Hmm.  Anyone have an easy up I might be able to borrow for next weekend?  Free standing kind.  Need one for Pride in San Francisco... 

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Finally found something along the lines of a favorite show, which got cancelled a few years back, called Wonder Showzen.

Wonder Showzen was a spoof on Sesame Street, as if it was made for adults. You know, this show brought to you by the letter... joint. All kinds of crazy bizarre stuff. Where else could you see a puppet supposed to represent mother nature, except really wants to get a sex change, and has the letter Q help her with a home operation, which goes bad, at which point the letter Q discovers he's into necrophilia... Ya, all kinds of wrong.

You can check out episodes of Wonder Showzen here.

Well, this new show called Fur TV is produced by MTV UK.  Has puppets doing all kinds of wrong things, mostly involving societies favorite pastimes, sex and drugs.  You can catch clips of the show here.

I havn't been able to find the entire set of full episodes yet, but I plan to soon.  Might possibly by the DVD, would make for some great background material to show at a club or something.  Although I also need to refind my old copies of Marquis (the story of Marquis told by a French puppet theater) and Meet the Feebles (it's a puppet eat puppet kinda world...  by the director of Lord of the Rings, Peter Jackson).

Also, here's a quick PSA from Fur TV on why to use condoms...

So Bunny Jam has come and gone. I have to say, after 9 years of producing this event, this year was by far the best one so far. It's always a pleasure to collaborate with some of the bay area's most talented artists and party people, and to do something completely unlike every other event around. The venue we used this year was amazing. And the venue owner was by far the most pleasant venue owner/manager I have ever dealt with (although Michael from the Stud was always fun to work with).

It was also by far the most work of any Bunny Jam as well. I personally probably put in about 80 hours of work at the venue itself. And a few other individuals did as well. And why do we do it? None of us make a penny on the event. And after all the expenses, we had a small amount of money left over, which is going to be donated to a couple of charity's in the area. As they said in the movie Groove, "I do it for the nod". The look in the eye of the person who's at the event, and having a life changing experience. Or at least having a good time and enjoying themselves.

And the end result of all this hard work paid off. We had so much going on, so much original art, so many original performances, so much to do, and all the right amazing people. And I saw many a person at the event who looked like they were having the time of their life. That is why I do it.

The only hard part for next year will be how to top this year's event.

And now that Bunny Jam is over, on to the next event.

Have several things coming up. Trying to line up some good summer time DJ gigs. Nightclubs are always fun, and I always seem to have no problem pleasing the nightclub crowds. Underground events are always alot more rewarding though. And it's so much more fun to deal with those crowds. Also enjoy playing at benefit and community events. I'm not in it for the $, and it's so fun to be involved with others who arn't worried about the "bottom line". Daytime events and festivals are always a treat. I'll probably end up at some of the street fairs i've played at before.

I'm also open to new gigs. If anyone has any leads, send them my way. As always, there's samples of mixes up at neonbunny.com. Lots of experience playing cutting edge new techno for the masses.

Other than that, life is good. Spring is here. Summer will be here soon enough. Plenty of opportunities coming up to get outside and go camping or hiking with friends and such.

Really looking forward to this year's jam. Gonna be the biggest and best one so far. This year, we're moving to the new Nimby space. An Oakland warehouse that probably has some of the best connections to the bay area arts community. And with almost unlimited space, we're traded in the over pack crowded floors for more art than we've ever had before. Expect nothing but the best bunny party you've ever been to!

And we are constantly adding new stuff every day! Recently added will be a dj area, with such bunnilicious dj's as Jovino and myself!




Visit the Bunny Jam web site for more info!

How I Spent My Recession

Now that Chicken Little is running the media, and the world has ended, I had a chance to hit the slopes for a little skiing. Good snow, got there right after the first wave of storms hit, which managed to drop over 9 feet of powder in 2 weeks. First day, it was snowing. Second day, blue sky's.

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Saw this posted on someone else's LJ.

Furcon FTW!!!!

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Let's do it like they do on the discovery channel.

