So, the contributions going into the Alice collab have all been really cool, and a recent remix by MattConley had me inspired, so I decided to add a little to it. I put in one of my photos of my lovely friend Justine as Alice, colored the sky a bit, and inserted my favorite quote from the Walrus and the Carpenter poem (probably my favorite due to Harriet the Spy...)

Definitely can still use remixing, or even a remix of the general idea of inserting an image of Alice, because my attempt is fairly mediocre, hahah. I know that in the book she isn't actually in the scene pictured- just listening to the poem being recited to her- but I figure it's sort of her putting herself into the poem as she imagines it, as we all do when we read/hear a story... if that makes any sense at all.

Anyway, hope you guys like it. :)

jonthewallflower started a collaboration for DIY valentines and started posting his and I immediately fell in love. I'm a sucker for anything handmade. I of course in my selfish nature wanted one and luckily I'm happy to say there will be a trade among us! yay! here's my DIY valentine. Pretty punny, huh? Oh man, I promise I'm done. ahahaha!

Thanks for all the birthday wishes! You are all so lovely!

A fluffy pop song that came out of me the other day...will post lyrics and chords if anybody wants em!! Mostly it's E and A - the easy peasiest chords of all!

Lyrics!

What is your game plan?
Whatcha wanna be when you grow up?
Cos you know nothing stays the same and
Nothing ever changes enough

You better make your mind up
Shape your own luck

How long can you stand, scarestruck
In the hallway of your house
“Quite a while, mate,” you say, choked up
But you gotta step out

Make one false move at least you’ll be moving
Got nothing to prove and plenty worth losing x2

Take shelter in your freedom
Instead of taking comfort in your shell
There are beautiful rewards for courage
Life will show you, time will tell

This is the version of Morgan M. Morganson's Date with Destiny that screened at Sundance 2010. Throughout the festival, this is the one we'd show as our example. Whenever anybody asked, "what is hitRECord?" this was my answer: "Here, watch this short film we're making; you'll never believe who did it and how!"

Albert proposed an off-kilter writing exercise, and then Metaphorest's beautifully strange short story inspired it all. I read the story aloud, Jenyffer.Maria started drawing the characters, Tori animated Jen's drawings, Lula and I did a live-action rendition, Lawrie Brewster took the project to soaring heights with his gorgeous visuals, and along the way there was the help, encouragement and roughly 180 contributions from throughout our community. We brought it to Sundance, and Nathan coaxed the lush and vast music out of the newly coined hitRECorchestra. (Good_Girl_Indie has written out a fabulously detailed timeline documenting what happened and when along this RECord's progression.)

Not only did we close our (two) official hitRECord screening(s) in the New Frontier Microcinema with this piece, but the next day, Sundance added it as a short film to play before the award-winning feature HOMEWRECKER on a much bigger screen.

I actually watched the thing again just now. And I can whole-heartedly say that, besides the progressive methodology with which it was made, and besides the warm reception it received at Sundance, just purely as a little piece of art, as a short film, as a RECord -- I'm as proud of Morgan M. Morgansen's Date with Destiny as I am of any work I've ever done.

Thank you, everyone, for making it all happen!
and thanks again...
<3

[PS] [updating soon with higher-res file, proper aspect ratio (!) and there's still more resources left to cite, etc, etc, etc...]