Joseph Mallozzi's Weblog

August 15, 2011: Bento Breakfast Binder-Style! Co-workers! A Familiar Guest Star! The Maximus Update!

·

, , , ,

Akemi occasionally sends me off to work with some pretty amazing breakfasts – tasty and artistically elaborate bento creations that are, apparently, all the rage back in Japan.  I’ve posted pics of these edible masterpieces in recent months…

Well, not to be outdone, Carl’s wife, Karen, sent him off with his own bento box creation this morning.  It was truly a sight to behold.

Properly labeled lest someone else try to lay claim to it.
A trip to the local supermarket yields great deals in the remainder aisle.
Sausage and cereal. A meal fit for a king!
And the main course: Bagel. Lovingly toasted no less!
Carl delights in his Far East feast!

Back at it today with not one but TWO concept meetings, the first for episode #103 (Sharks) and the second for episode #106 (Payback).  We’ll be block shooting them in September (or perhaps earlier if we’re unable to locate corroborative visual evidence of graffiti in Marseilles) and I for one can’t wait.  Mainly because it’ll be a month from now.  Also, will get to work with the fabulous Bruce McDonald, Director par excellence.

Some more of the people I enjoy working with on Transporter…

VFX Supervisor Brendan Taylor. You may know him from Hanna, Resident Evil Afterlife/Extinction, Silent Hill, and previous pictures of him on this blog.
Michael and Sarah practice their steely staredowns. Them's some pretty good steely staredowns!

And, someone I’m soon to be working with (as a guest star in episode #105 – Harvest), for the fourth show in a row…

The incredible Mike Dopud. Check out the guns, ladies.

A bit of a rough day for Maximus.  Akemi reports he was very slow on his walk and seemed quite sore.  Now, when he sleeps, he seems to be more comfortable resting his chin on something.  Last night, it was a towel.  Today, it’s the new doggy bed I picked up for him.

Comfy!

Hey, Deni – best wishes to Elway!

Today’s blog entry is dedicated to Carl Binder who crossed great distances and made many sacrifices to ride to our rescue!

Discover more from Joseph Mallozzi's Weblog

Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email.

Podcast also available on PocketCasts, SoundCloud, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Apple Podcasts, and RSS.

25 responses

  1. Deni Avatar
    Deni

    Aww Joe, so sweet of you! Elway thanks you with a big goofy dog sloppy kiss. 😉 Love the new bed for Maximus, he looks adorable! Thanks for the laugh tonight with the bento box, very much needed and appreciated! Love to Maximus!

    Reply
  2. Nola Avatar
    Nola

    Poor Carl, his bento box just doesn’t measure up, does it? Maximus looks very much at home in the new bed.

    Reply
  3. sylvia Avatar
    sylvia

    Great new bed for Maximus.
    Sweet to see Mike Dupud involved with your series…very cool!

    Reply
  4. Major D. Davis Avatar
    Major D. Davis

    MIKKEEEE!

    Man, he shows up everywhere.. planet of the apes, human target, BSG, stargate, 300, transporter… what a guy 😀

    *hugs maximus…. 🙂

    Major D.

    Reply
  5. Tam Dixon Avatar
    Tam Dixon

    Yeah to Mr. Carl! Great pictures of the cast. Love those steely stares, scary.

    Hugs to Max and Elway. I hope they feel better tomorrow. That doggie bed looks pretty comfy. Have you thought about a warming pad for him?

    Reply
  6. sorrykb Avatar
    sorrykb

    Bento, Carl, steely-eyed colleagues, and Maximus pics, all on the same day — A visual feast!
    – KB

    P.S. to Akemi: If I haven’t mentioned it before, you’re a genius with the bento boxes! (As for Carl’s meals — well, that’s a different kind of genius.) 😉

    P.P.S. to Das: Your description of yourself in yesterday’s comments sounded just like me. Alarmingly so, almost. 😉 As a child (and still as an adult) I preferred my own company (and the company of my dog) — My parents actually had to make a deal with my grade school librarian to allow me in the library only 2 days a week. They thought I wasn’t being sociable enough at recess and lunchtime. So I took my books out to the playground and read and daydreamed there. I’m still a constant daydreamer and have to watch the tendency to get a bit obsessive. But like you said, we all march to the beat of our own drummer. Or, to put it another way, “Some people juggle geese.” 🙂

    Reply
  7. Sparrow_hawk Avatar
    Sparrow_hawk

    Mike Dopud! As if I needed another reason to watch The Transporter.