Back from the furry convention.  Had a good time, met lots of people, even made a couple new friends *waves a paw at phyre and scooby*

I did manage to run the dances and a few other events.  Everything went well, so far great feedback.  The dances went off like expected.  Although I did have one dj cancel on Sunday, so had to extend the later dj's time slot.  And yup, told him to play happy hardcore since so many people are always screaming for faster stuff.  But then during the dance, everyone cleared the floor and complained it was too fast, and I had to ask him to change it to something slower (which he did very well).  Woops, he's a good dj, I just happened to set him up to fail.  And I feel bad about that.  Not my intention at all.  Other than that, the dances went well.  Alot of people made great comments about the go-go cage.  How can you not have a furry convention without a cage?  And only one panda commented that the paint hadn't curred properly.  But hey Panda, why you gonna go rubbin all up and down on those bars anyways?  Can't you tell it's really plastic?  And it washed off.  I got it all over my own paws when I was carrying the thing.  Which I also brought home.  Expect to see cage dancing at other furry-esque events in the future.

I also had fun running around in various costumes at the con.  I think the only piece I didn't break out was the furry chaps.  But really, it's a furcon.  Hard to run around in just those.  Although I did intend to wear them over a fursuit, it was just to warm to put fur on top of fur.

Oh, and I got to DJ for the dead dog dance.  Which I think has become one of my favorite events.  It's much smaller and personal.  Playing in the main ballroom, even though there's 300 people there, feels empty.  Much more fun to play for a packed room of 30 people.

The boyfriend also has a combo of PCD and Con Crud.  Mixed with who knows what else, he's not a happy cub.  Been sleeping for days.  Me, I'm healthy as can be, having had the nasty 3-week long cold back around the new year.

Now, back to looking for work.  Still slow, but I did manage to get my web site updated.  Last time I rebuilt my site was back during the last recession.  For those who wonder what I do when I'm not running around being all fuzzy, check out my site.  imageotter.com  All I ask is if you find a broken link, or typo, or bad grammar error, let me know.  Post what page it is in the comments here.

Tonight, off to help my friends with a fire gig.  Mid-East Oakland seems to be exploding.  Yet another cool alternative underground venue.  This one, 6 blocks from my house on Foothill.  West Oakland is so 2005.  It's all about this neighborhood now.  Looking forward to checking out the venue, cause I'm all about getting new things started, and that usually always depends on the right venue.

Havn't posted in a while, so thought I'd give a little update on what's been going on.

Work has been slow, so I've been rebuiding my professional web site.  Trying to pick up some new clients for my design business.  Keep hearing from companies (such as Barclays) who say they need someone to help out with a project, we're just trying to get budget approved, oh wait budget not approved, sorry.  Oh well, I have some reserves, so can last a while.  Just unfortunate to watch my retirement portfolio crash, seeing my house loose value, etc, all the things that seem to be making everyone in the country feel broke these days.

Speaking of house prices, ya, my house has lost value.  In fact, everywhere around seems to be a 50%-75% off sale right now.  My cub has taken advantage of the situation, and bought himself a house.  His and his houses.  His house is a block away.  The folks who lived there before were some dirty dirty fuckers.  10 of them living in a 3 bedroom house.  Never cleaned a thing.  Massive roach infestation.  But they took most of the bugs with them when they moved, we've gutted the place, ripped out all the carpets and floors and kitchen cabinets.  Professional exterminator has poisoned everything now that it's empty, and we're in the process of making it all nice and new inside.  Will be a nice place to live in a couple of weeks.  Anyone want to rent out a decent sized house for a great low price in central oakland, not to far away from some burners/homos/furries?

Furry convention this weekend.  Looking forward to it.  Hanging with cool people, running around in costume, drinking lots of beer.  Hopefully lots of new people say hi, love making new friends at these things.

Ok, what else, what else.  Bunny Jam.  Might take a break this year.  See if the others can run it.  Maybe focus on making some new art for it, and a kick ass original music performance.

2 weeks off work.  And this is the week, I'm supposed to bust bust ass and find another contract.  Lots of phone calls, lots of emails...

But alas, I got a nasty cold over xmas weekend that's just been lingering on and on.  And on top of that, it took my voice on Saturday and hasn't given it back yet.

And now I'm afraid to shoot off too many emails, can't make any calls.  What am I gonna do it I get some clients calling me, text them back?

Bleh, might just have another week off work, not by choice.

And being self-employed, there is no sick pay or vacation pay.