What I've Done in the Past 21 Days

7 comments (closed), posted on september 13, 2004, tags: me

In no particular order:

• Went hiking at Fahnestock State Park in NY state. This included eating sandwiches while sitting on a man-made dam, avoiding poison ivy and trying to find frogs, watching an old man swim in Canopus lake while standing on a fake beach and tons of pictures that didn't turn out.
• Swam in the Atlantic Ocean via the beach at Spring Lake in New Jersey. It was the first time I had swam in the Atlantic, having spent the first 17 years of my life living on and swimming in the Pacific and avoiding the Jersey shore at all costs for the the last six. The waves were big due to Frances, and Katia lost her sunglasses to a large one. I also managed to get a wicked sunburn only on my right side. Luckily, it's gone now.
• Visited our friend Shannon in Massachusetts for the first time since last February.
• Had a bomb threat cause a full-building evacuation at work. An hour and a half later, we all had to go back in and work the rest of the day. Apparently we all trust the NYPD's ability to check a 16-storey building thoroughly for bombs in less than two hours.
• Shot, edited and released "then, suddenly...", our third short film, and began to work on a new film idea.
• Read Dashiell Hammett's The Maltese Falcon and have nearly finished The Thin Man.
• Got a nice big bookshelf and bureau from a friend of ours who is going to France and Vietnam for six months and so got rid of all of his stuff. Then we went to a nice brunch at his parents' great apartment in Tribeca to see him off.
• Found Lactaid milk in our neighborhood. It tastes almost exactly like milk but it doesn't make me want to die! Yay!
• "Surprised" Ellie two days before her birthday, with Shawn, by going to Jersey and being at a restaurant when she and Steve came in. Hours of reminiscing, watching and talking about our movies and college movies, eating Chinese food, drinking coffee, smoking cigarettes and watching some Ali G.

What've you been up to?

Short Film: "then, suddenly..."

25 comments (closed), posted on september 3, 2004, tags: filmmaking

Our new short film, "then, suddenly...", is finally ready. This film was written and directed by Shawn, and we edited it together. The film has a few new people in it, and doesn't take place in my apartment. The story started off as an idea for a WeeklyDV theme, but didn't have a chance to shoot it by the deadline. The good news is, we got to give this film attention uninhibited by a short deadline, and the result was worth the wait.

I'll be posting the script in a few hours. Comments and feedback are, of course, welcome. We hope you enjoy it.

Update: I've put the script online. You can read it now: "then, suddenly..." script. Watch the film first!