Poor grammar.
Adult themes.
Strange opinions.
Obscure references.
Foul language.
Utter madness.

Okay, that's it, you've been warned.

200606.28

Behind the scenes at
"Pitching Lucas"

Okay Shane linked to these from his BLOG and our good friend Steve L. took them, and is sharing them, so go check out some BTS pix from "Pitching Lucas".

Also, we clearly seem to be winning the peoples choice award over at Atom Films but if you haven't checked out the competition and voted - GO NOW! TIME IS RUNNING OUT!

You'll note that I'm not asking you to vote for "Pitching Lucas"
just to go and vote for your favorite.
I believe "Pitching Lucas" is so good, we don't need to denigrate the competition.

. . .

(Just for the record though, most of them are wretched,
there I said it.)

To your left, among others, you can see 'your's truly' as ANH Obi Wan and that's Gina as Greedo.
(Who is it now that says we're not team players?)

200606.27

Me!

This shot was taken just the other day by good friend Brian S. Another good friend and I were working out a technique in foil work, we weren't actually fencing so we were not wearing our masks.
Brian was around taking pictures and snapped this one and I thought it was a particularly favorable shot of myself, so I wanted to share it.
Thanks again Brian.

This just never gets old.
Also I have the T-shirt.
Thanks Patrick!

200606.15

Now Leaving the GalaxE Galaxy!
Next stop, planet Spiderman 3.

For those of you who have not heard, I have indeed left my job at Galaxy. Those who have known me for some time will no doubt realize the implications of this because my job there over the past five plus years has been a huge part of my life. All I will say here is that I announced my intention to resign and the parting was amicable. I have a little time here. I've posted my resume on a few sites and have begun networking through the contacts I have, to try and find a new job, but I'm not under any mad pressure to get a job tomorrow. I have a bit to carry me through for at least a couple of months.
Meanwhile, elsewhere, right after that, Nicholas was driving the van. Nick was pulling into the nearby White Castle at about 4:00AM when someone slammed into him. The back and side widows exploded and Nick himself was badly jarred. The other driver then, leaving Nick for wounded, possibly dead, sped off into the night. He didn't get far when his wheel fell off. Then, in what I suspect was a stunning bout of drunken reasoning, the driver got out of his car and removed his license plates before running off on foot.
In the end Nick was all right but the van was totaled.
"What's next?" you ask with bated breath.
Well I've been working with Gina as an extra.
Which dear reader leads us to our next story. I'll spare everyone the grueling details of extra work and cut right to the chase. On Tuesday I went with Gina to work in NY as an extra on the set of Spiderman 3. It was hot that day but, in the movie, it was supposed to be November so in addition to the heat we were dressed in coats and trying to look cold. As an aside it turns out I'm quite good at this for some reason. I can fake being cool when I'm not and even go without rest or water for hours and hours on end. As the day was coming to a close Gina and I had done the standard extra stuff and even found ourselves in front of the camera a few times. However you never know how these things will be cut or which takes will be used so it's not worth getting all worked up about until the movie actually comes out. The crux of the story however is that near the end of the day I was in asked to take place in a certain scene. I won't give away any spoilers here out of respect for the director Sam Raimi and the production itself but I will tell you that, there was an attack by a super villain, people running away in panic and a principal of the movie, I kid you not, landed right in my arms. This happened twice in what seemed to be the best takes. As I say though we'll have to wait and see what makes the final print.
These past few days have been damned exciting times.

200606.09

'Revelations' in the NEWS

A new article that talks about 'Revelations' HERE!

More than a year after the fact 'Revelations' is still making the news. There's something I would like to say about this. When we were making 'Revelations' I told Shane that it would be big and garner a lot of attention. The quality of it, the timing of it, the sheer unmitigated audacity of it, convinced me that, regardless of what anyone thought of it, people would be talking about it. I told him that he and others like him would be at the Vanguard of a new front in independent, home grown media. While it's true that Shane himself was far more reserved in his estimations of the response, this is not a case of 'I told you so' because, in a sense, both of us were right. I told Shane that he would be on CNN, and the like, and he was. If anything the response by the global and mainstream media was even greater than I had predicted. However the industry response to Shane, the opportunities that we expected in the form of fallout from all of this buzz were a good deal less than expected. I've spent many an hour pondering this. Was the industry so inundated with independent self starters that there was no room left for Shane? Had he missed the boat in some sense? Possibly, but I have given this a great deal of thought and I don't think that's the whole picture. I believe that the excitement and stir that Shane created still exist in the form of potential energy. I believe that with Shane's next project (which I am sworn to secrecy about, so don't ask) all that potential energy will finally be released and that Shane will at long last get the kind of attention, accolades and opportunities that he deserves.

Also I believe that I have scooped him once again and that makes me very happy.

Today I am 44 terrestrial years of age.
Many have pointed out that my birthday coincides with the biblical number of the beast - 666. Never mind that in the actual original text the number can also be read as 616, or that Gregorian calendar isn't the same as the one used in biblical times at all, or any other facts. Da Vinci code protesters and their ilk are immune to facts, logic and reason.
(Attention protesters; your bible is a lie! Please keep your protest to one side and do not block the sidewalk! Thank you.)

Meanwhile, back on Earth, as I say today I am 44. To celebrate I took the day off and slept in. When I woke up and shambled out to the living room, one of my son's buddies, a large, strapping, young man in his early 20's engaged me first thing with a sarcastic smile and asked "So, how does it feel to be 44, old man?"
"Pretty damn good actually", I replied. Then to really drive my point home, I beat him to a bloody pulp and left him for dead, out by the curb, next to the garbage.

. . .

Okay, I think I merely dreamt that, or perhaps just made it up (which, when you think about it, is really the same thing) but the message is the same in any case. Teasing me about my advancing age probably isn't a good idea unless you've grown tired of aging yourself.

Mostly I do feel pretty damn good. These last few years have really been great, due in no small part to Gina. I've certainly had my share of set backs and frustrations but overall it's been great.
So, today I plan to be even more self indulgent than usual and not do a goddamn thing I don't want to do.
(Yes, I know, some of your are smirking 'what's different about that?'
Well today it will be slightly even more so.)
Tomorrow I will get up early, go back to work, and go back restraining myself to my usual level of self indulgence, but today, today is just for me.

200606.05

Gina News

Okay recently I've received many complaints that I don't post often enough and that I'm not keeping everyone up to date on Gina's progress in her acting career, so here it is.
Gina is doing great. She recently landed two of the three waivers she needs for SAG membership and lately has been working more and more on movies rather than TV shows. She has done extra work on 'Enchanted', 'Pride and Glory' and 'We Own the Night'.
Now you're probably saying to yourself "wait a minute I've never heard of these films".
Yeah, that's right, that's because they're still shooting them.
They are real films and Gina has been rubbing elbows with such stars as James Marsden, Edward Norton and Collin Farrell to name but a few. She's still doing extra work mostly but her recent waivers were obtained while pulling in SAG wages.
Hmm . . . I may retire early.

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