This is what being stir-crazy gets me ;p
Lots of things going on at the moment...
Today I needed a break from it all, so I went to the dog park with Strider. He was kind of restless and antsy, as was I, and initially I had thought taking him to Petsmart or someplace would be a fun little jaunt, cause he could use a new toy anyway... but by the time I had this brilliant idea it was already like, 6, and everywhere was closed cause it's Sunday, so dog park it was.
I was really surprised, cause usually Strider is very well behaved at the dog park, and he always gets along great and plays nice with the other dogs, and I know that he and Kiba get along beautifully when he stays at Lei's house. So why today? Why today did he decide to be one of the bad dogs at the park? He played nice for a little while, but then he started getting really possessive over sticks and pinecones that were lying around - like, he found one, and was walking around with it in his mouth, and another dog came up and tried to grab it and he growled, but I was like no big deal, whatever... then he started going after other dogs who were picking up sticks that he hadn't ever even seen before... he'd go and try to take the sticks from them and growl at them when they resisted... and at one point a dog dropped a pinecone by his feet and he nearly got into a fight over it. ;ppppp
I just don't get it! Never before has he acted this way at the dog park. I'm really weirded out. And bothered. Like... I enjoy taking him to the dog park usually cause it's a splendid affirmation for me that he is in fact a good dog and I'm proud of him and all that. But not today!! Today I walked away feeling defeated, and upset that my dog was THAT dog at the park today. I gave him an extra-long bath, and am still stewing over the entire experience ;pp Rar.
In other news... I'm making a war movie. A Vietnam War movie, more specifically. And while it seemed like a great idea at the time, the deeper and deeper into pre-production I get and the closer I get to actually shooting, I start wondering how great an idea it was afterall. Don't get me wrong, the script is great and I'm quite proud of it... but it requires us to shoot OUTSIDE for THREE DAYS STRAIGHT for THIRTEEN HOURS EACH DAY. ;pppppp And we're shooting out in the middle of nowhere. In this State Park. Where there are lots and lots of trees and brush and forest and the like... and with that, lots and lots of bugs. But I can deal with bugs, mostly. Except for like, mosquitos. I don't do those well. But even worse... ticks. ::shudder:: Let me explain.
A few days ago we went to this park on a location scout. We were there for approximately an hour, and sticking mostly to the trails, we wandered around and found different spots we want to shoot the movie in. On the ride back to campus in the car, I felt a slight prick on my wrist. I look to check it, and there's a TICK starting to bite into me!!!!! I grabbed it and plucked it off and threw it to the floor and crushed it till I knew it was dead. But like, OUCH! And creepy!! And then, later in the car ride, I felt something on the back of my neck, and reached back to pull yet another tick off of my body!! And I later found another one crawling up my pant leg! ;pppp GAHHHHHH so gross and freaky and AHHH I hate them so much!!! Why am I shooting a movie all outdoors??? This was the worst idea EVAR.
And then after Director's Prep on Thursday at like five in the evening (about thirty hours AFTER getting back from the park) I feel something itchy in my underpants, near the top of my bum, and I reach down and pull out yet ANOTHER tick!!!!!! On my BUM!!!! AAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!! And that thing was on my for OVER 24 hours!! Do you have ANY idea how FREAKY that is to me?!?!?!? I am SOOO freaked over all of this. I don't know how I'm going to survive three days out in that forest. ;p I keep thinking about it every night and getting more freaked over the whole thing.
Oh, and have I mentioned that my thesis film is going to cost me over a thousand dollars to make?????? ;ppp
Anyway... back to making dinner. ;p Can it just be August already?? ;p
Today I needed a break from it all, so I went to the dog park with Strider. He was kind of restless and antsy, as was I, and initially I had thought taking him to Petsmart or someplace would be a fun little jaunt, cause he could use a new toy anyway... but by the time I had this brilliant idea it was already like, 6, and everywhere was closed cause it's Sunday, so dog park it was.
I was really surprised, cause usually Strider is very well behaved at the dog park, and he always gets along great and plays nice with the other dogs, and I know that he and Kiba get along beautifully when he stays at Lei's house. So why today? Why today did he decide to be one of the bad dogs at the park? He played nice for a little while, but then he started getting really possessive over sticks and pinecones that were lying around - like, he found one, and was walking around with it in his mouth, and another dog came up and tried to grab it and he growled, but I was like no big deal, whatever... then he started going after other dogs who were picking up sticks that he hadn't ever even seen before... he'd go and try to take the sticks from them and growl at them when they resisted... and at one point a dog dropped a pinecone by his feet and he nearly got into a fight over it. ;ppppp
I just don't get it! Never before has he acted this way at the dog park. I'm really weirded out. And bothered. Like... I enjoy taking him to the dog park usually cause it's a splendid affirmation for me that he is in fact a good dog and I'm proud of him and all that. But not today!! Today I walked away feeling defeated, and upset that my dog was THAT dog at the park today. I gave him an extra-long bath, and am still stewing over the entire experience ;pp Rar.
In other news... I'm making a war movie. A Vietnam War movie, more specifically. And while it seemed like a great idea at the time, the deeper and deeper into pre-production I get and the closer I get to actually shooting, I start wondering how great an idea it was afterall. Don't get me wrong, the script is great and I'm quite proud of it... but it requires us to shoot OUTSIDE for THREE DAYS STRAIGHT for THIRTEEN HOURS EACH DAY. ;pppppp And we're shooting out in the middle of nowhere. In this State Park. Where there are lots and lots of trees and brush and forest and the like... and with that, lots and lots of bugs. But I can deal with bugs, mostly. Except for like, mosquitos. I don't do those well. But even worse... ticks. ::shudder:: Let me explain.
A few days ago we went to this park on a location scout. We were there for approximately an hour, and sticking mostly to the trails, we wandered around and found different spots we want to shoot the movie in. On the ride back to campus in the car, I felt a slight prick on my wrist. I look to check it, and there's a TICK starting to bite into me!!!!! I grabbed it and plucked it off and threw it to the floor and crushed it till I knew it was dead. But like, OUCH! And creepy!! And then, later in the car ride, I felt something on the back of my neck, and reached back to pull yet another tick off of my body!! And I later found another one crawling up my pant leg! ;pppp GAHHHHHH so gross and freaky and AHHH I hate them so much!!! Why am I shooting a movie all outdoors??? This was the worst idea EVAR.
And then after Director's Prep on Thursday at like five in the evening (about thirty hours AFTER getting back from the park) I feel something itchy in my underpants, near the top of my bum, and I reach down and pull out yet ANOTHER tick!!!!!! On my BUM!!!! AAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!! And that thing was on my for OVER 24 hours!! Do you have ANY idea how FREAKY that is to me?!?!?!? I am SOOO freaked over all of this. I don't know how I'm going to survive three days out in that forest. ;p I keep thinking about it every night and getting more freaked over the whole thing.
Oh, and have I mentioned that my thesis film is going to cost me over a thousand dollars to make?????? ;ppp
Anyway... back to making dinner. ;p Can it just be August already?? ;p