And by “problem”, I mean: she was on Full House, and had to put up with Dave Coulier for who knows how long.

(mercilessly stolen from The Outernet)

I had forgotten how miserable it is to build a movie in Flash.

Seriously. It seems like it would be easy, what with layers, and timelines, and a very mostly usable interface.

And then you try to apply motion through tweens, working with text, adjusting alpha layers for fades, and things start to crosswire in the midst of a project, and it hits you:

This would be much easier in Premiere.

Especially since Flash will import a Quicktime file, and so the end user will never know the difference.

Yay, me.

Boo, Flash.

The Time Traveler Convention – May 7, 2005: “Technically, you would only need one time traveler convention. Time travelers from all eras could meet at a specific place at a specific time, and they could make as many repeat visits as they wanted. We are hosting the first and only Time Traveler Convention at MIT in one week, and WE NEED YOUR HELP!”

Convenience stores aim to remake their image – Food, Inc. – MSNBC.com: “Slim Jims are making way for sushi as convenience stores transform themselves with upscale eats and shed their image as junk food pit stops.”

Burger war grows with new 15 pounder – Food, Inc. – MSNBC.com: “‘It’s like trying to eat half a cow.'”

• Using passwords based on the present is a bad idea, because in the future, the past will remind you of itself. Usually unexpectedly.
• There’s nothing quite so fun as having a mouth full of airplane glue for an hour.
• Still toying with the idea of taking this blog over to insomniactive.com and incorporating it over there, if only to be able to use some stat tracking scripts I’ve been writing. But then, that means going to wordpress… wait. Maybe it doesn’t.

  I think I know how to make this work.

  Did any of you hear the lightbulb go off? Cause I think it set my hair aflame.

• My life is filled with hurry-up-and-wait. And I’m currently in the waiting stage, and my patience is wearing.

Or a ton of ’em, even.

It’s not change that makes me apprehensive. In fact, I crave change. It’s the unknown — that part of change that leaves you in the dark, waiting for the reality.

A ponderous day ahead, I think.

Human evolution at the crossroads – – MSNBC.com: “In the book ‘Future Evolution,’ University of Washington paleontologist Peter Ward argues that we are making ourselves virtually extinction-proof by bending Earth’s flora and fauna to our will. And assuming that the human species will be hanging around for at least another 500 million years, Ward and others believe there are a few most likely scenarios for the future, based on a reading of past evolutionary episodes and current trends.”

Oh — that’s R*u*ffles, isn’t it?

In volunteering to do more for Sidewalk, my favorite group of people in town, I’ve apparently signed up to help sell raffle tickets.

I’m not a salesman. Used to be; would rather die choking on someone’s hair than go back. But it’s a good cause — the money raised is split evenly between Sidewalk and Artwalk (another fine group of folks, raising cultural awareness by nearly double in this town).

So here’s the deal:

• The raffle tickets are a mere $5 apiece.
• The raffle is for a 1971 Vintage Vespa (that’s a scooter, for those of you in the wonder — and a rather sexy one at that).
• You don’t have to be present to win. Though, the Vespa’s being awarded at the Sidewalk Film Festival award ceremony, so you might be there anyway, right?
• If I sell enough boxes of Girl Scout Vespas, I get neat prizes.

  (I’m thirteen, all over again, only without the cracking voice and acne breakout)

Contact me at kenn at insomniactive dot com if you’re interested.

Hey, even if the Vespa’s not your thing, you’re supporting local film and art, and that’s nothing but a good thing. Spread the word, and send ’em my way.

CNN.com – Youth pleads not guilty in baseball bat killing – May 2, 2005: “A 13-year-old California boy pleaded not guilty to murder charges Monday in the killing of a friend with a baseball bat after a youth league game last month.”