directed and photographed a movie today called "gideon's song". the picture above is a prop photo i took yesterday for it. it was an exhausting production for a one day shoot but it was awesome. i felt really good about it. now i just have to wait for the film to come back to perpetuate this state of elation. mallory (the girl above) is an amazing actress, i'm so glad i found her. i shot my last movie "how to make a paper boat float" with her and she was great. she's such a warm and giving and kind person and i love her style. she's way legit. especially in her mannerisms. the physical acting she does is just so rad. if any of you direct movies in new york, i highly recommend her. the boy (aaron...not pictured) i directed today was great too and has plenty potential to be a child-actor...if only i knew how to fucking speak to children. i don't particularly like children but his talent easily masks my lack of experience. kibby (the guy above) well that fucker always looks good in front of camera. golly. sometimes i just feel extremely fortunate to have made the friends and met the people that i've met over the last handful of years. my crews have always been so amazingly amazing. tomorrow i go into an intensive week for my follow up movie "billie & wren". that shit's gunna be nuts. after today, after both directing & shooting...i dunno if i have al that stuff in me but sometimes (not all the time but sometimes), i feel like with my crew, friends, family, and [others] behind me, i feel like i can do anything. i've been very very very extremely fortunate in the last couple of weeks and i'm grateful. after all this work, at the end of the week i start a 5 week vacation. that's gonna rock too. i know it.