Back in highschool when I was part of the Academic Decathalon team and the FFA Greenhorn (or hand, can't remember) team, I went to alot of events. The FFA thing was FFA for nerds who don't really care about farming; I made speechs, recited the creed, took tests, and allsorts while dressed in the requisite heels, stockings, skirt, blouse, scarf, and courduroy jacket. I actually liked the FFA, but what I liked better was showing up to school in my uniform on account of a. my blouse was slightly transparent and b. the skirt my mom bought me had a side slit that went from under the knee to just above midthigh and although I was tubby and overweight in highschool (200 in my freshman year) I still got wistles. Mwhahaha. What this has to do with my title I don't know...

Oh yeah, the decathalon. The captain of our team was a girl, I can't remember her name but she was like a little whirlwind in tennis shoes. Full of energy and get er done-ness. If you know what I mean. I have felt like that recently. Mostly because we're pushing hard for Roadkill to get finished-- we still haven't had any word about the film festival since we dropped the updated version off on Tuesday, but we've been busy little beavers. Then Friday I was shopping with my sister and having "a talk" with my mom, Saturday we went hiking at the poppy reserve followed by King Kong at the dollar movies and dinner @ the Phoenix Inn (chinese) finished up with a Vanilla Creme (grande even) on the way home. Then this morning we had a drive to Long Beach for pickup shots, ADR stuff, getting in touch with an actor and dropping the film off with him, a meet with some people about doing story boards for a "real" movie (ie. not independent) and then picking up explosives so we can explode a watermelon for an SFX. Sheesh. We finished with a trip to Red Lobster and a quick nip into JoAnns. I am well knackered.

The hike @ the reserve was 2.5 miles, and I am kind of sad because my friend who I really want to come do the marathon with me probably won't. :( But the hike was great fun. Plus, I have news of a Hawaii job and a perfect reason to drag Barry to Blythe, Ca @ the Colorado river for a weekend (yes!!! love it) so I am pretty happy all around. Tired, but happy.

Tomorrow we are filming a friend of ours's senior project of a concert at a local bar. Yay! I am going to be stationed on the "hoochie mama" dance stage with a camera, all by myself. (Unless my sister comes) I am really excited. mwhahaha. Hoochie mamas... eat your heart out!

ttyl