To say that monkeys fling poo would be an understatement...

http://img-nex.theonering.net/kong/movies/day14-480x270-mpeg4.mov

The folks at Weta. Hard at work. Making animal poop for PJ's King Kong. XD I know it's immature to start giggling about all this... but when I see a professional director directing the camera saying, "Let's get a close up of the poo" I just lose it XD

I'm at the point of being so weird, it's normal

So the assignment for Advanced Rendering today is to design a character with one of your most interesting quirks. Since I had just finished talking to Josie over Halloween costumes (Jem and the Holograms, anyone want to join in? *pokes Lynleigh and Angela* XD) I thought it would be fun to design a character who cosplays... and make them really really weird. But I was having trouble coming up with the even more weirdness so I asked the class to help me out.

"Why do you do all this?"
I like to sew and I like the character. I need to give it up though, I have no time for the level of detail and attention I want to put into it! Plus, it's expensive.

"Nooo, don't give it up, it would make me sad if you gave it up!"
Yeah, I'd be sad too... but I just can't seem to give it up because it's a lot of fun to do =X

"Hey, if you could, would you wear a costume everyday?"
O_O; NO!!!

"Okay, now we're getting somewhere, why? I mean, if I had like 365 costumes, I'd wear one everyday!!!"
I don't have 365 costumes for one thing. Second thing, my costumes are made out of expensive materials and dry cleaning and laundry is already a pain as it is!! They're not easy to get into either, there's wigs, make-up, tights, taping up your feet, etc. that goes into putting a costume on. That would take time that I don't have, thanks to this school. Besides, oil painting in SATIN?? NO. There's a time and a place for everything and dressing up in costumes only happen for conventions where I can control the environment that my costumes are in.

"You know Jean, you're stuck inside a box right now."
I am?

"You're too attachted to your logistics of your hobby so you can't really be weird about it. You just can't see that what you do is weird."
I know that what I do is weird and my way of life isn't normal for people, but it's normal for me so I can rationalize it.

"See? Exactly. There's gotta be more than just liking the character, or liking sew."
Oookay... I can't think of any... x_x;

What do you guys think?