I Need To Vent

This is gonna be one of those venting posts...READER BEWARE!

So, I was trying to put together a shot list for a short film I'm making in the summer. For some reason, I just could not put into words what I had in mind for the shots. I would write 3 lines, then just stop. I was on the verge of pulling my hair out. I spent 3 hours working on it at first and I literally had nothing! I grabbed a pillow and screamed into it to let some steam out...it actually made me question my ability to actually do this whole directing thing.


After talking to my girlfriend (thank you baby!), I realized that I just needed to relax. One of my biggest problems with this whole film thing is that I try to get things perfect straight out of the gate, and that's impossible. In my attempt to get it perfect the first time out, I end up driving myself insane. IT'S NOT GOING TO BE PERFECT FIRST TIME OUT! I NEEEEEED TO LEARN THAT! After I told myself to just to put something down, regardless of quality, things flew by and I was done with the whole thing in about 45 minutes. It's still a long long ways away, and I've already started making adjustments to it, but the fact that I was able to get it done felt like a pretty big achievement.

I don't expect anyone to feel sorry for me, I'm just talking about making movies here! It's a pretty cool job! I just wanted to let my stress out on something, and what better forum than my very own blog! I'm hoping it turns out well, I'm working reeeeeeally hard on it!

25 Random Facts...About Me!

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25 Random Facts

And that is a scientific fact!

1. Each of the suits on a deck of cards represents the four major pillars of the economy in the middle ages: heart represents the Church, spades represented the military, clubs represented agriculture, and diamonds represented the merchant class.

2. World Tourist Day is observed on September 27 (my birthday!!!)

3. The average person spends about 2 years on the phone in a lifetime. (I think we'll spend a little more than that, right baby? ;))

4. Every human spent about half an hour as a single cell.

5. 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,654,321

6. During the movie, The Silence of the Lambs, Hannibal Lecter never blinks while talking on screen.

7. Leonardo da Vinci could write with one hand and draw with the other at the same time.

8. Adolf Hitler's mother seriously considered having an abortion but was talked out of it by her doctor.

9. The average person falls asleep in seven minutes (not my girlfriend! ;))

10. In Chinese, the KFC slogan "finger lickin' good" comes out as "eat your fingers off."

11. The three wealthiest families in the world have more assets than the combined wealth of the 48 poorest nations.

12. Colgate faced a big obstacle marketing toothpaste in Spanish speaking countries because Colgate translates into the command, "go hang yourself."

13. If the population of China walked past you in a single line, the line would never end because of the rate of reproduction.

14. Beards are the fastest growing hairs on the human body. If the average man never trimmed his beard, it would grow to nearly 30 feet long in his lifetime.
 
15. The longest place name still in use is: Taumatawhakatangihangaoauauotameteaturi- Pukakpikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenua---anatahu - a New Zealand hill.

16. If you leave Tokyo by plane at 7:00am, you will arrive in Honolulu at approximately 4:30pm the previous day.

17. Wearing headphones for an hour increases the bacteria in your ear 700 times.

18. Women blink nearly twice as much as men.

19. If a statue of a person in the park on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle.

20. All polar bears are left-handed.

21. Budweiser beer conditions the hair.

22. The human brain uses approximately as much energy as a 10-watt lightbulb.

23. The most sensitive finger is the forefinger.

24. By law, Bourbon must be produced in America, made from at least 51 percent corn, and made from a fermented sourmash of grains.

25. Ninety-nine percent of all forms of life that have existed on Earth are now extinct.

These may all be b.s., but they're also kinda cool...feel free to call me out!

Popping my blog cherry!

This is it...I'm popping my blog cherry! It's happening at the ripe old age of 23...what can I say? I was looking for the right blog...don't judge me. I had plenty of opportunities to do it before, I just chose to wait!

P.S. How sad is this? I'm following myself!