zine, k-1ine is being dedicated to him.