As the shrill shriek of car alarms (in response to boisterous fireworks) echo in the advent of the New Year, I sit awed over the last one. A year where I saw myself *gasp* finally show a little mental growth. So, without further adeau, I give you my "Year In Review: 2004"
New Years 2003
-Rejoiced over finishing the WHOLE Taebo workout tape
-Sat depressed over breakup with Darryl while Hazel and BK gave me a simultaneous New Year's kiss
-Made a vow to fit into size 6 clothing by Valentine's Day
Month of Jan
-Lost 20 pounds at the dorms. Depressed, scared (of the thesis voting results), and anti-social.
Month of Feb
-Got the Thesis Producer slot! And Scriptwriter!
-Fit into a size 5
-Wore Hazel's homecoming queen gown on Valentine's Day (cuz I could fit it!) and inexplicably started dating Darryl again the same day.
Month of March
-Lost Fran as a roommate. :(
-Started pre-production of Thesis film Jazzman. TERRIFIED
Months of April-May
-Stress over thesis.
-Get a new AWFUL roommate.
-Stop Teabo
-Start gaining the pounds again.
End of May
-Principal Photography starts on the thesis films. Do an AMAZING job! Have A LOT of fun!
Month of June
-Get my first apartment ever! Bequeathed it as: The Crowning Emperor Prince of Pompei
-Introduced my cousin Bim to the city that is Miami- had my first house guest!
-TURNED 21!!!! Have fears about future
-Started internship at Forti/Layne Entertainment
Month of July
-Started Final Semester of College
-Started Jazzman post production
-Supported workstudy job, school, and Forti/Layne
Month of August
-Met Usher & Lil' John at internship
-Start proposal for HBO series with Val at internship
Month of September
-4 hurricanes hit Miami, post production gets held back
-First time in New Orleans!
-Grenada destroyed by hurricanes
-Finish Jazzman
-Family comes to Miami!
-Jazzman is screened in a real theatre with TERRIBLE outcomes
-Graduate from Miami International University with a Bachelor's in Art with a Concentration in Film
-Darryl moves in!
-Fears about future MAGNIFY
Month of October
-Get hired into a full-time position at Forti/Layne Entertainment
-Get hired to produce independant film My Struggle
-Get hired to produce independant doc My Kind of World
-Accept all!
Month of November
-Meet Shaquille O'Neal and The Miami Heat! Take pictures that impress boss so much he puts it on the F/L website.
-Meet the Black Eyed Peas and help with pre-producing an MTV pilot through my company
-Boss offers to make one of my short stories into a short film.
-Hold trailer premiere party in New York night club for My Kind of World
-Sincerely doubting the whole Full-time job thing.
-Say goodbye to all of my friends for the last three years.
Month of December
-Cast My Struggle
-Start Taebo all over again
-Rediscover snow and family in Texas
-Get a lead on a project that I ultimately convince my boss to let my produce myself!
-Start loving the full-time job experience.
New Years Eve 2004
-Ready, confident, and running head first into the future! :)
Wow you guys. It's been one heck of a year. Here's to next year and the adventures waiting for us ahead.
Happy New Years!
Friday, December 31, 2004
Thursday, December 30, 2004
AHHHH!!!! I'm so EXCITED!!!
You remember the proposal I was telling you about? The one I was gonna give to my company to see if I could produce it myself? Well- it got accepted!
YES!
And I got accepted to produce, write, and edit the whole thing! Yay! I might even get to go home for a week while it's being shot in Dallas! DOUBLE YAY!!!!
Go Summer
it's your birthday
not really
just for play play!
This might be the beginning of a beautiful friendship. :)
You remember the proposal I was telling you about? The one I was gonna give to my company to see if I could produce it myself? Well- it got accepted!
YES!
And I got accepted to produce, write, and edit the whole thing! Yay! I might even get to go home for a week while it's being shot in Dallas! DOUBLE YAY!!!!
Go Summer
it's your birthday
not really
just for play play!
This might be the beginning of a beautiful friendship. :)
Tuesday, December 28, 2004
Hectic at work today.
Turns out that the Brazilian company that's producing the Telenovella we'll be shooting in El Paso has picky (expensive) taste in hotel rooms- despite the low production budget. I spent more than half of my day calling probably EVERY 4 star hotel in Miami and Terlingua, TX trying to find something nice for them. Spoiled bastards.
Oh- and MTV New York decided to give us a spin too. We had originally sheduled a shoot from the 17th through the 22nd of January with the 17 crew guys who make our BEST list. Do you know how rare that is? To find 1 of those guys available for just a ONE day shoot is a once in a year type thing, much less all for a 5 day one. But we did it and we were happy... until today. MTV calls and says "Oh, sorry- can we switch those days to the 14th, 15th, and 16th?"
Tchyeah, and monkeys might fly out of my butt.
We tried. Already half of the crew is unavailable- we'll have to spend the rest of the week finding fill-ins on short notice. And it also is insulting for our guys to go from a 5 day hold to something half that amount of time. They passed up other jobs for this, and in the film industry jobs are a commodity even veterans don't pass up lightly. How does it look for a company when we have to tell guys we've worked with for more than 30 years (Kev and Bri even filmed some of their weddings) "Sorry... we don't really have a job for you like we said."
And when I say we I mean me and Arzu, and let me tell you it was no fun calling these guys with a cancellation.
THANKS MTV, AND A HAPPY F*$@IN NEW YEAR TO YOU TOO!
Misc Note: I find it scary that I willingly went to work 2 days in a row. I didn't pick a mental fight or anything! Could I be getting used to the Full Time Job?
GOD I hope not.
I made a business proposition to my contemporaries today. I got an offer to do a misc promo film in Tx and instead of going off on my own to do it I proposed at work to give the job to them if they would *gulp* let me rise above my station and lead the project as producer. Have yet to hear a response from Big Man Brian, but Kool Kevin said sure!
*Gasp*
Wow. Bravery works. Unexpected.
Now what do I do?
Turns out that the Brazilian company that's producing the Telenovella we'll be shooting in El Paso has picky (expensive) taste in hotel rooms- despite the low production budget. I spent more than half of my day calling probably EVERY 4 star hotel in Miami and Terlingua, TX trying to find something nice for them. Spoiled bastards.
Oh- and MTV New York decided to give us a spin too. We had originally sheduled a shoot from the 17th through the 22nd of January with the 17 crew guys who make our BEST list. Do you know how rare that is? To find 1 of those guys available for just a ONE day shoot is a once in a year type thing, much less all for a 5 day one. But we did it and we were happy... until today. MTV calls and says "Oh, sorry- can we switch those days to the 14th, 15th, and 16th?"
