Hello...lots of new stuff!

Well not a whole lot's been going on. Finally breathed life into FuraFilms, and can proudly announce it's birth. Credit for the name goes to my friend Pete. Let me know if you want to help or be in any of our upcoming projects. Hopefully we'll have some stuff ready for passing around at the TriBeCa in NYC this May. I also hope to see some of you there.

Saw Rumble Fish the other night. Definitely a must-see despite all the cliched 80s stuff they threw in to make the movie sell. The entire movie is shot in black and white, and in place of special effects, most of the visuals are given their striking effects by simply heavy contrast between light and dark. Francis Ford Coppola is a genius.

Anyways, thanks to Vampriss-17 who favored two of my latest entries. I got something else interesting coming up. At least now I can work stuff into my schedule lol. The real pinnacle of my problems is a 20 min screenplay...based off of my friend's college experiences. I'm pretty much going to write extra and pick out the best scenes to put together. I'll post them here as I go, let me know what you think. Goodbye for now.

In every heart there is a room
A sanctuary safe and strong
To heal the wounds from lovers past
Until a new one comes along

I spoke to you in cautious tones
You answered me with no pretense
And still I feel I said too much
My silence is my self defense

And every time I’ve held a rose
It seems I only felt the thorns
And so it goes, and so it goes
And so will you soon I suppose

But if my silence made you leave
Then that would be my worst mistake
So I will share this room with you
And you can have this heart to break

And this is why my eyes are closed
It’s just as well for all I’ve seen
And so it goes, and so it goes
And you’re the only one who knows

So I would choose to be with you
That’s if the choice were mine to make
But you can make decisions too
And you can have this heart to break

And so it goes, and so it goes
And you’re the only one who knows
--Billy Joel, 1989

Hi guys,

So far I've been keeping my promise. Two new, though short and crappy pieces are up. I'll be looking around at some of your stuff too. I should have a dialogue up by tonight along with it. Sorry if everything takes a while. I'm currently booked on several movie projects. Hopefully the first should be ready within a month. The other great news is I recovered the 16 mm I shot last fall, sure enough still in the projection room at the filmo film festival. Hopefully, I'll have some more fiction up soon. Until next time. Stolen from [link]

1. Grab the book nearest to you, turn to page 18, and find line 4.
He was not hungry. She did not eat much, either.

2. Stretch your left arm out as far as you can.
Ok

3. What is the last thing you watched on TV?
Rescue Me reruns...I think

4. Without looking, guess what time it is:
2?

5. Now look at the clock. What is the actual time?
2:00!

6. With the exception of the computer, what can you hear?
A printer going.

7. When did you last step outside? What were you doing?
Walking to the library

8. Before you started this survey, what did you look at?
My latest poem...seeing if anyone had something to say

9. What are you wearing?
blue jeans and a black shirt

10. Did you dream last night?
not that i know of.

11. When did you last laugh?
At my prof who wore a penguins jersey in honor of lemeux's retirement

12. What is on the walls of the room you are in?
white paint, brick walls, and taped signs

13. Seen anything weird lately?
A Pennsy plate that said CATCH N

14. What do you think of this quiz?
Quizzical.

15. What is the last film you saw?
Apocalypse Now

16. If you became a multi-millionaire overnight, what would you buy?
A NYC brownstone, a house on an island, put in a few lincolns

17. Tell me something about you that I don't know:
I like pistachios

18. If you could change one thing about the world, regardless of guilt or politics?
Probably the end of racism

19. Do you like to dance?
Yup, tear up the rug baby!

20. George Bush:
Haven't met him.

21. Imagine your first child is a girl, what do you call her?
Michelle

22. Imagine your first child is a boy, what do you call him?
Jarrett

23. Would you ever consider living abroad?
Maybe Australia

24. What do you want God to say to you when you reach the pearly gates?
To just nod and say, 'Exactly.'

25. 4 people who must also do this meme in THEIR journal:
KingdomSeeker, the last defence, inspiredreams, GodSeekre...sorry guys, I chose randomly.

Hey everybody,
I'm back after yet another long sabbatical in my 2 yrs of dA. hopefully i'll keep you entertained with some new stuff for a while and i mean it this time. my creative nonfic class leaves me with a lot of easy pieces to put up. three i posted already, so read and review. i'm actually planning on writing a memoir now based on these essays. yea i know, i was given the horrifying revelation that nonfiction is the new literary "in." i'm not too happy and want to do everything to keep it from coming true, as i myself see it as literature written to put you to sleep. luckily my creative writing class next semester might give u a bigger platter of variety...so stay tuned for january. in the meantime, i continue to revise the Ligeia mythology, so a possible screenplay may be in the works.

