I had Bell's Palsy for over a week. It is a stupid nerve problem and the right side of my face is paralyzed. I was also planning to start taking bartending courses so I could work and finance my movie next year. I don't think I can work in a bar if I can't smile or laugh or speak properly. I worked as a videographer last Saturday and everyone at the reception was super friendly. I am in the process of editing the video. It was a very positive experience and my Bell's Palsy didn't cause any problems I don't think. I explained it to some people that night so they wouldn't think I was being rude and smirking instead of smiling.

I will read about how to plant Oleanders for my movie. They are toxic and ingestion or contact with skin can be fatal. It's wonderful. I have to really be careful how I use them and how I plant them though. I hope I can plant them indoors. I planted a morning glory indoors before in a tiny pot thinking it was a flower but it was a vine and it outgrew it's pot too fast. It died when I tried to transplant it. I hope I have time to plant stuff next year after I shoot my movie.

I wanna shoot it within 20 days if I can... I'm gonna take more time to write a script to the best of my abilities. I'm gonna have guns in it. I'm gonna have good action with gunplay, an array of unusual weapons. I hope the Scarlet will be released early. That's where a lot of the money will go... into investing in a cinema camera. My sister said I should just shoot with what I have already... I used my A1U for a year and I know it quite well. I like it as my workhorse camera for events but it isn't up to the job for a movie. There will be lots of visual problems like noise in lowlight, low dynamic range, flat images... I know I have a lot to prove. That's why I don't want to take baby steps to feature-length. That's why I don't want to do bitch work on other movies. Some people might enjoy being an AD and following orders forever. Great, maybe they can work for me some day.