Tchyeah, and monkeys might fly out of my butt.
We tried. Already half of the crew is unavailable- we'll have to spend the rest of the week finding fill-ins on short notice. And it also is insulting for our guys to go from a 5 day hold to something half that amount of time. They passed up other jobs for this, and in the film industry jobs are a commodity even veterans don't pass up lightly. How does it look for a company when we have to tell guys we've worked with for more than 30 years (Kev and Bri even filmed some of their weddings) "Sorry... we don't really have a job for you like we said."
And when I say we I mean me and Arzu, and let me tell you it was no fun calling these guys with a cancellation.
THANKS MTV, AND A HAPPY F*$@IN NEW YEAR TO YOU TOO!
Misc Note: I find it scary that I willingly went to work 2 days in a row. I didn't pick a mental fight or anything! Could I be getting used to the Full Time Job?
GOD I hope not.
I made a business proposition to my contemporaries today. I got an offer to do a misc promo film in Tx and instead of going off on my own to do it I proposed at work to give the job to them if they would *gulp* let me rise above my station and lead the project as producer. Have yet to hear a response from Big Man Brian, but Kool Kevin said sure!
*Gasp*
Wow. Bravery works. Unexpected.
Now what do I do?
Monday, December 27, 2004
Jeez!
I've been back in Miami for a day now and already I'm so lonely I've done nothing but sit in front of my tv sobbing during Ewan McGregor's Panda Documentary. (Although it WAS really heartbreaking... it's so sad how animals have to adapt to us forcing them out of their homes :(
Holidays are never long enough! I miss my family soooo much.
Ugh.
Surprisingly work wasn't too bad today. Actually- it was pretty fantastic. And I didn't really do anything too interesting... it was just happy. I dunno. Maybe I was just so excited about being around people. It was kinda funny though, because I brought my aunt's FANTABULOUS rum cake to eat for lunch and my coworkers loved it so much they ate it all! Thanks Auntie Ching! My boss-an emmy award winning director (by the way)- actually stopped in the middle of a casting call to moan and rub his belly while he ate. LOL
I got a new desk at work too. It's a contemporary L-shaped wooden wonder. Amazing. I sit in it and do work just so that I can feel how great it is to sit at a fancy desk. It was a gift from Val, my supervisor- she got a new glass desk and gave me her old one. It's so much fun- it's like I'm some grown up doing real work instead of some neveau graduate punk who's job isn't really a job because of how fun and exciting it is. Thanks Val!
You know- for a person who started their post describing how much they were crying this evening, I do seem a bit cheery.
I dunno...
I feel bad for the people affected by the tsunami's. It must be awful to go through something like that. I saw footage on the news- some vacationer took vid. from a hotel room of big 3 story buildings on the coast standing fine in one second, then being berrated by water the next. It was surreal- I felt like I was watching a kid in the bathtub who just happened to make the water overflow onto a miniature of a modern city. And they interviewed a young college kid who said that the water just disappeared on the beach ("like some giant was pulling it away" she said), and when they walked closer to see what happened they were all of the sudden ENGULFED by a huge WALL. Can you imagine? The filmmaker in me sees that as an excellent visually and amazing to behold, but the human in me is scared along with the girl. How terrible- and 2 days after Christmas too. Some people haven't even found family members yet! God. I would give anything to never feel that as long as I live. I couldn't image what it would be like to not know where my family was.
i think i'm being a bit emotional. I'll go lie in bed and calm down. Good night, and God bless!
I've been back in Miami for a day now and already I'm so lonely I've done nothing but sit in front of my tv sobbing during Ewan McGregor's Panda Documentary. (Although it WAS really heartbreaking... it's so sad how animals have to adapt to us forcing them out of their homes :(
Holidays are never long enough! I miss my family soooo much.
Ugh.
Surprisingly work wasn't too bad today. Actually- it was pretty fantastic. And I didn't really do anything too interesting... it was just happy. I dunno. Maybe I was just so excited about being around people. It was kinda funny though, because I brought my aunt's FANTABULOUS rum cake to eat for lunch and my coworkers loved it so much they ate it all! Thanks Auntie Ching! My boss-an emmy award winning director (by the way)- actually stopped in the middle of a casting call to moan and rub his belly while he ate. LOL
I got a new desk at work too. It's a contemporary L-shaped wooden wonder. Amazing. I sit in it and do work just so that I can feel how great it is to sit at a fancy desk. It was a gift from Val, my supervisor- she got a new glass desk and gave me her old one. It's so much fun- it's like I'm some grown up doing real work instead of some neveau graduate punk who's job isn't really a job because of how fun and exciting it is. Thanks Val!
You know- for a person who started their post describing how much they were crying this evening, I do seem a bit cheery.
I dunno...
I feel bad for the people affected by the tsunami's. It must be awful to go through something like that. I saw footage on the news- some vacationer took vid. from a hotel room of big 3 story buildings on the coast standing fine in one second, then being berrated by water the next. It was surreal- I felt like I was watching a kid in the bathtub who just happened to make the water overflow onto a miniature of a modern city. And they interviewed a young college kid who said that the water just disappeared on the beach ("like some giant was pulling it away" she said), and when they walked closer to see what happened they were all of the sudden ENGULFED by a huge WALL. Can you imagine? The filmmaker in me sees that as an excellent visually and amazing to behold, but the human in me is scared along with the girl. How terrible- and 2 days after Christmas too. Some people haven't even found family members yet! God. I would give anything to never feel that as long as I live. I couldn't image what it would be like to not know where my family was.
i think i'm being a bit emotional. I'll go lie in bed and calm down. Good night, and God bless!
Saturday, December 25, 2004
Merry Christmas Everyone!
As a present to myself I gave my blogger a new template. Yay! Isn't it pretty? Although I have to admit that I'm no template pro and that subsequent mistakes (i.e. the tag board, posts, bio, and just about every misc. object) have occured. But no worries- I'll get better at this in time and soon my blogger will be mistake-free!
Hip hip cat!
So, while you guys open your presents, sit back and enjoy mine.
I know I will. :)
Oh yeah- and if you scroll down on the 'about me' index you'll notice some hard-to-read links. Click on those! The first one is the girl who designed this template, the second one is my gorgeous Canadian cousin Angel, and the third is my brilliant best friend Brandi. Have fun!
As a present to myself I gave my blogger a new template. Yay! Isn't it pretty? Although I have to admit that I'm no template pro and that subsequent mistakes (i.e. the tag board, posts, bio, and just about every misc. object) have occured. But no worries- I'll get better at this in time and soon my blogger will be mistake-free!
Hip hip cat!
So, while you guys open your presents, sit back and enjoy mine.
