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FLASHBACK FRIDAY 15 - TANNER HEARTS VICKI

In June of 2004 Vicki paid a visit to my place and we burnt off a few sparklers. I remember acquiring the sparklers from a guy at school named Dale for five bucks and a half-eaten pack of Skittles. As much as it killed me having to give up the last of my Skittles, the deal was definitely worth it as it gave Vicki and I something to do besides make out and/or throw rocks at stop signs. Here’s a few photos documenting our sparkler fueled night…

I like how my feet appear to be orbs of light. Way to be New Balance reflectors! 

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Vicki in the thick of it. How her arms and face didn’t get burnt to all hell is still a mystery to me.

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Vicki looking like a young half asian Hermione Granger with her wizard wand.

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I don’t really have anything to write about this one except that Vicki’s pants look really comfortable.

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Vicki perfecting her “sparkler hula hoop”.

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I wish I could still fit into that shirt.

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Oh no, we’re out of sparklers! Should we go make out or throw rocks at stop signs?

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Thought this one looked kind of neat.

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Same with this one.

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This little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine, let it shine, let it shi… damn, sparklers don’t shine too long.

FLASHBACK FRIDAY 14 - “GROUND CONTROL TO MAJOR SKELEBOT ATTACK!!!” So a few years back Vicki and I jumped into our space suits and headed out to the Salton Sea to conduct some research for a science project we were doing. Once there, however, we realized that we had no test tubes or beakers, much less a hypothesis, and thus mutually decided to abort the whole damn project. Anyway, as we stood quietly in the shame of having driven 300 miles into the desert for nothing, we were suddenly attacked by a pack of wild skelebots. What is a skelebot you ask? Well, a skelebot is a skeleton with a robot head. Part skeleton, part robot, all trouble… that’s what a skelebot is. Seriously, they will not stop attacking until they have all of your socks! Anyway, we documented the entire attack on Fuji Provia with our 35mm panoramic camera. Unfortunately I’ve never scanned a single frame because I’m worthless. So for now these mediocre polaroids will have to do. As you can see, the skelebot eventually captured Vicki and is attempting to read her mind so that he can figure out where she’s hiding all her socks. Looking back these photos make me a bit sad, as they take me back to that special time in my life where I had comfortable cozy socks. Damn you skelebots!!! Give us back our socks! Seriously, do you even wear them or do you just get some sick pleasure from watching our naked feet shiver in the cold? What’s the deal?

FLASHBACK FRIDAY 14 - “GROUND CONTROL TO MAJOR SKELEBOT ATTACK!!!”

So a few years back Vicki and I jumped into our space suits and headed out to the Salton Sea to conduct some research for a science project we were doing. Once there, however, we realized that we had no test tubes or beakers, much less a hypothesis, and thus mutually decided to abort the whole damn project.

Anyway, as we stood quietly in the shame of having driven 300 miles into the desert for nothing, we were suddenly attacked by a pack of wild skelebots. What is a skelebot you ask? Well, a skelebot is a skeleton with a robot head. Part skeleton, part robot, all trouble… that’s what a skelebot is. Seriously, they will not stop attacking until they have all of your socks!

Anyway, we documented the entire attack on Fuji Provia with our 35mm panoramic camera. Unfortunately I’ve never scanned a single frame because I’m worthless. So for now these mediocre polaroids will have to do. As you can see, the skelebot eventually captured Vicki and is attempting to read her mind so that he can figure out where she’s hiding all her socks.

Looking back these photos make me a bit sad, as they take me back to that special time in my life where I had comfortable cozy socks. Damn you skelebots!!! Give us back our socks! Seriously, do you even wear them or do you just get some sick pleasure from watching our naked feet shiver in the cold? What’s the deal?

