Yeah, so I know that I have not posted a new blog in quite some time. So you wanna fight about it? Haha. I forgot where I heard that saying from. Anyways, now that I've kicked off with a lame ass saying I now can go into talking about things. I have not posted in a while because of two reasons: 1) I've been extremely busy and 2) When I did sit down, I didn't know what to say. In all honesty, I could have made the short walk to the Righting Center and do what it is that I'm doing now. I'm just rambling on hoping that something will come out. The ironic part is that I'm in the Righting Center write now. I think it's funny that the people in charge of this place think it's motivational to missssspell the name of the area for their and the students benefits. Maybe they're not. Maybe it's the students who are in charge of putting those flyers up. Anyways, the adult-in-charge today is Dr. Doug Davis. He actually stepped out about four minutes ago and all of us have been left here unsupervised. I like that. He seems like a really cool professor. Amy wants to take his classes in hopes for a challenge. He seems like the type to really challenge. Someone like Mr. Kirk, only white and has a PHD. Whenever he gets back I'm going to ask him if he's teaching a Southern Literature course later on, that way I can let Amy know for sure. I know how excited she gets about this. Speaking of the devil, he's back.
Work has been tough. It would seem easier if I could find my Social Security card, that way I can actually be on the payroll. Tony and I are to move the entire set off stage so tomorrow, people can come and set up equipment for some Bluegrass band coming to play on Friday. By the way, tickets for the show are $15.00. What college student would pay fifteen dollars for a show, much less a Bluegrass band. I want to petition in front of the board that we should get Stephen Colbert to come and lecture. I CAN see students paying up to $35 for a ticket to that show.
In movie news, There Will Be Blood is leading the Oscar race. That makes me so happy! Paul Thomas Anderson is nominated for director and writer. I'm thrilled that people are taking notice to his work. I haven't seen it yet, but I have HIGH hopes for it. He's a renegade filmmaker who loves to break the Hollywood rules. I recently found out that he was the person to leak the trailer back in the Summer. He said that you can do all sorts of shit with youtube. He made a rough cut trailer from the film and put it online and in the morning, he received a call from the studio boss yelling at him for doing it. But the matter died down when the boss saw that there were positive comments left. It's funny how good ratings will shut an executive up. I thought Magnolia was a genius work of art. Practically everyone thinks I'm stupid for thinking that. Anyone who tells Tom Cruise to play himself has got to be great.
In entertainment news, Josh and I are making the "Josh and Will Show." I have brainstormed out six episodes and have a rough outline of how they will go. I tried writing the Pilot, but really struggled. Writing for TV is VERY hard. Basically I'm doing what I did with "Relationshop." I'm getting one-liner ideas and formulating them into conversation. I'm adding the element of visual storytelling as well. It will be hard to play director and actor at the same time. But last night, Josh and I did a lot of improv situations and came up with even more ideas. Improvisation is the greatest tool since the slinky. So much comes out of just thinking on your feet. Maybe the strain of time helps the brain flow even faster. Sometimes it's nerve wrecking, but when you have to make your mind work, sometimes it just flows. Okay, so I don't know how many episodes there will be total, but I know that we're going to have SORE many outtakes to add to the special features. We've also considered doing an audio commentary. I'm hoping to get most of the Pilot and the second episode written before the day is over.
Now, to work!
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Posted by Will Lewis at 7:27 AM
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You eat lunch and blog (twice!) in the same day? What's next? A trip to the orthodontist? What a busy boy you've been! Do you want sushi or a falafel Friday ... not to underestimate you - you can definitely have both if you want. I'll treat if you buy. :-) (The punctuation smily face means that I'm really happy!)
I'm just leaving another comment because I hate the way Blogger says "1 comments". It really gets on my nerves. Now you have 2 comment ... s.
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