You know what's an even better way to christen a new blog than with a video featuring a joke about nuts? Bothering you nice people for money.

It's about time Spastik Chuwawa Inc. gets some much needed upgrades.
The first order of business: a new microphone. I've been using the same microphone for roughly five years (so long, infact, that I've even forgotten the name of the model!) I'm going to purchase one of these fiiiiine beauties very soon:

Smexy.
One of my long term goals for 2011 is to get a new camera, morso for my live action work than animation. I've seriously been considering the Canon Rebel T2i:

The video features are virtually identical to the 7D's, and it's half the price. Check out this purty footage shot with it:
Salton Sea Beach from Philip Bloom on Vimeo.
Imagine how good my films about
bed-sheet ghosts will look!
If you just happen to be really generous and/or loose with your money; a suburbanite yuppie with well-off parents, or Bono, well, you're in luck, buddy. Because you can donate some money so I can buy these nice things!
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