http://mystmovie.com The continuing journey of two filmmakers trying to make magic happen... Wed, 14 May 2008 19:14:26 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Yes, it goes on and on, my friends... It's quickly becoming the War and Peace of screenplays.  We are way over the ideal page-count and I'm still writing.  I must admit, when we started this script, I had no idea how epic of an undertaking it was truly going to be.  ... http://mystmovie.com/2008/05/14/this-is-the-script-that-never-ends/ We're a little behind schedule on the launching of the animatic.  I think - for me anyway - it has something to do with a fear of how it will be received.  I think I've been unintentionally dragging my feet on prepping and posting the journal entries that lead up ... http://mystmovie.com/2008/05/14/high-hopes/ By request, I've decided to post my potentially offensive story.  Fair warning.  I spent a few hours with my mamma today. I figured it was unavoidable, being Mother's Day and all... :) We both went over to my grandparent's to set them up with a nice dinner so my grandmother wouldn't have ... http://mystmovie.com/2008/05/14/mammas-day/ It's always a great disappointment when the coffee sucks, and I'm living through one of those disappointments right now. For some reason for the last year or so, the local B&N (where I like to come and work on site edits) has been staffed with either incredibly inept individuals ... http://mystmovie.com/2008/05/11/coffee-rant/ Well, I had written a post earlier about a ridiculous interaction I had with my mom today.  We found it quite funny, but it was really pretty dark humor.  After I wrote it, I thought it may be offensive to some people.  I ran it by Patrick and he agreed ... http://mystmovie.com/2008/05/11/censored/ The site's getting prepped for some updates.  One thing that went in today was a new image system based on Lightview by Nick Stakenburg.  I haven't bought the license yet (mystmovie.com will apply as a commercial venture) because I wanted to complete some testing.  But, from what it looks like ... http://mystmovie.com/2008/05/11/new-image-system/ Adrian just got off work and came over to wake my ass up - 11 hour work day started very, very early for me this morning. He also brought coffee, and will eat Pizza with me and Carla. Why I just capitalized Pizza, I have no idea -- ... http://mystmovie.com/2008/05/10/from-the-horses-mouth/ It's become clear to me over the last several months that I --- have problems. I do not know when to stop. I don't see when enough is enough. I have some sort of wish for pain. I am clearly unqualified to take on all that ... http://mystmovie.com/2008/05/07/masochism/ Ah, insomnia...  I've got something weighing heavy on my mind... it's always heavy on my mind.  Sometimes it leads me to unhealthy amounts of sleep.  Other times it deprives me of it altogether.  Anyway, instead of needlessly bitching about it, ("No use crying over spilled milk", someone once said to ... http://mystmovie.com/2008/05/07/batteries-not-included/ I'm sitting outside Starbucks under a threatening sky. My laptop is streaming Neal Conan's special primary report and it's a cool evening in the middle of the most controversial state of the recent primaries. It's a good feeling to know that we're causing so much trouble. Me ... http://mystmovie.com/2008/05/06/semi-stormy-evening/ So, during my nightly spree to find any new incoming links or discussions about the site, I came across this: http://reddit.com/info/6i5sb/comments/ It's real good for a couple of laughs. I really enjoyed the one quote of: "Think of something in-between the Choose Your Own Adventure plots and what Dean Koontz would ... http://mystmovie.com/2008/05/05/all-torn-up/ After a slight delay, I spoke with "my kid's" mother on the phone today. I'll be meeting him on Tuesday. We decided on his house. I figure that will be a good way to get to know him. I'll be able to see where he ... http://mystmovie.com/2008/05/02/quick-updates/ ... and no big stories.  Aren't you relieved?  I know that I am.  It was starting to get a little taxing to go through the process of serious dental work only to find myself required to reappraise the day after the fact.  So, I'm very glad that nothing undeniably snappy ... http://mystmovie.com/2008/05/01/another-dental-day/ So, about 3 years ago, I had a serious hard drive failure and my main multimedia storage drive ate itself. This was my big-gun. About 1 TB of very speedy storage that housed all of the remnant uncompressed video from various projects. Now, you must recall, even 2 years ago, ... http://mystmovie.com/2008/05/01/technical-woes-pwned/ Well, the press release went out early yesterday morning and while there has been very little feedback, that doesn't necessarily mean much. We've seen some traffic flow into the site, we've had a couple of re-posts - but these things take time to propagate. No calls from the ... http://mystmovie.com/2008/04/30/the-things-i-ask-of-you/ Man...Busy times, these. I have about a million things on my plate these days, but the good news is that most of it is highly rewarding and I couldn't be happier to be so swamped. The project alone has me wearing a lot of hats. When not writing, I'm ... http://mystmovie.com/2008/04/26/more-irons-than-fire/ Three very long days. But, we have it. One note -- already corrected. Adrian's sitting in the armchair in my living room eating a brown-sugar Oatmeal-To-Go as I write this. He says it's very good. It's his happy-time treat, I think, as this is kind ... http://mystmovie.com/2008/04/26/approval/ Okay, I was going to write a post about our interview experience last night, but by the time I actually got home I was totally beat.  I see Patrick somehow mustered the energy to write out his thoughts on the whole thing.  I'll give you a bit from my perspective ... http://mystmovie.com/2008/04/24/picking-fights/ Well, Adrian and I had our first official interview today. The offer came up just a few days ago, so we had little time to prepare. But, I think we did okay. Maybe. Because we wanted somewhere nice and quiet where we could get together and ... http://mystmovie.com/2008/04/24/maybe-a-shining-moment/ It's been a long night.  I've been finalizing some press material to send out over the next couple of days.  My brain is fried.  Needing validation on the whole process, and a sign-off on the release itself, I asked Adrian to come over to take a look -- that and ... http://mystmovie.com/2008/04/22/pulling-my-hair-out/