I’m kinda still working on some things here, from last night. There’s a process to this, and it sorta sucks: cutpaste gigabytes of .mp4 video from a FlipMinoHD to the computer, hoping the Mino doesn’t overheat before that’s done; convert gigabytes of .mp4 to .avi to make it useful in the first place, slaughtering the CPU for two or three hours; upload gigabytes of .avi to the server to convert it remotely to encapsulated .flv—also smashed down to 640*360 from HD and [hopefully] smashed down into megabytes from gigabytes—hoping the router doesn’t get uppity enough to puke after the first nine hundred megs, which has happened a couple times now; write an entry meant to contain the encapsulated .flv flashtoon itself, and post that.

Figuring that things can be a little nonlinear, I’ve moved the footage to the computer, converted it to .avi, and uploaded it and uploaded it again and got angry at it; and now I’m writing the post, even though the video’s not entirely on the server yet; I’ll add that in later.

Meaning really that, probably, if it doesn’t puke yet the hell again, it’ll be done uploading by the time I get back here around dawn, in November. Then I can finish this entry and look into—you know—sleeping.

EDIT: Got it uploaded and converted, finally. The buildup before the show:

And, the preshow:

Meanwhile. Video aside, there are some things to have a website for. One’s mentioning that: CEI ARE HIRING. Dreamed of hearing the roar of the greasepaint and smelling the stench of the crowd, all amidst endless appreciation and large bags of cash? Well, that’s not the gig. But: over the years, the cast have been shrinking steadily as various members have gone off to college or whatever a little more quickly than they’ve been replaced. Technically, at the moment, there remain enough people to get the job done, but only by stacking up roles and duties and praying to hell that no one gets sick.

Primarily, CEI are looking for guys over chicks at the moment, though anyone can apply for consideration. Bonus points for being selfaware, living in Denver, and being reasonably capable of getting to the Esquire at least once a week. At present, the show still occurs only on the final Friday of the month; but that’s being discussed since that monthly show invariably sells out, largely online days or weeks before the doors open. Which we can’t really talk about until a few decisions have been made, so I didn’t just tell you all that.

So, yeah: there’s really no money in it; being a part of CEI is more of a structured hobby with various deadlines; but those with IQs above room temperature tend to have fun with it and come back for more; those with IQs lower than that are still staring at the screen, wondering how I got all these words to show magically up—maybe there are little people in there, making it happen.

Here’s where I’m probably supposed to link to some sort of clever online application form. But, since I just run the server, I can’t guess where in hell that would be, if it currently exists at all. So, instead, just EMail CEI@DenverRockyHorror.com, mentioning that you’re interested in joining the cast; someone’ll get back to you to talk about it.

Beyond that—or before it—or somewhere in the nonlinear middle—it’s currently four in the afternoon, counting down to tonight’s show, starting around eleven [the film's meant to begin at midnight, but people tend to collect out front around eleven to flash unsuspecting cars driving by for about an hour]; last I heard, a good percentage of tickets had been grabbed online over the last couple weeks, but a few seats remained open. If you’d hoped to get in on that, you may have time to hit the Esquire’s site and grab a ticket or two; or, if there are any left after dark [really, really doubtful; keep praying to hell], just walk up to the window at Sixth and Downing to trade cash for the lolocaust. So, pretty much, seriously: get the tickets online; it’s kinda sad to watch a couple hundred people turn dejectedly back and wander off to their cars around eleven every time this thing sells out in advance.

Also: remember that this is Denver. There’s a couple feet of snow on the ground, despite a promised warming trend and clear skies; dress for torrential oobleck, at least in terms of outerwear; inside, where it’s warm, feel free to wear colourcoordinated dentalfloss for Halloween….