Experimental film -ups and downs but no stopping now!
The last week has been an interesting one. It’s been crazy busy with lots of ups and downs.
First, let us go up, shall we?
I was able to shoot an experimental film with a friend for my poem “Keys to Broken Dreams” – it was a lot of fun and I’m really looking forward to seeing how it turns out.
Donavan is a wrestler, and he was great to work with. We shot at the waterfront park near the Tumbleweed.
Donavan was a really good sport. The set up for this scene really took a lot of patience from him just laying there as we set up everything around him.
Cody was my assistant, and he did a great job.
My pal Norm (from last week’s video) was kind enough to let us use his apartment and mirrors for this scene.
Now, everybody hold your hands up and scream as we take the roller coaster downward!
The brakes went out on my RV. I haven’t been able to drive it and won’t until they are fixed. My super mechanic has been too busy to be able to look at it.
Now lean back as we head up again: I have a friend coming to look at the brakes . In the meantime, I’ve been busy planning and have completed the cast and crew for an upcoming Doomsday Lover video to be shot next month. Oh yeah! Be prepared to be amazed.
And back down again: Due to the brakes being out and other circumstances, Cody and I missed Thunder over Louisville this year.
If you aren’t familiar with the term, it is the huge air and fireworks show that kicks off two weeks of Derby festivities every year. 7-800,ooo people turn out for it.
The fireworks last for half an hour, and the show is the largest in North America. Here’s just a small clip shot by my friend Anna A.K.A. Super Geek ( ohhh, she’s a super geek, super geek, she’s super geeky):
upside: To make up for it, we made our own personal thunder.
And terrifyingly downward: I was working yesterday on the computer when I heard Cody screaming outside like he was being attacked…I thought for sure a dog was mauling him. I ran outside to see what was going on, and I couldn’t find him anywhere… I yelled for him a couple times… Turns out he had taken his dog next door into the neighbors yard where Chase found a small kitten and picked it up in his mouth before taking off with it. Thankfully, the kitten was fine – just really pissed off…and with good reason.
Sooo, in the ups and downs where are you? Are you enjoying the ride? Where do you keep your focus? On the ups? On the downs? Or do you run around in a tshirt that says “bissfully unaware”?
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