Life of Kyle Prohaska

Today was the first time in a number of years that I spoke in front of people.  I had been planned to speak at AMOC’s Niagara Bible Conference today.  (http://www.amoc-nbc.com/)  AMOC stands for the American Mission for Opening Churches.  I wasn’t sure what to expect to be honest.  They’re involved in many different things, but most notably they have a camp there.  I went to AMOC as a kid and have many good and bad memories there.  When I showed up last week to meet with Tom who runs things there, I found it weird seeing the place after so many years.  Now it’s funny that after all that time, to be back there, and speaking in the Chapel on a sunday night.  I wasn’t there to give a sermon really, but instead talk about STANDING FIRM, testify to some of the things that God did, and share with those there about the church screenings and how they can be utilized in their ministries.  The folks who show up to this are from lots of other churches locally.  Some pastors, some elders/deacons, and a handful of normal church folks.  I would say maybe 50-60 were there.

My hands were shaking, I was sweating terribly, and I was waiting for everything to start.  I was wearing a suit and such which is something I almost never wear, and just baked inside of it.  Having worn flip flops and shorts for the last year and only having a suit on a few times, my body wasn’t having much fun.  I kept running through what I was going to say in my head and didn’t have anything to start off my speaking with.  I didn’t know how to start things off in a non-awkward manner.  I was really nervous to say something foolish or dumb, or crack a joke that would fall flat, and I didn’t really know where anyone there fell theologically so where I touched in areas there I wasn’t sure about.  STANDING FIRM could be slightly controversial because of the truth it presents, and I wasn’t sure if any backlash could come of that.  So when I got up there I just went for it, and probably repeated myself a time or two but I think things went well.  I probably wasn’t the most cheerful speaker they’ve ever heard, but it had it’s light moments of laughter.  I was pretty serious up there speaking to everyone, and brought up some very uncomfortable issues in the church (specifically the American Church) and spoke a bit about the state of the church as well.  I had all that rolling around in my head and wasn’t sure if there would be a good spot to fit it in, but I think it worked.  I basically went towards making a few comments like that because the issue of suffering in the film is so different from some of the namby pamby fluffy hug a teddy bear type Christianity that’s rampant out there.  Death, suffering, financial woes, etc. none of it is fun to talk about.  But I think everyone understood where I was coming from, and hopefully it made sense in that the film tackles a lot of issues that is rarely preached or taught.

Afterwards I shook many hands and had copies for sale.  Out of the folks who were there, I got rid of a ton of copies, some buying 2 or even 4.  I had a sign up sheet for the church screenings so I could send the folks more information.  I hope I get a few signups from this, because that would be great.  I also talked to a Pastor directly who already knows when he would want to do a screening so we’re going to work on that.  It was great to see the positive reaction after it was over.  My hands were shaking anymore, and I was able to just breath and talk to folks.  Turns out one of the women there has her entire family in Brazil and they would probably be interested in doing a screening or two down there.  I’ve already had a church in Brazil interested in a screening, so this could mean more!  Pretty crazy the kinds of foreign folks who know about the film and have requested it.  Pray for distribution in the Portuguese market, because it’s sorta on hold at the moment.

So overall a great night, and I was glad to see it over with.  I’ve had barely any sleep lately and I need to catch up.  There’s only 16 days until STANDING FIRM comes out, incredible!  I think I’ve only caught a glimpse of what God is going to do with this film, and I can’t wait to see…

I got an email today that really encouraged me too.  David Evans (Writer/Director/Producer of THE GRACE CARD, recently picked up by Provident Films/Sony) dropped me an email to say he’s excited to see the film and can’t wait to share TGC when it’s done.  Last year while I was in LA he called me one day asking questions about filmmaking and who he might call and whether or not I knew anyone he could contact.  Through some emails and phone calls I was able to help him which was great.  I helped him get his AD (Justin Tolley from Fireproof/Courageous/Letters to God), and Michael Joiner (the lead in the film).  It was great being able to help and then for a time I went down to Memphis to help do a little location scouting and a few other things, then I went home before production actually started.  David’s email was very encouraging as I hadn’t heard from him for some time and I had actually just thought of how he was doing on my way to church this morning.  God is good

A very good day, and filled with Blessings.  Looking forward to a good night sleep and then a busy work week to follow.  Lots of things to do!  The posters for the church screenings should arrive today (it’s monday already) and then I’ll be all set to send the church screenings.  If I can get all the packages weighed and ready I can start shipping them much earlier than I originally thought, so WOOT!

