Weekend Plans

Memorial Day Weekend is upon us and the weather is suspiciously perfect- makes me think a late season blizzard will descend in June. Mid 70's rock! I'm talking temperature, not music.

Brett spent the last week in Baker City working on his cowboy documentary. He's pretty stoked about it. We're going to Denver next weekend (along with Cheyenne and Western Nebraska) in search of more cowboy stuff. Specifically cowboy poets and any sort of chuckwagon cook-off competitions. The footage looks great. I've only seen a few clips but I like what I see!

I usually have too many plates spinning, not sure which ones are going to fall and break. I'm finally in a situation where I can focus my energies on a few specific plates so to speak. The treatment for the adaptation is coming along- tomorrow I'm knocking out my revisions to email back to the author. I'm working on my own rewrites- or should I say overhaul- of my script. It's coming together. All in good time, right? I've also been involved in the early stages of a web series- it's in very early stages but I'm really excited about it- it's the kind of content I've been wanting to do but didn't know where to even start.

My friend, Vu, approached me with a short script he wrote looking for some feedback and producing notes/ideas. It's really a beautiful story and I have some ideas for him- there might be some resistance, though. I'd really like to help produce on it but it's not ready yet. Coincidentally, he's in the new Harrison Ford movie shooting in town, Crowley/The Untitled Crowley Project. He plays one of the research scientists helping Brendan Fraser find a cure for his kids. He plays Wu Chow and has major screen time. Know what else is cool? Now on his resume, right after "Crowley" my film "Breach of Etiquette" will be listed. Hee hee.

So far the vegan/vegetarian thing is going smoothly. I've had some parmesan cheese but other than that I've not really had any animal product. It's funny- I really don't miss or crave it- same with the caffeine. I do have the occasional salt craving which is an easy fix of tomato sprinkled with sea salt. I've been on a watermelon binge this weekend. That and hummus. And spinach. And those wicked crazy whole grain energy bars from Costco- the ones they sell in the round tubs. Dee-lish.

Brett just put the movie Milk on so I need to watch. By the way- check out the movie Eagle vs Shark. It's New Zealand's answer to Napoleon Dynamite.

Bodies In Motion Stay in Motion

Garden Update:

8 tomato plants in the ground, 10 stalks of corn planted, roses growing with reckless abandon, pinot noir vines blooming in need of proper support, strawberries exploding everywhere, blueberry plant covered in white blossoms, olive tree being all olivey and stuff, and a mowed lawn... it looks like it's under control now but I guarantee it will be pure chaos in about 2 months. My apologies to the neighbors whose walkway is adjoined to my backyard. They quit talking to me a long time ago so I'm not going to sweat it.

I got my first round of feedback on my script- it was much better than I expected. I didn't cry like I usually do. Nor did I go on a hate jog- the anger fueled runs I occasionally take around the neighborhood ripping myself apart on how the world hates me. (I could use one, I've gotten a little on the puffy side). I need to restructure my story, amplify my turning points, make my characters more likable (identified as too selfish), knock off about 20-25 pages, and then some. Little changes.

I'm okay with that. First drafts don't count, right?

Meanwhile, I'm refocusing on wine related projects. Promoting the Get Into Wine DVD, networking with other wine contacts to work with, and still trying to get my affairs in order to produce video podcasts on local winemakers and vineyards. This is fun and I almost feel guilty working on these projects. Oh, wait... work CAN be fun. I forgot.

I'm about to start work on an adaptation of a book that's reached bestseller status- it's an amazing story and I feel very blessed to be approached to write the screenplay. I can't wait to get all the i's dotted and t's crossed with agreements and contracts- then I can start writing. I'm hesitant about doing anything without some sort of agreement in writing. It protects anyone and I was taught at an early age that you should put everything in writing- honest people have nothing to hide. Even if it's to the sum of "be fair, have fun" something in writing is better than nothing.

Two other plates spinning with film projects... updates to follow as things come together.

Right now I have to hunt down dinner for my husband. Frozen dinner, probably. Later...