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Just got back from Maryland and the 27th Shore-leave convention. It was a ton of fun (as it always is). Here’s 10 things I did this weekend:

1. Learned what FUPA is.
2. Spent $60 on a convention that I attended the equivalent of 2 panels at.
3. Becaame known (and respected) as the only Asshole at the convention.
4. Got Gelf!
5. Drummed for “Every Tuesday” and several other musicians (except when drunk).
6. Learned that being drunk for 12 hours straight is fun. Except the next morning!
7. Slept with a married woman.
8. Had my Pirate flag stolen by some guy named “Spat”.
9. Met a lot of cool people, many of which I will not remember.
10. Spent my money on some old TV shows, warped cartoons, a marshmallow catapult and a x-mas ornament that looks like me!

For those of you who find this post looking for the second movie in the Spaceballs saga, I have to dissapoint you. I, as yourself, am looking for concrete evidence of the second Spaceballs movie. Instead, this post is about my second attempt at building a spaceball helmet.

My first spaceball helmet took me weeks to make. Just cutting the helmet took a few hours and was less than perfect. I had to use a hand-hacksaw, so precision cuts were nearly impossible. I also wound up cracking one corner of the cut out leaving me with a LOT of work touching up, patching, sanding, priming and painting. The whole process took about a week or two of actual work (which was spread out over 3 months or so). All this work ended when I took a hard left turn sending Diana sliding across the back seat of my car into the helmet. It was completely destroyed.

2 days ago I realized that this upcoming weekend is Shore-leave, a sci-fi/fantasy convention held in Maryland. I made plans almost a year ago to share a room with some friends of mine giving me 3 days to finish the new helmet. I already had the materials, but I didn’t have any of the tools. I called my father and asked him to bring home a dremel from work, and last night headed to Home Depot after work to pick up some bits. I grabbed a diamond cutting wheel and a few other odds, hoping that they would work, but to my dissapointment, my father had not brought home the dremel yet.

I called him from work today and thank god, he brought it. The diamond cutting wheel cut slowly, but acurately. I was even able to use it to bevel the edges of the helmet without cracking it! I cut out the face, and even made the opening a bit larger. I actually think it came out better this time as all the edges are straight, and clean. I glued the head-peice in (60 second epoxy is awesome! lol)

Tomorrow, I’ll rush to Home Depot again (only place open at 11:30PM) and pick up some primer and glossy white paint. I liked the way the first helmet looked when painted, so I’ll repeat that. This time I won’t have to worry about sanding bondo or electrical tape to make everything look good 🙂

Without doing any complicated math, I think this costume has cost me over $200! Possibly $250 or so even… lol. It is rewarding to work on this stuff yourself though. My next project is to get the rest of the Spaceballs body armor and then paint the helmet black 🙂 I dont think thats going to happen for a while though 🙂

US Copyright and Fair Use laws dictate that it’s okay to make a copy of a movie for personal use, as a backup in case the original is lost or damaged.

Why can’t I copy my money… for personal use… as a backup… in case mine is lost or damaged 🙂

It sucks having to work on the 4th, but I cant say I didn’t get my fix of fireworks! Had a blast at the Eisenhower Park Fireworks show. I got some great pictures.

Not enough? Click Here to see Last year’s pictures

All pictures are property of Jason Bauman

I currently have my XM Roady2 set to broadcast to my car radio on 107.3 FM, a relatively clear station here in New York, but to my surprise tonight, I turned off my XM radio to hear Def Leppard. The only music I had heard on this channel on other occaisions was Static or country, most likely an out of the way station that bled through… But Tonight, I heard Def Leppard…

Being knowledgable about the pirate radio scene on Long Island, I decided to head out and see if someone in my neighborhood had some kind of set up, but that was all changed when I heard the DJ and the station identification.

It was WAAF in Boston, MA.

The funny thing is, thats where O&A got their start (if you don’t count WBAB prior to that) and they’re the reason I got XM. So it was kind of amusing, as well as really cool, to hear WAAF when I turned off my Roady2!