Till next time…

Today was a great day.  I went through the script for The Grace Card and made some notes to share with David later on.  Some dialog smoothing and just other random things that makes the scenes flow a bit better.  I was really looking forward to sharing it later on…

I worked on the Grace Card website a little bit and not much else.  Sunday I’m going to spend all day on the Standing Firm edit until the college group meets.  I need a solid day to go through it and fix some things and just hit render.  I hope I can get it in the mail beginning of next week if not a few days in.  I need to depart with it.  I’ll still need to work on it a lot even if it gets picked up because it needs a sound mix, a score, and I know they’ll be other small edit changes and such by whoever picks the film up in the end…but I need to take that first step.  Any good distributor will know if it’s something they want right away, it doesn’t have to be done 100%.  I’m hoping for good things, as I really want to have it distributed next spring/summer.  God didn’t bring us this far to just stop here, I won’t believe that for a moment.

There is some news I got today that threw me for a loop, but I can’t share it until tomorrow when we make the official announcement.  It’s really big.  Lets just say this doesn’t happen to someone who is 21 and only on his second film ever…it just doesn’t.  I’m incredibly humbled and felt queezy when I found out it was official and you’ll know why tomorrow.

Me and David sat down for the first time today as Directors and got to work.  We ran from page 1 and started moving through the script.  I went through my notes which David was right on board with and we made our changes.  We’re going to work so well together, I know it.  We’re like one head a lot of the time.  Getting into the script is what I really love, and visualizing the scenes so they’re straight in my head.  That gets me very excited.  We have some excellent scenes in this film I can’t wait to do.

Overall the day was really good.  I’m just overwhelmed with what God is doing…I can’t really articulate how I feel about all this going on.  I’ll share more tomorrow, and it’s a big day.  Lots to do!

I spent most of the day today thinking.  Thinking about where I might be going, sending out emails to folks in Nashville and elsewhere, talking to other folks online, etc.  I keep staring at the edit for Standing Firm and not doing much.  I need to finish up the last few things needed before mailing this thing off.  I think I need a boost.  I need to send the thing out and just be done with that part of things.  Only until I get (or don’t get) a phone call will I be able to move forward.  I think it’s just time to get it in the mail and part with it.  Close a chapter and HOPEFULLY open a new one if we get a good response.  It’s going right to a VP of a companies house, not a giant pile on a desk somewhere in the back of an office.  We’ll see…

We had a production meeting for The Grace Card later in the evening.  I love getting these out of the way because I keep sensing folks being more and more comfortable with their involvement.  The more we meet and just talk about things that need to be done, the stronger as a team we get and the better we become at communicating.  This friday is going to be an interesting time as we have Michael Joiner coming in to do a free comedy show at Calvary Church, and we introduce the film more officially to people.  It’s going to be an interesting weekend I think, and plenty to do in just a few days.  I can’t wait for it to be over already, lol.

The more I think about where I’ll settle, the more I realize I don’t need to be anywhere in particular.  You can make movies anywhere, because odds are you’ll travel where you make them.  You can do web design, graphic work, etc. anywhere because it’s all internet based.  You can write from anywhere because email and phone is really the only thing you need to accomplish delivery.  The only thing I’m missing that I really need is a team of people to plug into or start with someone.  NY is just a crappy place to do that and nobody else is there really.  I don’t want to travel 9 months out of the year.  I want to make movies yes but I don’t want to be alone where I am either.  If I go to Nashville I have this feeling that on most nights I’ll be completely alone, just sitting there.  It’s just a delicate decision because I DO NOT want to spend a bunch of money going somewhere and getting an apartment only to go “oops.”  I need to be careful and make sure I go where God wants me to be…so it’s just a long period of asking and waiting.

That’s about all I can think of to say for now…g’night.

I went to Niagara Frontier Bible Church back home since birth, so I’m pretty used to the way things go over there.  Moving to LA back in May was odd because I knew I would be going to a new church, new congregation, new teaching, new everything.  I didn’t end up staying there and had moved back home as most of you know, but now I’m in Memphis for The Grace Card and have yet again another church to call home.  It was just as weird as my first day at Reality LA (church in Hollywood).  I stood around without much to do since I didn’t know anybody.  I said hi to a few folks I had met but for the most part it was awkward.  An usher came up to me and we chatted for a while which was nice.

