Weekend Update

Just some wrap-up thoughts before I head to sleep.

The film challenge was a great experience. It has been a long time since I have acted, and I forgot how much I enjoy it. Since this was the first film anything I have realy done, I found it interesting how much I enjoyed it. Taking apart a performance done to tiny pieces actually appeals to me. I also got to meet some cool folks. It was just a very nice crew.

It has also made me hyped for NaNoWriMo. I am itching to write. I was planning on not going in with any idea, but while reading an article in the Village Voice recently I was suddenly inspired. I knew where it was going to start, I knew a bit about my main character and his immediate goals were. I have a working title (Job Wanted) and I have a decent grip on the tone (dark comedy) and themes (morality, faith, empathy). It is just a jumping off point. I'm not sure where it is going to go from there. It will be fun to find out.

SNL was of course a hoot. It is hard to be doing comedy and watch SNL and think "Mmmm, that could be me."

Practice today was rough for me. We all started a bit off (okay, very off) and Ben had to work his ass off to get us not in our heads. But even then I was just struggling. I was feeling blocked. I am trying to 'write' less while improv-ing. Sometimes I did okay, but I would often slip right back into it. I was terrible at "Yes...Anding" today. Sigh. I still had fun. I had some moments I was proud of. But it was still a struggle. Maybe it was just the tiredness level. I don't know. Now improv for me until next week.

Celeb Hangover

SNL was a good good time. I am in a rush (again), so my reflections will have to wait for later today. The Smirking Valet is a great person to go to SNL with. She is a enjoys "celebrity" in a way that I just haven't had much contact with but is contagious. If not contagious... at least a lot of fun to share.

My living room is still filled with film equipment because of a misplaced set of rental car keys. No biggie on my part. I kind of like it. Makes me feel all guerilla-movie-making-like. Like I could go out and shoot a film right this second.... if I wanted to.

Which I don't because I have a huge headache. Lack of sleep yesterday, lots of coffee, slow intake of wine, beer before SNL, general craziness... all piled to create a special kind of cutting pain. It is going away slowly. But I need to go to UCB for a practice/rehearsal thing.

I need to get clothes for Mexico. Tropical-casual-dress gear is not so easy to find in NYC. I am really hoping that I can causally have cocktails with the Robot Chicken/Shadow Machine crew. The Valet is contagious.

48 Hour Film Challenge - That a Cajun Chicken Wrap with Ranch Dressing

Okay, we are done. The final shots of the night was my death scene. Which I nailed, thank you very much. Over the top. And watch the drink. Just watch it. I'm pretty proud of it. Especially since I managed to repeat the same death 5 times from one angle and 2 times from another. AND then my body drag... Oh, the skill that took. You won't see it on the film, but it took a particular way of being limp.

So they are all packing stuff up as I get ready to go to SNL. Maybe I won't fal asleep during My Chemical Romance. Maybe I will. We'll see. Hopefully I will be awake enough when I return to make one more post.

Bill now gets to go off and edit the darn thing. We'll see if he plans to post it to the world. (8 minutes fits nicely on the Tube of You.)

Fun day. I wouldn't do it again tomorrow. But next year? Sure.

Tomorrow I have to write 3 small sketches for TRS and a bunch of sketches for my sketch writing class.

Love ya' all. Yes, even the little people.

48 Hour Film Challenge - Quick break and we're back

Because it was clear that we won't get all the shots in tonight, we did a tiny retooling. Simplified some shots, ditched a few, restructured my demise. That's okay. We lost some of my stuff, but considering we're rush because I need to get my butt to 30 Rock to see some stuff, I can't complain. No shower scene, sadly. (Yes, you can all cry now.)

We are very close but only have about an hour left.

Sharron, I will be there. I am going to call the moment I leave the house.

Thank the stars we only had one location. Thank the planets. Thank the dwarf planets.

48 Hour Film Challenge - The Elements

Drew emailed me the required elements:

• GENRE: Sci-Fi
• CHARCTER: Sam Pinkerton, Preacher
  
• PROP: A Chalkboard
• LINE OF DIALOGUE: "Throw cold water on it!"

So my 100 year old brownstone has been cast in a sci-fi film. Interesting.
I hope I get to play the preacher. Considering my acting skills, I doubt it.
Bill is off writing the script. I don't envy him. I will at least sleep tonight. Bill and Drew won't see much of their beds until sometime Monday.

Oh, and the other thing: I am going to go see Saturday Night Live Tomorrow night. Tomorrow is gonna be a long, entertaining day. I shall try to blog and take pictures when I can.

Lazy Ramadi

This is just a beautiful sign of the world we live in.

Background if you don't spend as much timew on the internet as I do:
SNL had a video called "Lazy Sunday" that founds its way to the internet and became a huge success. Then some folks did a west coast version called "Lazy Monday," which in turn spawned "Lazy Muncie," with in turn spawn this:


Oh, what a beautiful world.