One Last Customer Service Push

Tomorrow night is the premiere event for Customer Service, the short film I wrote and co-produced.  If you're thinking of coming, but not sure how to get there, you can get directions here.

We're hoping for a large turnout.  In addition to cinematic good Karma we'll be offering, we've got cases of sparkling wine and 10 freakin' trays of chocolate to make you giddy and bubbly.

Film Premiere!

In a few brief days, the short film, Customer Service, which I wrote and helped produce, will be having its premiere in Philadelphia.  "Labor of Love" doesn't begin to qualify.  It's been a long road since the first lunch meeting on a rainy Philadelphia day that started the project, but I hope friends from near and far will come and share the excitement of a premiere.

Friday, October 12, 7:00 PM

University Crossings Large Screening Room (Basement)

15 N. 32nd Street

Philadelphia, PA 19104

E-mail me if you have any questions or need directions.  I hope to see you there.

Self-Promotion Interlude

Customer Service, the labor-of-love short film I wrote and helped produce, will be premiering in Philly in October.  More deets at Threeprofessorsmedia.com!

Yin/Yang

Summer, swift in its exit from the stage, leaves the usual mixed bag of debris behind.  As with all things, there is good stuff and bad.  Looking back on this last day, labor day, here's how I sum it up:

The Summer Gold:

Traveling with the family, ending with a stop at the beach the last week of August.

Cocktails with friends.

Summer movies that really provided something for everyone.  If you couldn't find a movie to see this summer, you probably don't like film.

Lots of books read! (Hmm, maybe in a future post...)

Many pages written.

The Summer Dross:

The oppressive heat killed just about every desire to tackle those house projects.

The death of my step-brother.

Not one, but two sets of friends moving from the neighborhood. Should I take it personally?

Dwindling bank accounts.  Traveling is expensive.

No matter how many pages you write, you always feel like you should have written more.

No really big revelations here, I suppose, but summer is at its best when you're in the moment, and that moment doesn't always have to advance any agenda.  Summer, for me is about rest and reflection, and there's never enough of either.  I tried to consciously capture that spirit this year, and at least partially succeeded.

Addendum on Thinking

Someone recently pointed out to me that the admission in my previous post that I think too much about food and drink should not be limited to those categories, but should include just about everything, as in, "You overthink everything."  So, after thinking about that (yes, irony noted), I asked myself, at what point do you think too much about something?

First, I'll say that most people don't spend enough time thinking.  If they did even a little more of it, especially before opening their mouths, life would sure be different.

Beyond that, my conclusion is that the only time you think too much is at the point where it prevents action.  Whatever you want to achieve, if you spend time thinking about it, but don't actually do it, there's a problem.  Which is why I'm keeping this blog entry short, to go and write today's script pages.

Let me know what you think.