I know I will. :)
Oh yeah- and if you scroll down on the 'about me' index you'll notice some hard-to-read links. Click on those! The first one is the girl who designed this template, the second one is my gorgeous Canadian cousin Angel, and the third is my brilliant best friend Brandi. Have fun!
Wednesday, December 22, 2004
SNOW!
Good Gracious it snowed today! I LOVE CHRISTMAS!!!
It happened right when I put the Pina Colada wedding cake taster in my mouth. Keianna looked over and yepped and there it was! White confection perfection, gliding down the stabs of wind along the sill of the window. How lovely... how poetic. And how amazing that cake was too!
We tasted 20 different cake flavors... from an exotic 5 layered chocolate mix of crunchy moist soft pillowy pleasure (which we picked as the groom cake), to plain but sugary spongy yellow butter cake. OOOOOOOOooohhhhhhhhhhhhhh..... if there ever was a heaven, I had my foot in it's door at that moment.
We also took a look at flower arrangements and stuff. That was cool too- a little over my head with it's girlyness- but still cool. There was some interesting stuff there, including a vase called a macaroni where the flowers came out of the sides instead of the top.
And guess what else? I found two long lost friends today! Dominic and Carole! God- I thought I had lost them forever. I was actually in the midst of writing a goodbye poem to put on my blog... but fate stepped in and gave me more heaven. Thanx fate! Dominic is where he always was (stupid me) and he just had a different phone number. I'm actually gonna go to the movies with him tomorrow with a bunch of other friends I haven't seen in a while... And Carole wrote me an email! Yay Carole! She's having a great time in Oklahoma with her husband and dogs, and her mother is great and everything is great!
And I talked to Darryl for 10 minutes!
Such a great day!
I wasn't able to see Fran and Juan :( .... That's okay. I might be able to see them tomorrow. The suckiest thing, though, was that I was supposed to see Chau but she NEVER CALLED ME WHEN SHE GOT IN EVEN THOUGH I WAS 2 BLOCKS AWAY FROM HER APARTMENT AND NOW SHE IS GONE FOREVER IN AUSTIN.
Geez Chau! :p ARGH...You know I love you. I'm sorry I hung up on you - you deserved it though. That's the 3rd time you've come up to Arlington and "forgot" to call. I'll start writing you out of my Oscar speeches if you do that again.
Anyway... Mommy's waiting to use the internet. Happy Snow Day guys!
It happened right when I put the Pina Colada wedding cake taster in my mouth. Keianna looked over and yepped and there it was! White confection perfection, gliding down the stabs of wind along the sill of the window. How lovely... how poetic. And how amazing that cake was too!
We tasted 20 different cake flavors... from an exotic 5 layered chocolate mix of crunchy moist soft pillowy pleasure (which we picked as the groom cake), to plain but sugary spongy yellow butter cake. OOOOOOOOooohhhhhhhhhhhhhh..... if there ever was a heaven, I had my foot in it's door at that moment.
We also took a look at flower arrangements and stuff. That was cool too- a little over my head with it's girlyness- but still cool. There was some interesting stuff there, including a vase called a macaroni where the flowers came out of the sides instead of the top.
And guess what else? I found two long lost friends today! Dominic and Carole! God- I thought I had lost them forever. I was actually in the midst of writing a goodbye poem to put on my blog... but fate stepped in and gave me more heaven. Thanx fate! Dominic is where he always was (stupid me) and he just had a different phone number. I'm actually gonna go to the movies with him tomorrow with a bunch of other friends I haven't seen in a while... And Carole wrote me an email! Yay Carole! She's having a great time in Oklahoma with her husband and dogs, and her mother is great and everything is great!
And I talked to Darryl for 10 minutes!
Such a great day!
I wasn't able to see Fran and Juan :( .... That's okay. I might be able to see them tomorrow. The suckiest thing, though, was that I was supposed to see Chau but she NEVER CALLED ME WHEN SHE GOT IN EVEN THOUGH I WAS 2 BLOCKS AWAY FROM HER APARTMENT AND NOW SHE IS GONE FOREVER IN AUSTIN.
Geez Chau! :p ARGH...You know I love you. I'm sorry I hung up on you - you deserved it though. That's the 3rd time you've come up to Arlington and "forgot" to call. I'll start writing you out of my Oscar speeches if you do that again.
Anyway... Mommy's waiting to use the internet. Happy Snow Day guys!
To Do:
-Go see wedding flowers with Hazel :(
-Go taste wedding cakes with Hazel ;9
-See if will not upchuck yesterdays dinner during wedding cake tasting :[]**
-See if can find long lost friends Fran and Juan :D
-If lucky, try to find lost friend Dominic ;>
-If not, gorge on Blue Bell Homemade Ice Cream flaver Moolenium Crunch until feel better. :) !!
Busy day...
*puts hand on forehead* I simply could not be bothered by small annoyances today Jeeves- please, kindly tell the muscle man and gymnist I will not be excersizing today. Oh! I just feel faint thinking about it!
*faints*
lololol
Yeah- you know you laughed. Don't act like you didn't. (if you didn't- please act like you didn't only to cover up the fact that you truly wanted to and were just being coy by not doing so)
What is wrong with me today? Sorry- I have not idea what that was all about. :p Off to the cakes!
-Go taste wedding cakes with Hazel ;9
-See if will not upchuck yesterdays dinner during wedding cake tasting :[]**
-See if can find long lost friends Fran and Juan :D
-If lucky, try to find lost friend Dominic ;>
-If not, gorge on Blue Bell Homemade Ice Cream flaver Moolenium Crunch until feel better. :) !!
Busy day...
*puts hand on forehead* I simply could not be bothered by small annoyances today Jeeves- please, kindly tell the muscle man and gymnist I will not be excersizing today. Oh! I just feel faint thinking about it!
*faints*
lololol
Yeah- you know you laughed. Don't act like you didn't. (if you didn't- please act like you didn't only to cover up the fact that you truly wanted to and were just being coy by not doing so)
What is wrong with me today? Sorry- I have not idea what that was all about. :p Off to the cakes!
Monday, December 20, 2004
Sunday, December 19, 2004
Texas!
I'm in Texas now! Yay!
I've been here for 2 days now. Arrived yesterday after a long stunt watching people for 3 hours at the airport then pretending to be asleep for another 3 hours so the lady sitting beside me would stop talking to me (which she didn't *bleh* ).
That same night Hazel had a Christmas party. Sooo much fun (which in itself is a surprise because I don't like parties and I don't know any of my sister's friends). Thanx Hazel! Although I have to admit- it was weird being around BK for the first few hours. Having my sister call me and tell me how he has hurt her emotionally while I can do nothing to help in Miami makes for awkward moments. I think he really does love her, though. I mean- they ARE getting married now.