FLASHBACK FRIDAY 13 - SODA POP COUGH DROP DRAWINGS First off, I just wanted to say thanks so much to all of you who took the time to watch my short film Soda Pop Cough Drop last week. Seriously, quite a few of you commented on it, so you must have at least watched some of it, which is awesome. Thanks so much! Anyway, I was digging around on my hard drive this morning and found these drawings. I can’t really remember why I drew them, I think I was probably just bored and figured they’d make pretty good cartoon characters.  In the picture above Space Boy can be seen cannonballing into his dad’s backyard swimming pool. Shark Boy is not pleased as he’s trying to get some laps in before adult swim. I’m not really sure what Soda Pop and Cough Drop are doing, I guess maybe they’re the lifeguards. Also, I’m not sure what’s up with the pink tornado, but I quite like it. Hmm, it looks like after that annoying cannonball Shark Boy decided to challenge Space Boy to a boxing match. After seven rounds they both look like they’re doing pretty good. Barrington makes an appearance in this one, he’s got his money riding on Space Boy. ★ After Space Boy lost the boxing match he fell on hard times, put on a few pounds, and started caddying for Barrington. Shark Boy quit his job at Applebee’s just so that he could follow them in his golf cart and yell insults about Space Boy’s weight gain.  ★ Soda Pop arrests Shark Boy for driving golf carts while under the influence of one too many Pop Tarts. During the interrogation she gets grumpy when Cough Drop, her superior, offers Shark Boy a blender full of hungry goldfish to help digest the Pop Tarts (apparently this one wasn’t even worth coloring). ★ Anyway, if you’d like to see the live action version of Soda Pop Cough Drop just CLICK HERE. Also, I apologize for posting this edition of Flashback Friday on a Saturday. I’d like to blame my laziness on the impending rapture, but really, if I want to be honest myself, it’s Vicki’s fault. She’s always like “Hey man, let’s go eat some mini-cupcakes”, “Hey man, let’s go pet some baby hedgehogs”, “Hey man, let’s go watch some baby hedgehogs eat some mini-cupcakes”.

FLASHBACK FRIDAY 13 - SODA POP COUGH DROP DRAWINGS

First off, I just wanted to say thanks so much to all of you who took the time to watch my short film Soda Pop Cough Drop last week. Seriously, quite a few of you commented on it, so you must have at least watched some of it, which is awesome. Thanks so much!

Anyway, I was digging around on my hard drive this morning and found these drawings. I can’t really remember why I drew them, I think I was probably just bored and figured they’d make pretty good cartoon characters. 

In the picture above Space Boy can be seen cannonballing into his dad’s backyard swimming pool. Shark Boy is not pleased as he’s trying to get some laps in before adult swim. I’m not really sure what Soda Pop and Cough Drop are doing, I guess maybe they’re the lifeguards. Also, I’m not sure what’s up with the pink tornado, but I quite like it.

Hmm, it looks like after that annoying cannonball Shark Boy decided to challenge Space Boy to a boxing match. After seven rounds they both look like they’re doing pretty good. Barrington makes an appearance in this one, he’s got his money riding on Space Boy.

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After Space Boy lost the boxing match he fell on hard times, put on a few pounds, and started caddying for Barrington. Shark Boy quit his job at Applebee’s just so that he could follow them in his golf cart and yell insults about Space Boy’s weight gain. 

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Soda Pop arrests Shark Boy for driving golf carts while under the influence of one too many Pop Tarts. During the interrogation she gets grumpy when Cough Drop, her superior, offers Shark Boy a blender full of hungry goldfish to help digest the Pop Tarts (apparently this one wasn’t even worth coloring).

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Anyway, if you’d like to see the live action version of Soda Pop Cough Drop just CLICK HERE. Also, I apologize for posting this edition of Flashback Friday on a Saturday. I’d like to blame my laziness on the impending rapture, but really, if I want to be honest myself, it’s Vicki’s fault. She’s always like “Hey man, let’s go eat some mini-cupcakes”, “Hey man, let’s go pet some baby hedgehogs”, “Hey man, let’s go watch some baby hedgehogs eat some mini-cupcakes”.

FLASHBACK FRIDAY 12 - SODA POP COUGH DROP

Several years ago Vicki and I drove out to the Mojave desert and shot a short film called Soda Pop Cough Drop. Vicki played Soda Pop, and I played Cough Drop. The basic premise was as follows…

Soda Pop and Cough Drop are alone in the desert working on a routine goldfish rescue operation. 

Cough Drop botches the routine goldfish rescue operation. He blames his epic failure on the water, which he claims “teems with sharks”.

As they nap in their tent during a routine napping operation, Cough Drop has a bad dream about a “half man half shark” creature eating poor innocent goldfish. He can’t sleep so he leaves the tent to fly his goldfish kite.

Cough Drop is abducted by a flying hammerhead shark. As he’s being abducted he lets Soda Pop know via walkie talkie.

Soda Pop spends the rest of the movie trying to rescue Cough Drop from the flying hammerhead shark. 

