Monday, August 31, 2009

Sunday, August 30, 2009

One Man PJ Party

Last day of what can only be dubbed "Pajama Weekend."
Been wearing these PJs since 8 a.m. Friday.

I was hoping to get a lot of work done this weekend, but ended up playing video games and watching comic book movies the whole time.
This got me thinking...
I would probably start smoking weed again if I had a small group of like-minded friends that I could smoke and watch movies with.
Instead all my friends that smoke end up smoking way too much and then wanting to jam.
That's probably why I was getting nervous breakdowns from it...
or probably not.
I'm not going to test my theory.

Just wrote a Driving Miss Daisy sequence for the film that leads into the Randy Newman sequence. On a roll, so hopefully I can ride this long enough to finish this draft.

Saturday, August 29, 2009

August 29th.

This blogathon is working out pretty good.
I don't really write what's going on in here, so I guess I can do a quick update.

Leaving for California in 18 days.
Pumped for that.

Once I get back we're going to start shooting my short film. It's all cast and we have every location down except one. Now I just need to get everyone their scripts and start shotlisting.
The script is weird to me, there's no "fucks" or "shits." Everything else I've ever written has been really joke-centric, this one is real straightforward drama. What makes me stand out is comedy, so I'm a little nervous about people going "This is bullshit, you really went downhill. Stick to writing stories about Bizarro World and robots, faggot." After reading through it I realized that I don't have any references to comics or star wars or any of my other stuff. (In the timeline of my shit, this story ends one year before the others happen.) At least the soundtrack is going to be amazing, and it'll be a film I can show my family.

I know I'm not selling it right now, but I do really like it. It'll be so much fun to shoot. I like writing, I like filming, and I love editing.

Obviously I'll be posting more info on here as we get stuff done, including pictures, trailers, any dvd info, etc...
So start saving up for the dvd. (Which is probably going to cost a whole $5 and include a ton of extra stuff)

Friday, August 28, 2009

In My Dreams, I Think I'm A Sailor

I had a really vivid dream where I had a lifesaver tattooed on my left forearm.
So vivid that I was convinced by the end of the dream that I really did in fact have a lifesaver tattooed on my left forearm.
Obviously I woke up and found out that it wasn't true,
but it looked damn good in the dream.

I wouldn't really get that done though,
because in my dream for some reason I had more muscular forearms.
That's the only reason I pulled it off.
I must have been a sailor.

Thursday, August 27, 2009

Mission Accomplished

I can officially grow a full beard.
Everything connects, even though the 'stache is real porn-ish.
Knowing this...I shaved it all off today.
Not regretting it yet.

Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Pumped For Sept.

I won another interpunk contest.
No idea why I keep entering that shit, I hate punk.
All I ever get is signed street punk cds.

Made a huge change in the short script.
Instead of the best friend being a guy, it's a girl.
This makes the ending make WAY much more sense.
So tomorrow I'm going to lock myself inside and finish the first draft.
The less I have to write in California, the better.

And now I get to cast another girl. Awesome.
Even though I couldn't get any better than the girl who's already in the movie:

Tuesday, August 25, 2009

Woo

Finally got my Alta money.
Totally worth all the shit I had to go through, including having to make a statement in front of a judge.
Now I have spending money for California and a budget for the movie.

Today I'm going to try to find a cheap DVD rack.
Because my DVD collection has gotten out of hand.

Monday, August 24, 2009

Al Jolson

23 days until California.
I'm a little sketched out about trying to bring my laptop on the plane. Hopefully shit doesn't go down.

Along with having fun hanging out in Cali and visiting family, I'll be finishing up the script for my short film that I'm filming the last weekend of September. (and then picking up any leftover shots during that week)

Because of all this, I'm excited for the first time in years...
even though this script is more mainstream than anything else I've written (only 1 'fuck' and it might get cut.)

There is a whole conversation about blackface though.

Sunday, August 23, 2009

uhh...

wah...
bah...
sah...
ahh...
I don't know what to do with myself.

Yes, this means that I saw (500) Days Of Summer.

Saturday, August 22, 2009

Friday, August 21, 2009

This Is My Future

I realized today after buying too many DVDs on Amazon market that when I get old I'm going to be one of those weird home shopping people.
This is what future-me will probably look like.



I imagine that version of myself weighing twice as much as I do now and wearing a t-shirt that says "I Heart Danny DeVito" that I got on eBay for $3.99 (what a deal!)

Although I can't blame myself for taking advantage of the internet for having a large selection of movies priced at only $.01 each, this could get out of hand.

