All posts by Mike

Cyberpunk

He's a cyberpunk
listening to his cyberfunk,
with his interface
surfing the netwaves.
Looking for the netgirl
in a digital world
made of pixels
which he mixes
into his electro-drink
at Bar Cyberspace
in this cyberplace.

Audition

Audition

How deep
does love run?

Daughters
taxi
at airports
for
daddies.

I wonder,
about
French cool
and photo-chopped
shoots.

I audit
not to attend them.

Though...
maybe I should find out.

Tears
on shoulders down
motherless fathers
for the sons whose 
dad's were
bagged.

Audition (1999) is a film directed by Takashi Miike.

Scouting and Itinerary for next 2 Weeks

Here is the itinerary for the next two weekends. If you are interested in doing either of these activities, get in contact with me.

  • Saturday 14th: Prop Construction
  • Saturday 21st: Prop Construction

This Saturday Megan and I scouted for locations. On our excursions we came across Bowman’s Hill Wildflower Preserve where we saw this impressive looking gristmill.

Thompson-Neely Gristmill

The mill turned out to be the Thompson-Neely Gristmill, which is actually apart of the Washington Crossing Historic Park right across the street.

In the coming week I’ll contact with the people at Washington Crossing and cross my fingers that they let me film there. Even in the event that they say “no” – I plan to go back. Other interesting structures in the area include Bowman’s Hill Tower.


The photo of the Thompson-Neely Gristmill comes courtesy of Megan Register who also has a very nice photo of sheep from Washington Crossing Historic Park on her website.

Unofficial Crew Call

This is an unofficial crew call for readers of Protozoic who would like to be involved in the shooting of Ameviathan: The Green Machine. Over the next couple weeks, and very possibly more if I quit teaching, I’ll be involved in a number of activities ranging from scouting locations (this weekend for example the ever-beautiful Megan will be aiding me scout) to painting boxes. Of course, I can’t pay you money, but I can promise you things like credit where credit is a due, food, shelter, good times and the spinning of Blue Oyster Cult tunes. Who knows – it may even look good on your resume’.

So if you think you would be interested – contact me. Chances are if you are reading this then you know me personally, but if you don’t – all you have to do is drop me an email here at the site and I’ll give you more details of how you can be involved.

In another life, I was a dog

Barking senseless.
Falling in love
everyday
all over again.

There I bit a pound
out of Eliot's 
cats.
I didn't have a reason really, 
other than they annoyed the shit out of me.

I barked at Sylvia too,
to get her head out of the oven.
She died.
The holidays were black that year.

And Emily.
I guess I was her dog.
Running down by the sea.
Barking.
Incoherently.

Ant Farm

What would you like for Christmas? How about an Ant Farm!

Fire ants

Ant Farm was written, shot, and edited over two days. Besides drawing on Dick’s discussion of his ant farm (also see Ant Redux, Rodent Bot Fly), it owes special debt to Dick’s discussion of torches in Forest Walks: 1, 2, and 3, and Dragon’s post, The Better TP Lantern. And by the way – Protozoic does NOT endorse or recommend anyone making a TP lantern as it is very dangerous.

In terms of movie-making, we’ve attempted to properly light the indoor shots. This was done with two fluorescent lights bought from Lowes for a total of 30 dollars. Considering the cost, we were pretty happy with the result.

We hope you enjoy Ant Farm and have a happy holiday.