Once upon a Saturday...

Ah, the things we do when we're desperate...

Because my car is dying, I just cleaned out its trunk. Within the depths of junk going back the eight years I've owned the car, I found relics from my days as a high school teacher, relics from the apartment that I'd shared with a cousin (which was back in 2002, meaning that the relics had been transferred from at least one prior car trunk [possibly two]), props from my various films, scraps of paper with sparks of ideas and jokes, dead batteries, live batteries, tools, video tapes, cups, blankets, various car fluids, a t-shirt, painting supplies, tennis rackets, rope, twine, bungee cords, etc.

In the production offices, I'm continuing work on the TITO documentary, writing articles for various horror magazines, gradually cleaning up the place (in general), and I've also managed to write some fiction that I'm planning on self-publishing through Smashwords. Finally, I'm about to submit TITO to two additional film festivals.

I guess that's about it for "feeding the blog" for now. Gotta try to keep it fresh!

Thursday...far out, man!

Hey there, gangland, it's been a whirligig month or so... The first order of business is that I'm officially stepping down from my position as Editor-in-Chief of Diabolique magazine. My decision is essentially due to financial necessities; although time was a big factor, too.

In any event, it was both an honor and an educational experience working for Diabolique, and I want to thank Publisher / Layout Designer Dima Ballin for the opportunity of being the steward of his enterprise for five beautiful issues.

About a week ago, Screem magazine issue #26 came out. It is the first of several other horror magazines that I will now be writing for. For the Screem issue, I interviewed Stuart Gordon (director of Re-Animator, From Beyond, and many other films...), and we spoke mostly about H.P. Lovecraft. If you're a horror fan, you should check it out; it's a pretty good interview!

Also, I've pretty much got all of my old programs re-installed on my computer (after the crash), and since I'll now have a bit more time on my hands, I can proceed with the documentary for TITO. It's just a little making-of featurette that I'm going to include on the Tuning In, Tuning Out DVD that I'm giving to all of my investors, cast and crew members -- who have been most patient!

In the Harley news, after being told at the Illinois Secretary of State office that I could ride the 2004 Road King, that I'd basically inherited from my dad, from Chicago to Los Angeles and register it here, I called the California Department of Motor Vehicles. On the phone, I was told that I needed my mom to sign the bike over to me since she was the official custodian of all my dad's possessions. So, I mailed her the form, she filled it out, and I went to the DMV office only to be told that both the Illinois SOS office and the DMV phone representative had misinformed me. So, I mailed the title back to Illinois. Next, my mom went back to the SOS office, submitted the paperwork to have the bike put into her name, and next I will be able to return to the DMV office to finally register the bike. Unfortunately, I have to wait about three weeks until the SOS office completes the title transfer process.

All right, that basically catches you up. Beyond that, of course, there are numerous little and big projects that I'm always chipping away at on any given day. Thanks for tuning in! I'm out.