    Maximus looks very comfy in his cozy little bed. Now the other kids will want them too!

    @Akemi: I love your bento creations!

    Reply
  8. Pamme Avatar
    Pamme

    Sweet little bed for Maximus.

    Reply
  9. Gforce Avatar
    Gforce

    Great to see Mike D. there! It will automatically be a great episode.

    The family drama continues here. You know what I hate? Condescending, pretentious asshats. Especially when they’re related to you.

    Poor Maximus. Give him a little scratch behind the ear for me.

    Reply
  10. PBMom Avatar
    PBMom

    I knew all of you were so wise that if Mike couldn’t be the lead, to at least give him a role SOMEWHERE in the production.

    @Major D. Davis: Not only those, but he is only in Final Destination 5, and lo’ and behold, when I was looking for Shasta’s name when we were talking about huskies the other day, I discovered he was in Snowbuddies, too.

    Whatever Carl did for you all, he deserves a better breakfast for sure (at least 1 day).

    The only thing that I did not “like” about this post was poor baby Maximus. At least he has the comfort of that cool new bed.

    @Deni: Glad to know Elway is doing a bit better.

    @Das: Love you! Next time I’m in New Jersey, we should meet. Thanks everyone for the discussion (and thanks Joe for allowing off-topic conversation).

    Reply
  11. Airelle Avatar
    Airelle

    ~Lovely people pictures. thanks for sharing, and Maximus {(HUGS)}looks adorable in his new bed. I am in the process of making a dog bed for a friend who inherited a 9yr old puppy, so we will see how that goes. You are a good doggy dad.
    ~Impressive guns for sure but always a pleasure to put eyes on Mr D. Looking forward to seeing him in the episode.
    ~Poor Carl,did someone bite the burnt bagel b4 he got a chance, and cream cheese on it might have covered the burnt part.. very thoughtful of his wife,,ahem..
    And I can not imagine why you get steely staredowns,maybe just becoz you got the magic camera out again, and they knew it would appear on a blog.
    ~~Have a good night and better days ahead!

    Reply
  12. Ponytail Avatar
    Ponytail

    My post disappeared. I’m not retyping it – too tired. Here is a summary of it…

    great Bento box, good wife, face of Jesus, great Christmas gifts, Brendan-Silent Hill-cool, who knew?, great Mike D, great co-workers, get well Max and Elway.

    Reply
  13. Thornyrose Avatar
    Thornyrose

    Please say that Mr. D’s role will be recurring. It’s terrific you found him a guest shot, but the more the better with him. Sorry Maximus is under the weathre, but unfortunately it seems the fate of cancer patients to swing wildly in the quality of their days. I hope the poor fellow feels better over the week.
    Well, it’s the thought that counds, and it least most of the items in Carl’s bento were…somewhat…edible. Always a learning curve.
    Thanks as always for all the great pics and updates.

    Reply
  14. daubermaus Avatar
    daubermaus

    Dog, food and hot guy – it’s a trifeca post.

    Reply
  15. Squishy Avatar
    Squishy

    Nice doggy bed!

    Anyone seen our Dr. Rodney McKay in the Planet of the Apes movie? Fun fun fun!

    Reply
  16. Sparrow_hawk Avatar
    Sparrow_hawk

    Hey das! I finally got the first volume of Smoke. Not sure what I was expecting, but I’m finding the illustration style, main character (what’s not to like about a tall, handsome albino assassin) and story line engaging. Thanks for the suggestion!

    And Joe, if you haven’t read this series, you might like it, too.

    Now I’m off to the gym – being good is hard.

