an update

It has been brought to my attention that I have not posted anything on this site for some time. This is, of course, true. I've sort of been intentionally avoiding it, thinking that there's no way I'll be able to top the last few posts. Secretly I was waiting to run into someone along the lines of, oh I don't know, P.T. Anderson or Woody Allen, on the street or something. Then I would have interesting news. Sadly, no favorite director run ins. Sigh. Though I think I'm going to start stalking PT Anderson at that piano bar I mentioned some time ago. He's buddies with Jon Brion, so maybe he'll show up? Wishful thinking, I know.

Anyhow, no star-studded news, but I suppose it is significant that I'll be starting my final film this weekend provided the barbies, I mean, actors, come in the mail on time. This is the stop motion one. I'm really hoping that it will live up to my vision, which is clouded with grandeur.

In other news, I should be working on a paper for a class right now. The paper is a theological examination of the message of Boogie Nights, tentatively titled "One Special Thing: Suffering and Redemption in Paul Thomas Anderson's Boogie Nights." People laugh when I mention it, but it's totally workable.

My screenplay, "The Peanut Butter and Jelly Pirates," is slowly progressing. I'm on page 8. Hopefully one of these weekends I'll kick my own butt and spit out 50 pages or so.

California, despite my lack of famous run-ins, is still great. If I had time I'd spend every day by the pool trying to ignore the aspiring actor kids. As such, I'm still waiting for my tan.