Weinermobile !!!!!!!!!!!!

I can't believe the Oscar Mayer Weinermobile isn't gonna be at Fred Meyer!
From Ed's Diner, at the News Tribune's food Blog......
It will be available for viewing at the following Top Food locations and times:

Oct. 19, 5600 Martin Way, Lacey; 9-11 a.m.

Oct. 19, 1313 Cooper Point Road, Olympia; noon-2 p.m.

Oct. 19, 3130 S. 23rd St. Tacoma; 3-5 p.m.

Oct. 20, 201 37th Ave. S.E., Puyallup; 9-11 a.m.

Oct. 20, 1406 Lake Tapps Parkway E., Lake Tapps; noon-2 p.m.

Oct. 20, 1702 Auburn Way N, Auburn; 3-5 p.m.

Oct. 21, 17641 Garden Way N.E., Woodinville; 9-11 a.m.

I quote from the press release:

“Free Oscar Mayer Wiener Whistles, unique because of their four holes, will be distributed at each site.”

The Tacoma Film Fest Awards !!!!!

First off ....I hereby Demand !!! the name of the Tacoma Film Festival awards hereby be changed to........

The Tackies !

You know...like Tac(oma) combined with ies (because that's how things are done)
Come on.....that's really damn funny and I tell you, there's more I Lust Tacoma(tm) humor....coming from me...

no dry middleclasswhitepeoplepleaseeveryone MOR comments from your friend funkoma!

gawl, people, from a swell group of indie film lovers....The Grandies (the name of the award)
is soooooooo boring and um, boring......

ok, the food was boring but the drinks had a lot of alcohol in them.....40 bucks a pop was a damn lot of coin for mediocre food...it's for a great cause (Art I hope)...so I'd call that a wash......

could we please get some hippie food next time.....

like something fresh, healthy and at least one seriously vegan entree?????

On to the AWARDS !!!!!

Best Feature Film: Rain in the Mountains

Since I spent my Evergreen career in the Longhouse, I am so sorry I missed this one...was on my list but something came up..Good News....it's playing in the Olympia Film Fest.....get your pot and doritos...now ! (Hi Elizabeth !)

Best Local Film: GPS: The Movie

I absolutely refused to see this mash of sickening violence. Since when is kidnapping women really a good idea for a plot device .....Super YUKK...

Best Short Film: Full Disclosure

I reviewed this and I still liked it... a lot. The fest folks in charge of cutting up the films for a Look See at the awards really messed up by ....Wait for it !...showing the end.....and these are movie people?

Best Documentary: Spitfire 944

Another one I'm sorry I missed.....thanks to great editing and a very charming WWII pilot, it was adorable. Since I grew up near the Yountville Veterans Home , you can bet I am always interested in how the vets are faring .....

Audience Choice Award: My Left Hand

Sappy subject, and so tragic, I'm glad it was made and glad it won an award.

**************Just a reminder **************
everyone please write-in your vote for Marty Campbell........
He's not Soupy, He's Smarty..........
He'd a won if I was his slogan writer......I tell you......

More Film Fest...More Martinis

More Tacoma Film Fest
I wait for this all year now....how nice of them to choose the time of Tressie Fest !

Tuesday Shorts, a series of 3 short films:
Ray Hill's Prison Show
(Documentary, 58 min, directed by Brian Huberman)

I have studied labor law, capitalism, civil rights, restorative and reconcilliation justice, reparations, mediation, and family law, and, the dichotomy between the modern rise of (narcissistic) feminism and the simultaneous fetishisation and destruction of childhood, so this film was the one I was waiting for ! To say it is transformative, is really an understatement. As Ray and I said, There's only one fight. Do you know what it is?

Lunatic Farmer

(Documentary, 16 min, directed by Chris Warner)

Here's another one I liked a lot......it was a bit uneven....more like a family film, unedited, but it sure got its point across.........You Are what you eat, people ! not eat --> people, but eat cleanly. Since I was the first organic farmer in Washington to sell heirloom vegetables and tomatoes as both plants and produce, it was nice to see my flower child philosophy finally becoming mainstream. This is one Co-opting I don't mind!

For All the Marbles

(Children's Adventure, 12 min, directed by Kris Booth)

Awwww, when kids were kids......authentic, playful and cruel. No video games, no technology, just dirt and steel and glass........Some young'ens may have no clue what Red Rover is .....or Green Light, Red Light....having never left the couch except to grab some more Doritos and Coke. At the end I was not surprised to see it was not an American film.

And, another observation: At the October 9th films, I noticed much more diversity in the age group in attendance and in the fashion choices........as you may imagine, I don't take fashion lightly.....