Speaking of which- since I have been here I have not Tae-bo'd at all, and I kinda don't plan to. I feel too sick and (excuses, excuses) I'm on vacation dammit! Who works out on vacation?
Not me!
Random FYI: Haven't talked to Darryl in 4 days. :(
More Random FYI: Have felt sick since I stopped talking to him.
Therefore: Maybe should finally buy that international calling card and call him, causing more bodily comfort?
I dunno. I spent $300 on a digital camera (my gift to myself- I have been wanting that baby for 2 years now and since I bought it I haven't taken it out of my sight), and so I don't think I have enough in the bank to buy a calling card.
It always comes down to sex or money. God. You would think that at least during the holidays my world would stop with the materializms.
Gotta go... been rushed this whole time and it affects my writing. *sigh* I hate not writing well.
:) Summer
P.S. Just finished reading A Princess Bride. I HIGHLY recommend it. 5 billion stars. Thrilling, appealing, frustrating, angering, saddening, surprising, and astounding all in one. And f**ing hilarious how William Goldman tricks the readers ino believeing something that's not true. You should read it.
I've been here for 2 days now. Arrived yesterday after a long stunt watching people for 3 hours at the airport then pretending to be asleep for another 3 hours so the lady sitting beside me would stop talking to me (which she didn't *bleh* ).
That same night Hazel had a Christmas party. Sooo much fun (which in itself is a surprise because I don't like parties and I don't know any of my sister's friends). Thanx Hazel! Although I have to admit- it was weird being around BK for the first few hours. Having my sister call me and tell me how he has hurt her emotionally while I can do nothing to help in Miami makes for awkward moments. I think he really does love her, though. I mean- they ARE getting married now.
Speaking of which- since I have been here I have not Tae-bo'd at all, and I kinda don't plan to. I feel too sick and (excuses, excuses) I'm on vacation dammit! Who works out on vacation?
Not me!
Random FYI: Haven't talked to Darryl in 4 days. :(
More Random FYI: Have felt sick since I stopped talking to him.
Therefore: Maybe should finally buy that international calling card and call him, causing more bodily comfort?
I dunno. I spent $300 on a digital camera (my gift to myself- I have been wanting that baby for 2 years now and since I bought it I haven't taken it out of my sight), and so I don't think I have enough in the bank to buy a calling card.
It always comes down to sex or money. God. You would think that at least during the holidays my world would stop with the materializms.
Gotta go... been rushed this whole time and it affects my writing. *sigh* I hate not writing well.
:) Summer
P.S. Just finished reading A Princess Bride. I HIGHLY recommend it. 5 billion stars. Thrilling, appealing, frustrating, angering, saddening, surprising, and astounding all in one. And f**ing hilarious how William Goldman tricks the readers ino believeing something that's not true. You should read it.
Friday, December 17, 2004
Rich People and Marathons
Oh yeah- you know it. With Darryl gone my tv experience is really moving forward right now. Nothing but VH-1's Fabulous Life Ofs and a day-long marathon of Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. I'm simply in heaven.
And those Animal Planet shows! God- I can't get my eyes off of them. (and I cry at least twice in every show... I think that's some kind of goal for the animal planet producers)
Days off are wonderful.
And those Animal Planet shows! God- I can't get my eyes off of them. (and I cry at least twice in every show... I think that's some kind of goal for the animal planet producers)
Days off are wonderful.
Wednesday, December 15, 2004
Blue
Darryl left today. :(
It's funny how he always goes off on vacation before me and returns after I come back. It's like I'm destined to miss him.
Ooohhh.... it's SO not fun being alone. Loneliness is probably the worst feeling ever. It's worse than fear or sadness. With fear or sadness there's an action that goes along with it. Even if I was by myself I would still have my tears or screams to talk to me. But loneliness- that's a doosy. With loneliness you can be surrounded by people at home and you'd feel lost and defenseless...
vulnerable...
alone.
And it's not one of those "I miss Darryl" type of feelings- it's one of those "I'm home and I can hear a pin drop and I don't know what to do with my arms or legs or self because I've never had myself as company and I feel like I'm with a stranger, while he's out there and I can't see him" types of loneliness.
Ugh.
I've only felt this way 3 times in my life, and 2 of those times were because of Darryl. The first was when I sat down on my wooden dorm bed and watched my parents drive away and leave me in an unknown city the day before college started. That was 3 years ago. Thought I'd be used to it by now.
And yet- somehow- the feeling just gets worse every time.
It's funny how he always goes off on vacation before me and returns after I come back. It's like I'm destined to miss him.
Ooohhh.... it's SO not fun being alone. Loneliness is probably the worst feeling ever. It's worse than fear or sadness. With fear or sadness there's an action that goes along with it. Even if I was by myself I would still have my tears or screams to talk to me. But loneliness- that's a doosy. With loneliness you can be surrounded by people at home and you'd feel lost and defenseless...
vulnerable...
alone.
And it's not one of those "I miss Darryl" type of feelings- it's one of those "I'm home and I can hear a pin drop and I don't know what to do with my arms or legs or self because I've never had myself as company and I feel like I'm with a stranger, while he's out there and I can't see him" types of loneliness.
Ugh.
I've only felt this way 3 times in my life, and 2 of those times were because of Darryl. The first was when I sat down on my wooden dorm bed and watched my parents drive away and leave me in an unknown city the day before college started. That was 3 years ago. Thought I'd be used to it by now.
And yet- somehow- the feeling just gets worse every time.
Tuesday, December 14, 2004
Hurry up and wait
Back and forth
To and fro
Watch the little Summer go!
Up the stairs
Up the wall
Driven past where most would fall
Do me this
Do me that
Forget about your little nap
Rest is not important, sleep has got to go
Taking care of buisness is the ultimate high
Make sure that every little detail you will know
(and don't forget to check the mail as you fall from the sky)
To and Fro!
Round You Go!
Kiss your life goodbye!
To and fro
Watch the little Summer go!
Up the stairs
Up the wall
Driven past where most would fall
Do me this
Do me that
Forget about your little nap
Rest is not important, sleep has got to go
Taking care of buisness is the ultimate high
Make sure that every little detail you will know
(and don't forget to check the mail as you fall from the sky)
To and Fro!
Round You Go!
Kiss your life goodbye!
Saturday, December 11, 2004
One last thing before I go...
My best friend Brandi started a blogger too- go see!
http://branisevil.blogspot.com/
One day Blogs will RULE THE WORLD. Here's too it ahead of time. :)
http://branisevil.blogspot.com/
One day Blogs will RULE THE WORLD. Here's too it ahead of time. :)
The Goddess of Contradictions Strikes Again!
