Super-Quick Update

Hello people,

Well, this is going to have to be super-quick, because I've only got 34% battery power left on my adorable, ancient Dell Laptop. But here's the skinny.

First, and most imporantly, I'm in Bellingham for the month of July. This means two things: A) I'm doing Barefoot in the Park and Driving Miss Daisy at the Mount Baker Theatre in the downtown Bellingham area, and B) I have no access to internet at home. Already, the early stages of internet withdrawal syndrome (IWS) are starting to manifest. I pray that I won't have to check into a clinic and get some internet methadone pills (IMPs) to keep me sane. Pray for me...or prey for me...either one would help...

Secondly, and less importantly, I've got another video online. Some of you checking my wife's blog may have already stumbled across it, but for those of you who haven't seen it, it's an entry in the Los Angeles 48 Hour Film Project, and it stars myself and my lovely wife. You can see it by clicking here. Feel free to rate, comment, and re-post that video, because I think she's a goody.

Just a quick word about the contest -- there were 72 groups participating this year, with (approximately) 15 people per group. Each group was assigned a "screening night," where they were shown with the other participants of the project.

The project was very simple. Each group was given a genre, a line of dialogue, a prop, and a character name with an occupation. They had 48 hours to write, film, and edit the movie...and it had to be kept under 7 minutes.

There were 11 groups in our screening night, and of those 11 groups, our was rated as the "audience favorite," which means that we advance to the next "round," which is the "Best of L.A." screening night. Pretty impressive for a bunch of Los Angeles neophytes, in my opinion.

So, give her a look -- if you've ever wanted to see my bare chest covered in potato salad, you've got to see it. And now I've only got 19% battery power, so I better finish up and post this bad boy before it's gone forever. As I said, I'm without internet, so we'll be doing the "coffee shop wifi crawl" when we get the chance...to check e-mails and what-not. But there's a good chance that my updates will be even more sporadic...if you can imagine such a thing.