I Ain't Dead Yet!

It's been over a month since my last blog, but not out of laziness. Quite the opposite. Busy as all hell. I'll try and condense all the goings ons so this won't be another epic blog.

Got a job. Working at Half Price Books now. I was offered a temp position for the summer. I took it. Needed the money. A week later they offered me a full time gig. I took it. It's a great place to work. You're guaranteed 40 hours a week, sweet discounts, and benefits unlike I've ever received at any retail job. And the people there are awesome too. So, bonus points.

While I was doing that, I was also editing a movie/play called "The Boxer and the Blonde" for the Butterfly Connection. It was written by Rob Bosquez and directed by Adam Dietrich. It's a project that is 60% video and 40% stage. I basically had two weeks to edit an hour of footage (12 hours of raw footage). I usually spend a week on 2-3 minutes of footage. It was crazy stressful. I just couldn't give it 100% and that drives me nuts. In the end, it came out okay by my own standards. I saw the live show during its second weekend and thought it was great despite the limitations of time and budget. I look forward to working with those guys again.

In between all that, I saw Girl In A Coma twice. Once in San Antonio and again in Dallas. The Dallas show was the second most memorable GIAC show so far. It was at Sue Ellen's, a lesbian bar. I went with my girlfriend and my sister. It was pretty cool. The band was great. They had new t-shirts so we stocked up. During the show, the manager or the owner (or Sue Ellen herself, not sure) got up on stage and blotted the sweat from the girls' brows and then tossed the towel into the crowd. Girls pounced on it. Two girls got in a tug of war fight over it. I think neither wanted to give in so they ended up holding on to one end of the towel for the rest of the show. Another tipsy girl was in the front row next to us and kept yelling "Eternity!" We didn't know what she was talking about. Even Nina, the lead singer, wasn't sure. "We don't have a song called 'Eternity'." It wasn't until they played their encore that it became clear. They have a song called "Celibate Now" and Nina usually book ends it with the Ritchie Valens song "We Belong Together." And if you've never heard it, it goes "We belong together for eternity..." I think "Eternity" is the new code word for "Celibate Now." Oh, and Wanda Sykes was there.


Not much going on in the movie biz. I won't hear back from any of the competitions until late August or later. I am working on a project that is connected to my script, but more on that later. Should be cool though.

And I'm finally getting rid of that post tour weight. I lost a few pounds on the GEM Tour but as soon as I was back home with real food, I just packed 'em on. But I'm down almost 15lbs and getting close to my fighting weight.

Tonight's my 10 year high school reunion. Weird.

Lastly, I went on the game show WHATTA YA THINK?! It went well. I came in second. But I was robbed! The last question is like a Final Jeopardy question. You bet points and write out your answer. The last question is a logic problem. So I wrote out my answer AND the logic that led me to it. I got it right. Well, the girl that won had the right answer, but just guessed. No logic to the logic problem. Eh. I had fun and got some chewy vitamins out of the deal.

I guess that's it for now. I kinda want to do a short film for the Lone Star International Film Festival this year, but unless something really motivates me to write, not sure I will. I just don't want to toss something together that I don't believe in. Have to see. I'll keep you posted.

RIP George Carlin.