My other cat talks too

Here's a trial animation of one of my cats using Crazy Talk 6 and the sample voices included.



It's a fun distraction.

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Dragon 10 and Celtx

Bought Dragon 10 Essentials this week. This voice recognition program works well with my Celtx scriptwriting software.
I am hoping that I can write with my eyes closed, just imagining the story as it unfolds and then I can correct and format it later.

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Swayzak and Isolee

I like techno.
And I just found Swayzak on youtube.
I like techno because the songs are long. None of this three-minute stuff. It's the real deal. Some songs are 5 minutes and some are close to 10 minutes.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIShsZxbc3Y&feature=related

Another group I've just heard was Isolee.

Cool.

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Hilah Cooking

Heard about a web cooking show put together by a deadCenter Film Festival filmmaker.
Chris Sharpe was on one of the panels this weekend. They all had good advice.

http://hilahcooking.com/

She is so funny.

Here is Chris' link
http://christophersharpe.com/

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kickstarter.com

Funding creativity? What a concept!

Here is a website used to gather funds from strangers to back specific projects.

http://www.kickstarter.com/

Here's a link to the Edmond Sun article about the film festival and me.

http://www.edmondsun.com/local/x1358981852/Locals-spice-up-film-festival


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Dreams

Had a DREAM about a friend we haven't seen or heard from in a couple of years. He and his wife just disappeared from our lives. (We imagined the worst.)

But I had this DREAM where the guy was at a store shopping. But he was just far enough away I couldn't get his attention.

THEN the next day I ACTUALLY bumped into him at Wal-Mart. And we talked and I got their new phone numbers. ( They moved across the metro to another city.)

We'll all get together to go see a movie sometime soon.

Because of the dream he was on my mind. And there he is. So how cool is that?

I like dreams. I like the imagery of dreams. Most of the things I dream about don't come to pass. Just wishful thinking on my subconsciousness.

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Writing Life

This month I chose to write.

Last month I finished two animation shorts and one 3-minute short script.

"Doomsday Catch Phrase" is a 2-minute animation I've entered in the 10th Anniversary deadCenter Film Festival. (Haven't heard yet if I'm in.)

"Missing" is a 1-minute animation I entered in a deadCenter X-games contest for their April Showers contest. (I did win a pass the the 10th Anniversary Film Festival in June!)

The 3-minute script was for a Scripped.com contest. The idea was to write as if "found footage" from a video camera showed up from an Unknown Sender. (Haven't heard from them yet.)

So I'm writing for another contest on Scripped.com.

It's just the first 15 pages of a script. The idea is for "a comedy-drama about a middle-aged father who falls for his son's 20-something girlfriend."

I've chosen to emphasize the comedy aspect. Otherwise it might tend toward an "American Beauty" type story.

This contest ends on Friday.

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