i unfortunately havent been doing a whole lot of work on my props.. as i seem to have so many obstacles in the way.. first is a hectic work schedule.. which im sure many people are very familiar with so i need no explaining there.. second.. im just at this certain stopping point.. the 2 major props i have left to finish at this point.. i need to paint outside.. it has been very rainy here lately or my schedule just hasnt permitted.. and i would paint in the basement.. however i have so many things that i have made or stashed..all over the place..so there isnt really a whole lot of room left.. its really one big vicious circle because i have a shed waiting to be built..but i have to build a platform before it can go up..which brings me right back to the whole problem to begin with.. BAD WEATHER.. uuggghhh..

i really thought getting all my work done over the winter would be a good thing so i could relax when the summer months came around.. but i was wrong.. it has left me pacing looking for something to do.. haha.. i just keep trying to take care of all the detail work.. although i tend to organize and clean up when i have nothing really to do.. (OCD) haha.. tonight i got the great task of ripping out 21 feet of seam that i had sewn in.. 3 drops were all sewn together but i now need them in 3 seperate pieces due to a change of plans..

over the course of the next 2 weeks.. i will be setting up and then tearing down stages and booths and such for our local annual arts festival.. its part of the stagehand work and one of the reasons why i love that job so much is that.. certain gigs i come home with a lot of free stuff.. haha.. not only do i take things people will just throw away.. i get free lunch..a nice paycheck.. and above all.. inspiration and ideas.. im excited..

ill keep everyone posted on whatevers happening..as always.. haha.. and i try not to take my unproductiveness to heart.. it will all come into place im sure..

oh.. and i found this fabulous book while working at the store the other day..its called Scared! How to Draw Fantastic Horror Comic Characters.. by stever miller and bryan baough.. ISBN# 0823016641.. i had to have it.. the characters are great..and it gives you a basic sketch..which i thought is great because it is a good guide to posture and body position while making bodies.. be it chicken wire or whatever technique.. check it out.. you can find the book at bn.com.. just throw in the ISBN#.. it will pop right up..

ok im off.. again.. another long one.. haha..  i feel like i should thank you all for your time..

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i will be attending HF in august in maryland..  im just checking a little early to see if anyone else on hauntspace had decided to go.. ??

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just got back into town from working on the road.. ill have some pics to post in a blog soon as soon as i get some time.. (my best friend had emergency back surgery today so ive spent most of my time with her in the hospital)

just bought myself an outdoor shed.. it was very much needed because my halloween props are just stacking on up in the basement.. im very organized and need space so its been driving me crazy.. im just not looking forward to building a platform and putting the crappy thing together..

and last but not least.. i just purchased my august HORRORFIND tickets.. im soo excited.. ill be working for bruce springsteen on my birthday (july 31).. so horrorfind is going to be my birthday celebration..i couldnt think of any better way to spend it..

hopefully if things go well.. ill be getting some more prop work done this weekend.. ive been fighting a cold.. working at the book store.. and hangin out in the hospital so it hasnt left me any time at all to take care of things.. im around though.. ill talk to you all soon...

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well.. im off again.. this time headed to outside NYC to giants stadium to work another show.. ill be there for about a week which means i wont be on HS for about a week.. i may be able to hop on once or twice but im going to be working such long hours im not going to have much time to do anything..

so far.. my theory i had in early winter is working..  to get a good start on projects so that when the summer came around.. i wasnt stressing about getting things done.. i have a few somewhat large projects left to finish.. but for the past 2 weeks or so.. for the most part ive taken care of all the little detail work that needed done.. thats one reason i havent really had any pics to post..

the good thing about going is that ill have lots of pics to look at in the gallery when i get back.. it will keep me occupied while im in my sleep deprived vegetative state that im always in when i try to make the transition back into homelife.. you become so involved with working up to 18 hour days and then a 30 straight hour shift to end it all.. your body just begins to think that it really doesnt need sleep to exist.. thats where i get some of my ideas from.. hehe.. (i have a great forklift murder scene brewing in my head)

anyways.. looking forward to coming back already.. cant wait to see all the progress of work.. and to be able to keep working on all the evil things in my basement..

