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From Entertainment Weekly: The Peeps Man Adam Rifkin on why sugary marshmallows are the next big movie opportunity

I am so there. My dioramas might become famous, guys! :D

The only potential downside is that if the contest becomes more famous, there will sure be more entries, thus more competition! There were already 700+ entries this year, but I bet after the movie, it'll be 4 digits, at least. Better think of a good subject next time!

As suspected, what with not being interviewed and it nearly being Easter, I did not win this year's Washington Post Peeps Diorama contest, but the pictures of the winning entries are here for your perusal, if you are curious.

I think the winner is both creative and impressive, so no quibbles there, but I was not equally impressed with all of the semi-finalists. I liked a lot of them, but I also think mine was as good as a number of others, but it's all a matter of taste, I suppose. (And one of veterans storming the barricades during the shutdown -- called it!) Oh well, there's always next year.

All done! Here is my final entry for the Washington Post 2014 Peeps Diorama contest:



I'm very pleased, overall, although once again I've made a diorama that is very hard for me to photograph.



Close-up of the front half.



Close-up of the back half.

I got entry confirmation from the Washington Post, so now we just wait until Easter to learn how I do!

It's a little hard to tell with the shadows, but those are fish, promise.

Drum set forthcoming!

I think she turned out pretty well. Three out of five of the Electric Mayhem complete!



And an update: I made Beaker's head narrower, added some glitz to Rowlf's piano to make it more visible, and gave Scooter a checklist.

I saw the Veronica Mars movie last night at its NYC premiere!! I met no one, saw the boys from afar (KB did the red carpet and then skedaddled to do more press (one of the late talk show Jimmy's, I think)), and while I took some pics, they are blurry, boo. They had a little tented red carpet in front of the theater, and a little area to wait by the red carpet for the arrivals. We opted not to wait there. My plus one wasn't feeling it, and I think I would have been too shy anyway (well, compared to the other fangirls) to get a moment with anyone, and I knew professional photographers would document the arrivals just fine.

We checked in, got our tickets, and then waited in line for a few minutes until they were ready to let us into the theater. The invite had said "business professional and up." I was in the fanciest dress I own, and overall, most people seemed to be dressed like me -- a bit like fangirl prom in vibe. A few tuxes, but mostly suits/ties on dudes, and nice dresses on the ladies. There were a few schlubs in jeans, but for once, I was not among them. When we went into the theater, there were free bags of popcorn and 20 oz bottle drinks. Thanks, Loews/Slave Rats/whoever! The theater was playing a mix of songs random enough that I was like, these have to be in the movie. And sure enough, they were!

We had assigned seating, and I was in the first row of the Mezzanine. No idea how they came up with who was assigned where (order of Kickstarter donation? order of RSVPing with details to the premiere?), but it meant that I had great seats to watch the movie, but was far away from where the cast stood when they introduced it (1.5 stories up and half a theater back). Others were close to the cast, but would have had a neck crick from sitting 3 feet from the screen, so not sure which is preferable. ( blurry pic below )

Sad that Francis Capra didn't come out well -- his face is blocked by his own camera, alas -- because his appearance was the biggest surprise. So much hair!

Only Rob Thomas spoke, aside from the occasional interjection. He said what he's said before at other forums: thanking Warner Brothers for saying yes to the whole endeavor, and thanking us, the fans, for making it possible. And then it was time for the movie (if the cast stayed, I could not see). Non-spoilery reaction: I basically loved it. ( spoilery reaction ) Judging purely by claps, squees, and laughs, I'd say the audience was pretty satisfied, too. I'm seeing it again on Thursday as a fan event. Hopefully I get to hear some of the dialogue I missed because people were laughing or clapping over it. And then possibly to see it again over the weekend, because dammit, I am determined that this is a success.

eta -- oh! here in a group selfie by Kristen, you can see Francis Capra's hair!

I wasn't quite satisfied with Zoot or Miss Piggy, so I made some tweaks and think they look better. Zoot looked underdone, so I added some beads to his outfit, for the hippie he is. Miss Piggy, I changed her hair, so now I think it looks better -- like her ears are sticking up out of it.

The Swedish Chef still doesn't look quite right, but I can't think of something else to do. Ideas?

He might be Dr Peep instead of Dr Teeth, but he still has his gold tooth. Electric Mayhem forthcoming.

Pretty happy with Fozzie. Not quite as satisfied with the Swedish Chef, but what makes the Swedish Chef the Swedish Chef is his speech and chopping, not his look, so that made him a bit hard to nail for me. Contextually, I think it will be pretty clear who he is, though, so it'll do.