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my world. my journal. my rules. Sometimes, I can be such an asshole 10/20/2003Hi! So, um, sorry I haven’t been around lately. I’ve been quite busy. Oh yeah? With what? Well there’s work, for one. Then I’m taking that review class for the exam to be licensed as a Professional Engineer. And I’m also taking an Autocad class… Man, quit whining. Ok. So anyway, I’ll also be completing another short film in the next week as part of the Day 60 film project. (http://www.day60film.com) What’s the deal with that thing again? Well, every 60 days a five-minute short film is to be completed according to an assigned theme. The current theme is “Cause.” So what’s your film about? Well, it starts off with a frame of a beating heart….hey! You’ll just have to wait and see. Asshole. What was that? Nothing. So what happened with that other short film contest? Well, we came in second place in our heat for the 24 Hour New York Midnight Movie Making Madness Competition. The films were screened this weekend in NYC. Cool. So how was it? Um, we didn’t go. Why the hell not? Well, I’m a little bitter on the subject, because while the organizers claimed to be screening 2nd place films as well, the only ones actually scheduled to be screened were films from NYC. Well it is their contest, isn’t it? True, but we had a freakin’ busload of people anxious to see it. Since it didn’t screen, we didn’t go. And we blew off Homecoming. You did what?! Yeah, Homecoming was this weekend at University of Delaware, and traditionally, all of us meet up and reminisce and get drunk, and whatnot. However, we were planning on competing in the 2nd round of the 24 Hour NYC Challenge so we decided to blow off Homecoming. How sad. Fuck you. My, what lovely talk, you elegant wordsmith. And to think you’re writing a novel. Hey! I told you not to tell anyone. Whoopsie! Asshole. Mmm. How original. Actually, I haven’t started yet. And when do you suppose that will be? November 1. Sure, sure. No really. It’s part of NaNoWriMo. NaNoWhatNow? NaNoWriMo stands for National Novel Writing Month. You have the month of November to complete a 50,000-word novel. And you think you can do this? You don’t? No, I have complete confidence in your ability to write an average of 1,667 words each and every day. I saw that. Saw what? Don’t roll your eyes at me. I have a gameplan. Look out! He has a gameplan. Look, fucker. I’ve had just about enough of you. Sorry. Please, enlighten us with your gameplan. No. Please? You’ll make fun of me. Will not. Right. No, I promise. Whatever. Yeah, whatever. … So what’s it going to be about? Well, it’ll be a semi-fictional memoir (written in the present tense, of course) of my fifth year of college. Your fifth year? Yes. In a four-year program? Shut up. I’m just saying. I think we all know what you’re just saying. I meant nothing by it. Mmm hmm. Anyway, because all of my friends had graduated and moved away, I moved back into the dorms as a Resident Assistant. And this book is about that experience. Yep. … What? Well, I can’t say it sounds too exciting. Actually, it is. My irresponsible ass was in charge of introducing forty freshmen to college. There were dropouts, fights, even a suicide attempt. Ooh. Now that’s a bit more juicy. Calm down. Trust me, it’ll be a good read. Speaking of reading, will you be posting your daily endeavors? You read my mind. Well it’s my mind, too. What? Hmm? Nothing. I probably won’t be posting the daily writing, however, when I finish a chapter, I’ll more than likely post it for everyone to read and edit. How nice of you. Thanks. I thought so. So, see any good movies this weekend? Well, I was feeling a bit under the weather, so I spent most of the weekend at home. I did, however, rent “The Italian Job” and “Better Luck Tomorrow,” both of which I recommend. “The Italian Job.” The remake or the original? The remake. Yeah, yeah. I know what you’re thinking. Big budget Hollywood film? Trust me, although the plot was extremely linear, and devoid of the sort of twist I come to expect from such caper films (eg: Mamet’s “The Heist”), the scene with Seth Green mocking Jason Stratham’s conversation with a young woman was well worth the rental price. Hmm. Yeah, and I really did enjoy “Better Luck Tomorrow.” Even though it is an MTV Film. Oh Christ! Seriously, I wasn’t even annoyed with the device of using SAT words to describe the upcoming scene. Speaking of devices… Yeah, I know. This one’s growing kind of stale. Listen, I should get back to work. You mean searching for stuff on the Internet and checking out Fantasy Football stats? I hate you so much.
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