Like, really really soon! In less than 3 days soon.
Do you have your videos ready?
Our Indiegogo will be launching even sooner than 3 days soon. Keep an eye on here or on projectforawesome.com to get first dibs on some sweet perks. We have a ton of really, really neat stuff for you this year. It’s going to be great.
For me, being an artist has resulted in having a collection of all kinds of art supplies! My work space and desk are always perpetually messy as a result, but there’s nothing quite like enjoying the afternoon surrounded by your work, your cat, and your paints.
My piece for Light Grey Art Lab’s Bower Bird Exhibition! I’m so proud to be a part of the show along with so many fantastic artists.
December 4, 2015
Hamilton: i am suffering a pain that is unspeakable, unimaginable. of all the tragedies a person can face, the loss of a child is the most devastating. i can do nothing but despair all day and mourn in solitude and quiet. The People: We need your opinion on something that will insult either Aaron Burr or Thomas Jefferson in front of an entire nation. Hamilton: ... Hamilton: THE PEOPLE ARE ASKING TO HEAR MY VOICE
I like to think that Howl and Calcifer just sat down and had tea and a chat once in a while. You would too if your fireplace were a sentient fire demon. It’s one of the perks.
(Super late submission to ghibli jam, which I only found out about at 10PM last night (!) Process on twitter.)
My note to the grocery store, re: Thanksgiving grocery order:
Hello!
A bit of a strange thing arrived in our last order from your store. Along for the ride, we found an empty pill packet (the thing you pop the pill out of, not the box) in with our groceries. For Viagra.
The groceries are in otherwise excellent order. Our only issue, really, is this physical remnant of erectile dysfunction medication in with our cranberries. This sounds like a metaphor but is not. We want everyone to have a happy and fulfilling life in all ways but I suppose what we’re imagining now is someone trying to make sweet love to our grocery order, and frankly, we feel uneasy about it. One doesn’t like to find Viagra *too* close to the turkey. How close is too close? This is probably too close.
I mean, the canned pumpkin is probably fine.
Happy Thanksgiving?
With love,
Maureen, Your Customer
Reply from store:
This is something that we are going to have reviewed by our transportation and packaging department. I ask that you discard of the product, should you have no use for it.
I have not heard of anything of this nature happening before, so we will do our best to investigate this. I can confirm this is not on your order and you will not be charged for this unexpected item.
My reply to the store’s reply:
Thank you for your reply. It sounds like we won’t be charged for the used Viagra packet, which is great. It was definitely not on the order. Unless it was freebie of the week? Thanksgiving is about family, after all! The freebies recently have been things like pears and butternut squash, so this would be a big change from the norm.
As to discarding it, we probably will. Right now, we just have it sitting on the kitchen counter. I wouldn’t know how to cook it anyway. Maybe it could go in stuffing? Anything can go in stuffing. Stuffing, if we’re being honest, is just kitchen garbage stuffed into a turkey and somehow it turns out good so I don’t want to discount this idea right away.
If you want someone to write up a recipe for “used Viagra packet and cranberry stuffing” I am willing to give it a go, because I am a big believer in cooking with whatever’s on hand. And this is on hand. This is maybe too much on hand.
Let’s not think about this too hard.
Oh dear. Nothing about this conversation is easy.
Just get back to me about the stuffing.
Thanksgivingly,
Maureen, Your Customer
The store’s reply to my reply to the store’s reply:
Thank you for contacting us about this situation regarding your order I can assure you that you most certainly will not be charged for the Packet which was located in your order.
Thank you for the offer of the stuffing recipe but it is not necessary.
My reply:
I know I don’t have to do this. I want to.
It doesn’t have to be stuffing.
The store:
Thank you for contacting us about this situation with your order and the Packet. We do not accept recipes through the Customer Service department.
Me:
Another thing you could use it for is for holding a really small amount of salt or some other seasoning. What do you think about that? For those times you need “just a pinch”! You always need a pinch of this or that with a turkey.
