Sunny with a chance of scattered productivity.

[ Clare - 10:13 AM ]

Well, I'm back from Pittsburg, with 2 1/2 hours of footage, at least a dozen interview connections for the next trip, and memories of a giant head, a mansion, and feathers, oh, the feathers.

I'll post stories once I've taken care of my various impending school-related crises.

[ Clare - 8:56 PM ]

I'm heading to northeast Texas tomorrow morning with Daniel Abrego to conquer the small, unsuspecting town of Pittsburg, Texas. Daniel graciously agreed to crew for me, and I've graciously decided to dig deep and find the testicular fortitude to start this damn thesis thing. I've even got one official real-person meeting scheduled—in addition to plans to harass unsuspecting citizens on the street.

I have no idea what I'm doing.

I do, however, have 30 MiniDV tapes (kindly paid for by UT's Undergraduate Research Fellowship), a bunch of really expensive equipment from the RTF department, and a progressively less-poorly-defined mission.

Pittsburg, hide your chickens. Clare's comin' to town!

[ Clare - 11:29 PM ]

Hey, GRE. Yeah, you. I fucked your mom, bitch!

Over 1400. Boo-yeah!

If only I didn't have the sneaking suspicion that I would have done better back in senior year of high school...

And some sad news.

Elliott Smith is dead at 34... He committed suicide by stabbing himself once in the chest—that's one hardcore motherfucker.

XO remains a favorite album of mine. It's sad to see him go.

[ Clare - 11:48 AM ]

Cat and Rat, Not in a Hat

Can anyone drop by my house Friday, Saturday, and Sunday this weekend to feed my rat and cat and scoop the cat box?

I'll pay you in beer, sex, and/or money...

Please, guys, just once a day.

[ Clare - 10:44 PM ]

I'll pay you. In beer.

(See below.)

[ Clare - 8:34 AM ]

Filming Fun

Anybody want to head to East Texas this weekend to explore the wonderful world of Pittsburg, Texas?

Crew for me! I'll love you forever and give you first choice of hotel beds... Hell, I'll let you have the remote, too.

If East Texas doesn't fit into your schedule this weekend, could anybody stop by my house once a day to feed my pets? Maryann's going to be out of town partying with her UVA folks.

[ Clare - 9:35 PM ]

Here's a PSA for all the engineers out there: you're on the right track! (Thanks to Rich for the link.)

[ Clare - 11:34 AM ]

iTunes for Windows! Huzzah!!

[ Clare - 9:21 PM ]

Weeeeee!!

I got called on not having done jack shit for my thesis/RTF project yet, so this week absolutely positively must consist of horrific amounts of work.

To get myself off to a productive start, I thought I'd resurrect a classic: gonads and strife!

Anybody have random East Texas chicken farming contacts? This would be the time to whip 'em on out...

[ Clare - 6:29 PM ]

I know that there's some point, in not too recent history, when the world once again lost its mind—not just the usual "What's wrong with people?!"—but truly lost it. Nuts. Bonkers. Fuckstick crazy.

Is it just an urban legend that "May you live in interesting times" is an ancient Chinese curse?

"Go sell crazy somewhere else. We're all stocked up here."

[ Clare - 12:16 AM ]

Things from childhood to institute as adult activities at society's earliest possible convenience:

- Scheduled naptime
- Building tents from blankets and furniture
- Passing notes in class
- Trick or treating
- Playing outside every afternoon until dinnertime
- Talking to oneself in public
- Hide-and-go-seek and tag
- Carrying a favorite toy everywhere
- Bedtime stories

[ Clare - 3:02 PM ]

"I'm the best Halloween fairy ever!" - Maryann

Apparently Halloween is Maryann's favorite holiday. She decorated today : )

(She claims those lights are witch hats... I swear they're xmas trees...)





[ Clare - 10:55 PM ]