No Ordinary Balloon Man

10/19/2024

Hello everybody!

When my wifey and I went to Halloween Horror Nights her favorite house eneded up being The Museum: Deadly Exhibits and as a result, I knew that I needed to make a balloon representing this amazing house! The actual detail in the house, the costumes and the sets were fantastic, but the part that left the biggest impact on us was seeing the beautiful glowing masks and the mask scare actor!

Thus I made a balloon of the glowing mask in The Museum: Deadly Exhibits and I even used mini lights to make it glow. In addition I was also able to meet one of the actors who protrays the Glowing Mask and get a picture with the incredible backdrop for the Haunted House!

So I hope that all of you have a wonderful night and I have two (potentially 3) more balloons coming up before the end of HHN to recognize the incredible scare actors for this magnificent event!

See you all "Where Horror Lives"!

(Screenshot of Mask taken from Attractions Magazine footage https://youtu.be/DcW5C0setI4?si=NOavXUA-jjvCFMq0 )

10/04/2024

Hello everybody!

I have had a few exceptionally exciting weeks involing HHN and espeically my second favorite house, Slaughter Sinema 2! Slaughter Sinema 2 is a love letter to all B-Movies and since some of my favorite films are B-Movies, I love it even more. I was able to make a balloon of the Punk Rock Skeleton from the house for the incredible cast and they absolutely loved it! They even had me get a picture in front of the awesome entrance (with Heavy Metal Hell 3D playing in the background)!

Along with this, I was also able to take my Father-in-Law to and we had an incredible time! We got to do all ten houses (his favorite was Incidious), see all of the scarezones And he absolutely loved it since this was his very first Halloween Horror Nights!

Along with this I have received numerous wonderful gifts from the gueats including a multiple bracelets Related to Halloween Horror Nights And even a lego with shark teeth put inside of it (its my favorite so far)!
I even got to try and exceedingly yummy Food item from the Carey Drive-In food booth (the Vegan Walking Taco is wonderful)!

I hope that you all have a wonderful night and if any of you visit Universal during the Spooky Season, then Happy Halloween Horror Nights to all of you!

09/15/2024

Hello everybody!

I am having a wonderful time at Halloween Horror Nights - Universal Orlando and have gotten the oppertunity to make many Guests of RIP smile! I had an especially unique chance to do so recently by making a balloon that represented my favorite character from the Haunted House, Goblin's Feast (Slaughter Sinema 2 is my close second). I made my favorite character from the House, The Host Goblin and I got to bring it to the House attendants/cast and they absolutely loved it!

If you have attended the event and seen Goblin's Feast, you would see why I love it so much! The sets are gorgeous complete with a large scale goblin statue and water wheel, the setting (despite the fact that we are indeed the most important part of the Feast) is whimsical and cast does an incredible job of portraying the various types of goblins (once again the Host Goblin is so entertaining). In addition, there are also some wonderful food options related to House, including the Harrisa BBQ Turkey Wing (the wing was spicy, sweet and had the bone sticking out, it looked so cool) and the Goblin Pie (definitely a good on the go item at the event)!

Another thing that I love about the House is that there is a special pharse you can say to people who have seen the House...Thus, to wish all of you a fantastic Spooky Season and yo say thank you to the people who have gifted me bracelets during their tours...

"A Good Goblin's Feast to you!"

09/08/2024

Hello everybody!

Something exceedingly awesome just happened two days ago...I got the Bravo Award from my Team in Park Services!! The Bravo Award is given to the Team Members who go above and beyond to help their team and the guests, it is one of the biggest awards that a Team Member can be honored with because you must be voted on by people not only within your department, but outside of your department...and I cannot believe I was actually nominated!

Upon as part of recieving the award, I was given multiple prizes including my own parking space with my name on it for a month! This will make my commute to work easier during my HHN season! Along with this, even with me already being at HHN, my Supervisors came to visit me and I got a picture not only with them (Justin, Amanda and Tomas) but with some of the people that have been most helpful to me in my new position (Spike and Evelyn)!

I am excited to continue my journey with Universal and I know that this is a good sign for many wonderful opportunities to come!q

Have an Epic Day everyone!

08/31/2024

Hello everybody!

While the training and learning of immense amounts of information has a been a daughting task, I can happily say that it has been very much worth it and I have had a fantastic time absorbing our info in unique ways! I am loving being an RIP Tour Guide for Halloween Horror Nights - Universal Orlando and I absolutely love my team! They have been their to help me learn as much knowledge as I could in the most fun ways imaginable. I have made many new friends and have gotten to see some of the most incredible behind the scenes aspects of this yearly event. While there is still much to learn, I know that my phenominal team of fellow Tour Guides will be able to help me in any way they can!

