aaaand, that's a wrap.

last night about this time we wrapped the final shot of the movie i've spent the last
week straight working on. I got to pretend to be an actor again for the first time in a long time.
there was some craziness, and some crankiness, the drama of making a movie.
From sunday before last to last night i think i got maybe 12 hours of sleep.
my glands are swollen and i can hardly see straight
but i wouldn't trade it for the world.
Making movies is something i've always wanted to do, and now i'm doing it.
It's looking like i may put on the director and assistant director hat relatively soon too,
soon as i finish my screenplay and, assuming anyone likes it, we get rolling.
if all goes well it should be done by the end of the year.
so far it's dark, and it's brutal and i'm loving it.
but back to this one..
spent 7 days of what seemed like 24 hour company with some amazing talent, and some amazing
people in general.
I got to work with some incredible actors from LA, and to watch some pros work their magic
behind the camera - crew as well.
made some new friends that i'm stoked about..people i'll definitely be trying to keep in touch with.
standing around drinking coffee, chainsmoking and having great conversations in the middle of the night; spending time in close quarters, stressing together, laughing together, sharing sleep deprivation, warmth, support, and sense of community..damn great times.
Made some contacts i'll be calling back in when my movie rolls.
and i have to say that being 'talent' on a set was badass too.
being attended to hand and foot is killer. I even talked a really cool PA into putting a cig into my hand and lighting it when i held it up. ..as a joke mostly.
I even heard wind of some compliments on my acting, which i felt was probably a bit
too rough to compete with the pros.
So i went to work today and realized just how much i really do hate doing the kind of job
i tend to do.
And realized that i could probably spend every day of the rest of my life on a movie set
and be totally happy with it.
So i'm going to stick with school and finish it, and still do the band stuff,
but i'm going to bust ass on this screenplay and try to make it good,
and then i'm going to bust ass learning how to be a director and try to make the coolest
western ever
and then hopefully enough people will like it that i'll be able to drop the day-to-day
bullshit jobs and just focus on being an artist finally.
and more than focus, but get paid to be one and nothing else i don't want to have to be.