The New Year is Now.

Most people start their year on January 1^st. My year starts on my kid’s first day back to school. That is when I reflect on the previous year, go through all that has happened and take stock and tally of my life. It is when I look at my kids and see how much their bodies and minds have stretched and grown, see if I’ve done a good job at this parenting thing. It’s when I prepare for the explosion of school activities and the inevitable firsts in my kids lives. It’s a looking forward to possibilities.

It’s when I try to see if I have let time slip away from me (again) or I have allowed myself to live in the moment. See if I have captured any of those moments, and held on, for just a little while, before realizing they have, in fact, slipped away like the year.

It is goodbye and sadness. It is eagerness and hope. Like I said, my year starts on my kids first day back to school.

my horoscope for today

It's difficult to separate your dreams from reality now, but the hard, cold facts just won't go away. You are caught between the relationship fantasies that you have created and the very real limitations that you must live with day to day. Focus on the positive tangible aspects so you can remain open to the love around you, even if it isn't quite what you imagined.

Friday, August 11, 2006

LEGO Shark Attack!!!

Really cool Butterfly

End of summer

It’s almost the end of summer and there are a few things I’ve gotten used to that I know I’m going to miss terribly when school starts. Having my coffee and checking my emails, while the kid practice their violin and piano, first thing in the morning. The seemingly non stop shrieks and squeals of laughter from them playing tag through the house and finding safety on my lap or under my desk, as I work on Storie Productions. Accidentally stepping on a few toy arm men in the darkened living room as I lock up at night, only to find, after I’ve limped over to turn on the light, that I’ve stepped into a great battle field of carefully placed forces, stretching from the front door to the back patio. Sleeping late and then letting them in my bed to snuggle and not jumping out of my skin, when they put their freezing little hands on my tummy. I am sorry that summer is almost gone. I have cherished it.

CHECK IT OUT

Make sure to check out the film's website for updates on screenings and awards.
www.jumpingoffbridges.com

Even More Screenings !!!!

The screenings for jumping off bridges, has really taken off!

There has been such wonderful feedback about this film. Won’t be long now until we have all of our venues set and then we’ll start on spreading the word. Let me know ASAP if you want to bring this film, jumping off bridges, to your area and I'll work on setting it up.

Next week we start on publicity.

whew!

MORE Screenings !!!!

Here’s our most recent screenings and awards.
Screenings (more screenings TBA)
· 8/9, Dallas, TX, Dallas Video Festival, Angelika Film Center, 7pm
· 8/11, Lubbock TX, Flatland Film Festival
· 9/13, Seattle, WA, Broadway Performance Hall
· 9/15 - 9/21, Overland Park, KS, Kansas City International Film Festival
· 9/30, San Antonio, TX, Historic Guadalupe Theater at Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center, 7pm
· October, Baltimore, MD, TBA
· October, Washington DC, TBA
· October, Chicago, IL, TBA
· October or November (week run), Jacksonville, FL, San Marco Theater, TBA
· 10/3, Austin, TX, Alamo Drafthouse South, 7pm
· 10/3 - 10/8, New Haven, CT, Connecticut Film Festival
· 10/6 - 10/7 (weekend run), Tallahassee, FL, All Saints Cinema
· 10/7, Boston, MA, Capital Theater, 6:30pm
· 10/14, Nashville, TN, Belcourt Theater, 2pm
· 10/14, Houston, TX, Rice University Media Lab, 7pm
· 10/26, Portland, OR, The Hollywood Theater
· November, Los Angeles, CA, TBA
· 11/2, Montclair, NJ, Montclair State University
· 11/3 and 11/4, New York City, NY, Pioneer Theater, 7pm

Awards
· 2002 Chesterfield Fellowship Finalist (Script)
· 2002 IFP Market Emerging Narrative Participant (Script)
· 2002 Semi-Finalist Sundance Screenwriter's Lab (Script)
· 2005 Texas Filmmaker's Production Fund Grant
· 2005 IFP Rough Cuts Lab Participant
· 2006 Semi-Finalist, Women in Film Foundation Finishing Fund
· 2006 Official Selection, South By Southwest Film Festival
· 2006 Official Selection, Jacksonville Film Festival
· 2006 Official Selection, Waterfront Film Festival

YEA STAN!!!

Stan, the short is fantastic! It looks Great, the talent is solid, it’s damn funny and I’m so glad to be in it.

It’s really super.

Watch out film festivals cause Stan's, "Self Help" is on the way!

Congratulations!!!

Boston, Here we Come!

We've added Boston to the premiere.

Check it out!

Capital Theatre, Saturday October 7th at 6:30 pm.

See you there!