The store:
Thank you for contacting us about this situation with your order and the Packet. Please do not use the packet for storing food or measuring food. Please dispose of the Packet.
Me:
It’s almost a perfect 1/8 of a teaspoon.
The store:
Thank you for contacting us. Please dispose of the Packet.
I am proud to have inspired such wit. Congratulations on the fake tattoo sleeve! I hope you wear it proudly.
November 22, 2015
What she says: I'm fine.
What she's thinking: Isn't it crazy how Burn is one of the few songs in Hamilton without any background voices. It's just Eliza singing about how Alexander hurt her. This song gives me chills and it is always playing in the back of my mind. I can really feel the pain of Eliza through Phillipa Soo's voice. She is so amazing. Everything about this musical is so amazing. Lin is a musical genius and this song just shows the heart of the show. Is the Hamilton title only about Alexander or is it for Eliza also?
Hey internet. I’ve got some tough news I have to deliver. Are you sitting down? Do you have a minute? Here, have this picture of a dachshund dressed as a crayon to relax:
Everyone good? Okay here goes.
There’s no easy way to say it so I’m just going to say it: Gravity Falls is coming to an end. There are two more episodes left: “Weirdmageddon II: Escape from Reality” and “Weirdmageddon III” which will be our hour long series finale. After that, Gravity Falls as we know it will be over.
I know how tough this will be for many fans, and I feel you guys. But before you start sending me .GIF’s of pitchforks and torches let me explain.
The first thing to know is that the show isn’t being cancelled- it’s being finished. This is 100% my choice, and its something I decided on a very long time ago. I always designed Gravity Falls to be a finite series about one epic summer- a series with a beginning, middle, and end. There are so many shows that go on endlessly until they lose their original spark, or mysteries that are cancelled before they ever get a chance to payoff.
But I wanted Gravity Falls to have a mystery that had a real answer, an adventure that had a real climax, and an ending that had a real conclusion for the characters I care so much about. This is very unusual in television and a pretty big experiment, and Disney for their part has been enormously supportive. I know that hits are rare in this business, and its hard to let one of them go, so I’m so grateful that this company has had the vision to let me start (and end) the show the way I always wanted to.
Why did we wait so long to announce that this was the last season? The truth is, it wasn’t up to me. Before we started Season 2, my writers and I decided that this season would be the last. I wanted to announce this to the world at large then, but I was restricted from doing so, mainly because I think a lot of people were hoping I’d change my mind.
But Gravity Falls was never meant to be a series that goes on and on forever. It’s meant to be an exploration of the experience of summer, and in a larger sense a story about childhood itself. The fact that childhood ends is exactly what makes it so precious- and why you should cherish it while it lasts.
No words can describe how grateful I am for the millions of fans who have cherished Gravity Falls for the time that it’s been on air. Running a TV show, especially one where you write, direct, supervise, and co-star, can be an incredibly grueling experience. But every hand-written letter, tweet, tattoo, piece of art, costume and creation from the fans made this enormous undertaking worthwhile. To the Gravity Falls fandom- I love you guys. You’re weird and clever and smart and curious and have been a constant inspiration to me and the crew. You’ve picked us up when we felt down and pushed and inspired us to do the best work we possibly could. I hope you enjoy watching our finale as much as we enjoyed dreaming it up.
And if you don’t, keep it to yourself, pal! Yeesh!
Anyway, I know this will still be hard for a lot of fans to digest, so here’s a few FAQ’s for you guys.
FAQ:
Is this a prank? You’re a real prankster, you are!
Nah man, this is real. The first stage of grief is “denial”- that’s why there are people out there who think that Andy Kauffman and Tupac are hiding in the woods waiting to drop 2016′s sickest album. But this is the truth. Besides, just bumming out millions of people for no reason would be a pretty lame prank. My pranks are a lot better than that, give me some credit!
This sucks! I want to be mad at someone! Is there someone I can be mad at?