I want to thank a few of them for their efforts in helping me throughout my training, including Vincent, Jenn, Adam, Jordan and Dani (May The Black Phone from The Black Phone live on) for their their incredible training experiences! In addition, my new friends Natile, James, Chelbrena, Chris, Summer and E'Monique have been incredible with assisting me with studying and for just being people I could talk to!

I have done my first tour on Team Member Preview Night and I am looking forward to seeing all of your during this HHN season!

Have a wonderful evening and I'll see you all at the place "Where Horror Lives"!

08/19/2024

Hello everybody!

I wanted to take some time to reflect on my time with Universal Orlando Resort at Citywalk...Yesterday was my last day working at Citywalk and tomorrow I will start my training as a VIP Tour Guide for Halloween Horror Nights - Universal Orlando . While there have been many ups and downs, I have absolutely loved being with my team, my friends at City Walk. They helped make everyday a truly fun experience with their collective positive attitudes and their willingness to handle any task they were given. They have helped me learn and adapt to many new and challenging situations, in addition, they have also given me many incredible memories.

From getting the chance to see Dreamworks Land early, to hanging out with my lead Moses (with my wifey, my babes and his lady), seeing everyone at a Christmas Party, to winning multiple Guest Service Awards and getting my 1 year pin...I truly have had a phenomial time with my Team and I will miss them. While this is a temporary assignment and I could come back to Park Services at City Walk at the end of the Holiday Season (I am hopeful that a full-time oppertunity will become available)...I will make sure to look for the numerous upcoming "Epic" opportunities this company has to offer.

Which reminds me...
I decided to fabricate a balloon of Slimer from Ghost Busters, not only because he is hilarious and there will be a new Ghost Busters: Frozen Empire house at Halloween Horror Nights, but I made it for the legacy that the Ghost Busters films have made...and the lasting legacy that Park Services has had on me. Universal Studio's founder, Carl Laemmle once said "...with your help, Univesal will always be a Leader."

And thus, I will do everything I can to apply the lessons I learned from Park Services to do my best, search for new ways to make people smile and continue to represent Universal's 100+ year legacy in any way I can!

I look forward to my training and seeing all of you on an RIP tour at Halloween Horror Nights, "Where Horror Lives!"

08/03/2024

Hello everybody!

I have an amazing announcement to share with everyone...as of yesterday, I am officially a VIP Tour Guide for Universal Orlando Resort and Halloween Horror Nights - Universal Orlando !

I will be starting close to the end of August and I am so unbelieveably excited to start. For those who do not know, this is one of my Universal Dream Jobs as I absolutely LOVE learning about Theme Parks and helping people have the best day they can! While this is a temporary assignment (from August to December) I am hopeful that there will be many oppertunities in the future. As a huge fan of immersive storytelling...I am looking forward to learning as much as I can about the fascinating new Houses for HHN (A Quite Place, Eternal Bloodlines, Goblins Feast and Monstruos being my most anticipated)!

There were many hours of prep for my audition, many hours of research on the subject I used (we were asked to tell about my favorite movie and how it effected my life) and I can in all honesty say...with hard work, dreams can indeed come true!

So my friends, thank you all for believing in me and thank you to all the Team Members from Park Services who encouraged me and helped me prepare.

I look forward to seeing all of you at Universal Halloween Horror Nights, Where Horror Lives!

P.S. My favorite House last year was Dueling Dragons (With The Darkest Deal being my close second place House) and as a result I made a balloon of that House! Whatever ends up being my favorite House, I will also make a balloon for representing this year!

08/01/2024

Hello everybody!

officially announced the final land of Epic Universe, The Ministry of Magic! This land will feature life sized buildings from 1920s Wizarding Paris (plus an amazing stage show) and a massive new ride where Umbridge will be the villian escaping her trial!

I am exceptionally excited about this land as my wifey and I have a long history with Harry Potter, I have made multiple balloon cosplays from the series and I even made balloons at our Harry Potter Wedding!

I cannot wait to explore this incredible land with my family next year!

Also...they released this info on Harry Potter's actual birthday!

(On Facebook this was posted the day after)

07/28/2024

Hello everybody!

