In Love...with filmmaking
Mood:  caffeinated
Topic: Ten Worlds Productions
Another late night at Ten Worlds...

Today was a great day, again.

I just watched "LATELY" for the first time in a while (on my website...which you should watch as well). It brings back so many great memories and I'm so eager to make another beautiful film...esp. with Evan as my D.P. We have some plans to do something soon, so I hope that gets off the ground. I really want to enter "LATELY" into a festival, so I better look into that now that I have some extra money.

I'm listening to some of Yann Tiersen's scores, including "Amelie" and it makes me happy.

I started dog walking again today and it was nice to be with animals and in the sun.
Then I went on an interview for Area 51 Productions, which went well I think. I'm crossing my fingers for that one.

Then I babysat and took some photos of Jordan, which I plan on turning into another one of my still montage DVDs. See the attached pictures.

And lastly, I finally digitized some footage for a short promo video I'm doing for Rusty, and I'm very excited about editing something creative!

Still Lovin' Ten Worlds
Mood:  a-ok
Topic: Ten Worlds Productions
It's almost 10pm in LA and I'm 3 hours into work. I love it here. I am really enjoying the night shift. I get to sleep in until 2pm, wake up and do whatever I want until 5ish. Usually I go to bed around 5pm, till which I read or edit on my wonderful computer.

I finally put Final Cut Pro 5 on my computer and it's great. I've never been able to edit at home before so it's really exciting. I've been using IMovie until now, which isnt so bad, just limited. I found myself editing somewhat slow compared to my skills on FCP. Once I started using FCP I went so fast! So that's fun.

Ten Worlds is going well. It's one of the only jobs that I've had which I really look forward to. I enjoy the hour long drive to work (which is only 10 miles away, that's LA for you). And time flies here. I'm learning a lot, I like the people I work with, and it's great for my resume.

It's interesting being in Hollywood at night; what a dump! Most people think Hollywood is this amazing, magical place full of movie stars, glamour, and excitement. From what I've learned it's not so perfect. It's still exciting, as there are many studios/production houses, but it is dirty, trashy, and full of homeless people. The other night a homeless man on the street started clucking like a chicken and I saw a woman with very long, dirty toenails. Yuck. I've also seen rats. Oh well. Luckily the building I work in is gated and relatively safe, and yes Mom, I always walk to my car with someone.

Casey, my boyfriend, will be here early next week, which is very exciting. It will be nice to live in the same city again, and actually get to see other a few times a week. He's interviewing for a cool post production job, so my fingers are crossed. I have complete faith in his future; he's very talented as an editor.

I'm saving up for a new printer to make photos and a new hard drive for editing. I cant afford my own apt yet, but hopefully in the fall. I still love living with Maggie in West LA; she's great and so is the townhouse.