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I’m moving Saturday, so I will be offline for a few days. There’s no internet connection set up at the new place, so I may be typing up blog posts at Barnes & Noble after this. We’ll see. In the meantime, I’ve posted a clip from my upcoming comedy The Shrub Whisperer. Let me know what [...]
Continue reading...The Hire (Or, Three Blog Posts That Have Nothing To Do With Each Other)
16. April 2009
In this post, you’re getting three blog posts in one. They have almost nothing to do with each other–I just had a lot on my mind last night. BLOG PART ONE: — THE HIRE — Recently, a number of friends have sent me links to short films that inspired them. In particular, my friend John sent me [...]
Continue reading...Magic Bullet
16. February 2009
I’m toying around with Magic Bullet Software, which basically takes your video footage and makes it look cool. We’re experimenting with a look for my upcoming short comedy The Shrub Whisperer (the picture’s almost locked on this one). Let me know what you think!
Continue reading...So far…
9. February 2009
…we’ve shot about this much footage for Razorwire: The tapes hold about an hour’s worth of footage apiece. And, to my great happiness, we’re currently way underbudget.
Continue reading...Amateur!
8. February 2009
———–ONE———– So I’m waiting backstage, and I’m terrified. We’ve rehearsed, rewritten, revised, blocked. The set looks gorgeous. The lighting’s okay, but there’s nothing we can do about it. I’m sick, and I’ve decided to offset my illness with half a gallon of black coffee. Twenty feet in front of me, the choir’s finishing their number. That’s my cue. Right. [...]
Continue reading...Razorwire
6. February 2009
I spent the past hour watching rain pelt my windshield. When it precipitates in San Diego, the populous thinks Al Gore’s Inconvenient Nightmare has arrived, and traffic slows to the pace of a five-legged millipede crawling uphill in a mudslide. My dog was in the back of the car–a vet’s appointment–gassing my car with that [...]
Continue reading...I Can’t Feel My Lips
18. January 2009
Thirty seconds after I got off the plane, I forgot what it was like to be warm. The wind blew through me like I was a screen door. The blood cells in my veins froze together. My lips cracked like a forty year-old driveway. When I was nineteen, I worked at a Wal-Mart in Montevideo, Minnesota. [...]
Continue reading...“Try And Enjoy Yourself Today.”
13. January 2009
Movie-wise, things are rolling again… thank God. As the holidays began, I was intensely frustrated with this production. It felt like NOTHING WAS MOVING: some kind of monkey wrench was in the works. Filming on a key sequence had been delayed over two and a half months due to scheduling and location issues. We’ve shot plenty [...]
Continue reading...You Don’t Have To Live Like A Refugee
8. January 2009
You know those cool guys who go to Starbucks to work on their screenplays? I’m not one of them. I’m too poor to buy coffee, and too embarrassed to sit there for six hours and then walk out without buying anything.* So today, I went to the library to write. I was excited because l hadn’t [...]
Continue reading...Because It Hurts
6. January 2009
Computer + Mug of hot tea + Dell Xpress Service Package = No blog posts for two weeks. Good thing I bought the Idiot Warranty. In other news, I spent the day in Julian, California, writing away in the back room of a countrified buffalo burger joint. Great service, forgettable sandwich. I re-outlined what will probably become the [...]
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17. April 2009
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