sleepy
it's 4:40am... and i'm exhausted from the day's preceedings. i need to blog about it later.
i just wanted to say thanks to kristin, who kept me sane, while i paced around century mall.
update
so today i was a big nervous mess. i wanted to go to the city early so that i could purchase the movie tickets for everyone in advance. i hit up century mall around 4:30pm and went upstairs to the ticket booth. on my way up the escalators, i peeked into express women and got a quick glimpse of sarah webs, but i was so antsy that i decided to get the tickets first. on the second floor, i passed express men and as i got on the next escalator, i saw kristin, so i yelled her name and shouted that i'd be back in a sec. she saw me, flashed a smile and gave a big wave. at the ticket booth, ira found me and told me that tickets were being sold around the corner, at a folding table with 48 hour film project posters haphazardly taped around it. he was surprised that i was there so early, but he appreciated the enthusiasm. they weren't set up yet, so i went to visit kristin.
i paced around express while filling kristin in on all the details about the project. thankfully, there were no customers, so we were able to talk for a long time. my nervousness got the better of me, and i subconsciously began to shop the clearance section, and actually bought a jacket and helped her conversion (express vocab).
i went back upstairs to buy the tickets, 21 in all, at $8 a piece. terror struck when they regrettably informed me that i had to pay in cash! no worries, right? $168 is not too bad... when you have money in your checking account! but i did not have any money in my checking account, and $7 in my wallet. i found out that there were 300 seats in the theater, so i decided that the tickets could wait for a little while, but i still couldn't relax.
i decided that i had to leave in order to get my mind off of things, so i walked down broadway to a place called koryo, a korean/sushi restaurant. it was now 6:00pm, so i thought it appropriate to eat a little dinner. i was so antsy, i had to force myself to eat something. i had a sushi roll and an order of bul go gi, and two cups of kim chee.
at 7:00pm i was frantic. the first 9 films were now showing at the theater. i wanted to watch them, but i didn't have enough cash and i was hoping that someone would arrive early so that they could purchase the tickets in advance. at about 7:45pm chuck and al showed up, and were able to get the 21 tickets purchased. finally i relaxed a little bit, but as soon as more and more guests came in, my heart-rate increased again.
one by one, everyone came in... dan, tim, dar, roy and family, mark and family, sal, my pa and lourdes, beth and robin, irene, dave, and aymeei. promptly at 9:00pm ira came out and explained the project to the audience, and shortly after, the films began to roll. robyn, rowena, and jenna would arrive right at the end of our film, but we were still happy to see them there.
the films were pretty good. some were artistic and others entertaining. i truly felt like our film was the only one that was a mixture of both. i was on the edge of my seat when our film came up on the screen. i was torn between puking and pissing in my pants. we got a good response from the audience in the end... or at least that's how i felt. but most importantly, i was just happy that the whole thing had finally reached it's conclusion.
with finished the night at the wrap party which took place at a bar down the street. there we spoke to other teams and we were received very well. we got to talk to ira a little bit, and he told us that he liked our film. it felt really good to talk to everyone and get compliments and feedback. we were amazed at some of the equipment and resources that the other teams had... thousand dollar cameras, final cut pro, composers and boom mics, and 30+ team members.
we were against many odds, however we put together something that we felt was at the same level (if not higher) than the other teams... and with much inferior equipment and software, and a much smaller staff. it has given us inspiration to create more, and worry less.
one day i'll show it to you, but not yet.
finally, dave (in his comment below) wanted to remind me that we made a food stop at weiner circle (it's a hot dog stand, you perverts), and if you haven't been, it's a place where you have to be a jackass to get served. cursing, ethnic slurs, and other insults are encouraged and rewarded with fast service. be polite, and you may be waiting for a while.
so there's one item you can order, that's not on the menu. it's called a chocolate milk shake, but it's not something that you can eat and it costs a cool $20. what is it? well, you have to scream at the top of your lungs, 'chocolate milk shake' and put $20 into the tip jar by the register... the african-american ladies behind the counter then proceed to lift up their shirts (sans bras), shake their boobies, and holler and scream while someone in the back flips the lights off and on like a strobe light. usually, this lasts for no longer than 10 seconds, however on this particular night, it was easily 30 seconds long.