Being mad is easier than being sad, I get it! But there really are no villains here. My team and I set out to do something and we did it, and the network supported our crazy vision. If you wanna be mad at someone, blame…I don’t know… the goat. With his shifty eyes. This is all his fault.
Are they going to make a third season without you? Will it be called “Gravity Falls Babies: The New Class: Generations?”
While that is an amazing idea, and you would make an amazing executive, there are no plans to create another full season.
What’s next for you? Are you going to ride the rails with your belongings in a sack, playing the harmonica, going wherever the wind takes you like some kind of tragic folk hero, perhaps named “Johnny Flannel-Britches?”
These questions are getting weirdly specific, guys. The truth is- I don’t know! I’ve spent the last 4 years living & breathing Gravity Falls. I’ve pulled more all-nighters than anyone I’ve ever known who didn’t work at NASA and basically holed myself up in my office to the exclusion of any sort of actual life. I already have some very exciting opportunities lining up on the horizon after I take a good vacation. We’ll see!
How can we continue to stalk follow your exploits?
You can continue to find me on twitter @_AlexHirsch. I’ll be tweeting all sorts of GF goodies leading up to the finale!
Will the last episode be exactly like my head canon? If not, can I firebomb your house?
The jokes on you, because I don’t have a house! I live in a “shire.” But seriously- my team works insanely hard to make the best series we can. Of course there’s no way to satisfy every single fan’s personal theories. But our show reflects a genuine sincere effort by some really talented folks to make the coolest thing we can (with the time and budget available.) Will every single conceivable question ever thought of about Gravity Falls be answered in the end? Of course not. But that just leaves some material for any potential Gravity Falls projects in the future…(including the canon Journal #3 that goes on sale in 2016)
Are you SURE you’ll never make more Gravity Falls?
I know that there will be many fans who will be sad to see the Pines family go, but just because I’ve finished the story I wanted to tell doesn’t necessarily mean we will never see Dipper, Mabel, & Stan again. It means that this chapter is closed, and that I, at least for now, am personally done telling their story.
I want to thank Disney, my amazing cast and crew, and most of all our fans for taking this unforgettable road trip with me through the redwoods into a place called Gravity Falls. I look forward to seeing what adventure we go on next.
Your pal,
Alex Hirsch
PS: pqxv tbfoa
PPS: Want to thank the cast and crew for the awesome job they’ve done? Feel free to use the #GravityFinale
This Is Julia, Sesame Street’s First Character With Autism
Julia was introduced to the stable of cast members on Wednesday in an effort to fight the stigma associated with autism and provide families with more resources.
I wanted to thank everyone who sent messages regarding my computer issues! I haven’t responded to a lot of them since I want to keep them all in one spot as we cycle through solutions, but I did want to post a thank you message to everyone!
We’re still working through stuff, I’ll update here as things change!
Basic nerd stuff below.
My advice was probably lost in the Twitch stream. So I’ll add some stuff here just in case it is useful at all?, but you said your friend who built your computer is helping, so I’m sure she’ll have it on lockdown anyway. (=
(Win. 7) If Windows is loading enough to put something on your screen but just not finishing booting, then it suggests your mainboard and essential components (GPU, CPU) are still fine. And component failures on desktops are a lot less common than laptops in any case. I guess there’s a small, smol chance that something is off with your RAM, but probably not. It’s also a sudden issue, so probably whatever is going on is either that something happened to your Windows configuration, and/or the drive it is on is faulting.
If you can’t load Safe mode with a command prompt on boot: You should be able to access it from any recovery/installation disc you may have, since loading it that way will bypass the copy on your internal harddrives.
tl;dr -
Recovery/installation disc, and choose an option with a command prompt. Try running “sfc /scannow” and see what happens. / Link to KB article
(Booting from a Linux live CD and fiddling that way is another option that is similar/the same in principal, but I wouldn’t bother with that.) However, if loading Safe mode or a live CD still doesn’t work, then it is legit a component other than your internal storage drives.
I hope this wasn’t too long or unhelpful, and if anyone who follows me clicked through the read-more, I am sorry guys.