Heaven.
That's what I was in while I ate my Big Mac meal complete with large fries and coke WHILE watching the acclaimed documentary about the unhealthy and down-right dangerous affects that the fast food king McDonalds puts your body through called "Super Size Me."
Ooohhh.... and the fries mixed with the perfect balance of mayo and ketchup sat just right in my belly during the whole thing.
Rebel, you say? I say YES.
But then I started getting into the 2nd half of the film and I realized that my choice of rebellion wasn't exactly the right cause to get myself to support. Ugh. Those special features with jars of sugar and fat.... the toll that said ARLINGTON was now one of the top 10- yes, 10- fattest cities in the US- just made me realize how much Billy Blanks is going to have a soft spot in MY heart tonight.
And Hazel moved up her wedding date. Go Hazel for making me work harder than my originally planned "casual excersize" lifestyle.
Whatever. God is telling me something and DAMMIT I will not refuse to listen any longer.
excuse me...
I'm gonna go excersize.
That's what I was in while I ate my Big Mac meal complete with large fries and coke WHILE watching the acclaimed documentary about the unhealthy and down-right dangerous affects that the fast food king McDonalds puts your body through called "Super Size Me."
Ooohhh.... and the fries mixed with the perfect balance of mayo and ketchup sat just right in my belly during the whole thing.
Rebel, you say? I say YES.
But then I started getting into the 2nd half of the film and I realized that my choice of rebellion wasn't exactly the right cause to get myself to support. Ugh. Those special features with jars of sugar and fat.... the toll that said ARLINGTON was now one of the top 10- yes, 10- fattest cities in the US- just made me realize how much Billy Blanks is going to have a soft spot in MY heart tonight.
And Hazel moved up her wedding date. Go Hazel for making me work harder than my originally planned "casual excersize" lifestyle.
Whatever. God is telling me something and DAMMIT I will not refuse to listen any longer.
excuse me...
I'm gonna go excersize.
Wednesday, December 08, 2004
Preparation for a Confrontation
There is a woman in Florida that child actor mothers call "the Devil." She is mean and self-serving, jealous and greeding, ugly and cruel. The sound of her voice can clear a room just as fast as the use of her name. Mothers think twice before handing their child to a production that features her son.
And we hired him.
Alas- I did not know of this woman until it was too late. Her son is a brilliant boy. He's gorgeous and confident and can cry at the drop of a dime. Him acting out a monologue written by the likes of Shakespeare carries rays of sunshine from the audition room into rain clouds, and the sun emerges miraculously. A boy like him is one in a trillion... how could we not hire him?
ugh.
Peter, Andy, Erick and I have gotten reputations around the talent agencies in Miami. Our work is good quality stuff and we are always good to the people we hire. Half of the people we've casted have worked with us before-the other half were eager to meet us because of what they have heard. So when the mother of one of the supporting characters asked us who we hired for the lead we told her, because we are honest, trustworthy filmmakers.
Her reaction was less than trustworthy... and very much too honest.
She became very upset. "That boy is an angel, but his mother is a witch!" was all she would say. Mind you- we've each worked with this woman and her son many times- they're like family. The woman is the sweetest person in the world. I have NEVER heard her say anything that could even be considered PG13, much less curse. I mean- her and her son decided to sacrifice going to LA for pilot season this year just to be in our film, and he has a high chance of getting a couple projects.
We decided to heed her warning, but still keep the boy. She was not going to pull her son out anyway, she said she would work with the woman to work with us again. We thought- maybe it's not so bad.
Then we started to get OTHER reactions.
One mother went into hysterics. For the first call back she dropped her son off at Andy & Pete's apartment so that she would not have to go to location and bump into that woman. Another mother started to cry, saying that she wants her daughter to work with us but she can't bring herself to face that woman again. An ACTOR- a 12 yr. old BOY even- opposed the decision saying that the woman had slapped him once for no apparent reason.
So we held a meeting between the 4 of us and deliberated. She would be a distraction on set- but her son is a living miracle. She would be hard to handle- but the whole movie rides on the strength of the main boy's acting ability. Other mothers might start pulling out their children from the project- but ONE child is worth all of the others.
*sigh*
We decided to keep the boy. I am the producer, so it is ultimately my responsibility to handle the talent and the talent's representatives. Pete, Andy, and Erick will not have to deal with her. They are the ones who will have the creative parts of the movie on their shoulders. As long as I can keep this woman away from them and everyone else on the set it should be fine. I'm not too fond of this idea, but surprisingly the other three say I should be able to handle it.
"Remember when you battled President Flemming and won a bigger budget for the student films, and then went to CineVideoTech and got $900 worth of equipment for free?" They ask, "Or when Professor Goodly threatened to shut down the production of Jazzman after finding out that one of our actors was SAG, but you went head to head with him and convinced him to change his mind?"
Why... yes, actually- I do. And you know what? Who CARES if this woman is mean? Who CARES if she scares the mothers, or the actors? Not ME. This is MY production. I'M in charge. No god-hating, power-loving, hard-hearted BITCH is going to get in MY WAY. I RUN THIS SET. NO ONE CAN STEP OVER ME. So you know what?
She can go ahead and bring it on. I'm ready for her.
And we hired him.
Alas- I did not know of this woman until it was too late. Her son is a brilliant boy. He's gorgeous and confident and can cry at the drop of a dime. Him acting out a monologue written by the likes of Shakespeare carries rays of sunshine from the audition room into rain clouds, and the sun emerges miraculously. A boy like him is one in a trillion... how could we not hire him?
ugh.
Peter, Andy, Erick and I have gotten reputations around the talent agencies in Miami. Our work is good quality stuff and we are always good to the people we hire. Half of the people we've casted have worked with us before-the other half were eager to meet us because of what they have heard. So when the mother of one of the supporting characters asked us who we hired for the lead we told her, because we are honest, trustworthy filmmakers.
Her reaction was less than trustworthy... and very much too honest.
She became very upset. "That boy is an angel, but his mother is a witch!" was all she would say. Mind you- we've each worked with this woman and her son many times- they're like family. The woman is the sweetest person in the world. I have NEVER heard her say anything that could even be considered PG13, much less curse. I mean- her and her son decided to sacrifice going to LA for pilot season this year just to be in our film, and he has a high chance of getting a couple projects.
We decided to heed her warning, but still keep the boy. She was not going to pull her son out anyway, she said she would work with the woman to work with us again. We thought- maybe it's not so bad.
Then we started to get OTHER reactions.