There were a lot of folks looking at me I think, lol.  No matter, I eventually went to go sit with Joyce (Bradshaw) where she normally sits, the front row…ugh.  Of course I was on the end so your just wide open on the right for people to see you.  I’m still dealing with a lot of paranoia stuff from childhood and it sucks sometimes because I can’t always enjoy myself.  The worship was fun and the message was solid.  I think I’ll like going here until the filming is over.  Afterwards I saw David walking around and talked with him for a moment.  There was a college aged group they have that meets on Sundays so I headed home to just hang out until then.  I was one of the first folks there when I arrived and just played ping pong by myself until folks showed up, lol.  In case your wondering how that’s possible you push the table against a wall

Rob Erickson showed up and we played each other until things started.  He’ll be playing Blake in The Grace Card so it’s nice to start building a friendship there as we’ll be working together a lot in the coming months.  The time with the group was nice as well, just light conversation and laughs as we spoke about the message from the morning.  Afterwards folks were going to play Ultimate Frisbee outside and I didn’t have shoes or anything so I ran to go get them back home.  We didn’t play long but that didn’t mean I wasn’t sweaty.  Running back and forth down a field for 20 minutes will get me going, lol.  Folks were heading to Rob’s house because I guess they all had some trip to go on tomorrow.  Little did I know what everyone was in for.  There was a concrete fireplace that they were going to use all the guys to get off the trailer and setup in the backyard.  Before all that though we were all in Robs kitchen and most folks weren’t there yet so we were just talking.  They asked me questions about what I was doing in Memphis, where I might be going, how I got started in stuff, I showed them pieces of Standing Firm (which they really liked), and talked about the last 2 years or so of my life.  Robs mom was a little upset hearing about the deaths that happened so recently but she was ok

When everyone showed up they started working on this fireplace.  These concrete slabs were hundreds of pounds, with the large enclosure piece of it easily 1000+.  It was hilarious as we slowly figured out how to move this thing and get it where it needed to be.  This was a memory building experience for sure, something I’ll remember for a while, ha ha.

I headed out soon after (it took well over an hour to get that thing put together…and it was only two pieces) and took a shower.  I had powder and crap all over me from the concrete.  I think it’s safe to say I made a lot of friends tonight, which is a good sign.

I wonder where God will want me at the end of the year.  I want to find somewhere I can settle and call home.  Somewhere I can get work and if need be travel from project to project but I still want a home somewhere.  My parents sounded pretty sure that in the next few years or so they’ll probably end up down in GA to live.  They’ll keep the house in NY but my mom will probably head down to Georgia for good sometime in the future.  Nashville wouldn’t be such a crappy place to stay I think.  Odds are most of the work I get will be internet based, or project to project, but it’ll be nice to have a place to come home to that I can call my own.

I was trying to figure out with Kevin (co-owner Praise Pictures Inc., and Co writer/producer of Standing Firm) what we might do for the business.  I have other revenue streams I want to start throwing into a company name but Praise Pictures is in NY and all sorta of other annoying things.  I’ll have to figure all this out soon so I can get start being smarter about where my money goes and why.  It’s tough because I don’t want to leave NY, I love the people there.  There just aren’t any jobs up there…not for someone like me.  Even if I travel for some jobs, I’ll be so much farther away up there.  I have a better shot at getting jobs more local in Nashville than I do back home.  Thousands of people leave the Buffalo area per year, and that makes a lot of sense.  I’ll miss everyone a lot  I don’t know, just trying to figure out where God wants me to go more permanently.  I don’t want to be packing my car every few months for very much longer, it’s a really crappy way to live.  Your never somewhere long enough to invest in people very much.  I’ll certainly never get to date anybody if I plan on leaving a month after I arrive somewhere, right?  We’ll see what happens in the next few months, I’ll get an answer sometime.

David, Howie, and John discuss the Hospital Exterior

I woke up earlier than usual today, to make sure I got out of the house around 9:30am or so.  I was meeting David and John at David’s eye-care office to go location scouting most of the day.  The first stop was the St. Francis Hospital just across the street.  It’s a pretty big place, a lot bigger than I thought.  We met with who I understood to be one of the administrators of the facility and another man who I can’t recall the name of.  We spoke about the film and what we were looking for and the rest of our time spent there was with the man we met with showing us the different places within the hospital we needed to film in.  The support we’ve been able to get from this hospital is very remarkable.  Pretty much nothing was turned down, and we got everything we needed.  We spend quite a bit of time in this place so it’s very crucial we have their full support, and I’m glad to report we do.  Towards the tail end we met Howie Klausner who revised the script from David’s original.  He’s a cool guy, I was glad to meet him.

