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Nov. 13th, 2003 06:43 pmAges ago I applied to stage manage Tony 'n' Tinas wedding, but could not make the interview time. I asked for an alternative one when I sent my resume, but never heard from them. Today they called me, and said they finally looked at, were impressed, and want to know if I'd be willing to be on their sub list. Damn right. Also they'll be keeping me on this recommendation list for their other projects and associates other projects. This is basically meaningless, but was the confidence booster I needed in that arena.
It's so cold and windy here it borders on frightening. Wind is mostly very much my element, but not when it's so powerful I can't breathe and makes my ears so cold my head hurts for hours. Apparently some streets were even closed off earlier, because of debris blowing off of construction sites.
At some point I really need to comb through my closet for wardrobe for the student film tomorrow, and solidify what direction I'm going with my character. I should also cook dinner, go through photos from a recent shoot, and generally just improve my mood, which is mostly the result of logistical hassles on nearly every front, but hey, at least my cable is working again.
I'd like to take a moment to say, after watching some of the news, that I am, among other things, an idealist about politics -- which is not to say I believe any politician has our best interests at heart, or that tomorrow will be better than today. It is to say that I believe there's no fundamental reason within the documents that created it, for our political system to not work right. I believe this passionately, just like I believe that while objectivity in journalism -- while not technically possible because we are mortal beings -- is a reasonable ideal that can be strived for effectively. As such, it makes me go absolutely nuts when I see stories about the politicization of the judicial nomination and comfirmation process. I cannot stand it, from the right or the left (and both sides are profoundly guilty in that regard), or from the judges who take their own world-view into consideration before that of the goddamn constitution. It makes me sad. We should be better than this. We should not be a society that advocates low intelligence and constant litmus tests of acceptability, and yet it seems we are. We should also not be a society of people at war with each other over their private lives (although perhaps this happens because we lack the notion of private life in out hyper-mediacized culture).
When I was younger I felt that 90% of America's internal social political battles told me little more than that large segments of the population didn't necessarily respect my right to exist without harm and interferance from strangers, simply because of my faith, or heritage or gender or beliefs or loves. Now, I feel that 90% of America's internal social political battles tell me little more than that we are a nation of cowards -- afraid to think for ourselves, afraid to express opinions, afraid to disagree in the name of moving forward, in the name of change, in the name of evolution, in the name of discovery -- afraid to know nearly anything without permission. It makes me angry, and sad. We encourage so much contempt amongst people here because of the way we govern, live and inform. And mostly it seems like an absolutely grand waste of energy.
It's so cold and windy here it borders on frightening. Wind is mostly very much my element, but not when it's so powerful I can't breathe and makes my ears so cold my head hurts for hours. Apparently some streets were even closed off earlier, because of debris blowing off of construction sites.
At some point I really need to comb through my closet for wardrobe for the student film tomorrow, and solidify what direction I'm going with my character. I should also cook dinner, go through photos from a recent shoot, and generally just improve my mood, which is mostly the result of logistical hassles on nearly every front, but hey, at least my cable is working again.
I'd like to take a moment to say, after watching some of the news, that I am, among other things, an idealist about politics -- which is not to say I believe any politician has our best interests at heart, or that tomorrow will be better than today. It is to say that I believe there's no fundamental reason within the documents that created it, for our political system to not work right. I believe this passionately, just like I believe that while objectivity in journalism -- while not technically possible because we are mortal beings -- is a reasonable ideal that can be strived for effectively. As such, it makes me go absolutely nuts when I see stories about the politicization of the judicial nomination and comfirmation process. I cannot stand it, from the right or the left (and both sides are profoundly guilty in that regard), or from the judges who take their own world-view into consideration before that of the goddamn constitution. It makes me sad. We should be better than this. We should not be a society that advocates low intelligence and constant litmus tests of acceptability, and yet it seems we are. We should also not be a society of people at war with each other over their private lives (although perhaps this happens because we lack the notion of private life in out hyper-mediacized culture).
When I was younger I felt that 90% of America's internal social political battles told me little more than that large segments of the population didn't necessarily respect my right to exist without harm and interferance from strangers, simply because of my faith, or heritage or gender or beliefs or loves. Now, I feel that 90% of America's internal social political battles tell me little more than that we are a nation of cowards -- afraid to think for ourselves, afraid to express opinions, afraid to disagree in the name of moving forward, in the name of change, in the name of evolution, in the name of discovery -- afraid to know nearly anything without permission. It makes me angry, and sad. We encourage so much contempt amongst people here because of the way we govern, live and inform. And mostly it seems like an absolutely grand waste of energy.
