Not as wordy an update as some of the previous ones, and for that I offer my apologies. School has started, so free time got a little scarce. My roommate is sleeping now, so if you can’t tell, I’m typing this post very quietly with tip-toe fingers. These last few days have been excellent ones, but in saying that there isn’t as much in the way of story-telling (hence the boring picture).

Monday I volunteered at the Mann Festival across the street from the Hammer Museum, collecting ballots and being the clicker who tallies people walking in. Some more nice volunteers, and even hung out with a girl from New Zealand here for the year. The Kiwi and I talked a fair bit, that stupid accent suckering me into undue conversation more than anything… Saw another of the Shorts Programs, 5, and it was pretty awful. Poor stories, pointless stories… only one redeeming one in the bunch. Less inspirational than Shorts Program 2, by far.

On Tuesday I went to the Wackness with Megan (CEC’r, intern at LAFF). For a movie with buzz (Audience Award Winner from Sundance) we got really decent seats, actually I sat right in front of the film’s star, Josh Peck. There were scenes where he was… *ahem* pleasuring himself… and other such sexual experiences, and it took a lot of will power to not turn around and make light of the situation. MATURE. The film was a let-down for me as it felt too much like in-jokes from the 90s were the only real funny parts. No real character-driven jokes, and the serious parts of the movie didn’t move me much. Needless to say, didn’t stay for the Q and A…

Wednesday was Shorts Program 1 with ol’ chum Celina, and I must say that it was a rather good showing, rather refreshing. Not as good as the best from Shorts 2, but a solid outing, one that actually had good acting!

This all wraps up Sunday, and my schedule for the next few days should be a movie Thursday, working a shift and catching Music Videos on Friday, seeing a movie Saturday, and working a movie’s after party on Sunday! I’ll try and get some interesting pictures from the next few as well!

Hope all’s well in your lives! I know some of you are learning to DJ, got back from another country, are getting ready for VBS, just dropped a class, might be moving to New York, are sweltering in Loomis, or considering training for some longer runs… tell me ’bout it!