We all went off to lunch at some chinese place and I got some Sesame Chicken with fried rice.  I love flavored chicken and rice, I don’t even care what flavor, it’s all good stuff.  The conversation went well, it was light and Howie and John shared some stories from past movies and such.  I guess they laughed at the fact both of them had played George Clooney (who John has worked with on many occasions) in basketball sometime in the past.  I must say its still a bit odd to be sitting in the company of guys like John or Howie.  I mean John just got off George’s last film The Men Who Stare At Goats with Kevin Spacey, Ewan McGregor, Jeff Bridges, J.K. Simmons, Robert Patrick, etc.  I’m still a nobody, lol.  I’ve had two people congratulate me on getting this job having “nothing to show for myself.”  While it’s a compliment it’s also a bit daunting to hear.  I really don’t have anything to show for myself.  I think to some degree I do, but in my own mind I’m not anything at all until I can sell at least one film and get it on a shelf somewhere.  Then I’ll feel I’ve accomplished something.  Thousands have had a film 99% complete and never sold it.  I’m in the same boat.  That makes me no different than anyone else.  Until I sell one and have something distributed, I’m no further along than I was last year (career wise).  I’m really Blessed to have gotten this opportunity, and I get to work with some really awesome and experienced people.  It’s an honor really, nothing short of that.

Bedroom of the home we looked at today...(love this room)

I went home for a little over an hour before I had to meet with David again for another scout.  There was a lot of thinking to do during that time.  Making a film isn’t easy.  It’s fun, but to me that fun is balanced with headache.  It’s rewarding and backstabbing at the same time.  Directing/Producing a film is one million decisions, all made under pressure most of the time, with limited budgets and big ideas, with lots of people standing around waiting for A or B, 1 or 2.  It’s not all fun, that’s for sure.  I’m really glad that this time around I get to just Direct and help Produce.  On Standing Firm it was such a nightmare on many levels.  When your unpacking all your gear in the beginning of the day, setting up your sticks, trying to find your blocking and framing, direct your actors, operate your camera, keep and eye on sound, keep track of wardrobe and continuity, etc. it becomes utter insanity.  No way did Standing Firm get shot with anything less than God’s hand on the project.  It was his direction and mercy on the project that helped it roll forward.  When I fell over, He picked me up, and when I didn’t think I could handle another day…He gave me the strength to go on.

Briarcrest Christian School (School Location)

This time around on The Grace Card I have many new things to deal with.  We have police involvement from cars, to the station, to guns, we have the ER and hospital rooms, we have more locations, more characters, stunts involving cars, etc…way more than Standing Firm could shake a stick at, lol.  The scope of the film is pretty ambitious compared to a simple family drama, and with the budget we have it’s even more ambitious.  I think with proper planning and knowhow we can pull it off, but we need to get cracking…

The second scout landed us at a hopeful home for one of the leads families.  It works really well and I’m hoping it works out.  The design of the house was very cohesive and proper for the characters.  I loved how it photographed just in natural light let along if we had lit it up on a shooting day.

Overall today was a successful day of scouting and we made some great progress.  I’m looking forward tomorrow not because I have a meeting or some work to do, but because I get to see my parents.  They’re coming in from Georgia where my mom has been visiting my dad for the summer.  My dad works down there and she went down with the dog just after I left for California this past May.  I can’t wait to see them and give’em a hug.  Seeing my dog won’t hurt either.

G’night folks…

Today was a very productive day.  I spent most of the morning answering and sending emails.  I did a conference call with the Leclerc Brothers who had watched Cut #2 of Standing Firm and shared their comments.  Things were once again positive with little negative comments to speak of.  I’m a bit surprised at the comments in regards to the acting in the film.  Not that I thought our acting was awful, but I certainly didn’t expect the warm comments we’ve received in this amount.  That’s all a good sign I think…

I updated The Grace Card website today with a new register page so we can start building an email list.  I also sent off some information to a friend at ChristianCinema.com who was very quick to post an article (thanks Angela!)

New Christian Movie from Writer of “Space Cowboys”
http://www.christiancinema.com/catalog/newsdesk_info.php?newsdesk_id=1114

That’s our first official article regarding the film with it’s official team assembled.  I had some great conversations with Torry Martin today as well.  He’s such a great guy, and so supportive of me.  The fact I spent barely two days with the guy and he’s such a support says something of his character.  I’m not sure what makes me so special but thanks Torry for all the encouragement!

