Burden of Dreams

Above are some photos that I've yet to post from the tour. Thought I'd put them in a slideshow for everyone.

Lots to talk about...

If you haven't seen "Burden of Dreams," the doc about Werner Herzog making "Fitzcarraldo," I highly recommend it. It's one of those my-film-is-falling-apart-and-I'm-losing-my-mind films.

Kim and I went to the Arts Goggle last Friday. We didn't get to spend a lot of time there, but we did walk around a bit and ended up meeting the guys from West and Clear. Kim kinda geeked out. She reads their blog everyday. I think she's much more impressed by local folk that she has given the status of celebrity in her own mind. She does it with chefs, bands, bloggers, etc. Anyway, they were nice guys.

We ate Lebanese & Italian food that night at Chadra. Neither of us had been there before, and because of the Arts Goggle, they had a special buffet so you could try everything on their menu. I have to say, fantastic food! I really loved their Heavenly Chicken. I can't describe it to you and do it justice. Kim's favorite food critic wrote about it in an article called "No Sharing in Heaven." You should read it. I also had the Almond Soda; very good.

I finally saw "I Want Someone To Eat Cheese With" by Jeff Garlin. It was good. Not great, but good.

Ric Flair retired.

I interviewed with the NT Daily. It's UNT's newspaper. It was a 40 minute phone interview about "Green Eyed Monster" and the tour. They're going to interview Gabriel as well, of course. We'll keep you posted as far as when they run it.

Spoke with GEM's cinematographer on the phone the other day. He was really impressed with the current press of the movie. Hopefully, the screening in L.A. will be as good as the Austin one, so he can see it blown up and looking good.

We went to the Speak Easy Saturday night to see Darth Vato and Pablo and the Hemphill 7 perform. Really, I went to see Darth Vato since I've emailed their bass player a few times about writing. They're a great live band. Definitely check them out.

Finished my screenplay. And by "finished" I mean that I'm ready to show it to a handful of people before I do some final polishing. I'm hoping to submit it to a few screenplay competitions and raise money to produce it.

We went to AFI Dallas last night to go see "Blood On The Highway" at the Magnolia. It turned out that it was sold out, but you could still get in the "rush line" and hope to get seated. We were numbers 11, 12, and 13. Well, after waiting more than hour they let in the first 10 people. One of the volunteers there told us they thought they'd be able to let in 5 more people. We waited... Someone on the walkie said they could seat 4 more people... Are you sure...? Yes... Wait... No, we're sending people back. So, we didn't make it in. But I'm glad Barak's film did so well. We ended up seeing "La Misma Luna (Under the Same Moon)." It was good. Sentimental though. I think Gabe can still make his and it wouldn't be the same thing.

A few more days until we hit the road again.