Well, the Memorial Day Weekend has come and gone. I had set myself a deadline to get the script for 'The Wild Side' finished by the end of the weekend ... but it didn't happen.

I may not have reached my goal, but I did get quite a lot accomplished. I am almost 50 pages into the script and i would say that I have anywhere from 25 - 30 more pages to go. Currently, this is the second longest script I have ever written and upon completion will probably be the LONGEST script I have ever written.

I really do think that I will have the script finished by the end of next weekend. At my current pace, I don't see how I couldn't. I am really happy with how it has turned out so far, but I am also amazed at how different things turn out from the original concept in my head to the actual page. Not bad, just different.

I have had really good feedback on the script from everyone who had read it. Jennifer, who plays the female lead in it, read it this weekend and at that point I only had 30 pages. When she got to the end she was like "Ahhh! I want more!!!". So, I take that as a good sign.

Hopefully when I talk to you guys again, it will to inform you that the script is done, and I might just post some of my favorite lines to find out what you guys think. Peace.

Well, after a legnthy battle between my computer and me ... my computer finally lost. Somewhere in the past few weeks, I picked up a nasty virus or something. Who knows what makes these things do the things they do. Anyways ... I had so many pop-up ads .. uh popping up on my computer that I could do almost nothing. Even if I disconnected from the internet, they still would pop up. Persistant little fuckers, eh? Well, I finally got sick of it ... the only thing that was keeping me from doing it in the first place was the fact that I knew if I wiped my drive and started over - it would take me probably a half a day to do it and get everything running again. And that was time I didn't want to waste doing that when I could be writing. But then I changed my mind and that was pretty much how I spent my Sunday afternoon last weekend.

So everything is back to normal now ... I just decided to stick with Windows 2000 instead of XP this time. But that's neither here nor there. I'm back to writing and it's going ... pretty good.

I'm amazed at how far into the script for 'The Wild Side' I am ... I finally reached the point of the story where things really get going ... and it's pretty exciting. It was slow going for a while because most everything was setup and character development. 25 pages of character development. Don't know if all that will end up in the final draft of the script or the film, but it's all good stuff though.

I hope to have the majority of the script finished by the end of this Memorial Day weekend, but that case of Foster's my friend Chris from work gave me may hinder that just a little ... or it might help me on my way ... who knows.

I'll be back with more news ... when I have more news. Later.

Wow ... I think this is the longest I have ever gone without posting. Then again, with the completion of 'Holidays Like These', I seem to have less and less to say about things. Dave and I still plan on finishing the poster and t-shirt for the movie, to get to the cast and crew who want one. Right now ... most of my focus is going towards writing, writing and writing. I have set myself a deadline to have the first draft for 'The Wild Side' finished by Memorial Day Weekend. If that means that I sit my ass in front of this computer for the entire weekend and do nothing else, then so be it ... but that is my goal.

I did some work on the script today and I'm at about 25 pages right now. The script will be somewhere between 60-90 pages long when I'm finished. It's insane because 25 pages was close to what the legnth of the script for 'Friends Like These' was. Now I'm just like "Oh my God, I'm 25 pages in and I'm just getting started."

I feel REALLY good about the script so far. I honestly believe it's the best think I've written to date and I'm so happy because I'm not holding anything back this time. The script it vulgar and offensive and not everyone will like it... but the people who DO like it won't just like it ... they'll damn well love it.

It will be interesting to see if the cast that was put together for the teaser preview that was put on 'Holidays' ends up being the cast for the film when we shoot. It has already been discussed that at least one of the actors in the preview most likley will not be in the film. It sucks because it throws a monkey wrench into the casting, which I thought I already had controll of. It sucks but it also could be interesting and a good thing. Who knows.

Keep with me guys. The more I keep writing, the more excited I am about this project. the more I'll get done and the more I'll have to talk about with you guys. Later!!!

I seem to be slacking on the posting as of late. Ever since the film has been finished and the premiere, I haven't had too much to talk about. Dave and I did finish the DVD last week. The cover to it is amazing. The best cover of the three films. Everone who got a copy loved it. My mom even laughed. You see, there is a drawing of a kid peeing on a snowman on the cover. I have tried to post the cover on this site, but I guess the file is too big. Whenever I figure out how to make it smaller, you guys will get to see it ... unless you already have a copy.

Tonight, Dave and I finished the cover for the trilogy DVD collection, titled aptly enough 'Trilogies Like These'. Nice, eh? I kept racking my brain when I was working on the cover alone trying to figure out how to get something from all three films on the cover. And then there would be the back cover, which would be insanley busy will all the info about the films and artwork and everything. So we decided to go the oposite direction and make it incredibly simple, similar to Kevin Smith's 'Clerks X' DVD cover. Just the title and two black and white photos, one of Dustin and one of myself. I think that conveys how I felt that at the heart of all the films is the friendship, be it fucked up as they come, of these two people.

I was at a loss for words when I added the 'Holidays' and 'Trilogy' DVDs to my shelf tonight. See, I have this special little shelf under my tv where I keep all my movies. And now, I have five DVDs sitting there. I'm sorry ... but that is just nuts to me. It's nuts but at the same time it is so incredible. I am so proud of these films, in every single way. All I can do now, is keep going and keep raising the bar higher each time.

This summer we start production on 'The Wild Side' which will be our biggest undertaking to date. It scares the hell out of me and excites me at the same time. I hope it comes out as good as I think it will.

I'll be back soon with more info, and hopefully some DVD covers for you guys to see.

Peace.