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Thursday, April 12, 2012

Photo A Day 101

George Barris!  Home of the Batmobile...


Thus ends my L.A. adventure.

Photo A Day 100

In honor of day 100...2 pics and a trip to Disney Land.





Photo A Day 99

Apparently there are waterfalls all over the L.A. area.  Along with a very skinny windy river.  Who knew!?

Eaton Canyon





Photo A Day 98

My ride for the weekend...This is how they roll in L.A.


Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Must...keep...writing

I grew up in a very creative household and we were encouraged to explore and tell stories and just be kids.  I may have taken the idea of telling stories a bit too seriously.  I remember my parents hated when I would tell them things because a very simple story or recount of events would take much longer than it should have.  I liked to talk.  What can I say.  I also grew up in an Italian family, we're loud and opinionated.  So once I had the talking stick, I didn't want to let go.  I'm sure that's informed my career and my desire to tell stories.

So I'm writing.  Or at least forcing myself to write. I have a small leather journal given to me by G which I use to jot down any and all ideas.  Something I need to really get in the habit of doing.  My mentor used to tell me that no idea or impulse no matter how small or insignificant sounding is wrong.  You have to explore everything that pops into your brain....within reason.  Please don't start exploring murder or you know, something along those lines.  But on stage, explore ever impulse.  And with ideas, write them ALL down.  flesh them out later, but get the initial kernel of the idea on paper for later.

That's what I've begun doing.  forcing myself to write.  What will come of these ideas?  I have no clue.  But it's a start.  I've enlisted the help of a few talented and like minded friends to help steer these ideas into something filmable, recordable, whatever.  And I want to be able to incorporate my amazing net of talented friends in whatever comes of these.

Some of my best friends live in L.A.  Sadly.  And we don't get the chance to work together.  Who knows when and if that will ever happen.  So I'm trying to devise a way to write here on the East coast but keep them in mind on the West.  I would love to have a project filmed bi-coastally and just pieced together here by my amazing editor.

If anyone out there is reading this.  Thoughts?  Logistics?  Is this something others have thought about or done and found it worked?  What did you do?  Clearly the director would not be travelling across country.  And there will be issues of camera quality and things along those lines. I just feel that in such a techno-world that we live in, surely we can use the interwebs to create something using people from all over.  Hell...skype-directing/dp-ing.  Is that even possible?

Look out L.A.  I've got you in my sights and I want to give you amazing friends work!

Oh yeah, and now this site is optimized for a mobile device.  go me.  go blogger.  woohoo!
simple, but easier to read.  You know, for those times when you just can't get enough of me?....anyway.

Sunday, April 19, 2009

Yes...Queef in my Pants

I said it, I know.  Queef.
A dear dear friend, Lauren Olipra and her friends out in L.A. have put together a women's response to the SNL digital video 'Jizz in my Pants.'

And yes its called "Queef In My Pants."

From the youtube description:  
"This is the female response to SNL's Jizz In My Pants. Starring Marty, Lee Haven, Lauren. 
Directed by Marty. Co-written by Marty and Lauren. Camera by Neil. Music by Freedom Hill. 
Special thanks to V Lounge in Santa Monica. Lonely Betch Productions. 
Enjoy and spread the queef."

So do like the ladies say, and enjoy...


---with, Jess Busterna as 'the jew'