PROJECT 365: Day 183 - May 20, 2013
Los Angeles, CA
I’ve been coming home at night to find a little visitor by my patio light. I hope he finds a proper home soon.
Sad Sack Olympian
I'm Kasia Kowalczyk. If being a Sad Sack was a sport, I'd be an Olympian. When I'm not busy being sad, I make films. Sometimes I'm a monster...
PROJECT 365: Day 182 - May 19, 2013
Los Angeles, CA
This is a photo of progress. This wall was covered in boxes this morning. Now it’s home to a dresser and a glorious wall waiting to be painted Whisper Yellow and adorned with a Kitty cat Mona Lisa painting I bought in Athens, GA. One day soon this will be a proper bedroom…
PROJECT 365: Day 181 - May 18, 2013
Los Angeles, CA
Settling in for the night with a movie I’ve been meaning to see for ages.
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Not pictured: the previous 275 issues of SAD SACK. #sadsack #worstpornname
There’s a comic book???!!!
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2In 2007, I was drinking coffee in Marco’s livingroom/dining room/office. He told me he and David had launched a website that had done remarkably well. He urged me to register before somebody else registered daniel.tumblr.com. Maybe I could write things there instead of on LiveJournal. There were about 27,000 users at that point, one of whom was AZSpot. Since then, Tumblr has grown to about 300 billion users, each more unique than the last. So it’s done okay. Marco has left Tumblr, started Instapaper, and recently left Instapaper. The last time we were drinking coffee together, he had a living room and a dining room and an office. So he’s done okay. And I’ve done okay with Tumblr as well. The point being, on the Internet, a lot has changed since 2007. And in 2007 if somebody had announced that LiveJournal was maybe being acquired, I would feel about like everybody feels now. (Where would I store my feelings!?!)…
The broader point being, things change quickly on the internet. There’s always a younger, cooler site looming just over the horizon. I’m not sure that acquisition by Yahoo particularly diminishes Tumblr’s longterm prognosis. It means an influx of cash, stability, and technical capability. Heck, probably a functional search feature. And it means that Tumblr doesn’t need to desperately look for ways to monetize.
The Internet will kill everything you love. But by the time it dies, you won’t even care.
Squashed (via christinefriar)
I think this is a good time to go back to bed.
(via bestrooftalkever)Wow. Nicely put.
“The Internet will kill everything you love. But by the time it dies, you won’t even care.”
(via bestrooftalkever)
PROJECT 365: Day 180 - May 17, 2013
Los Angeles, CA.
Went to the ArcLight Cinerama Dome to see Star Trek Into Darkness, hoping to catch a glimpse of myself as Grasia. It would have been the loneliest screening if a pal hadn’t tagged along.
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PROJECT 365: Day 179 - May 16, 2013
Los Angeles, CA. LAX
Yesterday, my bestie got on a plane headed for Atlanta, GA. Sad hugs were exchanged all around.
What the What?! I am an Action Figure!
I found out Wednesday that I have an action figure! A little Lego-like version of me to take home and play with. It’s kind of what every creature-actor dreams of!
Hasbro has created a line of Lego-like Kre-o toys to be released when Star Trek Into Darkness opens in theaters. Today, I went looking for the Kreon Figure Packs which contain a little moving version of Grasia, the alien I played in the current film. As I was searching the Lego aisle, I also noticed a tinier version of the Grasia alien for little fighter pods that you launch at your frenemies. I have to say, the tinier one is a slightly cuter (and dopier) looking alien. Its face looks more like Alnschloss K’bentayr, the alien I played on the Kelvin ship in the first Star Trek. I presume they are the same species.
I bought a couple of the Kreon Figure Packs…but I noticed there weren’t that many available in the store. For a brief moment, I thought perhaps my little blue alien was incredibly popular…that would explain the shortage. Not too long after that thought, I discovered it might be just the opposite.
As it turns out, my Grasia alien is the “disappointing toy.” People in the magical land of the internet wonder who it is and you can hear the sadness in their voice when they don’t get a Gorn. Don’t worry, that disappointment is not new and has possibly happened before. I apologize if Grasia is your consolation prize for not getting Captain Nero. Though, I rather enjoyed playing the large-headed alien and like to think it’s as badass as the other creatures in the film. It deserves a little toy version of itself…in my (completely unbiased) opinion.
Anyhoo, I’ve had to temporarily suspend my Sad Sack training because of my excitement over this toy! Though I suspect it will resume by next week.
P.S. The toymakers got my flat chest exactly right! Everyone wonders what gender my toy is!
PROJECT 365: Day 178 - May 15, 2013
Venice, CA
The Music Tapes were leaving town today, so we joined half of the band for a brief stint on the beach. Sylvio the Gorilla felt right at home and considered his options as a beach bum.
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PROJECT 365: Day 177 - May 14, 2013
Los Angeles, CA
I went to Gary Baseman’s house at the Skirball. Little ghosts and melting snowmen were waiting for me around every corner.
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PROJECT 365: Day 176 - May 13, 2013
Los Angeles, CA
Most of my morning and early afternoon were spent in bed. Sadly, the view from my bed is currently this ugly ceiling fan.
My organs decided to cooperate mid-afternoon and I got to see François Ozon’s “In The House”. It’s a bit impossible to say how much I liked it without spoiling it, so please just do yourself a favor and go have a look. The casting is quite superb.