That’s pretty much it. It was a rather terrible filmmaking experience for several reasons…

1. We didn’t have a location planned beforehand, so most of the day was spent looking for a place to shoot.

2. It was a million degrees out.

3. We had no food.

4. We saw a giant snake and that freaked us out the hell out, as we were literally in the middle of nowhere and had zero anti-venom on hand. Had it a) been poisonous and b) bitten us, we probably would have died that day and our bodies would still be out there.

5. In addition to playing every character in the film, Vicki and I also shot the entire thing ourselves, which is not so easy when you’re hot, haven’t eaten, and are fighting a sun that’s setting fast. The possibility of being killed by a wild animal didn’t help much either. 

Anyway, I guess that’s about it. Here’s a few behind-the-scenes polaroids of me being abducted by the flying hammerhead shark…

FLASHBACK FRIDAY 11 - “TANNER AND VICKI EDIT A STUDENT FILM” My friend Nick took this polaroid of Vicki and I pulling an all-night editing session on one of our student films way back when (way back when I was thin and in-shape, that is). I believe the student film in question is called Platform. It dealt with the heavy issues of relationships and cloning. Several red jumpsuits were involved, it was pretty awesome. That being said, all-night editing sessions can be quite rough. The lack of sleep combined with the realization that you forgot to record any freaking audio can take a heavy toll on one’s mind and body. A good example of what I’m talking about can be seen in the polaroid pictured above. If you look closely you will see that Vicki’s face looks absolutely terrible. Also, she appears to have gone a bit mad, and as such it looks like I’m probably doing all the work while she points maniacally at one of her missing teeth.

FLASHBACK FRIDAY 11 - “TANNER AND VICKI EDIT A STUDENT FILM”

My friend Nick took this polaroid of Vicki and I pulling an all-night editing session on one of our student films way back when (way back when I was thin and in-shape, that is). I believe the student film in question is called Platform. It dealt with the heavy issues of relationships and cloning. Several red jumpsuits were involved, it was pretty awesome.

That being said, all-night editing sessions can be quite rough. The lack of sleep combined with the realization that you forgot to record any freaking audio can take a heavy toll on one’s mind and body. A good example of what I’m talking about can be seen in the polaroid pictured above. If you look closely you will see that Vicki’s face looks absolutely terrible. Also, she appears to have gone a bit mad, and as such it looks like I’m probably doing all the work while she points maniacally at one of her missing teeth.

FLASHBACK FRIDAY 10 - “MY COLLEGE DORM ROOM, DAY 1” Apparently I was keeping things pretty simple my freshman year. All I needed was a fish tank and a bed and I was good to go. From the looks of things I didn’t even need a blanket. Unfortunately my minimalist lifestyle didn’t last too long. By the end of the semester I had splurged on a Beastie Boys poster, a microwave, and yes, even a blanket. It sure paid to work at the UMBC Yum Shop. Damn, I miss college.

FLASHBACK FRIDAY 10 - “MY COLLEGE DORM ROOM, DAY 1”

Apparently I was keeping things pretty simple my freshman year. All I needed was a fish tank and a bed and I was good to go. From the looks of things I didn’t even need a blanket.

Unfortunately my minimalist lifestyle didn’t last too long. By the end of the semester I had splurged on a Beastie Boys poster, a microwave, and yes, even a blanket.

It sure paid to work at the UMBC Yum Shop.

Damn, I miss college.

FLASHBACK FRIDAY 09 - “PREGNANCY SCARE” This polaroid was taken a few years back during one of our desert adventures in California. As the sun was setting we pulled over near a field and shot off our final polaroid. I’m not quite sure what we were going for with this one, but I rather like it. The distraught looks on our underexposed faces makes me think the following conversation is probably being had… Vicki: “I think I might be pregnant.” Me: “Like, with a baby?” Vicki: “Yep.” Me: “Not a good time woman.”

FLASHBACK FRIDAY 09 - “PREGNANCY SCARE”

This polaroid was taken a few years back during one of our desert adventures in California. As the sun was setting we pulled over near a field and shot off our final polaroid. I’m not quite sure what we were going for with this one, but I rather like it.

The distraught looks on our underexposed faces makes me think the following conversation is probably being had…

Vicki: “I think I might be pregnant.”

Me: “Like, with a baby?”

Vicki: “Yep.”

Me: “Not a good time woman.”

