while cleaning up i was looking at some of the stuff from The
Shay Experiment from awhile back, before I started actually writing
it….  is crazy how much different it is now from how it was
conceived then.  But I think it’s for the better 😉

Anyway, I’m either gonna clean some more or go to sleep now…

My third project is now uploaded.

You can go to Darkest Light to see it.

I will be home in 2 days.

You can see some more stuff then.

Well, the final banquet is over….

Tomorrow when I wake up I will be minus a roommate….

I am going to hang out with some people tonight, soon as I figure out what’s going on…

All right, later.

So I heard from Paul Castro (the guy reading my screenplay, for those
who don’t know, which is probably most of you).  Am going to meet
with him tomorrow morning/afternoon to talk about it.  Apparently
he liked it, and so… that’s good.  Better then if he was like…
“my God… what have you done?…. don’t ever write again…”. 
Yeah, that would have been sad.

you can go to darkest light for an update on the final film situation.

Edit:

Also, no votes regarding the hair deal have come in in awhile… 
it’s like 6 3 in favor of cutting it short (as opposed to shaving it
completely).  It is also duly noted that a few of you may waver a
bit in that.

We will see what happens.  No one will know for sure until they see me upon my return home 😉

The film is shot.  I am optimistic.

I am also hungry.

So I am going to go to Taco Bell while I capture this video from the camera.

Later folks.

Edit:

The video capture didn’t happen, and the Taco Bell didn’t happen….

My computer kept dropping frames, I’m not sure why, so I will be editing tomorrow instead of tonight.

I did eat some leftover chinese i had forgotten about tho… mmmm….

So… in 6 days, at 8:45 PM… my flight will be landing in MD.

And I will be a happy guy.

Though I will miss it here…

So that’s the beginning of the official countdown…

6 days…….

So this is annoying…. I have to have my project shot (and preferably
edited) by tomorrow… (though i can do the editing on
monday)…..  So I was going to edit the other project that I need
to edit tonight….  it’s only 6….  it’s the last
week….  I have stuff I need to get done.. the center would be
open, right?  No.  No it is not.  I am sitting on the
floor outside of it, writing this.  So I cannot edit
tonight.  That leaves tomorrow, where I have to somehow find time
to edit at least that one project, but I am told the hours are 2 to
8….  and I will be shooting from around 2:30 to about an hour or
2 after it gets dark… which is probably  going to be 7 or
8….    so there goes that.  That is my major
complaint I think….  that the center is not open enough when
people have time to actually be there.

Anyway, I guess… there is not a lot of sense in complaining about
it… or… sitting here… except that I drove down here… and so..
it would be pointless if I didn’t do SOMETHING here.

Hmmm… I will have to figure out the PDF thing….  I’m not
entirely sure it’s ready to be divulged to the masses though… 
but I will probably send it to those who ask.  But yeah, give me a
few days maybe 😉

Anyway, the count on the votes seems to be 6 to 3, in favor of number 2.
Heather does make a good point though, but then, Gene also makes a good point, that it is cold back there… 😉

If you have not voted, you may still.  I will probably do whatever I do a week from today (the day before I fly home).

Today is the final day of my internship.  That’s kind of sad,
really.  I like it there, that’s the least stressful part of my
experience.. haha 🙂  Then, there have only been 2 stressful weeks
out here… the first being midterms week… and the second being
finals week (this week), heh.

I’m excited to be home for a month or so….

Edit:

So I was tired when I was writing earlier, I have a little more I can
post about…  The Co-Executive Producer/Writer of That 70’s Show
came and talked to us in our screenwriting class last night. 
Believe it or not, he is a Christian… and he had some really
interesting things to say.  Anyway, was cool hearing from him.

I pinched a nerve in my neck or something yesterday.  It hurts to
turn my head to the left, which means when I want to change lanes on
the highway, I have to cause myself pain, which is weird.

Anyway, I am gonna get to reading this last screenplay that I will be writing coverage of….
so… yeah.

