New Video

When I listen to songs I see images in my head describing the words. I heard this song in my car the other day and the entire opening section popped through my head just like it is on here.


Let me know what you think. Still learning about this editing thing.

Sleepless Night #211

I officially have the worst sleeping pattern going on right now. Up all night, sleep all morning wake up at like noon and start the day. I need to break myself of this but I can't seem to. Hence why despite a long day and a very bad shoulder I am still up at 6:15 am. 

My shingles have flared up bad enough that my arm is in and out of a sling. Hence the picture from yesterday. Hopefully it will go away soon.

I have to make a decision on my script within the next couple of weeks and I'm conflicted as to the direction I should take. My heart and my head are telling me 2 different things. I guess I'll just have to go with my gut and follow the path that looks right.

I have been attempting to edit videos to get some practice in. I have been learning from one of our AP's at work how we do it there but I also wanted to try my luck with the software on my computer. iMovie seems to be the easiest and I'm learning after effects, somewhat. I have posted them on YouTube if you want to check them out. This is the link to the one I did tonight: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7GeGP4Tx2I

I'm picking up extra shifts at work next week but that means that I will be working the morning show. So my schedule will be a little crazy starting Sunday afternoon. Softball practice, followed by work til 11:30, go back to work at 4-9, sleep a little, work 3:45-11, sleep, work 4-9, sleep, work 4-9 Wednesday, then back to my regular schedule on Thursday. It's a good thing I'm good at functioning on no sleep. That an lots of coffee and energy drinks.

Booking my plane ticket tomorrow for my VACA in Wilmington. I'm so excited. For the first time in 4 years I have been in Arkansas for almost 6 months. This is leading to a crazy state of being so I'm SOOOO excited to be getting out of here and being able to check out my future home. So much to accomplish the the few days that I'm there but I'm so excited.

24 days and counting.

3 Cups of Tea + 2 Screenplays + 1 AM = Random Photos

Ok so the typing on this one is going to be short and sweet because my arm is in a sling due to severe shoulder pain. But here are the effects of writing, 3 cups of tea, and a need to have an edited script ready by next week and a new story idea hitting you.

Hurt Me

Before Writing

After Writing

Ranting Time (Watch out for my Soap Box)

So in my usual browsing of the internet I headed over to IMDb. I checked how OTH was doing in popularity (Up 9% from last week :0) ) but anyway I stupidly scrolled down and looked at the message boards. Why must I torture myself? But the better question is why do people feel the need to say some of the things they do?

Don't they understand that they are talking about real people, with real families and real friends and real lives. IT'S A TV SHOW!!!!! They are not the character's they portray, they make their own decisions based off what is best for them, and they try to do something they love to entertain us. So why hide behind your computer and speak so heartlessly about them and the job that they love.

Why is it easier to bring someone down than it is to help build them up? Would you say the same things about your friends, a family member? What if it was you? Would you like hearing or reading the things you wrote?

I think we forget in this age of internet and technology that the golden rules still apply. "Do unto others and you would want done unto you." If you can honestly sit there and say this would hurt me if someone wrote it about me then I wouldn't go saying about someone else. 

I know most actors and actresses either don't read these or just let it roll off but at some point it has to hurt. I can only imagine what it would feel like to have someone or a group of people rip apart something that you work so hard on. Take every small problem and blast it across the globe. 

Criticism it a natural part of life and I understand that. If you are going to put yourself and your work out there for the public eyes to see you are bound to face some negative reviews. But the way some people go about this is just wrong. To them I say get a life, grow up, and can you really comment until you know the whole story or been in their shoes. No I don't think so.

Lyrics of the Day

Today I was driving around looking for inspiration in a town I know all to well. As I was daydreaming of moving to Wilmington and all the new adventures I will have there I was listening to Gavin DeGraw's new CD. One song in particular stuck out to me. "Free" Here are the lyrics. 

"I'm a poor, I'm a rich 
I'm a mountain, I'm a ditch 
I'm a dagger in the shield 
I'm impatient, I'm a yield 

And I wanna be free 
Wind in my hair 
Salt on my skin 
Sun in the air 
I have to feel loved 
Holding on me 
I'll give you everything that you would ever need 

I'm the fight and the dance 
I'm the heartbreaking romance 
The feather and the stone 
I feel crowded and alone 

And I wanna be free 
Wind in my hair 
Salt on my skin 
Sun in the air 
I have to feel loved 
Holding on me 
I'll give you everything that you would ever need 

And every once in a while 
I want to sit back and enjoy the view 
I'm feeling my senses 
The one in my life has been surrounded by fences 
But I found some that I could see through 
I could see through 

And I wanna be free 
Wind in my hair 
Salt on my skin 
Sun in the air 
I have to feel loved 
Holding on me 
I'll give you everything that you would ever need 

Everything that you would ever need 
Everything that you would ever need"

I am ready to be free. Free in a sense at least. I'm ready to live my life my way. 

Another set of lyrics that stuck out to me were from "Mountains to Move"

"It's gonna be a long walk,

And you know what you could lose,

Oh, When you've got 

Mountains to move."

These lyrics describe my life right now.

PS I did find my inspiration and so much more.