And So It Begins

And how it has begun! ... just like every other time! We started filming for 9 today; we did what we could, but we didn't have enough people for one of the scenes, and it was a bit short, so we added a couple other scenes that need voices done, but one of our actors is sick, so that's gonna slow us down at least for today. Hopefully he's feeling better by tomorrow. At this point, I'd bet on a week till it's finish, give or take a day or two. It'll be done when it's done, but that sounds about right, but you never know. He could be sick for the rest of the week, which would suck, but again we'll have to see. For the first time, we'll have all 3 groups in one episode.
One thing we realized we had was a continuity error with a jeep, in that (in a later episode) we wrote them in a jeep, but they didn't actually have the jeep beforehand, so a slight modification will have to be made for episode 12, but that's no biggie. We're men, we have beards, we can handle it. Speaking of, mine needs a trim before I have a forest proceeding from my face. Though that might be kind of cool. Rock stars aren't restricted from have "great, big, bushy beards!" but we'll have to see how the retail world thinks of it. I have the frustration of being a rock star in a retail world. Apparently, unless you're the one they're selling, they don't want you to be a rock star (though most of what they sell barely qualifies as music, much less rock). But we'll see. The bottom line is beards rule, except for on girls. That's a major turn off for me, I ain't gonna lie. And I say that with all due respect. Ladies, don't grow beards. It's weird and gross. BEARDS ARE FOR MEN! Enough said!
We've run into some unpleasant conflict of interest with Machinima.com at the moment, which is where we get most of our views. They have episodes 1-5 on there, but when I contacted them about why it's been a month since they've posted any of our new episodes, they pretty much gave us the cold shoulder. So I'm gonna pull a persistent widow on them. For those of you unfamiliar with Jesus' parables, I shall enlighten you. He used this to illustrate persistence in prayer, but it works for this point as well. Basically, there was a widow that needed some sort of unmentioned legal protection from somebody, and there was a crooked judge who, as far as I can tell, was basically too lazy to do anything about it. This old widow, however, kept asking for him to settle her case until he gave it to her. She didn't take no for an answer, and the judge essentially said "I don't care about God or man, but this stupid freaking lady is driving me crazy! If I don't give her justice, I will literally go crazy!" and so he got fed up and worn out by her asking, that he just said "Fine! I'll do it, just shut up!" That's my plan with Machinima.com. They may hate me when all is said and done, but if they're gonna be punks about it, it's their own fault. Especially since most of the featured videos (I won't name any in particular) on their website are just aweful. Every once and a while, I'll stumble across a good one, but they're few and far between. And while they're promoting this just plain retarded videos, they're ignoring our series, which is relatively decent quality. I don't claim that it is the best at anything, but it's definitely decent. That's my rant ... I shall leave it at that!

-MR. PLAYLIST-

Norma Jean - Antimother; Redeemer
Underoath - Lost in the Sound of Separation
Further Seems Forever - How to Start a Fire
As I Lay Dying - An Ocean Between Us