1) Where did you graduate from and what year?
Wayne Valley High School 03

2)Did you have school pride?
I did Yeah Indians...awesome game when we played the Bishops

3) Was ur Prom a night to remember?
Ooo ya..

4) What was ur fav. song you danced to the night of PROM?
requested Maggie May

5) Do you own all 4 Yearbooks ?
Nope

6) Do you remember the First CD you ever bought?
In Highschool... Hmmm Blind Guardian

7)What was your fav. Movie in Highschool?
The Godfather

8) What was your number 1 choice of College in HS?
Bowdoin...now I hate New England...except Patriots

9) what radio station did you jam out to in highschool?
Z100

10) Were you involved in any organizations or clubs?
Drama, Mock Trial, Lit Mag

11)What was ur fav class in Highschool?
World Lit or Studio Art...bc it was a big joke

12) Who was your big crush in Highschool?
Haley F.

13) Would you say you've changed a lot since highschool?
Hmmm alittle bit yeah

14) What do you miss the Most about it?
the dances probably

15) Your worst memory of HS?
O I duno there were soo many bad things

16) Did you have a car ?
Yeahhh - Silver Mercury Sable

17)What were your school colors ?
blue and white

18) who was your fav. teacher?
Kevin Moore...i guess for the craziness factor

19) Did you own a cell phone in highschool
Yuppers

20) Did you leave campus for lunch?
No...ordered out...yes

21) if so, where was your fav. place to go eat?


22) Were you always late to class?
nope

23) Did you ever have to stay for Sat. School? (or detention) if so for what?
Yep...which time?

24) Did you ever Ditch?
Yup I did...

25) When it comes time for the reunion will you be there?
Ehhhhh i duno....Depends on if certain others go

This summer has been pretty unproductive as I lay out the possibility of a new road of the future...my last yr of school was pretty much useless bc i'm currently considering a switchover to film studies...so...my new ambition is looking to be a perpetual pothead alcoholic college student knee deep in debt. hopefully along the way i'll get some things accomplished. Shades of an Evening's done, so I guess I halfway met F. Scott Fitzgerald's belief that everyone has written some great poetry by the time they turned 21...well...great by some standards I guess...

anyway, stolen from maggie:

(hope you're having fun at Comic Con while I'm laboring for the glory that is Drug Fair)

ANGER
1. With whom did you last get angry?: Rick

2. What is your weapon of choice?: aluminum bat

3. Would you hit a member of the opposite sex?: no

4. How about of the same sex?: fighting with brother or dad count?

5. Who was the last person who got really angry at you?: Nikki

6. What is your pet peeve?: Oo there are lots

7. Do you keep grudges, or can you let them go easily?: maybe a week...then if someone mentions it again...


SLOTH
1. What is one thing you're supposed to do daily that you haven't done in a long time?: run/600 crunches a night/swim/yoga...take ur pick

2. What is the latest you've ever woken up?: hm...8 pm...if being sick counts

3. Name a person you've been meaning to contact, but haven't.: Anna

4. What is the last lame excuse you made?: I'm booked that whole day

5. Have you ever watched an infomercial all the way through (one of the long one's)?: Nope

6. When was the last time you got a good workout in?: November 2004...around that time I also got a good workout sitting in my room doing nothing but 2 term papers for a month...prob lost about 10 lbs

7. How many times did you hit the snooze button on your alarm clock today?: None


GLUTTONY
1. What is your overpriced yuppie beverage of choice?: Fiji Water

2. Meat eaters: white meat or dark meat?: dark

3. What is the greatest amount of alcohol you've had in one sitting/outing/event?: hm...record i counted was 14 shots of vodka, 2 shots kahlua rum and 5 beers

4. Have you ever used a professional diet company?: nuh uh

5. Do you have an issue with your weight?: Just my huge thighs

6. Do you prefer sweets, salty foods, or spicy foods?: salty foods

7. Have you ever looked at a small housepet or child and thought, LUNCH?: Umm no never


LUST
1. How many people have you seen naked (not counting movies/family)?: 4

2. How many people have seen YOU naked (not counting physicians/family)?: 2

3. Have you ever caught yourself staring at the chest/crotch of a member of your gender of choice?: who doesnt?

4. Have you 'done it'?: no

5. What is your favorite body part on a person of your gender of choice? Eyes, tho hair can go a long way

6. Have you ever been propositioned by a prostitute?: nope

7. Have you ever had to get tested for an STD or pregnancy?: no


GREED
1. How many credit cards do you own?: one...tho it's really a debit card

2. What's your guilty pleasure store?: the drifters

3. If you had $1 million, what would you do with it?: Pay off college...buy a new Lincoln...buy a house...and i think thatd do it

