Another day in paradise.

So after my last post “Damn Dirty Apes” I realized that perhaps I don’t come across on my diary the way I actually am. I had this notion a long time ago as well. In my last post I thanked Charlton Heston for all he has done. Someone took that to mean I was talking about his politics and then he bashed the man. Let me explain why I thanked him.

Well he helped raise me. No, he wasn’t there changing my huggies or anything, but his movies taught me a lot. I grew up in the back room at a video store. I spent hours and hours a day watching movies in my step dads office at the video store he owned. I remember watching Planet of the Apes in that room. I also saw Ben-Hur in that room. Heston was always this great hero and when you come from a family with no clear good guy it helps to see how one behaves. So I see the Hollywood heroes as my father figures. Heston, Elvis, James Dean, Clark Gable, Jimmy Stewart and so many more, these men guided me into the man I would become. When Christopher Reeves died, I cried like a baby. I even welled up a little when John Ritter died. I can attribute a lot of my sense of humor to that guy. No one had better comic timing than him. Oddly when Heath Ledger died I was really upset too. I saw the next generation of brilliant performances being taken away. It mad me sad.

Moving right along.

My ex and mother of my children is in Florida at the moment. She left Thursday and is coming back late tonight. Her distance and lack of calling and nagging me about stuff has caused a very odd string of thoughts and feelings. I don’t know what to make of it, but it’s sending me into a pretty deep funk.

I’ve not worked on my script in a few days. Yesterday I planned on working on it, but I decided to take another day off work and I was planning on working on it there. Instead I stayed home and played Rock Band with Lang. We are pretty damn good. So I am still trying to decide what to do with the history of the characters.

I’ve been working on my theme CD for our little CD swap. It’s harder than I thought. I can’t narrow it down enough. I picked a REALLY broad theme and there are so many songs about this theme that it is causing conflict. I’m trying to use ones that are close and personal to me and I think I’m almost there.

I was supposed to start filming on my short today, but because of a change in my ex’s plans, I have the kids tonight. Looks like I have to put it off once again.

So I am really enjoying writing in OD at the moment, but I don’t know what to write about. Any suggestions? Anything anyone wants to know?

Thanks!!