I got to see park of the Olympic Opening Ceramonies and I wilp definitely say that was incredible in every way! Her singing, inspite of the rain and way that the Efflie Tower looked was just incredible! I am looking forward to seeing the Break Dancing Competition as well as many others! And there was even a special new flavor for Powerade that I really enjoyed and due to my excitement for seeing the , I made a balloon of the NBC Logo!

So I hope that you all have a wonderful day and try to find moments to share kindness with other awesome people that you know, or do not know!

07/25/2024

Hello everybody!

I had a fantastic event at the Disney's Dolphin Resort, making balloons for a massive Super Hero themed event! While I was not able to get every picture (there was definitely a lot of people wanting balloons but me and were able to make everyone smile)! We even got a chance to pose with some of the awesome displays!

Doing Disney events are always exceedingly fun and we are looking forward to doing many more in the future!

07/25/2024

Hello everybody!

I had a phenominal time making balloons for the families of the company Airbus! They were so kind, patient and had some of the best requests (Scorbunny, Thomas the Tank Engine Hat and Ariel were some favorites of mine) and on top of that they fed me exceedingly delicous Bao Buns (definitely check out )! I loved getting to talk with the Team and I felt honored to be a part of a day giving back to the families that work so hair there!

I hope that all of you have a wonderful day!

07/14/2024

Hello everybody!

I reached a new milestone for Universal Orlando Resort this week...I officially earned my 1 year pin! Throughout the year I encountered many highs and lows, I got to know my amazing team, I got to assist numerous memorable visitors to the parks, be a part of both Halloween Horror Nights - Universal Orlando and Mardi Gras... and even learn of many epic oppertunities in the future. I was not the only one celebrating a service anniversary, and getting to meet so many fantastic Team Members truly brought a smile to my face (I should have the complete picture available soon). I especially loved the chance to hang out with my friend Sean who was also recieving his service pin.

I love my little Minion Pin, my golden 1 year symbol of awesomeness! I loved it so much that I made a golden balloon Minion, my way of saying thank you to my exceedingly helpful team. You could even say, my fellow Team Members set the Universal Gold Standard for keeping everything in Citywalk looking its best and they indeed, "One in a Minion"!

My fellow Team Members, Leads, Team Captains and Supervisors, thank you for all you do to make my job a universe of phenominal experiences.

06/26/2024

Hello everybody!

A few days ago an fantastic new announcement was made by for Epic Universe...they fully revealed Dark Universe! This new expansive themed area will breathe new life into the classic Universal Monsters including Frankenstein's Monster, The Wolfman, Phantom of the Opera and of course...Dracula! I loved the new look of his redesign so much that I wanted to make him in balloon form. As you can tell, I am exceedingly excited about this new land (especially the new Monster's Unchained Ride and getting to see the original characters, including Dr. Victoria Frankenstein) and I am looking forward to hearing more amazing announcements from Universal!

Also I had a wonderful time at the Universal Resource Day they had for me and my fellow Team Members! I met a lot of new contacts from Career Networks and I was even given some help with applying for various new positions opening for Epic Universe next year. I also got to see Safety Man, our back of house Safety Mascot!

So I will definitely say, there is a lot to be excited about in the future and I cannot wait to see all that will be coming to our Universe!

06/14/2024

Hello everybody!

I can honestly say that I have had a few weeks of fantastic guest interaction, cool gifts and even the making of unique balloons for my Team! Since I made Safety Man (one of the Park Services mascots) I decided to make their newest Mascot, Ren the Recycling Ben. He was a lot of fun to make and my Team really liked him a lot, especially since he matched the stickers! Along with this, I finally got to make a balloon for one of the most helpful people to me (especially from last year when I started my Universal Adventure). It was a pleasure to make Mr. Rory, Sir Pentious one of our favorite characters from Hazbin Hotel (he really is best snek, just look up the song "It Starts with Sorry" and you'll know why).

In addition, I whilst I always love to interact with guests and help them in any way that I can, I was suprised when I recieved two sets of gifts from guests that I helped! The first set of guests gave me a 3D printed tag and a hilarious Horror Movie Make Up Show button (which is tied with Bounre Stuntacular for my favorite live show at Universal). I also recieved a set of handmade wands from a set of guests who were mega fans of Harry Potter and gave me two wands (one for me and my wifey ) for telling a Harry Potter Dad joke! I also got to try the Pride Cookie, which was very cute and 100% helped LGBT+ organizations in the Orlando Area!

So my friends and fellow Team Members... with all of the unique and exciting oppertunities coming up for Epic Universe next year, there are a lot of awesome oppertunities to let people know about the future! However, it is important to remember to show kindness to not only guests at Universal...but in everyday life. Strive to help people you meet, strive to greet people and strive to find things that can make your day and the day of others around you...just a bit more Epic!

