For Love of the Game
Things seem to be coming together and I think the road ahead is starting to come into focus.
Let me clarify, I spent the afternoon today, following church, at a run-down Motel on the edge of town. I don’t normally make this a habit, however today was a bit different. I was on a film shoot. Now before you start getting ideas on what kind of movie would be shooting in a dingy, run-down, seedy motel on the edge of town, this was a short, independent film produced by a bunch of old colleagues from college.
It was like a reunion of sorts as we all were brought back together. For this, both Trey and myself were enlisted to give a cameo appearance at the end of the movie. Trey was a television news cameraman, and I was a newspaper photographer. We had to pester some speaking actors who were arresting one particularly unsavory character featured in the film. It wasn’t a speaking role, but it was fun nonetheless.
What this has done, however, has reminded me of a life I’ve been away from for a while now. The life of production. Sure it was rough, it was hot, it was demanding, it was challenging. But I found that I missed it. In fact, I had two very good ideas (one serious, one not) while standing there waiting for my scene.
Now I have to redouble my efforts on this screenplay. I think I see a horizon peeking through this haze.
September 24th, 2007 at 3:26 pm
glad to hear it…
September 29th, 2007 at 9:26 pm
It is so hard to fake cry! And I am so tired from the shoot today at the creek. But I think I understand your world more, now. It was fun. And I am glad I did it. Soon… So soon… And I will enjoy ours more.
October 1st, 2007 at 3:21 pm
So when do I get to hear about the new ideas in a bit more detail?
October 1st, 2007 at 3:39 pm
Well, when exactly would you care to hear about them? Wednesday?
October 3rd, 2007 at 4:39 pm
Sure
October 4th, 2007 at 11:14 pm
Who’s “Me”?
October 4th, 2007 at 11:16 pm
Improper grammar. You should be asking “Who am I?”
October 4th, 2007 at 11:41 pm
::narrows eyes:: Don’t even go there.
October 15th, 2007 at 7:18 am
You need to update
October 15th, 2007 at 7:21 am
You’re absolutely right. Just as soon as something interesting happens to warrant me writing about something.
Ah, the perils of being as boring as dirt.
October 15th, 2007 at 10:49 pm
So write… “life is boring, pretty much the same, judgment is coming up looking forward (or not) to that…” etc. etc. etc…
October 16th, 2007 at 6:57 am
A new post has to be worth it. Right now there isn’t anything worth making that kind of post about. The current post is still good enough.
October 16th, 2007 at 9:40 am
almost a month old…. I should stick flamboyantly, florescent, fuchsia flamingos in your front yard… maybe you would be able to post something then…
October 16th, 2007 at 10:11 am
That would certainly give me something to write about … marauding miscreants maligning makeshift migratory birds …
October 16th, 2007 at 11:50 am
I do believe you mean a marauding miscreant not miscreants
October 16th, 2007 at 11:58 am
I suppose that depends on whether or not the miscreant has any accomplices. Planting plenty of plastic pieces could be ponderous.