The move went brilliantly.  Ben and Brian (two of the most fantastic guys you could hope for) worked very hard.  For some unknown reason, they seemed to insist on doing a significant amount of the heavy lifting.  I think it may have something to do with my deceptively slight build.  I don’t look like much, but the truth is I’m quite strong.  People always underestimate my manly capabilities :/  Oh well.

Dylan was also a great help.  She did her part, as she always does.  She’s one of those friends that you just know you can rely on.  She’s always there and willing to do what needs to be done (remember the puzzle translations?)

Patrick and Carla showed up later in the night as we were sitting down to watch Charlie Bartlett (’sokay).  They came bearing a gift for me.  They bought me an area rug!  I’m so terribly pleased with this gift.  One of the first things I identified a need for was area rugs to break up the space a bit.  They came through.

I got up late today.  Since rolling out of bed - or couch in this case - I’ve been avoiding the copious amounts of laundry and cleaning I need to do.  I need to get my old apartment cleaned up and ready to hand over the keys, but I just don’t feel up to the task today.

Patrick has set a shooting date (loosely) for FTP.  He’s aiming for the end of next month.  That doesn’t leave us much time for pre-production, but I think we can pull it together.  We have lots of testing to do before then.  I’m looking forward to the shoot.  It will be nice to do something other than writing for a change.

I do have moments where I worry about FTP distracting from my duties on Myst, but then I look at it and I realize that it’s all part of Myst.  It can only help us to have a nice, solid short making the festival circuit as we’re pitching ourselves as directors to the studios.  FTP is a CV builder for us.  We can always use more credits.

The new place will serve as Travis’ apartment in the film.  It couldn’t be more perfect for the project.   I think Patrick’s excited about shooting there.  Incidentally, he’ll be writing off the area rug as part of set decoration for the film.  It all works out in the end.

Alright, I’ve rambled enough for one afternoon.  I should probably try to get some writing done.  More later, as usual.

5:20 pm

tags: area rug, Ben, Brian, credits, CV, distraction, festivals, FTP, moving, myst, testing, writing