great end to a great day.
i just wanted to say thanks to kristin, who kept me sane, while i paced around century mall.
update
so today i was a big nervous mess. i wanted to go to the city early so that i could purchase the movie tickets for everyone in advance. i hit up century mall around 4:30pm and went upstairs to the ticket booth. on my way up the escalators, i peeked into express women and got a quick glimpse of sarah webs, but i was so antsy that i decided to get the tickets first. on the second floor, i passed express men and as i got on the next escalator, i saw kristin, so i yelled her name and shouted that i'd be back in a sec. she saw me, flashed a smile and gave a big wave. at the ticket booth, ira found me and told me that tickets were being sold around the corner, at a folding table with 48 hour film project posters haphazardly taped around it. he was surprised that i was there so early, but he appreciated the enthusiasm. they weren't set up yet, so i went to visit kristin.
i paced around express while filling kristin in on all the details about the project. thankfully, there were no customers, so we were able to talk for a long time. my nervousness got the better of me, and i subconsciously began to shop the clearance section, and actually bought a jacket and helped her conversion (express vocab).
i went back upstairs to buy the tickets, 21 in all, at $8 a piece. terror struck when they regrettably informed me that i had to pay in cash! no worries, right? $168 is not too bad... when you have money in your checking account! but i did not have any money in my checking account, and $7 in my wallet. i found out that there were 300 seats in the theater, so i decided that the tickets could wait for a little while, but i still couldn't relax.
i decided that i had to leave in order to get my mind off of things, so i walked down broadway to a place called koryo, a korean/sushi restaurant. it was now 6:00pm, so i thought it appropriate to eat a little dinner. i was so antsy, i had to force myself to eat something. i had a sushi roll and an order of bul go gi, and two cups of kim chee.
at 7:00pm i was frantic. the first 9 films were now showing at the theater. i wanted to watch them, but i didn't have enough cash and i was hoping that someone would arrive early so that they could purchase the tickets in advance. at about 7:45pm chuck and al showed up, and were able to get the 21 tickets purchased. finally i relaxed a little bit, but as soon as more and more guests came in, my heart-rate increased again.
one by one, everyone came in... dan, tim, dar, roy and family, mark and family, sal, my pa and lourdes, beth and robin, irene, dave, and aymeei. promptly at 9:00pm ira came out and explained the project to the audience, and shortly after, the films began to roll. robyn, rowena, and jenna would arrive right at the end of our film, but we were still happy to see them there.
the films were pretty good. some were artistic and others entertaining. i truly felt like our film was the only one that was a mixture of both. i was on the edge of my seat when our film came up on the screen. i was torn between puking and pissing in my pants. we got a good response from the audience in the end... or at least that's how i felt. but most importantly, i was just happy that the whole thing had finally reached it's conclusion.
with finished the night at the wrap party which took place at a bar down the street. there we spoke to other teams and we were received very well. we got to talk to ira a little bit, and he told us that he liked our film. it felt really good to talk to everyone and get compliments and feedback. we were amazed at some of the equipment and resources that the other teams had... thousand dollar cameras, final cut pro, composers and boom mics, and 30+ team members.
we were against many odds, however we put together something that we felt was at the same level (if not higher) than the other teams... and with much inferior equipment and software, and a much smaller staff. it has given us inspiration to create more, and worry less.
one day i'll show it to you, but not yet.
finally, dave (in his comment below) wanted to remind me that we made a food stop at weiner circle (it's a hot dog stand, you perverts), and if you haven't been, it's a place where you have to be a jackass to get served. cursing, ethnic slurs, and other insults are encouraged and rewarded with fast service. be polite, and you may be waiting for a while.
so there's one item you can order, that's not on the menu. it's called a chocolate milk shake, but it's not something that you can eat and it costs a cool $20. what is it? well, you have to scream at the top of your lungs, 'chocolate milk shake' and put $20 into the tip jar by the register... the african-american ladies behind the counter then proceed to lift up their shirts (sans bras), shake their boobies, and holler and scream while someone in the back flips the lights off and on like a strobe light. usually, this lasts for no longer than 10 seconds, however on this particular night, it was easily 30 seconds long.
great end to a great day.
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what a pleasant surprise! LOL!