It’s been a busy few weeks.  First the site was hacked (who would bother with a lil ole site like mine), followed by two out of town trips, including a week-long stay in Hawaii for a conference.  Now I’m back the trying to get back in the swing of things.

Tonight it is cleaning up what remains of my sites and trying to write 300 words on a piece of fiction.  Right now it is a struggle as all I can think of is the many non-fiction writing projects I have remaining.  (Far too many).

However, I hope to have some Hawaii photos up soon. They better express the trip than any words I could use.

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The script for the local director is done!  Actually, two are done.   He gave me a loose idea of the concept that he wanted to see.  While recognizing that we’re working with a limited budget (and that is if he decides to go with my script) I wrote out a short 7-8 minute short that was exactly what he was looking for story-wise.   And then, because I could, and because I had an idea of how to take the idea further, I ended up writing a second version of the script.  The second version is definitely written in my “style” (i.e. it reads a bit like a madcap comedy).  It is longer, running at about 20 minutes but I really think there is something to it.

Regardless, both versions were emailed to the director and now I just have to hurry up and wait.  I hate waiting.  I hate not knowing if the person reviewing my work likes it or not.

So right now I’m trapped between relief that I completed both scripts and the walking on hot coals jumpiness of waiting for a response.  And of course hopefully, there’ll be re-writes (meaning he decides to go with me as writer).

In related news, I just realized that the Nicholl’s are coming up and I need to prep a feature length script to submit.  *grins*  Nothing like completing one project and leaping off into another. 

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One of the things that I really find meditative is working with Legos.  There is something infinitely satisfying about building the tiny model sets.  One of the latest additions to this form of stress relief has been combining it with stop-motion animation.  The slow, take-a-photo, move-a-minifig, take-a-photo steady work is really soothing.  And at the end, I have a neat little stop-motion film.

I recently completed the first episode in a series of small shorts, “Rapunzel - The Outtakes.”  The first one “Ooops!” is about a minute long.  It was a lot of fun to do and was a great way to destress after a VERY rough week.

I know that there are some lighting issues that I couldn’t see while I was working on it and a couple of times I bumped the set/camera while working and didn’t quite realize it, but overall, I’m pretty proud of my first Lego-attempt.  Renee set up the camera and let me go…

Anyway,  below is the film clip which I shall now send out far and wide.

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