Later on in the day I met with David at Calvary Church to go over some important issues and hammer out some things.  The meeting was very successful and I think we’re growing closer each time we sit down to talk.  There are some things we’re just trusting the Lord to work out and given all the things that have happened since this project got started, I’m confident things will be just fine.

This week seems to be flying by very fast already.  It’s funny how well I’ve adjusted to the new environment since I got here.  My room feels very comfortable and I’ve been sleeping well which is a good thing.  Having indoor AC helps a lot…that’s for sure.

I’m looking forward to this weekend and seeing my parents for the first time since the end of May, as well as my dog.  I miss them all!

Who knows where I’m going to be at the end of the year.  I’m hoping Standing Firm will have found distribution by then and I can hopefully move to Nashville and dig my claws in the ground.  We’ll see…

(L to R) : Kevin, Me, Karin, Devan

Today was a great day with friends. (hence the title…hah)

I woke up around noon again and had some stuff to get done.  I began getting ready to leave, doing laundry, putting things in boxes that I’m not taking to TN, etc.  I got quite a bit done until around 5:30 when I headed over to Stephanie’s for the hot tub party for Karin.  It was a fantastic time with friends, I’m going to miss everyone a lot.  I really wish I hung out with these guys more in the past…what’s done is done.

(L to R) : Kevin, Stephanie, Scott, Devan, Terry, Karin, Justin, Me

We hung out in the hot tub, jumped in the normal pool to cool off, enjoyed good food and music, watched a movie, joked, made shmores (spelling? lol), set off bottle rockets, etc.  It was a perfect time, and I got some great photos.  I don’t have a lot of pictures with friends because I’m always the guy taking them.

I’m always missing from shots, so it was nice to get in on some this time.  It was weird because it was the first time in a while where we all were together and having fun since youth group days when we all were in High School.  It was like a reunion, and I wouldn’t have had it any other way.  It’s a shame Cooper couldn’t be here for the fun, I miss you man

(L to R) : Justin, Scott, Devan, Terry

It’s days like today that make me love NY and the people I know in it.  Unfortunately there just aren’t any jobs here.  I have to move on and settle somewhere else if I hope to have a career…it’s just the way it goes.  I’ll be sure to visit home often because I just love these people way too much to just disappear, that would be horrible.

I’m looking forward to saying goodbye to my church family again tomorrow and hopefully spending more time with friends before running home, continuing to pack, cleaning out my car, recording a last Voice Over for Standing Firm, etc. etc.

Monday I leave, *sigh* it’s for the best.

Exterior Shot of NFBC Sign

Well I leave in two days, it’s coming fast…

I woke up today around noon and after eating some breakfast and checking emails headed out to a few locations to gather exterior shots of a few locations for Standing Firm.  It was hot out today, around 90 or so.  I stopped at the Gifford’s first to get a shot of their home.  I got some different angles in case I need to reuse the shot for another place in the film.  Even though the light on the house is the same, some color correction and the altered angle will help hide that.  Then it was off to get a haircut in Lewiston before heading to the church.  I forgot money though so when I parked in front of the place I had to leave and run to the ATM.  I really needed a haircut pretty bad.  My hair grows so fast, it’s nuts.  What I needed to shoot at the church was the new sign we got.  The film has a really poor shot of the church in it with this little thing we have outside our parking lot that’s basically laminated cardboard on wooden posts.  It’s pretty lame looking and while I had the opportunity, getting our new sign in the film just made sense, plus I did need the exterior for a scene in the film.

Afterwards I headed to Kevin’s to get yet another exterior, this time of his house.  I grabbed a bunch of different things and also needed to record some sound of the rock driveway they have when you walk on it, as well as some sounds from the wooden steps.  There are very few times this needs to be done but I have a scene or two where the sound in the film was utterly worthless.  I have to re-create the entire soundtrack.  Ambience, background noise, footsteps, clothes rustling, dialog, other odd sound effects, etc.  It all has to sound natural and real.  It’s a challenge but we’ve pulled it off in every scene so far.

When I got home Shaun came over to try and get some progress made on the Niagara Gospel Rescue Mission website.  We didn’t get very far as my servers were acting up again and my internet went down.  Later after he left I had a crazy idea to go see a movie.  There was one showing of District 9 left at the theater and I headed to that around 12:20am.  Read my review below this entry, I really liked the film a lot.

Tomorrow I’ll be doing laundry, cleaning my room and parts of the house, and the later in the afternoon I have a party for a friend I’m looking forward to.  It’s going to be a great way to end my stay in NY, and I can’t wait.