    Reply
  17. Akemi Avatar
    Akemi

    I like Mike. He is so handsome. 😉

    @Sparrow_hawk
    Thank you :).

    Reply
  18. Sue Jackson Avatar
    Sue Jackson

    Looks like Carl’s wife could use some pointers from Akemi on making bentos. LOL! 🙂 May be Akemi should give lessons on making bentos. 😉

    Mmmmmm…Mike Dopud looks mighty fine as always! 🙂 Oh…yeah…those guns are fully loaded for sure. 😉

    Awwwww…that’s nice of you to give Max a new bed…and he seems love it already. Won’t the other kids be jealous? 😉

    Reply
  19. maggiemayday Avatar
    maggiemayday

    Always love a trip to the Gun Show!

    Huggles to Max in his nifty new bed.

    Reply
  20. dasndanger Avatar
    dasndanger

    @ PBMom – Thanks! If we ever do meet, should I drag my couch along with me, too? 😉 😀

    @ sorrykb – I think a couple things helped me as a kid. One, I went to a very small school, and had excellent teachers (for the most part – two were Nazis, but that’s another story for another day). Also, far fewer mind-numbing distractions. I couldn’t sit and watch tv for hours, or play video games – I had to go outside and interact with other people – staying inside just was not an option. In the winter I only had one nearby friend, but in the summer a lot of kids were around, and we did play together. Of course, it mostly involved my sister and me throwing horse turds at the summer neighbor boys…but, hey! It was still play! 😀

    Also, mom was the sort to tell me to ‘oh, just knock it off’ when I turned inward. She made me go to parties and stuff when I didn’t want to, so I had to learn to cope, or implode. My family was a very matter of fact sort of family that didn’t dwell on ‘issues’. Outside of dad’s wicked temper, we really didn’t have a lot of drama. Relatives were always visiting, mom entertained a lot – all of that helped me to be ‘social’ in safe situations (I was never allowed to sit in my room when we had company and I think that made a world of difference). Where I had a problem was going into unknown situations – venturing away from home. School, parties, doctor appointments…stuff like that…and not knowing what was going to happen or who I was going to see, and if they would be nice, or not.

    However, I did go to Jamaica, Hawaii, and France/Italy/Switzerland – and handled it all very well – except the plane. The more I flew, the worse I got. And when on vacation (esp. the Hawaiian and Eurpoean trips) I tended to go off on my own, preferring to explore alone than in a group. I am still very much that way – I wander off and do my own thing because I hate tagging along in a crowd.

    …

    ..

    .

    Heh…maybe I don’t have Asperger’s at all…but instead just a really bad case of controlfreakinitis. :P, really

    @ Joe – So, I take it that the Binders are in the middle of a nasty divorce?

    😉

    das

    Reply
  21. Shiny Avatar
    Shiny

    Mike Dopud, sigh! Carl’s bento box looks terrific; I hope he ate every last bit of that oatmeal-sausage. Fiber and grease, yum!

    Hugs to Maximus, his bed looks very elegant and soft. I’m off to the airport to drop sis off. Had a terrific bowl of creamy tomato soup with buttery croutons at Panera; it was a little bown of heaven.

    Reply
  22. dasndanger Avatar
    dasndanger

    @ Sparrowhawk – In a pouting contest, not sure who would win – Steve the Wraith, or Rupert Cain. 🙂

    das

    Reply
  23. JoanieC Avatar
    JoanieC

    Okay…what DID Carl do to his wife?

    Reply
  24. Sparrow_hawk Avatar
    Sparrow_hawk

    Okay, Joe, ‘fess up. YOU made that mock-bento-box for Carl, didn’t you!

    Reply
  25. crayonbaby Avatar
    crayonbaby

    Um, I don’t think that oatmeal is cooked, Carl. Is his wife trying to poison him?

    Lots of cuddles to Maximus.

    Reply

Leave a Reply

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Latest episodes

Discover more from Joseph Mallozzi's Weblog

Subscribe now to keep reading and get access to the full archive.

Continue reading