Thursday, August 20, 2009

Rank (Not The Smiths Album)

I actually didn't forget to do this thing today.
Decided since I've seen a lot of Batman movies, and because I didn't participate in any discussion after Dark Knight came out, here's my ranking of the Batman movie series.

Rank Batman movies:
1)Batman Returns
I hate Tim Burton, but this is the best one.
2)Batman Forever
3)Batman
Again, fuck Tim Burton.
4)Batman Begins
Christian Bale is the worst Batman. His "Batman" voice is really offputting.
5)Batman & Robin
Funniest Batman movie, and I do love Alicia Silverstone in that outfit.
6)The Dark Knight
Christian Bale ruined this movie for me. The only part of the movie that was enjoyable was Heath Ledger's Alan Moore style Batman. I was bored during every moment in the movie where Ledger wasn't on screen.

Wednesday, August 19, 2009

WHAT? OKAYYY

My new favorite passtime is watching Lil' Jon videos on youtube.
It all started because I watched the Lazy Town mashup with Lil' Jon and then I searched for more videos making fun of him, but soon realized that nothing is funnier and more rediculously awesome than watching REAL Lil' Jon videos.

He's probably the funniest man in the world.
Wait, fuck aliens, Lil' Jon is the funniest man in the universe.

Of course this is distracting me from what I should really be doing, aka working on the script for the short film I'm shooting next month. (I got props and a soundtrack already?) But come on, who wouldn't want to waste time watching shit like this:

Monday, August 17, 2009

Hot Tub Time Machine

This looks real lame but I want to see it anyway.

Sunday, August 16, 2009

I just read that the studio that made the shitty SAW movies is doing a remake of I Walked With A Zombie.
Major bummer.

Because I skipped the list thing last Thursday, and because I just watched Chasing Amy again, here's last weeks makeup Rank.

The new Kevin Smith directed movie went into post 2 days ago. so...

Rank Kevin Smith Movies:
1) Clerks II
2) Zach and Miri Make A Porno
3) Dogma
4) Jersey Girl
5) Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
6) Mallrats
7) Clerks
8) Chasing Amy

Saturday, August 15, 2009

Step Right Up

A quick summary of the show last night:
We got there and unloaded. Played.
Then I had a delicious sun-dried tomato bagel with veggie cream cheese and a free organic chai tea.
Then I sang "Grease Is The Word" outside and people looked at me.
We went home.

I'll be spending the next two days inside. By myself.
Today I'm entertaining myself by backing up my iTunes and working on my adaptation of I Walked With A Zombie (a great flick from the '40s.)

Also, my plane ticket is all paid for. Orange, CA next month. It'll be nice to get some time away from this shit-hole town. Tomorrow I'll probably try to find a show in Anaheim to go to while I'm there.

iTunes backup status...burning Tom Waits discography.

Friday, August 14, 2009

I Hate Music

It's been an awkwardly busy week this week.
I'm playing drums and uke with Billy & Alex tonight at New Moon in Oshkosh. The address there is 401 N. Main St. It starts at 8.
In all the trips I've took to Oshkosh, none of them have been too pleasant, so I'm hoping for my first positive experience there now that Johnny Depp took over.

I also wrote a short film that I'm going to be shooting next month. It's the first script I've ever written that didn't have any 'fuck's in it. Maybe I should slip one in. The DVD will probably come out before my comic, and probably fund the publishing, assuming I can pawn at least a couple copies on my friends and family.

This blog will get busier starting tomorrow because...I'm forcing myself into a blogathon.
If all goes well I won't cry or post star wars factoids. That's what I seem to do when forced into blogging.

Monday, August 10, 2009

Not Indie Pop

I'm going to coin a new phrase:
Pop Indie.

Sunday, August 9, 2009

GJB

My friend's (plural) band got reviewed for the Madison Decider when they came through here on tour. Check it out:
Grizzly J Berry review

Then go to their myspace and listen to every song 100 times.
Then buy their cd.

Saturday, August 8, 2009

Sucking Off The Entire Town

The one thing I learned last week was even though I say that I have no friends in Appleton, a lot of people here like me (for some reason).
So in hanging out with random fools this past week I've gained a new respect for this shitty little town I've spent the last 20 years in.
That being said I'm putting together a little love note to my city, in the form of a new short film.
It also happens to be a little love note to something else.
Which is where the actual plot of the short comes in.
No need to get into that.

The ideas that went into this script having been blocking all progress on the feature-length I've been writing for the past month. Hopefully by shooting this metaphorical load I'll be able to jump back into that mess.

