Pandaland

Channing and I made a quick video in honor of my niece's first birthday. Here it is:



We did it in one take because we didn't have time to let the camera battery charge enough to do more than that. Luckily it turned out fine.

This song is somewhat typical of my songwriting style in that I just wrote new lyrics for a pre-existing song. I like this better than the sandman version, but maybe that's because I like pandas. And because I always hated that sandman song.

I've always wanted to make children's television. For a long time I wanted to be a muppeteer. So having a niece is really great because it gives me an excuse to make kid-type stuff and have an audience for it. This is the first thing I've made her, since she doesn't really understand tv yet, but I hope to record many more stupid songs for her in the future.

crossin' the words

Hey, so I have no time to do anything! Like finish my movie which is almost finished. Boohoohoohoo. I am taking four classes. In grad school! This is a lot of work, but it's okay. I'm trying to graduate as quickly as possible so I don't have to go to school anymore. But, even as I type I should instead be reading some reading about reading for my class about books.

I did have time to make some sweet birthday presents for my sweet Channing. Among other things, he received two crossword puzzles. This is one of my favorite hobbies, the making of crosswords. I made these while I was at work, after I finished my schoolwork of course, and probably did some working actions I guess. Since I made these especially for Channing, they might have some inside joke type clues. If you see any clues like "_______ is hot" the answer is probably "Channing." I haven't actually looked at it since I made it, so I don't know how many times you will have to write that Channing is hot or know something that is impossible for you to know. You should also know that I refer to the TV show Mad Men as Mad Mans. I think that might come in handy. These are pretty hard, so use a pencil. I guess you have to print it out, I don't know. If you click it gets a lot bigger. If you need help I can give you hints. Put your queries in the comments. I will post the other one later, but this should keep you busy for now if you do indeed attempt to solve it.

My own birthday is coming up soon, and I'm going on a plane journey shortly afterward, so if any of you also like making crosswords you can send them my way. I will be ever so pleased to solve them.