hello wiseguys and gals.

it's 3pm on a rainy, ugly [not that i mind] saturday, and with bill and ted's bogus journey playing as some background noise, i am finding it the magic hour to find some words...

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It is currently 3 am while I'm writing this. It won't be posted till later because I always run everything I write past Kelly first. It's a good strategy. We all know Kelly is the brains of the operation, and having him as my censor friend (you know, the one who tells you if your outfit is ugly or if your breath stinks) has been my saving grace.

But anyway........

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It is currently 3 am while I'm writing this. It won't be posted till later because I always run everything I write past Kelly first. It's a good strategy. We all know Kelly is the brains of the operation, and having him as my censor friend (you know, the one who tells you if your outfit is ugly or if your breath stinks) has been my saving grace.

But anyway........

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Selling oil to the Saudis is easier than raising capitol for movies", a business associate of mine once told me…
he might have been right.  If there's anything that I've learned about film financing over the years is that it's
really, really hard to do.  Most independent films are made using a combination of financing sources whose
investment return is a distant future hope when the film is actually shot. We are doing it differently.

With that said, the last few years have been kinda crazy… as you all know, the economy tanked…

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No secret......

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Sooooo........

I have a lot of best friends. People tend to tease me about this habit. Some say you can only have 1 best friend. But my life has been so divided up into separate little chapters, that it's hard to pick just one. It's a little like trying to pick your favorite film or book character of all time. I mean, what kinda book are we talking about??? Biography? I'm a sucker for Edna St. Vincent Millay or Carson McCullers. Novel? The Spaulding brothers in Dandelion Wine. Or Heathcliff in Wuthering Heights. Or hell, I'm still a geek for Anne of Green Gables.

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Kendall Ditommaso sent us another great tune. 

"Ode To SoGoPro" Lyrics:

A few years ago
If you wanted to know
The top video
You'd find Hilarie, on MTV

As I watched the telly
I had no way of knowing
this could bring
Hil to Kelly

Oh what a thrill
To see our girl on One Tree Hill
But still
She didn't get her fill

In 2007, The Hellick (from heaven)
gave us SoGoPro
Woah-
And what do you know
Fans around the globe
Astrid, Lisa, Hanne, Annie- more and more.
All watching out for an encore

Blog, Vlog, Podcast- Tweets galore

And as we join in on their journey
Our own minds soar
And off into our lives,
the passion sweeps the score

SoGoPro for the win
Everyone can begin
Their path together
Talk in chat about the weather cuz we're everywhere

We're everywhere
Cuz we're everywhere

But don't be scared
There's room here for even the light haired
Fern Disco can share
Cuz Grammy's got flare

Mr. Gray and his way with words
Sometimes so funny, yeah- it hurts
Glad he's not an equestrian
That'd make it significantly harder for Austin
Our pedestrian
(He wouldn't be happy about that)

But incase something doesn't work out
and they're all on horseback down south
We'll be sure to get it all on film
Cuz everything is art when you live in ILM

Sometimes you can run out of luck,
when you do, better duck
or else you'll just get FUCT

(SoGoPro) The future of the Entertainment industry
We got our Street Team Pride
Spreading the word
Spreading the word with our Street Team Pride

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fan Katie Broke sent us this excellent sketching of Friendship Union Community Theater character Crimson LaCroix, and dangitall, we love it.  [and methinks, actress Morganna Bridgers will adore this likeness.]  the SGP team is busy as all get out tying up the business end of our graphic novel, and we love getting materials from you to post on the blog!  keep it going.  and Katie, we'd love to see what other characters inspire your hands... 

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Kendall gave us two versions we wanted to share! Enjoy!

This one was sent to us by Kendall Ditommaso. Thanks Kendall!