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15 posts tagged memories
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.
GREAT MOMENTS IN PHOTOSHOP EXCELLENCE 02 - “HAPPY BOBBLEHEAD BIRTHDAY!!!”
So today is my sister Rian’s birthday, and as such I took it upon myself to make my first ever GIF, because, after all, nothing else puts the GIF in GIFT like a GIF!!!
Anyway, my mom took this picture of me and my sister chillin’ on the doorstep of our Wyoming rancher in probably 1983 or 84. We were probably waiting for a lonely tumbleweed to roll by so that we could chase it, as not much else was going on in Wyoming in the early 80s.
Anyway, happy birthday sis! I sure hope this gif works on your computer.
COOL STUFF IN JAPAN 24 - “HOW DO YOU LIKE THEM APPLES?”
I like them, but I’m not sure if I should eat them, as they appear to be quite important. Also, I think they may be made of wood.
And just out of curiosity…
For any of you who grew up Catholic, does this scene of two screened windows hiding shadowy figures remind you just a bit of confession? I’ll be honest, confession was easily the second most traumatic experience I had as a kid (the first, obviously, was the whole “alleged” Santa thing).
What’s funny (or sad) is that I was actually a pretty good kid, so every time confession rolled around my teacher would literally shove me in the booth and I’d proceed to make up a bunch of sins. The irony of this is amazing, most of the lies I told as a kid were during actual confession!!! There was one confession in particular where the priest just kind of sat there after I told him my list of fabricated sins about hitting my sisters, so on the spot I came up with this gem…
“ummm… oh yeah, I forgot, I hit my friend Tom with a golf club while we were building a fort in the woods… and it wasn’t an accident, oh no, I did it on purpose”
What’s funny is that this was the most “honest” sin I had ever told in confession, so long as you flip the story around because in reality I had actually been the victim of Tom’s golf club rampage.
Good grief, I hope they serve pizza in hell, cause that’s probably where I’m gonna wind up.
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.
STUDENT FILM SERIES: METHOD FOR SELF-DEFENSE AGAINST SCORPIONS
A few weeks ago for “Flashback Friday” I posted a polaroid of my main man Geoff chewing on M&M’s in an effort to create sound effects for my short film, Method For Self-Defense Agains Scorpions. Anyway, last night I dug up a poorly digitized version of the film and figured I’d post it here. It’s around 14 minutes long which probably means that none of you will ever watch it, but I figured what the hell, maybe someone will watch the first minute or so.
For me the highlight of the film is my Uncle Pat, who has a cameo as a grief stricken husband whose wife (played by my mom, obviously) was tragically killed by a scorpion. I love the moment when he awkwardly places his elbow on my friend Kevin and slowly delivers this gem of a line… “she was stung three times in each eye”.
Anyway, the film is based on a short story by the brilliant Argentinean writer Fernando Sorrentino. I remember sitting down and actually writing a letter to him asking if it was okay to make a film about his story. And I remember getting a very nice hand written letter back saying yes. I feel bad for you kids these days who may never know the feeling of getting a real hand-written letter from someone in a foreign land, it was so exciting. My mom actually has the envelope Mr. Sorrentino sent me framed and hanging on her wall, as she was quite fond of the Argentinean stationary.
Anyway, if you have a few minutes please give this film a shot, not so much for my film but to simply hear one of Mr. Sorrentino’s brilliant imaginative tales. It really is quite an amazing story.
HANS & ANDRE
A few days ago I posted a polaroid of Hans & Andre for my “Flashback Friday” post. I mentioned that the polaroid was taken on the set of a frisbee shopping cart adventure film starring Hans and Andre. Well, I found the film and here it is.
After watching this for the first time in probably seven years today here are my thoughts…
1. I was into two very different types of music at the time.
2. I’m not sure what was going on with my hair.
3. I can’t believe I wore that shirt. I love bowling and always have.
4. I used to be in much better shape than I am now. If I were to try any of those stunts today my old man knees would let me have it.
FLASHBACK FRIDAY 05 - “SHOPPING CART FRISBEE MADNESS”
Around seven years ago I got a sweet video camera and my main man Nick instantly drove over to my place so we could give it a “test drive”. Anyway, instead of just testing it out we decided to drive to the local Safeway parking lot at midnight and shoot a “short film” of sorts. Please note that I use the term “film” loosely as I doubt much narrative structure was going on. Anyway, all I can remember is that the film involved two guys named “Hans” and “Andre” doing something with a frisbee and shopping carts. I’m pretty sure I have it on my computer somewhere and maybe I’ll post it later today.
Also, pay attention to the frisbee in this polaroid. It was a big part of my life a few years back and hopefully in the coming weeks you will all get to see why. This polaroid is the first documentation of the “Goomba Frisbee”. Yes, that is indeed a Goomba on that frisbee.
And finally, speaking of “Madness” and “Goombas”, does anyone remember the Nintendo game Marble Madness? I never had it but I remember playing it at my friend Tim’s house when I was a kid. It was soooooo hard!!! But awesome at the same time.
GRANDPARENTS DOING THIER GRANDPARENTS THING
If you asked me to close my eyes and picture my grandparents a version of this photo would instantly pop into my head. The only difference is that I’d be sitting on the floor playing a board game called Perfection with my sisters. My Grandparents have sixteen grandchildren yet for some reason decided that one board game in their home would provide more than enough entertainment for 20+ years. Sometimes I would take a break from Perfection to eat an Ice Cream Sandwich, the only snack they ever seemed to have. Either way, you gotta love em’, cause Grandparents are awesome!
FLASHBACK FRIDAY 04 - “BROKEN POLAROIDS AND BROKEN HEARTS”
My apologies for this belated Flashback Friday. I have no excuse unless you count the drunk unicorn that attacked me with scissors on Friday.
Anyway, a few years back I made my very first eBay purchase… a Polaroid SX-70 in “perfect working condition” from some dude in Kansas. As soon as it arrived I ran out and got myself a pack of Polaroid Time Zero film and then rushed to Philly and took this photograph of my sisters. Had my sisters been nightmare banshee poltergeist demon women from hell I would have said that the camera worked flawlessly. Unfortunately my sisters were just regular humans at the time and thus this disturbingly blurry photo meant that my camera was busted.
The only good thing to come out of this entire experience is that I learned first hand never to trust anyone from Kansas.