I had to set my alarm for 8am this morning.  Not my favorite time to wake up, I must say.  Either way I got up because Rob was coming over to finish some ADR for the film.  We got it done quickly and shared some laughs along the way.  I showed Rob some of the film that he hadn’t seen, and he enjoyed it a lot.  I’ve given the current cut of the film to four people I know.  I’ve gotten some initial responses from people and it seems positive.  I’ll find out tomorrow in more detail what they really thought on a deeper level so that’ll be a little nerve-wracking.

The internet was much more stable today and allowed me to release our first promo for Standing Firm.  It’s a video of our pastor speaking about the message of the film and what it took to create the film overall.  You can view the video here. I also sent out our first email newsletter in it’s new format to about 350 folks or so that are currently on our email list.  Not as many I would like, but the list seems to be growing pretty steadily.  We’ll see in a few short months where we end up.

I went to meet with a few friends at Buzzy’s today which is a pizza place in Niagara Falls.  I didn’t stay long as Jason called and invited me to a concert at Art Park in Lewiston, which was free.  Some older 90s band that he knew about.  It was pretty lame overall and we left quickly.  It was awkward too.  I’m just not comfortable in my own skin sometimes…it’s odd.  That and I realized I was standing next to a few people I graduated with that were a bunch of jerks of the time and I kept getting this feeling they were staring.  I was glad to leave…

We headed back to Jason’s and when we pulled into his driveway we got a call from Anthony Grant to go hang at his place with other folks.  We went and talked for a while about a bunch of odd theological things.  That’s always a good time with friends, just sharing truth and thinking through questions we have about things…good stuff.

Now I’m home rendering some new titles for Standing Firm and getting some things looking a little better.  The cut gets a little more polished everyday.

Some good news in regards to the The Grace Card.  I think I found a post-house for us that can do the post-sound and color correction in a professional manner.  They have the proper facilities and a great RED workflow developed so that’s exciting.  I look forward to getting the quotes in to see if we can get it.

Just a few days and I’m out of here, hard to believe.  Tomorrow is another day and hopefully includes some nice progress and comments from friends on the film.  I could use a boost right now hearing what people liked/didn’t like about the film…I’m curious.

Another day of melting in my chair, lol.  Today was very frustrating overall, I gotta say.  Our internet couldn’t hold a connection for more than a few minutes all day stopping me from working on almost anything.  Every time I had to send an important email or check something it went down.  That kind of thing combined with the humidity really cheesed me off.  I’ll just be honest and say a few bits of colorful language flew from my mouth throughout the day, I just wasn’t happy at all.

I looked through the giant box of tapes we have for Standing Firm to find a few tapes I needed to capture.  I couldn’t find them at first which really got me going.  I can’t lose any of these tapes and running upstairs and down tearing through boxes in the heat wasn’t my idea of a party.  Eventually I did find the most important one, my moms interview for the film.  I watched and captured it to the computer.  It was tough to watch in some spots, having her talk about my grandma and cooper and others.  When edited it’ll make one heck of an interview though so thumbs up mom

Eventually I gave up on the computer as the internet just wasn’t cutting it and watched some of The Green Mile with commentary downstairs and ordered a pizza.  I wanted some fatty goodness and boy did I have it!  I’m really happy I’m just skinny enough to feel comfortable wearing a t-shirt and nothing else over it or whatever.  I can be pretty body conscious and losing the weight has taken some of that stress off, because I don’t have to worry about it much.  After eating I went upstairs and tried the computer again, still nothing.

I just figured if I was going to sweat like a hog I might as well be doing something physical so I just started going nuts with the hand-weights and doing aerobics and such.  I was dripping everywhere by the time I was done.  It doesn’t take long in that heat to get exhausted.  I took a nice cold shower afterwards.  I think that was the best part of my week…that shower.

I didn’t have much to do and an air conditioned movie theater didn’t sound so bad.  I went to go see that GI Joe movie which was a lot better than Transformers 2 we’ll just say that.  It wasn’t amazing, but it was a fun little movie.  Sitting in there with the AC was just fine by me, even if the movie ended up being the biggest piece of garbage ever.

Tomorrow Rob comes over to finish some ADR and I need to get a shot of his cell phone that is going to be inserted into the film.  It’s always an early morning when he comes over.  I gotta get up at like 8 tomorrow, ugh.  That’s way earlier than normal, lol…so I’m gonna be a tad out of it.  Hopefully we get it all done quickly and my internet will be active tomorrow.

Less than a week before Memphis…it’s coming up fast.