I don't mean The Vogue Magazine Runway fashion.......I mean what we wear everyday.......how I see it....and I'll do a whole big blog post on this subject.........Clothes make a very powerful statement.....artistic or not.....utilitarian or not......Just like You are what you eat, you are what you wear.......

Since I bounce back and forth between art and law, design and advocacy, depending on the venue and circumstance when you may meet me, or read me, you could form a half-informed idea of me.....

only a few people know the Whole me.....which is really a very true statement for most people on the planet........I honor dignity and creativity ........and that is what both sides of my interests in life have in common........there is no dignity in a prostitute's costume and no creativity in institutional Standard Operating Procedure.......

Since it's all about Me ...

When I was at the film fest the other night...I noticed a few things.......
and I merely described the facts, as they appeared to me..........
and I placed no value judgment on that "polar fleece-uniform"...
many folks in a demographic do the same thing as anonymous pointed out...
(see the comment below)
scenesters have their "look" also...It just struck me that so many people in attendance at that showing of films were nearly dressed all alike, and when I went to JoAnn fabric the next day, I saw the same thing.....I've said it before...I'll say it again....I like to watch.....and I'm watching You!

Dinner Out, Drinking In......

So where have I been? Busy busy busy !
Out to dinner the other night with murph and amber...at
The Silver Dollar (funky bad sports bar decor, but amazing food)
on South Tacoma Way...we used our Entertainment Coupons !
Half off.......played pool.....I so suck ...doesn't matter.
Hey big Halloween party.....
Then drinks and pizza at Alfreds....fun fun fun....munched on that pizza for days.

Then.....out last night to Tacoma Film Fest
for funny films....technical difficulties.....but we saw:

7:50 p.m. School of Arts
Funny Shorts - Eight comedies shown in sequence
The Last Laugh
(Comedy, 6 min, Directed by Gregory Mazzotta)
Too cute ! A chuckie-type plot.

Moviebonics
(Comedy, 8 min, Directed by Donald P. Unverrich & Lance Miller)
I liked this one...I sound like these people waaaaay toooo much

The Phone Call
(Drama, 8 min, Directed by Matt Johnson)
Filmmakers in attendance.
I really liked this one ...Amateur DIY, and quite clever ..I loved the goofiness and just simple funniness of it ...adorably cute star!

What's the Scenario?
(Documentary/Comedy, 3 min, Directed by Terese Cuff)
Filmmakers in attendance.
Cute concept. Fresh ! Why do people think precocious kids on sugar and adrenaline are cute? Anyone can have sex, people.

Full Disclosure
(Comedy, 18 min, Directed by Douglas Horn)
Filmmakers in attendance.
Very breezy and clever also...witty reparte ! But it is boring to see a beautiful woman paired with a schlub. I know it's like in real life , but so cliche.

Tile M for Murder
(Drama/Comedy, 9 min, Directed by Kyle Seago)
I'm so sick of the Seagos. And why do yuppies all wear the Uniform? Casual hair, polarfleece, Nikes or a Birkenstock/Born clone shoe, and Mom Jeans ??

Soup Ladle
(Comedy, 11 min, Directed by Cayman Grant)
Great treatment of an old joke for a plot.

The Frank Anderson
(Comedy, 13 min, Directed by Dave Perkal)
Ikky. Perky. Goofy. Great special effects.

Oh By The Way ! My new ART !

I placed a call to the Universe asking for artists to slap my wall Happy, and they did! Now, I have new neighbors ! Friesenburger will open soon in Kenny's Teriyaki up here in the District Of No-Warhol-Art* Dome (DONWAD), or the Dome District (DODI)
for you flatlanders... So the lovely lower parking lot wall will be painted over by the new neighbors...fair enough!

This is painted up high, the graffiti art is brought to you by:
TAM ! (not tacoma art museum) Tam is an artist and swell fella who asked if he could paint my bldg. Yes !!
I would like to encourage all my neighbors up here in DONWAD* to encourage Art On The Wall.....Come On ! All the Cool Kids are doing it !!
Some of my neighbors: Katy's Antiques ! Welcome! Tacoma Book Center. Crystal Voyage. Hurley Engineering & Heating Co. Alfred's Cafe and Bar. Best Western....and so many more....you know who you are !
*when the City of TTown was soliciting art for the dome, Warhol submitted a design of a Large Daisy to be painted on the dome.....the city Did Not choose wisely, and I am still bitter !

So Darn Cute ...Me Likey

I spend waaaaay too much time watching other people....not like that....gutter-brain...
Like this:
http://www.painfullyhip.com/2007/09/11/bear-with-us/
This link will take you to two, yes, two mints in One...Me Likey them. Go See For Yourself. The blog of The Painfully Hip.....
mmm, hope it doesn't hurt tooo much being hip...
What is Hip? I am proudly not hip.....I am cool. Big difference.