One mother went into hysterics. For the first call back she dropped her son off at Andy & Pete's apartment so that she would not have to go to location and bump into that woman. Another mother started to cry, saying that she wants her daughter to work with us but she can't bring herself to face that woman again. An ACTOR- a 12 yr. old BOY even- opposed the decision saying that the woman had slapped him once for no apparent reason.
So we held a meeting between the 4 of us and deliberated. She would be a distraction on set- but her son is a living miracle. She would be hard to handle- but the whole movie rides on the strength of the main boy's acting ability. Other mothers might start pulling out their children from the project- but ONE child is worth all of the others.
*sigh*
We decided to keep the boy. I am the producer, so it is ultimately my responsibility to handle the talent and the talent's representatives. Pete, Andy, and Erick will not have to deal with her. They are the ones who will have the creative parts of the movie on their shoulders. As long as I can keep this woman away from them and everyone else on the set it should be fine. I'm not too fond of this idea, but surprisingly the other three say I should be able to handle it.
"Remember when you battled President Flemming and won a bigger budget for the student films, and then went to CineVideoTech and got $900 worth of equipment for free?" They ask, "Or when Professor Goodly threatened to shut down the production of Jazzman after finding out that one of our actors was SAG, but you went head to head with him and convinced him to change his mind?"
Why... yes, actually- I do. And you know what? Who CARES if this woman is mean? Who CARES if she scares the mothers, or the actors? Not ME. This is MY production. I'M in charge. No god-hating, power-loving, hard-hearted BITCH is going to get in MY WAY. I RUN THIS SET. NO ONE CAN STEP OVER ME. So you know what?
She can go ahead and bring it on. I'm ready for her.
Tuesday, December 07, 2004
Trials of Error
So I had my production meeting today.
I'm the producer of an independent short film called "My Struggle." I can't tell you the synopsis because, frankly, I don't trust everybody that goes on the internet and I don't want the story idea stolen before we finish shooting :p
Anyway- we're at this meeting, not hurting anybody, when we get bad news. Lots of it. Lined up just for us. Lets see...hmm- where do I start? Um- my assistant producer quit stating 'homesickness' and went back to St. Lucia, our production designer quit for personal reasons, our AD (the best one ever by the way) can't be our AD anymore because he got a full time job at a tv station, our gaffer moved back to Venezuela, and our costume designer is stuck in the caribbean because her visa got revoked. Ha! Good one Destiny! Thanks a whole f*in lot!
Seriously-you should have seen our faces when we found out.
what a riot
So anyway... production has YET AGAIN been postponed. We can't go on without these people- these positions are the cement that make the foundation. You can't make a movie without them, and now (on the eve of rehearsals) we have to scramble to get second best.
*sigh* But that's okay. I went home and excersized and now I feel a lot better. Punching air during Billy Blanks' yells of motivation really can take the stress out of a person. I mean, if I can live in this world as an independent woman who can do 50 butt clenches while doing a high kick- how can I NOT be happy? Billy Blanks deserves some major ice cream cake for my happiness.
so anyway...
Oh yeah! Remind me tomorrow to tell you something I found out today that I can't tell you until tomorrow. It's some of the best news ever! But it's a surprise, so shhh!
Good night ya'll. I'm going to enjoy me some R&R.
I'm the producer of an independent short film called "My Struggle." I can't tell you the synopsis because, frankly, I don't trust everybody that goes on the internet and I don't want the story idea stolen before we finish shooting :p
Anyway- we're at this meeting, not hurting anybody, when we get bad news. Lots of it. Lined up just for us. Lets see...hmm- where do I start? Um- my assistant producer quit stating 'homesickness' and went back to St. Lucia, our production designer quit for personal reasons, our AD (the best one ever by the way) can't be our AD anymore because he got a full time job at a tv station, our gaffer moved back to Venezuela, and our costume designer is stuck in the caribbean because her visa got revoked. Ha! Good one Destiny! Thanks a whole f*in lot!
Seriously-you should have seen our faces when we found out.
what a riot
So anyway... production has YET AGAIN been postponed. We can't go on without these people- these positions are the cement that make the foundation. You can't make a movie without them, and now (on the eve of rehearsals) we have to scramble to get second best.
*sigh* But that's okay. I went home and excersized and now I feel a lot better. Punching air during Billy Blanks' yells of motivation really can take the stress out of a person. I mean, if I can live in this world as an independent woman who can do 50 butt clenches while doing a high kick- how can I NOT be happy? Billy Blanks deserves some major ice cream cake for my happiness.
so anyway...
Oh yeah! Remind me tomorrow to tell you something I found out today that I can't tell you until tomorrow. It's some of the best news ever! But it's a surprise, so shhh!
Good night ya'll. I'm going to enjoy me some R&R.
Parking Situation
I excersized really late last night. It was a combination of laziness, fear of pain, and downright interesting television. So much so that it was around 1 in the morning before I finally got my shoes on and decided to pop in my TaeBo DVD.
Which meant that it was 3 in the morning when I finally went- showered and refreshed- to bed.
Bad idea Summer! God... when I woke up this morning my limbs hurt AND I was drowsy. I couldn't get off the bed until 9:30 and by then I realized that it was too late to do any kind of preparation so I just threw on my clothes and ran to my car. You see- I live about 15 minutes away from work but it usually takes 30 minutes to get there because I come home so late that I have to park my car at the top-most level of my parking garage and (long story short) it takes half the time to get OUT of my parking lot as it does actually GETTING to work.
:(
I rush to work. When I finally get here (I'm at work right now) it's like 2 minutes before 10 and I'm frazzled and tired and not paying attention. Stupid! And I park my car in between the 2 most gorgeous, classy, expensive cars I have ever seen.
You see... my production company resides in a building owned by a man who has single-handedly brought up his own multi-million dollar law firm. He is a cool guy, and his firm is the first branch of rooms in the building (ours is the last near the back door to make for easier equipment transportation). He dresses okay and is very quiet and polite so you think "hmm... maybe he's not so well-off after all" but BOY this man can pick a car! He has a car that hasn't even been RELEASED yet- it's a 2005 and he had it since I started in June. It's this gorgeous shimmery blue that cascades with colors when you look at it in the sun. Very nice, very sweet.
Another company that shares an address with mine is (again) another well-off business. It's a travel agency for the rich and adventurous. The man who owns this company is a bit older than the first, a whole lot skinnier, and just as soft spoken. And HIS car is a classic BMW with it's original paint job shined to look as nice-if not better- than the lawyer's car.
And both of these cars I usually stay away from. It's just hard to keep your head up high in a 98' Toyota Camry complete with war scars next to these cars- and it's nerve racking parking next to them.
Well... because of my stupid laziness last night I didn't notice until it was too late that I had parked right in between these two puppies. Ugh. Hopefully one of them leaves before me- I don't want to be backing up and accidentally brush auras them.