4. Would you rather be rich, or famous?:rich

5. Would you accept a boring job if it meant you would make megabucks?: definitely

6. Have you ever stolen anything?: quite a few books

7. How many MP3s are on your hard drive?: None


PRIDE
1. What one thing have you done that you're most proud of?: Going to college

2. What one thing have you done that your parents are most proud of?: hm...either redoing the brook or hooking up with my ex

3. What thing would you like to accomplish in your life?: find the love of my life n never let them go

4. Do you get annoyed by coming in second place?: sometimes if it's to arrogant assholes

5. Have you ever entered a contest of skill, knowing you were of much higher skill than all the other competitors?: yea a couple times

6. Have you ever cheated on something to get a higher score?: yep...even battleship

7. What did you do today that you're proud of?: respected Rick's payroll...somewat


ENVY
1. What item (or person) of your friends would you most want to have for your own?: a car

2. Who would you want to go on 'Trading Spaces'� with?: Jude Law

3. If you could be anyone else in the world, who would you be?: either Matt Damon or Quentin Tarantino

4. Have you ever been cheated on?: Yep

5. Have you ever wished you had a physical feature different from your own?: pick any

6. What inborn trait do you see in others that you wish you had for yourself?: Good eyes (everyone in my family wears glasses

7. Finally, what is your favorite deadly sin?: lust...tho gluttony doesnt sound too bad




The Seven Heavenly Virtues


FAITH
1. What religion do you follow?: None...havent found one that made sense

2. What religion were you raised as?: Episcopalian

3. Do you believe that forgiveness is a religious property, or a human property?: both

5. What was the last promise you broke?: to call someone back

6. Have you ever said the words to a prayer and not meant it?: yes when I was little

7. Do you believe that anyone could be perfect?: Heaven


HOPE
1. Did you get everything you wanted over the last holiday season?: No

2. Regarding your future, what is the best thing you could hope for?: Find true love

3. Do you let yourself get your hopes up for something even if you know that there is a large chance of failure?: yes all the time

5. Have you ever bought a lottery ticket?: nope

6. Do you gamble?: one time in Niagara Falls...quit tho after i won $10

7. Have you ever had something called off on account of bad weather, but then gone ahead and done it anyway?: yea


CHARITY
1. What causes do you support?: cancer awareness

2. What causes have you given money or time to?: MDA, Broadway Cares, Camp Dreamcatcher

3. Have you ever worked in a soup kitchen or done another kind of outreach for the homeless?: yup ASSIST cares

4. Would you ever consider joining the Peace Corps, Amnesty International, or another travel?: Nope

5. Do you give money to the homeless on the street?: never met anyone lately

6. Have you ever helped out a friend with basic needs, like rent or food?: Yesh...My food is there food unless its White castle LoL

7. What's the greatest extent you've gone to help a friend in need?: No idea...too many things done


FORTITUDE
1. What are you most afraid of?: being alone

2. What did you do today that was really brave?: went into Clifton

3. Who is your favorite superhero, and why?: Batman...guess bc he has some pretty cool stuff

4. Would you put your life in danger to rescue someone?: I have a couple

5. If you were to face the Wizard, would you want more courage, more brains, or more heart?: brains...I need um

6. Have you ever gotten stage fright? If so, when?: nah

7. Do you consider yourself to be a leader or a follower?: both


JUSTICE
1. Have you ever been summoned for jury duty?: not yet

2. If they reinstituted the draft (for both genders), would you go, or would find some way out of it?: I'd go

3. Which should be guaranteed legal?: ????

4. Do you believe that Dubya is rightfully President of the USA?: Ya sure...I guess u cant argue with it now

5. What was your favorite media circus trial?: O.J. Simpson or the Clinton impeachment

6. Have you ever written a letter to a politician?: yea we had to in elementary school


TEMPERANCE
1. What do you have the hardest time moderating yourself on?: food or alcohol

2. Do you collect anything?: DVDs and vintage books easily

3. Are you addicted to anything?: White Castle

4. Have you ever put anything on layaway or used an installment plan?: Nopperz

5. What's your preferred method of paying for things?: Credit...if not then debit

6. Tell us one thing you wish you hadn't let yourself do?: lost any chances i may have had with a great girl

7. Do you feel that you obsess over things? yessss


PRUDENCE
1. Who is the wisest person you know?: My grandpa

2. Have you ever participated in a vigil?: dont think so

3. Do you take advice when it's given?: i try to

4. What area are you wisest in?: uh...lit? i guess? at least i think i am

5. Do you drive defensively?: yup id like to keep my life thanks

6. What did you learn today?: Dont ask Rick for the key before you're scheduled

7. And of course, what is your favorite heavenly virtue?: dont know...have to get back on it