06/14/2024

Hello everybody!

I can honestly say that I have had a few weeks of fantastic guest interaction, cool gifts and even the making of unique balloons for my Team! Since I made Safety Man (one of the Park Services mascots) I decided to make their newest Mascot, Ren the Recycling Ben. He was a lot of fun to make and my Team really liked him a lot, especially since he matched the stickers! Along with this, I finally got to make a balloon for one of the most helpful people to me (especially from last year when I started my Universal Adventure). It was a pleasure to make Mr. Rory, Sir Pentious one of our favorite characters from Hazbin Hotel (he really is best snek, just look up the song "It Starts with Sorry" and you'll know why).

In addition, I whilst I always love to interact with guests and help them in any way that I can, I was suprised when I recieved two sets of gifts from guests that I helped! The first set of guests gave me a 3D printed tag and a hilarious Horror Movie Make Up Show button (which is tied with Bounre Stuntacular for my favorite live show at Universal). I also recieved a set of handmade wands from a set of guests who were mega fans of Harry Potter and gave me two wands (one for me and my wifey ) for telling a Harry Potter Dad joke!

So my friends and fellow Team Members... with all of the unique and exciting oppertunities coming up for Epic Universe next year, there are a lot of awesome oppertunities to let people know about the future! However, it is important to remember to show kindness to not only guests at Universal...but in everyday life. Strive to help people you meet, strive to greet people and strive to find things that can make your day and the day of others around you...just a bit more Epic!

06/14/2024

Hello everybody!

I had a rare occassion where instead of performing at a birthday party, my babes of cuteness was invited to one! She had an excellent time at her friend's party (which was Spiderman themed) and I ended up making a deluxe Spiderman for the birthday gentleman as well! Along with this, they had an adorable make shift splash pad and they even had a snow cone machine (which we made our own version of Kakigori or Japanese shaved ice for). My babes of cuteness had a lot of fun (as did I with ) and my babes even got to make her own adoable vinyl art!

In a way, getting to spend time at the party was almost like an early Father's Day gift for me because Lily got to have such a good time! It really was..."Amazing"!

06/13/2024

Hello everybody!

I am happy to say that the Epic Universe Preview Center at is absolutely fantastic! To mark the occasion I made a balloon Kronos (the entrance portal to the new park) and it came out really well! I also got to try out the incredible AR feature with their App and see the model of the park, which was beautiful! Along with this, I got to see some old friends of mine including and I got to get some of the exclusive merch for the park (my daughter loved her Light Furry, and I will especially be getting more Super Nintendo World and Dark Universe in the future)!

I cannot wait until the new park opens and I am thankful to be a Team Member for such a literal "epic" company!

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05/13/2024

Hello Everyone! A new video is out on the main Shaded Scythe Studios website. It's about the Delorean Sculpture I made for SyFy 2024.

Back again at SyFy Bartow where the theme this year is Time Travel. So it's time to go 88 miles per hour and build the famous car from Back to the Future to go back in time.

05/02/2024

Hello everybody!

just announced the newest land for Epic Universe coming in 2025...Super Nintendo World!! While this land already exists in both Japan and California, this is still one of the two lands that I am most excited about (you'll have to guess the other one)!

When finished it will have the Mario Kart Bowser's Challenge ride, the Yoshi's Island Ride, a Donkey Kong Roller Coaster (I cannot wait to ride this) and a plethora of side games and mini attractions!

I look forward to seeing all of you there and also feel free to see several of my favorite Mario Brothers Balloons and some of my absolute favorite people including my lovely wifey , my business partner and one of four fundamental brothers .i.am.green , my videograph and another fundamental brother , the original and still best Mario and the Bowser I grew up with and love from all the games !

Have a wonderful day, Wa-hooooooo!!!

04/29/2024

Did I break a world record with my Balloon Costume of AKU?...I won't know for a while but check out the video anyway.

This is the big one guys. I attended TupeloCon in Tupelo, Mississippi again this year and I wanted to pull off the Guinness World Record for the Worlds Biggest Balloon Costume. And What better to make then the shape shifting master of Darkness himself.

04/15/2024

Hello everybody!

During the weekend I was a part of a wonderful event with one of my absolute favorite oraganizations PALS -Providing Autism Links & Support ! The event took place at the Senses Park in Kissimmee, a park specifically made for kids on the Autism Spectrum like myself (although all kids were welcome)!

