It's, Oh, So Quiet.

'It's, Oh, So Quiet. It's, Oh, So Still. '-- Bjork

It's Thanksgiving Day. First of all, Happy Thanksgiving to any of you reading this.

I've not been blogging, though I've intended to. As I entered the last three weeks of school, I've entered a 'cocoon' so to speak, and the vast majority of my time is consumed by the editing of 'The Waterboard'.

The film is not cutting quickly. It's posing a particular challenge, in the sense that what we shot isn't necessarily what I scripted. The film is there, somewhere, and I'm re-acquainting myself with it. Also, it looks like the finishing line with this project might be farther ahead than I thought. I will have a good rough cut in time to graduate from UMBC in less than three weeks, but the work in refining the film might require a considerable extra effort. I still hope to have it finished by March.

I've done some traveling in the past 6 weeks or so(Philly,DC,NYC), seen some good flicks (REPO! THE GENETIC OPERA, LET THE RIGHT ONE IN), and had some challenging experiences, but I've no time to tell you about them now.

I don't know what happens after December 18th, the date of my graduation. I've just now begun to think about what happens next. Of couse, work on 'Waterboard' will continue. But I'm really aching for a new job. I sincerely wish that magically I could find myself doing something else by January 1st, 2009 instead of working at Social Security. With the economy in a full, deep recession, transitioning to some sort of film production job is a very dicey proposition.

I also don't know how I will raise the money for a feature film in this recession. And, I also don't know if I want to move to either DC or NYC. But I'm putting those worries/questions aside and will deal with them once I reach the finish line of graduation. I won't worry about this uncertainty. As the Dalai Lama said: 'If there's a solution to a problem, don't worry about it. If there's no solution to a problem, don't worry about it either.'

Now, I will go out and enjoy this Thanksgiving Day. Be with my loved ones. I really should call some friends. You do the same.