Bonzuko

In case you haven’t noticed, lovely lurkers, ever since we migrated from Blogger to WordPress, we have been having difficulty embedding videos into our posts, but instead have resorted to linking everything. Well, looky what happens when you send Jenn along fer some book-larnin’! Tech problem solved! A year later!

Very thought-provoking post on fellow stage combat blogger’s site Them’s Fightin’ Words re: Amateur Video. I had to post a comment to it–this is something I’ll be learning more about this summer too, as I a) teach an advanced stage combat class, and b) take a teacher-training course on technological tools for teaching in the 21st century.

What I honed in on is the old adage that live theatre just doesn’t film well. And it doesn’t. But does that mean we shouldn’t? And if we then edit and publish it online (even if only on facebook), is it really promoting our talents and spreading the awesomeness of what we do, or is it making us all into the Star Wars kid because of shoddy video quality? And is there a happy medium that won’t cost us all our first-born?

Chime in, lovely lurkers–what are your thoughts?

Have nice healthy thoughts about our bird tonight, lovely lurkers. Hee needs good vibes.

Jas and Monaco when he was a new birdie

Thanks to stellar blog Boing-Boing for posting about and linking to this article about the

Maestro Dale Girard back in the day

 neuroscience of the Hollywood Western quickdraw. My conclusion? It’s a question of speed vs. accuracy. The second to draw may have a chance to make a more accurate shot than the first, quickest, shot. Other variables include: gun quality, age, and type; duellists’ skill and state of being…there are probably more.   ~Jenn

Two grammar-related jokes that made me laugh aloud recently. One is here, the other is the image.  Thanks, Boing-boing!   ~Jenn

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Above is a video of the rough draft version of the 5-person unarmed fight that the Club kids were working on last week. Though the camera angles are not all ideal, and it’s the first day they worked on it, give feedback here if you’d like to see more of something, have a suggestion for a change, or anything else constructive that you can think of. Once it gets really awesome, we’ll probably bring it to the Fringe Festival this summer, so help make it awesome with your comments.   ~Jenn

The ultimate of nerdy conundrums was (sort of) answered recently at the Star Trek Convention–found this post through stellar blog i09. Of course, the question is: who would win in a fight, Captain Kirk or Captain Picard? The article reports that, though both Stewart and Shatner were there at the con, no fighting tests actually ensued. In fact, it was decided that:

“…no captains of the same fleet would ever, EVER, fight one another. In the world of Star Trek, according to sources, Captain Picard and Captain Kirk aren’t competitors, and no such competition should be encouraged.”

Darn.    ~Jenn

*Check this brilliant music video for the title of this post. Weird Al is a genius!

I want to make sure any of you lovely lurkers who read my “Holmes Action” post go back to it and read the comments that have been added. Two people who really know what they’re talking about have written wonderful enlightening corrections for me, and I deeply appreciate it.  Thanks again, Mr. Inouye and Mr. Wolf! I’m off to read their recommended articles on the topic of “bartitsu” and am psyched to learn more about it. Thanks yet again, gentlemen!   ~Jenn

I love this. ~Jenn
http://www.boingboing.net/2009/05/18/seek-the-gnarl.html