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VAL

When I was a kid, I always hoped for the Halloween candy with razor blades in it

About Me


Hi, my name is Val. I am a special effects artist working for Creepy Collection, a custom prop building company. We specialize in corpses, skulls, and anything rotten or gory. If you are interested please check out our website @ www.creepycollection.com or go to my top 8 and check out "mycreepyspace".
Other things I do:
- make up and hair
- video art
- edit film
- write short fiction
- collage
- sculpture
- cook
- make clothes
- knit
- knit custom wristbands- and custom baby clothes
- drive
- a ton of other things
I'm generally easy to get along with, friendly, and generous, and I hate people who take advantage of that.
I just started the group S.I.C.K. which stands for Staten Island Crochet and Knitting if you live in the Staten Island area and you are interested in needle crafts and making really cool and unique stuff- or you are curious about knitting but never had anyone to teach you- join my group or send me an email and i will add you!!!!! - a great way to share ideas and show off some work! (so far i only have my stuff on the page) if you are interested - definitely come check it out!!!
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Myspace Layouts - Myspace Editor - Image Hosting

My Interests

TIVO, orange, red, white, black, and sometimes lime green, outer space, robots, candy, gushers, fruit roll ups, swedish fish, any candy that is blue, dreads and interesting hair, goth, glue, razor blades, guns, pills cuz i'm bad ass, the supernatural, drinking lattes, jello shots, lip gloss, skeleton earrings, pigtails, text messages, obsessive compulsive disorder, horror films, Bizarre magazine, pictures of dead people, ipod, gadgets, shaving, cartoons, sci-fi, school supplies, sushi, cooking, platform sneakers, japanese sci-fi porn, sega genesis, nightclubs, mail order catalogs, final cut pro, photo shoots, furniture, various crafts, video art, performance art, taking pictures of myself, interpreting dreams, talking on the phone, make up, foreign films, baking cupcakes, knitting, leg warmers, the x-files, tamagotchi, taking the safety off of lighters, redbull

I'd like to meet:

I'd like to meet other artists who are interested in collaborating on video art/films or musicians/DJs who are looking for a visual counterpart
- other artists, whether it be painting to performance art- photography, anything- i can give a pretty unbiased critique
- cyberelectronic alien gal shopping buddies
-men in suits

Music:

lords of acid, marilyn manson, the faint, basement jaxx, air, future sound of london, la bouche, 20 fingers, salt n peppa, Black Rob, moby, green day, aphrodite, big bad voodoo daddy, bjork, bob marley, the books, brooklyn bounce, BT, Clinic, the Crystal Method, Daft Punk, Dara, dispatch, early 90's dance music!!! , fischerspooner, ghost orchids, gorillaz, jamiroqui, justin timberlake, korn, kylie minogue, lamb, cypress hill, marcy playground, michael jackson, mindless self indulgence, miss kittin, ladytron, nine inch nails, the offspring, orgy, paul van dyke, praga khan, primus, the prodigy, sifl and olly, the smashing pumpkins, sneaker pimps, sublime, swedish pop music, japanese pop music, vast, ween, wolfsheim, 90s house, 90s jungle- pretty much anything from the 90s -----various electronic ear candy i love your old techno

Movies:

nightmare before christmas, fern gully, city of lost children, the jetson's movie, Snow White, spirited away, metropolis ( original and anime), battle royale, 5th element, princess mononoke, the star wars trilogy, three caballeros, virtual sexuality, beetlejuice, the bird cage, hook, what dreams may come, eyes wide shut, a clockwork orange, 2001 space odessey, night of the living dead, edward scissorhands, Ed wood, snatch, citizen kane, the lion king, american psycho, the secretary, dune, tron, pulp fiction, E.T., Godzilla!!!, The brain that wouldn't die, attack of the leeches, killers from outerspace, the day the earth stood still, the little mermaid, the aristocats, aladdin, sleeping beauty, charlie and the chocolate factory, milo and otis, james and the giant peach, chocolat, muppet treasure island, honey i shrunk the kids, ghostbusters, The ninja turtles movie (the first one), reefer madness, the x-files movie, signs (haha), slugs, orgy of the dead, army of darkness, half baked, ghost in the shell, george of the jungle, rudolph the red nosed reindeer, triplets of belville, any christmas cartoon, anime, adult swim, nickelodeon game shows from the 90s (you know you wanted to be on Legends of the Hidden Temple when you were 11)

Television:

Farscape Star Trek Voyager Deep Space Nine Star Trek: EnterpriseWhy do I keep having dreams I am in the Delta Quadrant?Degrassi
South of Nowhere
(ok- i have a serious "the N" problem)
The X Files
Home Movies
WONDER SHOWZEN
Robot Chicken
Daria
Iron Chef
Sealab 2021
Harvey Birdman Attorney at Law
Miracle Planet
Futurama
Family Guy
Saul of the Mole Men
Anything on National Geographic

Books:

DUNE, Frank Herbert
Dead Babies, Martin Amis
(My two favorites)

And here are some more!
Death of Ivan Ilyich, Arabian Nights, Dracula, Frankenstein, White Noise, Candide, On Dreams, Island of the Blue Dolphins, Do androids dream of electric sheep?, Dawn, War of the Worlds, the Giver, plus the 11 other books of Dune, No Exit, The Gammage Cup, George's Marvolous Medicine, and a million more books. . .

Heroes:

LORD CROMDOR
Steven Hawking

What is your Anti-Drug?mmmm. . . you know i love them parasites. . .

My Blog

the never ending day

yeah who likes to work the 18 hour day just to be back 2 hours later for the next shift...im delirious and texting on my phone in a parking lot --Sent from my Helio ...
Posted by VAL on Sun, 16 Sep 2007 06:26:00 PST

VOTE FOR THE POWERJUICER 5000!

CHECK THIS OUT!!!!!http://www.projectbreakout.com/video/151-the-acropol is-presents-the-powerjuicer-5-In a live informercial gone horribly wrong, Stan Jefferson presents his newest product, the PowerJu...
Posted by VAL on Sat, 07 Apr 2007 04:41:00 PST

Time for a change. . .

Weather is changing. . . old hobbies are being remembered and renewed. . . breaking bad habits. . . it is time for a feel good operation.
Posted by VAL on Thu, 15 Mar 2007 08:28:00 PST

S.I.C.K. Staten Island Crochet and Knitting!!!!!

Ok- so I got the idea to start a local knitting group so I could spread my addiction to other people. . . I mean encourage others to knit in public with me possibly over some coffee and I hope it is g...
Posted by VAL on Fri, 14 Jul 2006 12:16:00 PST

the story of monday

I was walking in the hall today and I saw a little mouse. Just a tiny little fella- most likely out on his own for the first time. I followed him down the hall until he crawled underneath a door. E...
Posted by VAL on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST