It’s been quiet here on the blog lately, but (for once) for good reason.
We’re making a movie!
Back in October, a friend of mine asked if I’d be interested in casting his first feature film. I had briefly interned at a small casting agency where I quickly grasped the mechanics of it all, so I jumped at the opportunity to get my feet wet and get my first credit as casting director. It’s no secret that I love actors, so naturally I had a blast doing it.
Then a number of setbacks arose during pre-production, which postponed our start date from November to January. I stepped in to take on assistant directing/producing/anything-else-you-need duties for the project. Since I was about as uninvolved as I could be in film school, this is the first time I’m working directly in the field I want to pursue. And for free no less. Ah, independent film.
We just completed our first weekend of shooting with a couple cast members and a teeny-tiny crew. So far, it’s been chaotic, educational, exhilarating, only semi-stressful, and fun fun fun. We’re shooting on weekends for the next several weeks, so hopefully I’ll get a little better at posting in the between-times.
In other news
Tomorrow I’m off to the mystical land of Park City, Utah for the second half of Sundance. It’s just my mom, my sister, and me this year as my dad has decided to go back to school. He starts the Executive MBA program at USF this weekend.
As usual, I am beyond excited for these next few days. I’ll be posting my reviews of the 10+ movies we see here, plus any sightings I deem exciting.
Hoping to rub elbows with a bunch of indie film folk this year. Especially these guys.
Double woot!
Well, folks, we’re already into our second week of January and I’ve yet to publish the obligatory New Year’s resolution/”I don’t really believe in New Year’s resolutions but here are some changes I’d like to make” bloggity bloggy blog post.
So here ’tis, my main resolution for 2010, which encompasses several aspects of my life that I won’t expand on in detail here but probably will in a private journal somewhere because, well, you see, I haven’t had coffee yet so my main focus is getting that delicious caffeine flowing through me so my brain can begin functioning at its usual ultra-highly enlightened level (ha) and, frankly, some things are too personal dreadfully mundane even for this blog. Wait, what was I saying? Oh yes, my resolution for 2010:
Do more.
That’s it. Vague, you say? Indeed. But I have a very specific plan involving doing more so don’t you worry your little head.
Additionally, I’d like to keep better connected with the people I hold near and dear. My default mode is hermit. I have a habit of turning inward, figuratively and literally, and shutting off the world around me, a habit I very nearly perfected in 2009. Truthfully, I like being a hermit sometimes – sometimes it’s a necessary step in moving forward for me, not to mention it does wonders for my writing (yep, you guessed it, something else I intend to do more in 2010) – but I also like climbing out of my shell to say hello to the world every once in a while, something I’ve found takes significant effort after I’ve been holed up for an extended period of time. I’ll get better at this.
(that’s me, in turtle form)
2009 brought me exquisite highs and excruciating lows. It was a year of growth (+ growing pains), and a whole lot of change. So I say bring it, 2010, I’m ready for you.
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Wishing all a happy and healthy 2010!
I know you really wanted to include the word “swagger” in your song, but…
Really? You kick ‘em to the curb unless they look like this guy?
…If you say so.
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