A call to anyone in butt-fuck Appleton, WI:
you can be in this tragedy if you want.
If you're like me and hate being on film (even though it looks like I'm going to force myself into the male lead role.) you can help out other ways.
Musician? Send me your song, and I'll probably shove it in.
Handy with a camera? I will suck off anyone willing to take over shooting responsibilities.
Also, I'm cramming as much blatant visual shout-outs as I can (without turning this beast into a tourist video) so let me know what your favorite spot in Appleton is.

I know it's already August, but this is a short, so I'm planning on having it done before summer ends.

(500) Days Of Summer

I know I'm an indie bitch, but I really want to see (500) Days Of Summer. I'm one of those people that's super into Zooey Deschanel. She's probably the perfect girl.
Wisconsin sucks and I'll probably not get to see it until it comes out on DVD.

Thursday, August 6, 2009

Rank (Not The Smiths Album)

In an effort to get more posts up here, I'm going to try another feature.
The Name Ten Things feature is kind of a pain and might be dying, so this one is going to be easier for me to do.
All I'm going to do is Rank shit.

This week...
Rank the members of the Wu-Tang Clan:

1) Method Man
2) ODB
3) GZA
4) Inspectah Deck
5) Masta Killa
6) Raekwon
7) U-God
8) RZA
9) Ghostface Killah

Wednesday, August 5, 2009

Beard Growth

I'm on week two of my most recent attempt at beard growth.
Every past try didn't really go well, but I've never given it a full 6 weeks.
Hopefully I can stay strong and at least get that far, but it doesn't look too good.
Maybe I just don't have enough manliness to grow a full beard.
I'm no Grizzly Adams.

If god wasn't such a fuck-up he would have made me like the play-doh hair salon people. Then I could just push down on myself and grow super long facial hair. I think the head hair would go with it, but I could always cut that shit off. Way too drop the ball on that one god.

We'll see how the next 4 weeks go.

Monday, August 3, 2009

Yo Dawg. I heard you like blogs, so we put a blog in your blog so you can blog when you blog.

Now that it's over I can describe my busy weekend.

On Thursday some friends on tour came here. I was going to have them play in my basement, but we ended up going to Harmony instead. They played open mic and it went really good. Dudes sold mad CDs. Afterwards we hung out on the ave and Matt put together a bike for this girl he was trying to get with. I got home early enough to get 30 minutes of sleep.

Friday I woke up at 3a.m. to work. I don't remember working at all. I got home and we headed downtown to meet up with Matt and Brandon, since they stayed at that girl's house. They were supposed to roll out and play in Milwaukee on Friday night, but opted to chill in Appleton for another night and ended up getting a show at Harmony. The whole day was spent in downtown Appleton. After much Herberts&Gerberts and a failed attempt to get into the Houdini Museum, we kicked it at Heid's music for what seemed like hours (because it was hours.) That night they kicked the shit out of Harmony with a set that included just a little bit of scat. There was a hot girl working at Harmony and we went with her to a fire. My friend Steve was here from Madison and I watched him play piano like Randy Newman for a while. Mike was there smokin' his pipe as well. All the girls left the fire super early and Matt got completely lit. In the van he told everyone how much he loves us.

Saturday was a sleep catch-up day. I had basically been awake for 36 hours straight. The guys showered and got ready to drive down to Rockwell, IL. There was a minor van problem and they had to buy a new battery. The next thing I know it was 5:00 p.m. I ate and went down to Harmony (again) to see my friends from Madison play with Billy Rayson. The show was real good. I totally hated shows for a while, but this weekend may have pulled me out of that. After the high school reunion of a show, we walked around college ave, at one point breaking into an awkward rendition of "White Christmas." I got home and found out that my dress shoes stained the fuck out of my socks though.

It was a fun weekend. This week will be pretty tame. Having coffee with some people and then maybe a party on Saturday. Check out my friend's bands:
http://www.myspace.com/grizzlyjberry
http://www.myspace.com/weareavocados
http://www.myspace.com/billyraysonmusic

Saturday, August 1, 2009

Name Ten Things

It's officially saturday for another 25 minutes.
Time for this week's "Name Ten Things"
I've got a big stack of books that I want to read. I own them, but haven't read them yet. Time to put down the comics and do some real reading.

Name Ten Books I'm Planning On Reading Soon
1) A Moveable Feast By Ernest Hemingway (about halfway finished)
2) Silent Bob Speaks By Kevin Smith
3) The Cinema Book No author listed
4) To The Lighthouse By Virginia Woolf
5) This Side Of Paradise By F. Scott Fitzgerald
6) How Not To Write A Screenplay By Denny Martin Flinn
7) The Cantos Of Ezra Pound By Ezra Pound
8) The Red And The Black By Stendhal
9) If Chins Could Kill By Bruce Campbell
10) Talking Pictures By Sylvia Shorris and Marion Abbott Bundy