:(
Which meant that it was 3 in the morning when I finally went- showered and refreshed- to bed.
Bad idea Summer! God... when I woke up this morning my limbs hurt AND I was drowsy. I couldn't get off the bed until 9:30 and by then I realized that it was too late to do any kind of preparation so I just threw on my clothes and ran to my car. You see- I live about 15 minutes away from work but it usually takes 30 minutes to get there because I come home so late that I have to park my car at the top-most level of my parking garage and (long story short) it takes half the time to get OUT of my parking lot as it does actually GETTING to work.
:(
I rush to work. When I finally get here (I'm at work right now) it's like 2 minutes before 10 and I'm frazzled and tired and not paying attention. Stupid! And I park my car in between the 2 most gorgeous, classy, expensive cars I have ever seen.
You see... my production company resides in a building owned by a man who has single-handedly brought up his own multi-million dollar law firm. He is a cool guy, and his firm is the first branch of rooms in the building (ours is the last near the back door to make for easier equipment transportation). He dresses okay and is very quiet and polite so you think "hmm... maybe he's not so well-off after all" but BOY this man can pick a car! He has a car that hasn't even been RELEASED yet- it's a 2005 and he had it since I started in June. It's this gorgeous shimmery blue that cascades with colors when you look at it in the sun. Very nice, very sweet.
Another company that shares an address with mine is (again) another well-off business. It's a travel agency for the rich and adventurous. The man who owns this company is a bit older than the first, a whole lot skinnier, and just as soft spoken. And HIS car is a classic BMW with it's original paint job shined to look as nice-if not better- than the lawyer's car.
And both of these cars I usually stay away from. It's just hard to keep your head up high in a 98' Toyota Camry complete with war scars next to these cars- and it's nerve racking parking next to them.
Well... because of my stupid laziness last night I didn't notice until it was too late that I had parked right in between these two puppies. Ugh. Hopefully one of them leaves before me- I don't want to be backing up and accidentally brush auras them.
:(
Monday, December 06, 2004
Tales From An Office Assistant
Bored...
I've been at work since 10 in the morning (yeah- I get a late clock in time... cool, huh?) and since then and now I have done what people affectionately call a "whole lot of nothing." God. It's torture. My company is working on a bunch of huge projects right now and there's nothing but stress and chaos flying around while I- being the lowest rung of the paying ladder- am stuck taking messages, updating the ball point pen inventory, and making sure the coffee is hot.
Which it is, by the way.
Don't take me wrong- I am very greatful for this job. I'm the only one from my graduate class that has gotten a full time job in the field of Film and TV so far- and luckily, when it's not like this, I actually have a lot of really awesome work and projects to do. Like, for example, writing the pilot episode for a show we're planning on proposing to HBO. Or digitizing footage from a concert that I helped raise off of it's feet some way or another. Or SEEING the footage on TV, and calling my friends and bragging about it. I get a whole lot of experience that...
actually...
hold that thought...
I gotta go! Yay! Work!
I've been at work since 10 in the morning (yeah- I get a late clock in time... cool, huh?) and since then and now I have done what people affectionately call a "whole lot of nothing." God. It's torture. My company is working on a bunch of huge projects right now and there's nothing but stress and chaos flying around while I- being the lowest rung of the paying ladder- am stuck taking messages, updating the ball point pen inventory, and making sure the coffee is hot.
Which it is, by the way.
Don't take me wrong- I am very greatful for this job. I'm the only one from my graduate class that has gotten a full time job in the field of Film and TV so far- and luckily, when it's not like this, I actually have a lot of really awesome work and projects to do. Like, for example, writing the pilot episode for a show we're planning on proposing to HBO. Or digitizing footage from a concert that I helped raise off of it's feet some way or another. Or SEEING the footage on TV, and calling my friends and bragging about it. I get a whole lot of experience that...
actually...
hold that thought...
I gotta go! Yay! Work!
Sunday, December 05, 2004
Adventure in Drawing, and other things
I'm a huge fan of Michael Turner artwork and when I was really small I would be able to push out a replica of any Michael Turner female I saw in front of me.
That talent, it seems, is beyond my capabilities now.
I've been trying for the last hour to draw a Michael Turner woman and make her into a character in one of my stories. But my stupid hand is saying "Nope- none for you!" and it just isn't working. Have I lost my talent? Am I just out of practice? What is going on with my hand?
I dunno... I'll try again tomorrow.
So I finally started excersizing again today. Ran about a mile. Then came home and scarfed down more snack foods than I've eaten in the last month. It's like every time I give myself a break I experience a need to take that break and destroy it completely. But that's okay- I figure it's just the first day and I'll stop rebeling after I get into the groove of things.
I read on the blog main site that some lucky girl is getting her blogs published into a book. Wow. If I ever needed a reason to keep going on this thing- there it is. And I checked her stuff out... it's pretty interesting. Reading her stuff IS like reading a book, or kinda like watching Bridget Jones's Diary.
Current Addictions:
-Desperate Housewives
-white chocolate bars from Publix
-Cheddar cheese rice cakes
-sweating to Eminem's "Mosh"
-reinventing my daily habits
-corn
Could there ever be anything greater?
I dunno... I'm gonna go back to drawing.
That talent, it seems, is beyond my capabilities now.
I've been trying for the last hour to draw a Michael Turner woman and make her into a character in one of my stories. But my stupid hand is saying "Nope- none for you!" and it just isn't working. Have I lost my talent? Am I just out of practice? What is going on with my hand?
I dunno... I'll try again tomorrow.
So I finally started excersizing again today. Ran about a mile. Then came home and scarfed down more snack foods than I've eaten in the last month. It's like every time I give myself a break I experience a need to take that break and destroy it completely. But that's okay- I figure it's just the first day and I'll stop rebeling after I get into the groove of things.
I read on the blog main site that some lucky girl is getting her blogs published into a book. Wow. If I ever needed a reason to keep going on this thing- there it is. And I checked her stuff out... it's pretty interesting. Reading her stuff IS like reading a book, or kinda like watching Bridget Jones's Diary.
Current Addictions:
-Desperate Housewives
-white chocolate bars from Publix
-Cheddar cheese rice cakes
-sweating to Eminem's "Mosh"
-reinventing my daily habits
-corn
Could there ever be anything greater?
I dunno... I'm gonna go back to drawing.
Saturday, December 04, 2004
Hyperballad
Listening to Bjork right now. I never thought I would say that- ever- but I stumbled upon this song on UM's college radio station and it intrigued me. I like fantasy, and this song seemed like a nice song to go with a fantasy story. It's like listening to a woman in a far away land discovering that her prince charming is even as interesting the morning after.
