The last couple of weeks have been wonderful. The BAFICI was everything I could ever hope for and more. Over the span of ten days I saw 22 movies of varying degrees of quality. From fiercely independent mumblecore features to bigger, lushly animated productions to absurd experiments. It was all an adventure because, although they provide a little ( Read more... )

So as of a couple hours ago, I am 22.
This is alarming.

I know I'm a young guy and I have all my life ahead of me. I also know that my older LJ friends will groan when they read this entry. That's fine, I realize it's all in my head. But man, I feel so old. More than that, I feel incredibly deflated ( Read more... )

I could get into the series of events that transpired in the past week ( Read more... )

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February's over. I'm really glad. This month has been nothing but one thing going wrong after the other. But then again so has pretty much every month since I turned 13. I really miss my life pre-adolescence. It seemed that life was eternal and brimming with possibility and not just one long string of disappointments that end in a mediocre death in ( Read more... )

So yesterday was my birthday and it was much better than I expected. Go Karts, pizza, beer, indie movies... what more could a man want?

It all started on monday night at this awesome little bar just a couple blocks from my house called Danson. A bunch of friends were there... Dominic, Lenny, Maria, Marcela, Susy, Mickey, Aliocha, Alex, this ( Read more... )

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In 9 days I am turning the dreaded 19. Not really dreaded by anyone else in particular other than me. Nineteen means one step away from twenty, and, as everybody knows, your soul dies when you turn twenty ( Read more... )