FLASHBACK FRIDAY 08 - “2 GUYS, 2 BIKES, AND THE END OF MY INNOCENCE” The good news… I know for a fact that this photo was taken on May 15th, but I’m not sure which year. I’m guessing 1986 or 87. Anyway, it was my birthday and my folks hooked me up with a brand new shiny red and white Spalding to replace my used and abused Murray. I remember being so excited to have a bike with “hand breaks” as opposed to “foot breaks”. I also remember scrubbing those white tires with warm soapy water every night before bed. Anyway, my dad didn’t have a bike at the time so I gave him my old rusty Murray, and my mom took this picture to commemorate our new acquisitions. The bad news…  Unfortunately my new bike was stolen about a month later, along with my innocence. Fortunately my dad let me have the Murray back, free of charge. But nothing, not even my dad, could give me back my innocence, that was gone forever.

FLASHBACK FRIDAY 08 - “2 GUYS, 2 BIKES, AND THE END OF MY INNOCENCE”

The good news…

I know for a fact that this photo was taken on May 15th, but I’m not sure which year. I’m guessing 1986 or 87. Anyway, it was my birthday and my folks hooked me up with a brand new shiny red and white Spalding to replace my used and abused Murray. I remember being so excited to have a bike with “hand breaks” as opposed to “foot breaks”. I also remember scrubbing those white tires with warm soapy water every night before bed.

Anyway, my dad didn’t have a bike at the time so I gave him my old rusty Murray, and my mom took this picture to commemorate our new acquisitions.

The bad news… 

Unfortunately my new bike was stolen about a month later, along with my innocence. Fortunately my dad let me have the Murray back, free of charge. But nothing, not even my dad, could give me back my innocence, that was gone forever.

FLASHBACK FRIDAY 07 - “GIANT GERBIL AND VICKI” A few years back Vicki and I spent a weekend in San Francisco. As we were walking to nowhere in particular we crossed paths with a giant gerbil. Vicki said “Damn gerbil, how’d you get so big?”. The gerbil replied “I ate one too many ugly little girls named Vicki”. Vicki said “Damn gerbil, good thing I’m pretty”. The gerbil said “You sure about that?” Vicki and I slowly backed away and spent the rest of the weekend hiding out in a cell on Alcatraz hoping that the giant gerbil didn’t know how to swim.

FLASHBACK FRIDAY 07 - “GIANT GERBIL AND VICKI”

A few years back Vicki and I spent a weekend in San Francisco. As we were walking to nowhere in particular we crossed paths with a giant gerbil. Vicki said “Damn gerbil, how’d you get so big?”. The gerbil replied “I ate one too many ugly little girls named Vicki”. Vicki said “Damn gerbil, good thing I’m pretty”. The gerbil said “You sure about that?” Vicki and I slowly backed away and spent the rest of the weekend hiding out in a cell on Alcatraz hoping that the giant gerbil didn’t know how to swim.

FLASHBACK FRIDAY 06 - “GEOFF THOMAS: SCORPION CHEWER” I figured since I’ve been posting a bit about my film school experience lately I’d just keep the ball rolling for this week’s edition of “Flashback Friday”. The polaroid you see here was taken during the creation of a film I made during my junior year called Method for Self-Defense Against Scorpions. In this exclusive behind-the-scenes photograph you can see my main man Geoff sitting before a microphone and smiling like the happy man that he is. You probably assume that he’s doing a voiceover of some sort. In reality this is not the case, what he’s actually doing is chewing on Peanut Butter M&M’s in an effort to create the nice crunchy sound of a violent scorpion being devoured. Once the M&M’s were gone we spent the rest of the evening stomping on eggs and throwing cantaloupes. It was quite messy but worth it as the sound effects turned out to be pretty damn good in Method for Self-Defense Against Scorpions.

FLASHBACK FRIDAY 06 - “GEOFF THOMAS: SCORPION CHEWER”

I figured since I’ve been posting a bit about my film school experience lately I’d just keep the ball rolling for this week’s edition of “Flashback Friday”. The polaroid you see here was taken during the creation of a film I made during my junior year called Method for Self-Defense Against Scorpions.

In this exclusive behind-the-scenes photograph you can see my main man Geoff sitting before a microphone and smiling like the happy man that he is. You probably assume that he’s doing a voiceover of some sort. In reality this is not the case, what he’s actually doing is chewing on Peanut Butter M&M’s in an effort to create the nice crunchy sound of a violent scorpion being devoured. Once the M&M’s were gone we spent the rest of the evening stomping on eggs and throwing cantaloupes. It was quite messy but worth it as the sound effects turned out to be pretty damn good in Method for Self-Defense Against Scorpions.

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