Screenplay: 6 Days Later

My cousin's wedding was this past weekend (beautiful ceremony, incredibly happy for her) so I was home visiting with family and friends. Before that, my dog had an appointment with her primary vet. The office she goes to is nicer than my doctor's office. There are slate looking floors and a coffee machine for all the pet parents. She even had a chiropractic adjustment. It was rather bizarre to me, but she immediately stopped dragging her back foot so I will call it money well spent.

Smooshed in between all the wedding festivities and visits was me typing away on my laptop, finishing the first draft of my script. It's rough. But it's there. The next step is to take my shoddy word document and turn it into something that looks like a screenplay. This will be finagled somewhere in the midst of rehearsals and line memorization, and planning an epic itinerary for when another cousin makes her first visit to Chicago.

In other news, I finally saw Guardians of the Galaxy. I will admit that, for the first third to half of the movie, I was a little disappointed. This was the movie that I was looking forward to the entire summer and it just wasn't doing it for me. However, they hit the halfway point and I was there. I ended up loving it. I'd like to see it again just to determine if I was in a weird mood that was keeping me from falling into the movie immediately or if it really was just inconsistent.

I also caught up on Outlander. The wedding episode. Gah. That show really knows how to work the slow burn. And the costuming. And the scenery. And the Jamie.  

Burning the Midnight Oil

As I begin this post, it's 4:50. In the AM. I don't actually remember the last time I've seen 4:50 from staying up all night. Oh, yeah I do. The last time I was awake this late it was a result of subjecting myself to a horror movie featuring terrifying ghosts. I couldn't go to sleep until the sun came up. Yes, I realize that I have an over active imagination and that my emotions are easily manipulated by movies.

Today, however, I am still awake because I've been pounding out a screenplay. I'm trying to take the advice to create my own content seriously. I am posting this here because, allegedly, if I shout it out to the world I am more likely to follow through (that's what the internet told me). The story is in its very preliminary stages. I have a rough outline and some dialogue. That's not much, but it's certainly better than nothing. Hopefully, in a year or so from now, the film will be on its way to being produced. Or, I will have learned so much from the process that I wrote another, better screenplay and it's being produced. The way I see it, those are only two option. Success or success.

Here's Peter O'Toole singing "The Impossible Dream," from Man of La Mancha, to inspire us all.

In other news, I have been cast in another student film that shoots the first weekend of October.   

P.S. If there are typos please be a doll and ignore them. I'm so tired that my eyes are doing funny things.

A Couple of Redesigns

Hey All,

A little while back I decided that I absolutely hated the way that my website looked. So, I redesigned it. I also cleaned up the code. It was, to put it mildly, a hot mess.

Click here to see my new website. Tell me what you all think.

I am much happier with the way it looks. Unfortunately I'm having some issues with the CSS of my photo album. The last two pictures take the viewer back to the beginning of the slide show. I don't know how to fix it, but I'm researching solutions.

And, as hopefully you noticed, I've updated the look of this blog. I wanted something more minimalist and (can you sense a theme?) cleaner.

There are also going to be some content changes that accompany this new look. I'm getting more and more into filmmaking, so I will also be sharing resources along those lines. In short, I'm expanding beyond an entirely acting based focus. So LOOK OUT WORLD.