I traveled to Austin, Texas to help promote my friend Naomi's movie,
Twisted: a
Balloonamentary. It was an amazing experience. We covered the city of Austin with balloons!
I was a part of making a 10 ft by 15 ft giant sculpture of a movie theatre - including the screen, movie seats, audience members, women film makers, and video equip
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ment. I most
ly just helped out here and there, but I did make a nice
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red-headed guy (see photo) and a video camera and boom mic.
I roomed with Vera, one of the stars of the movie. She worked her way out of being a welfare kid in a trailer park with balloon twisting. She used balloon money to put herself through college, and now she plans to do the same for med school! Wow!
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She taught me a lot about balloons, and we made a silly tree covered in animals for the lobby of the theatre. We also did a lot of roaming around the convention center talking up the film and making silly hats!
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