Accurate Comparison

You know how you are for your first real drug trip, all super excited and gathering together a diverse selection of toys, art, intellectual pursuits, and junk food, only to find once you're high that the food is disgusting and the toys totally unnecessary, and you really had no clue what you would desire?

That's what it's like to participate in the 48 hour film festival for the first time. I brought a huge bag full of stuff I thought we might need, only to be too busy to even bother opening the bag, and not bringing any props/actors/equipment we actually DID need. I was useless today, and spent 85% of the time doing nothing, and the other 15% running around like a nut.

I hear that's what filming is usually like. Next time, though, now that I have an accurate understanding of time management and practical script writing, I'll run my own team and be the creative genius. I'm ok with taking the back seat this time around. PLUS, I get to sleep tonight, while the creative geniuses slave away. Figure I'll stroll in around 11 tomorrow with fresh mangoes or something, and distribute head massages, fill out some paperwork, and come home to snuggle with my man. I am so done with this thing. The good thing is I was so exhausted today I didn't give a crap sitting around not talking with complete strangers. We speak differently, different cadences, different humor, different history, so I think a lot of what I say whistles past their heads, while I can't follow most of what they're talking about. Most of the time that sort of social situation bothers me, but today I didn't give a crap! Yay for pushing this bag of flesh to the edge!