SatRday

Directed the Mud Tug shoot for SportsZone.

Went and saw Surrogates with a friend. Very Meh of a film. They had all the ingredients to make a cool movie; Bruce Willis, Robots, and good sci fi near future concepts. But the finished product was bland, boring at times, and uninspired. I'm really not liking it the more I think about it. Bruce was good in it but the whole time I just wanted to go watch him in any Die Hard movie instead. Dear Hollywood, give me 80 Million dollars and I'll show you how to make an awesome movie. legit.


Went to the Girl Talk concert on campus. Mad crazy. But people at RIT don't know how to dance.

Fryday

Went to the SOFA mentor/mentee picnic pizza party thing.

Climbed at the Red Barn for a while.

Went party hoping.

Thurzday

Woke up, went to New Documentary Class. Watched Sicko by Michael Moore. Was the second time I've seen it. Definitely recommended to anyone who had ever paid a medical bill. Of course Michael Moore is a manipulative filmmaker, but who isn't? That is one of the biggest and most commonly used vices in all film, to sway the audience into having some sort of emotional response. But what sets this film apart is that it's about helping people who are helpless, not all the political bipartisan bull crap a doodle doo. What's so wrong with helping people and putting up an argument that we live in a nation that has the resources to do exactly so?



Took care of some business.

Ate some good pizza.

Went up to The Comedy Club in Webster and performed at the Chet Wild Comedy Showcase. Felt really good about my set, it was shortish but all the jokes hit really well, and i didn't want to go over time like last time i performed there. Just really glad to have 3 times to go up on stage this past week and practice.

Wednesday

Went to Science Fiction class in the morning.

Was too nervous/anxious for tonight to go to my Shakespeare class.

Went and picked up the brand new Brand New album Daisy. First time i've bought a CD, well since Weezer's Deluxe Remastered Blue Album at the beginning of the summer, but before that one, a really long time. Haven't listened to Daisy yet. Will definitely when the big show is done. Really pumped for their concert coming up in November.



The Easy Way Out One Stop Comedy Show rocked fucking hard core Dinosaur! Seriously, I had a wicked good time, a lot of people came out and it was awesome to see everyone there enjoying themselves and laughing. Some SOFA professors came out which was awesome. Really there were no complaints, other than we could have set up the seating arrangements a little better, but the show went on without a hitch. Was the first time I got paid for doing Stand Up which is pretty rad, and the booker guy at the Lovin Cup said we had the best Comedy Show they have ever had there which is really fucking rad. Sorry for all the Fbombs but I'm just pumped. (pictures and video to come!)

Went and partied with all the comedians and friends and continued the awesome time of the night.

tooosday

Slept in. No class today.

Put up a bunch of fliers for the Comedy show tomorrow.

Did some planning and meetings for a film project.

Went to the Red Barn to do some climbing.



Made an adaptation of a film with a bunch of friends shooting 1:1 ratio. It was pretty ridiculous.

Watched the first half of Tropic Thunder. Everything RDJr says in that film is solid gold and never gets old.

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Went to science fiction class. Talked about this short story "-All You Zombies-" by Robert A. Heinlein about this time traveler who went back in time when he was a woman and fucked himself and then he gave birth to himself. That's just the tip of it. It's wicked weird. Check it out.

Had lunch.

Went to Shakespeare class. Performed Act 4 Scene 1 of Much Ado About Nothing.

Drove home. Walked my friends Dog. Showered. Went back to campus, wrote down a bunch of material, did some business. Drove back.

Played an awesome game of Risk while watching the John Boorman masterpiece Zardoz. Seriously watch this movie. ASAP. I say that with all and complete seriousness. It's a film to be experienced before you die.


Within playing our 4 hour game of Risk we also watched the film White Dog. It's a pretty rare film that was never released theatrically due to its subject matter back in 1982, and has up until recently only been released on criterion DVD. The less you know about it the better going into it. But overall it was a highly engrossing film that definitely slowed our Risk game down substantially.


Twas a good day.

SunDAY

Had an awesome/scary/terrible/weird dream last night.

It kept on switching back and forth between a nightmare and an awesome dream and just weird ass shit that didn't make any sense. I mean that's what most dreams are, but this one had the extremes of all those things. All together wicked weird. Idk what that means. Maybe its a metaphor for my life or something.

Cleaned the room a bit and some laundry.

Got some awesome new music.

Hosted the Boulder Coffee Open Mic tonight. Went really well. Got things moving, kept the crowd up, and overall had a really good time. Really looking forward and still pretty nervous about the big show at Lovin Cup coming up this Wednesday.

SatRday

Took a big nap.

Was an extra for this feature film called Hamill. It's about the coming of age of deaf UFC fighter Matt Hamill. It should turn out really well I think and am looking forward to seeing the finished film. The scene was for his high school prom in 1995. Was alright. A lot of sitting around. We never got to dance though which sucked. I ended up wearing a tuxedo t-shirt. I wore it underneath the dress shirt and suit i brought as a joke but the wardrobe lady ended up liking it better. Got to meet some cool people too. Here is the official website for the movie.

Fday

Woke up.

Wrote some HW.

Went to an a really fun surprise party with good people and good times.

Did some dancing. Saw a scary midget.

Asked some cops if they wanted to hear a joke. They told me to fuck off:( Their loss, cuz the joke i was going to tell them was wicked funny.

THRday

Went to New Documentary Class, watched the documentary Trouble the Water about survivors of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans. It was pretty interesting in that it had a bunch of footage that was shot by a girl that experienced the whole disaster first hand. Here is the official website.


Did the homework assignment for class.

Went on a drive toward the setting sun. Saw some really beautiful landscapes during magic hour.

Finished up an the first big essay for Science Fiction class.

Went and saw Sorority Row with a bunch of friends. It was pretty enjoyable for a mindless slasher flick. The last shot was amazing, with the three remaining sisters walking away from their house in slow motion as it burns down. Oh yeah, and Princess Leia is in the film with a shotgun.