Poor Tin Man

Ebsen was originally cast as the "Tin Man" in the 1939 classic The Wizard of Oz. He recorded all his songs, went through all the rehearsals, and started filming with the rest of the cast. He was rushed to the hospital nine days after filming began, when his lungs seized after a week of inhaling aluminum dust from the dangerously experimental "tin" makeup.

While Ebsen was in the hospital for two weeks, recovering from a near-fatal allergic reaction to the dust, he was replaced by Jack Haley. Haley didn't run the same risk, as the makeup was changed in the meantime from a dust to a paste... MGM did not publicize the reasons for Ebsen leaving the film, and even Haley wasn't made aware of why Ebsen left until later; in an interview videotaped before his death, Ebsen recalled that the studio heads didn't believe he was sick until someone tried to order Ebsen back to the set and was intercepted by an angry nurse. No footage of Ebsen as the Tin Man has to date surfaced. - From Wikipedia "Buddy Ebsen"

P.S. - "I'm telling you, Dark Side of the Moon totally synchs up with the Wizard of Oz!"

Reminiscent

Sometimes the most important things are the hardest to write about.

Willard Wigan

Wow! These are amazing!! Thanks for the link Gretchen!

Ben Takes A Photo Of Himself Everyday

http://jessenovak.com/

This is soo good! I keep noticing new things each time I watch it. You really have to go frame by frame, and watch the background and everything going on.

More Smash

I uploaded a few more high speed photos from a few weeks ago.

104 Photos From Friday Night

...:: 104 Photos From Friday Night ::...

The Script

Another Weekend

Friday
- In bed until 4 with a bad hang over, how did this happen?
- Cleaned the apartment for the party tonight.
- What Party? Perhaps next time we should remember to invite people.
- But Jason came, and Katie of course.
- BBQ
- And Jenn came too!
- Everyone went to bed so early! Lame

Saturday
- Listened to some vinyl with Jenn after everyone else went to bed.
- Goodbye to Jenn
- AIM till 5:30, good conversation.
- Egg and cheese sandwich
- Good morning Jason. Good Bye Jason.
- Sleep..........
- Mom called at 2. Go outside!
- Out for a walk.
- Called Mr Rob Bailey, It's for a movie, left a message.
- Photos of fissures on the tennis court.
- It's Rob!
- Back to my apt to begin the DocuMockuMobius Strip....I'll explain later.
- Coventry Pizza...because Nick told us NOT to come.
- Brookfield CT to see Billy B! Haven't seen you in years Billy, years!
- Billy's demoing Karaoke machines at the local Costco.
- Explained the movie to Billy.
- We should go to Manhattan.
- That's a crazy idea....you realize we have to do it now...It's for a movie.

Sunday
- Rob went to University...Billy only got a list of phone numbers.
- $4.50 x 2 on the Triborough Bridge...cuz we missed our exit.
- NY Driving isn't so bad....AHHH!........AHHH!
- NY Parking...try that street....no..hmm.
- The pedestrian really made the extra effort to flick us off.
- Rob + Parallel parking = "nope, just a few smudges, nothing serious"
- Up to Billy's Apt to meet his roommates.
- Erik has an audition tomorrow.
- Rob improvs a scene with him, and gives him some pointers...Rob went to University.
- 3am Philosophy on Manhattan Rooftop.
- More pointers for the character.
- It's 3:30am I'm out of film...we better go...Really great meeting all of you!
- Are we going the right way? It say's New Jersey....Naw, we're fine.
- Back to Brookfield....Back to Hampton
- Dump the files, and some final remarks.
- It's 8:30am....I'm going to SLEEEEP........
- Mom called at 1:00. Me:"Guess where I ended up last night" Mom:"Oh no, Jail?"
- Rolled outta bed around 2:30 ... food
- Called Gretchen back...hmmm...I better leave like, 20 min ago.
- It's 1:05 away, I'll be there in 0:50.....0:45 later...
- Crown Palace Theatre for "The Departed" just in time.
- Back to Hampton - on the way: look at that moon!
- a little work, some AIM convos.
- Watching footage with Mike.
(Monday)
- "Rob, we're filming the movie, we'll meet you at Walmart"
- Walmart sucks
- Your Store? no...Your Store
- Loitering.....it's for a movie.
- Dawn means bed time lately.

Senior Project 10-9

More Images

This week I tried to be spontaneous, exploratory, and playful. I went for a walk and discovered some cracks in a tennis court. These fascinated me and many of my images this week go off on that tangent. I liked the idea that the ground is in a way flowing, moving and fracturing. I also continued playing with lenses.

One thing we discussed in our meeting was the idea of limiting myself to a small, seemingly uninteresting location, and searching for things that are interesting and overlooked. I met a kid the other night who said, "Reality is boring, that's why I take drugs", and it stuck with me because I thought, "How can anyone find reality to be boring". I think they haven't really looked around them. Perhaps by limiting myself to a confined space, I can prove that there is always something of interest. I think these thoughts were in the back of my mind when I did the time lapse of my kitchen trying to show the complex movement and interactions at play.

Weekend

Friday
- Paint Crew at 10am. Just a few touch-ups
- Spanish Quiz at 11am. Think I did ok.
- Picked up Dusty and it was off to Northwood to do the second coat.
- Lunch with Dusty.
- Radio Shack doesn't have transistors! WHAT!
- Walmart doesn't have pellet Guns! WHAT!
- Wandered around Walmart shooting photos of gross consumerism.
- Tried to build improvised flash delay circuit with Paul - failed.
- Desperately and without direction shooting photos for senior project.
- Went for a walk to shoot photos, ended up collecting leaves.
- Troubleshooting on Batch #8 and #10
- Late night run to Mom's with Mike to get my peppers, then Big Y to get some more.
- Made 2.5 Gallons of Salsa. Mmmm Spicy!

Saturday
- Up till 4am canning Salsa.
- Awake around Noon.
- Read bits of "Emergence" in bed until Chris called.
- Bacon Egg and Cheese. Breakfast - a rarity.
- Chris and Sara Stopped by for a bit.
- Brewed batch #11 - Honey Brown.
- Frozen Pizza and Family Guy with Paul
- Started setting up camera rig for high speed photo shoot.

Sunday
- Midnight run to the evil Walmart for a back drop and stuff to smash.
- Frozen Pizza and documentary with Mike.
- Honey Brown foamed over just like the Porter. Gave it a ballon and let it settle itself down.
- Up till 7am setting up photo rig. Smashed 2 wine glasses as the sun rose.
- Woke up at 2:30, boo! Daylight wasted!
- Bacon Egg and Cheese.
- Overcast and drizzly outside, boo again!
- Chased Turkeys around the yard while Shiva watched.
- Photos outside, not a sunny day, but it had a certain charm.
- Went for a walk and Shiva followed.
- Popped 2 balloons, smashed 2 wine glasses and a tequila bottle.
(monday)
- Cleaned up the mess.
- Blog Posts when I have more important things to be doing.

Shiva is a Dog

Today I decided to go for a walk. After a short distance I noticed that Shiva was following me down the road. I kept walking for a while, expecting her to head back home any minute. But she just kept trotting along behind me, weaving from one side of the road to the other sniffing things. I was afraid she would get hit by a car, so I turned around and started walking back. I looked over my sholder to see if she was following and sure enough, she went speeding by me, and then looked back to see if I was comming. That cat loves to run...I saw her take off after a squirrel the other day! She's seriously a dog stuck in a cat's body.

Smash!