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year after year i find myself saying about really hitting up the yard sales that are around the area.. and i never really get to it besides a random one here and there.. well.. this weekend.. i spent more time out scouring than i have in my whole lifetime.. and luck has been on my side..

i did behave.. there are many things i said no to although i had a picture plain as day in my head of what i would do with it.. unfortunately i have to be very cautious with what i drag home..because although i have a huge van to haul it.. i dont always necessarily have a place to put it.. i know im not alone there.. haha..

it all worked out though.. i didnt spend much money.. i found some small odds and ends to use as props.. and some old crappy flannel shirts ..blah blah blah.. but somehow i managed to hit the jackpot.. and all for free..

check out the gallery if you havent already seen the pics.. this weekend really helped get me up one more step for halloween 2008

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well.. its been a little over a month of working on my kiddos.. it would have been sooner had that silly thing called work not have gotten in the way.. haha.. anyways.. they are finially complete.. except for some hair on them but that can wait until later when i can get some cheap wigs to cut up or find any other kind of hair.. im pretty happy with them i guess.. it was all around a learning experience since it was my first time working with chicken wire and pvc.. and that dreaded spray foam.. haha.. i have many hours into these kids so i hope they do the trick when it comes time to put them to use.. there is one problem though.. as of right now their names are Blue, Red, and Purple..  Red is a boy and the other 2 are girls.. im looking for names to give them so they feel a little more at home.. any suggestions?
if you havent seen the pics.. check out the gallery.. im truly excited now that we are one big happy family..

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ive been out of the state working for the past almost 2 weeks and havent had much access to a computer.. is it too late for me to put in an order for a t shirt? i thought i saw something about it on here before but im not sure where i saw it..some info would be greatly appreciated.. hopefully i can still get one.. if not.. well that sucks for me to have an on the road with no computer job.. haha..

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so ive been in pittsburgh since monday..and although its been great since i got to work.. hang with old friends..and see the BODIES exhibition.. for the first time ever i didnt bring any projects with me to work on.. so needless to say.. ive been browsing all over the net for the past 9 hours (seriously).. i dont know i havent gone crazy yet.. but here its really not that strange since the friend we are staying with literally has 4 computers surrounding him and the person i came with is totally occupied playing world of warcraft for hours on end (hehe..im not one of those guys).. anyways.. in all of my searching.. i found on the hauntprojects page a link.. if you check out zombietronix.com.. under calculators click on biped.. if you put in any specific height.. it calculates the exact length of every bone on the body that you would need to build a body.. presumably out of pvc.. i just found it helpful.. not that its too hard to just eyeball it.. but thought it was a neat link to share.. ive built 3 chicken wire and pvc children and will next be working on a few adult sized bodies..

until next time..may all your days be filled with horrible images and horrifying circumstances..

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so i got a call to go work for alicia keys in pittsburgh on tuesday.. so i figured.. well.. i have a few days off so ill not only get an opportunity to  work and see friends.. but also do something ive wanted to do for years.. im gonna see BODIES.. and i am SUPER excited for it.. it all works out because i planned on seeing it when i go back to pittsburgh for a show on May 10th.. only to find out thats it leaving May 1st.. im so excited its ridiculous that timing actually played well on my side.. ill try to get pics but im not sure if thats able to happen.. i have a guilty conscience when it comes to being respectful..
ive spent my weekend getting almost all of the corpsing done for my chicken wire children.. assembing them and working on the details is all i have left and ill do that when i get back into town.. give it a few weeks and the full thing will be up and ready for showing..haha..
ill be back into town on wednesday and although i wont be able to get much physical work done with my props.. i will be working for the circus thursday thru sunday.. its the big circus too with all the animals and bello the clown.. and i have been looking forward to it for months because i am doing a clown room in my haunted house this year.. so im looking forward to the fact that im sure that sometime in the 7 shows in 4 days.. im going to be inspired and come up with some amazing ideas for my room..
i complain a lot about the crappy aspects of my job.. but i guess when it comes down to it.. i get to see and do things a lot of people dont.. every day is a different day and it helps with creativity when you are surrounded literally with thousands of other peoples ideas.. my occupation suits me.. i cant be stuck in one room for 40 hours a week..  i refuse to close my eyes to all the things that there are to see..
oops.. i made this super long again..  where is my mind? haha..
may you all have disturbing dreams and unpleasant thoughts..

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