Darryl's old roommate Thiago was really into Bjork. He was really into everything, actually- at least everything I didn't think made sense unless you were one of those 'deep artists' types. He dressed like a skater, seemed like a white boy even though he was Brazilian, and he would be so surprising when you actually got to talk to him. Really into Bjork- had all of her albums.
He's of the group of people you miss when you realize that they aren't in your lives anymore.
I'm getting confused again. I want to go to Brown and study creative writing... get an MFA maybe. I'm not really hyped up about going back to college and doing all that work again though. It's becoming difficult to stay sane. I don't want to be a robot with a day job. I want to write and be creative and make movies.
Possibly in that order :)
I read Charlie in the Chocolate Factory today. Roald Dahl is one of the best writers bar none. Who cares if his stuff is for children, either? That's the best stuff to read in my opinion because children set out to get what they want and they have adventures surpassing their obstacles. Adults don't really know what they want and they don't experience any obstacles but their own excuses and little dramas as to why they think they're unhappy.
Sounds like me :p...
I need to start excersizing. I've gotten disgusting. I actually bought some ice cream today. Granted- I had a coupon that gave me a free gallon because some atm machine broke on me once... but I'm still being bad just accepting it. I should have maybe saved it as a Christmas gift for someone or something.
I dunno, ice cream's just hypnotizing like that. Maybe Bjork wasn't singing about a woman happy with her prince charming- maybe the woman was happy with her ice cream.
Darryl's old roommate Thiago was really into Bjork. He was really into everything, actually- at least everything I didn't think made sense unless you were one of those 'deep artists' types. He dressed like a skater, seemed like a white boy even though he was Brazilian, and he would be so surprising when you actually got to talk to him. Really into Bjork- had all of her albums.
He's of the group of people you miss when you realize that they aren't in your lives anymore.
I'm getting confused again. I want to go to Brown and study creative writing... get an MFA maybe. I'm not really hyped up about going back to college and doing all that work again though. It's becoming difficult to stay sane. I don't want to be a robot with a day job. I want to write and be creative and make movies.
Possibly in that order :)
I read Charlie in the Chocolate Factory today. Roald Dahl is one of the best writers bar none. Who cares if his stuff is for children, either? That's the best stuff to read in my opinion because children set out to get what they want and they have adventures surpassing their obstacles. Adults don't really know what they want and they don't experience any obstacles but their own excuses and little dramas as to why they think they're unhappy.
Sounds like me :p...
I need to start excersizing. I've gotten disgusting. I actually bought some ice cream today. Granted- I had a coupon that gave me a free gallon because some atm machine broke on me once... but I'm still being bad just accepting it. I should have maybe saved it as a Christmas gift for someone or something.
I dunno, ice cream's just hypnotizing like that. Maybe Bjork wasn't singing about a woman happy with her prince charming- maybe the woman was happy with her ice cream.
Monday, November 29, 2004
Just Write
I wanna be a writer.
No... author.
No... screenwriter.
AHHH, who cares? I want to make a living writing. A GOOD living. I want to be able to wake up in my mansion in the hills overlooking my own private beach, wrap myself up in a blanket, and write all day.
I probably want that more than anything else in life.
So how to do it? I dunno. I look it up on the internet and every author out there says WRITE. WRITE EVERYDAY. They say a bunch of other things too (like get training, knowledge, an interesting life, a job in the field...) but the only thing I don't do from it all is actually write.
So here it goes- I'm writing.
I actually wrote a lot today. At work my boss always told me he wishes someday that my time at work can be spent writing more and doing office 'chores' less. I thought that would take years... but apparently that only took will.
I told myself I was going to write today, and somehow the cosmos decided that I would have the time I needed to finish my goal.
See... we're a production company. As a production company, you want to get yourself involved in new projects all of the time. If you're lucky- your own projects. And my boss hired me for that reason. He never had writers at his company, he wanted to start a tv series, and he liked my writer.
And today I actually got to get some stuff done.
And you know what? It was the single best day I have ever had at any job in my life. I felt blessed.
:)
Hopefully I'll get more days like today.
No... author.
No... screenwriter.
AHHH, who cares? I want to make a living writing. A GOOD living. I want to be able to wake up in my mansion in the hills overlooking my own private beach, wrap myself up in a blanket, and write all day.
I probably want that more than anything else in life.
So how to do it? I dunno. I look it up on the internet and every author out there says WRITE. WRITE EVERYDAY. They say a bunch of other things too (like get training, knowledge, an interesting life, a job in the field...) but the only thing I don't do from it all is actually write.
So here it goes- I'm writing.
I actually wrote a lot today. At work my boss always told me he wishes someday that my time at work can be spent writing more and doing office 'chores' less. I thought that would take years... but apparently that only took will.
I told myself I was going to write today, and somehow the cosmos decided that I would have the time I needed to finish my goal.
See... we're a production company. As a production company, you want to get yourself involved in new projects all of the time. If you're lucky- your own projects. And my boss hired me for that reason. He never had writers at his company, he wanted to start a tv series, and he liked my writer.
And today I actually got to get some stuff done.
And you know what? It was the single best day I have ever had at any job in my life. I felt blessed.
:)
Hopefully I'll get more days like today.
Sunday, October 17, 2004
First Blog!!
Hi people!
Angel and Thuy got me addicted to reading their blogs, so I decided that I needed to have one. One of those they have one so why can't I kinda things. I'm not exactly sure what to do with it now that I have it. Do I make it a diary? Do I advertise my work? Write some stories?
I dunno...
Have you guys been watching the new series called Desperate Housewives? It's amazing. I fight with Darryl to keep the remote so that he's not constantly switching the channels and making me miss important stuff. It's such a creative series! And I love how the women are in their own little world- there aren't any references to the news of now (like stupid dialogue ie "after Sept. 11" or whatever). It's real refreshing. It keeps me into the story instead of stopping me and reminding me that life exists and I have to go to work tomorrow.
Angel and Thuy got me addicted to reading their blogs, so I decided that I needed to have one. One of those they have one so why can't I kinda things. I'm not exactly sure what to do with it now that I have it. Do I make it a diary? Do I advertise my work? Write some stories?
I dunno...
Have you guys been watching the new series called Desperate Housewives? It's amazing. I fight with Darryl to keep the remote so that he's not constantly switching the channels and making me miss important stuff. It's such a creative series! And I love how the women are in their own little world- there aren't any references to the news of now (like stupid dialogue ie "after Sept. 11" or whatever). It's real refreshing. It keeps me into the story instead of stopping me and reminding me that life exists and I have to go to work tomorrow.
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