“all this talking has turned dangerous

oh you speak so many languages

you could be spilling out your heart

and i wouldn’t understand at all

you know you got me thinking i should be swallowing my pride

but is it pride or the choking that comes before the fall

you say i got your worried, ’cause i drink too many beers

and each bottle’s adding up to the sum of all your fears

so i take the two drink maximum

with minimum regret on the rocks

cause i know that i don’t have nothing, yeah

and i don’t need nothing, yeah

cause it don’t mean nothing, yeah

if i don’t have you

last night, tonite, three nights, four

how many more nights will i spend on the counch or the floor

i never got an indication that there might be something wrong

so i’d invite the invitation to make out and move on

so come on i say, “i’m number one can’t you see”

you say, “you don’t look that way to me, at your very best you’re number three”

and hell, i’d take four or five, if that would guarantee your company

lying next to me

cause i don’t have nothing, yeah

and i don’t need nothing, yeah

cause i don’t mean nothing, yeah

if i don’t have you

would it help to say i’m sorry

would you believe me if i try

if i looked you in the face

would you look me in the eye

if i kept all of my promises

would you keep me up at night”
-“Keep Me Up At Night,” by Squad Five-O

Keep the votes coming.

I now hold my completed script in my hands.

It’s official, I am now the author of a screenplay.

 

I forgot how good butterfingers are.  I far too often neglect them.

That is completely unrelated to the rest of this post.

I made an announcement last night that, up until a few minutes ago, I
fully intended to fulfill.  However, a few moments ago I received
an e-mail regarding the scripts from Kris (prof).  Anyway, I found
a small piece of info which I found to be encouraging, and made me feel
bad for not finishing the script.  And so tonight becomes:
Operation Drink RockStar And Write Screenplay All Night On Caffeine
High…. or….  Operation DRAWSANOCH for short.

Now, I have thought it over, and since I promised a shaved head, I
thought maybe we could come to a compromise.  Now, I leave this
entirely in the hands of you people…. my FRIENDS, I remind you….
keep that in mind ;).

Here are the 2 options:

1. I shave my head just as I was going to if I failed.
2. I cut my hair to be really, truly, quite short, but certainly not shaved bald 😉

Vote away.  1 or 2 will suffice.  You only get one vote, so you know… make it count.

And this assumes that I succeed in Operation DRAWSANOCH.  If I fail, then I have to shave it bald, regardless of your vote.

Operation DRAWSANOCH Log:

10:30 PM – writing has commenced, I am at page 71, I was not actually
at 70 when I started… more like 67.  Stuff is coming out ok,
it’s a slow process, but if I keep up the pace I should be able to do
this.  Especially now that the distractions of other people are
gone.  The log will be updated in maybe an hour or so…. 
Not that anyone will read this until tomorrow anyway 😉

11:38 PM – Writing has been going pretty well, I am just about to reach
page 78.   Keep in mind that that my end result is probably
going to be around 110 pages.  But you know, the shorter I can
make it and end the story… the better 😉

12:26 AM – Things aren’t looking good for Phoenix Blair.  But
they’re looking better for my hair.  I am on page 81, and I am
about to reach the end of act 2, in which Phoenix gives himself over to
Shay.  Will Phoenix realize the error of his ways before it’s too
late?  Who knows.

1:46 AM – I seem to be slowing down.  85.  Almost to
86.  I fear the ending will be somewhat anti-climatic.  That
can be fixed in a rewrite.  Stay focused to the task at hand…
finishing the first draft.  finish… finish… finish…. 
all right, i’m going to get back to writing.

2:30 AM – I am at the very bottom of 89.  Someone is dead, 2
others are rather incapacitated.  the phoenix is about to be
reborn.  It seems like only one person could save him now… but I
know that that is not what is going to happen.  It’s time to find
out exactly what will happen instead.

3:40 AM – I am finished.  I have not proofread anything, but I
made it to the end, and while I am sure the ending is not as good as it
can one day be, it is at least done.  So vote away, what becomes
of my hair is now in your hands.  Personally, I am going to sleep.

In case anyone was wondering whether or not Murphy was right…..

This week of my life proves his law.