I got meet a lot of wonderful families, share my story, make my first ever balloon Autism Infinity Symbol and made many fantastic balloon designs for the families who came to the event.

I hope that all of you have a amazing day of awesomeness and know that wheather you arr neurodivergent or not, you are capable of doing anything you set your mind to!

04/03/2024

Hello Everybody!

I've had an exceptionally Fun few weeks back at Universal Orlando Resort Since my two big events!

I got to ride The Men in Black: Alien Attack dark ride With my team in the morning! Along with this, I was able to do a tour of the Men in Black Headquarters, For the first time (my favorite part was seeing the twins Neenerneener and Bob up close)!

Along with this, Universal Is made A new announcement pertaining to, Umiversal's newst theme park Epic Universe... There was a video demonstrating demonstrating the incredible scale of How to Train Your Dragon: Isle of Berk. The single land, will have 4 attractions, A gigantic dining hall And 30 dragon scattered throughout the land! To celebrate the reveal of this land, There was a big Team Member event event Where they were giving out small prizes related to The new land and Epic universe! It was an "Epic" amount of fun!

Although to finish everything off, there was one last incredible thing that happened...I was voted Team Member of the Month for the first time! I was so incredibly happy to recieve the award, along with my friend Kevon aka Sweetness (yes that is what everyone calls him and he is wonderful to work with) who recieved a Bravo Award! Along with this, my two trainers Danny and Juan were there and I could not have been happier!

I feel so blessed to be with a company that I has allowed me to be the best that I can be, help me with anything I might need, respect my differences as an individual on the Spectrum and working with my schedule as an entertainer and a Daddy!

I hope that you all have a wonderful and Epic Day!

03/19/2024

Hello everybody!

Well...it has been two years in the making...but at Tupelo Con this past weekend...I broke the current record for the Guiness World Record for largest balloon cosplay (Tom Kent at 11 feet, 7 inches) with my balloon Aku Cosplay from Samurai Jack! The balloon cosplay's final size was 12.9 feet with me outside of the creation and 13.2 feet whilst wearing it. The fabricated balloon costume took 20 hours and took 663 balloons to create including the use of 350, 260, 646 and 16 inch round Qualatex balloons. The balloon also had 4 officals (Tina, John, David and Danny) watch the entire build to prevent and tampering with the balloons.

Whilst I had to build the balloon 100% by myself in order to follow the rules established by Guiness, I have to thank my friends Shaded Scythe Studios for documenting my attempt and William the entertainer for providing world class entertainment whilst I created the balloon "Shape Shifting Master of Darkness"!

Speaking of the Shape Shifting Master of Darkness, Mr. Greg Baldwin, the voice of Aku and Uncle Iroh from Avatar the Last Air Bender got to see my balloon cosplay in action and was able to take a picture and do a testimonal! I have been a fan of Samurai Jack for many years and hearing the man who carried on Mako's legacy was truly incredible! Mr. Baldwin was an exceptionally kind and friendly gentleman to talk with and he even said one of my favorite Aku lines, "Extra Thicc"!

Along with making the large scale balloon cosplay, I also got to make many fun balloon commissions for the patrons of Tupelo Con as well! These balloons included a Link balloon cosplay, a Porunga from Dragon Ball Z, a Steam Punk Style wearable balloon and a Yellow Guy from Don't Hug Me I'm Scared (I was to make many people smile)!

After the event I also got to celebrate with my friends (especially since it was St. Patrick's Day)! We got to see a Tupelo Con hosted wrestling event (where I met the WWE legend Butterbean), have Creamy Mint Old Smokey Whiskey and eat at Elvis's favorite restaurant as a boy, Johnnie's Drive-In!

Now that I am heading home I still have some work to do as I now have a limited time to submit the evidence and then wait four to six months for Guiness to approve the attempt or not. Wish me luck my friends!

I just want to say...thank you all for supporting me throughout all of these years. Thank you for allowing me to bring smiles to your faces and thus make me smile as well. Thank you for joining me on my journey as an entertainer and thank you for all the kindness you have all shown me. And also...thank you Jamey, TC and Sabrina of Tupelo Con for having me back at the con over and over...for treating me like family...

Thank you everyone...and I hope that all of you continue to do your best in anything you do. There is definitely more things in the future coming up for me so please stay tuned and stay awesome my nerdy friends!

03/16/2024

Day 2 of building today.

03/15/2024

Building AKU live and attempting to break the Guiness world Record for largest balloon costume. Come on in and root me on.

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