Mr Smiths Plastic Hideaway

Tuesday, September 11, 2012

11 years ago today...

I was sick that morning- I remember being violently ill- had thrown up and was still nauseous when we heard the news about the towers- at the time, I thought it was a psychic flash a la Obi Wan Kenobi of all the lives snuffed at once- A great disturbance in the Force. In retrospect, I probably just ate some bad Midichlorians

I'd like to say all of those lives were snuffed out by a thoughtless act, but I think we all know the act was very well thought out, an act of evil, conceived by evil minds.

I wanted to share this, from the West Wing Episode "Isaac and Ishmael"

League Assignment : Star of the show!

I'm taking up the challenge from the League for this week, (Television executives have determined that you lead an amazing life and have pegged you as the next big reality TV star. What’s the name and the premise of your show?). To be My reality show, it has to reflect my preferred reality.

Introducing Badgers Plastic Bubble: Real Life in an Unreal World. it would feature me, a blog writer and artist, trying to make sense of those around me and the situations I find myself in by utilizing the sage advice of my Birds and My Plastic Toys- who speak in voices no one else on the show can hear...; Some Examples of good voices would be:

Blue, the Blue Male Budgie would speak in a very mellow, adjusted voice. someone you want to follow the advice of, particularly about carpets and decorating
Charlie, the Mauve Female Budgie is a lot more no nonsense. she takes no crap from anyone
Wallace, the Red-Rumped Parakeet- He's a little gloomy, and his voice would reflect that
Tango, the Yellow-Sided Conure- someone sweet seeming yet somehow insidious
Aldo, The Tuquoise Rumped Parrotlet- in my mind, she has an accent, and it's a new york one
Random Passing birds I meet- well, heck, guest stars...! A raven with the voice of Sean Connery
Optimus Prime and Ironhide toys- I can see only one voice here.... he gives the best advice, and he gives it in aphorisms. If voice actor cost is an issue, maybe we go for this man instead.
Guest stars- as long as they have had an action figure made of them, and I have that action figure...

Whe the show airs on AETV in a half hour timeslot between MeTV and Monster Cafe, with the exciting Penny Hunter later on, this surefire hit gets tweeted like crazy, inspiring a CBS sitcom- "$#*! my Bird Says". The audience can wonder if I'm actually mentally disturbed or if the voices in my head are real! The truth of course lies somewhere in the middle

Someone messed with my swing- I think they were nihilists
Man, that swing really brought the cage together

So how about we go get some pizza- can we do that? I think that's a great idea

Monday, September 10, 2012

Deep in My Parents Garage...

     An Ancient N scale train set-mine from years ago- I had to haul it back across town in the back seat of the civic because the box was too big for the trunk. this monstrosity is mounted on a 3-d Styrofoam landscape and the track loops over and bridges across itself.

     this is part of the "clean your darn stuff out of mom and dad's garage" project. I need to inventory it, and make some calls, see if anyone is interested in it. I know that I am unlikely to currently try to set up a model train set unless part of it transforms...

     Who knows what other treasures await in the garage tho? possibly even the other half of my G1 transformers collection, long thought lost...

     A guy can dream