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Paul
| Main blog: | Misapplied | | Birthday: | May 8th | | Gender: | Male | | Occupation: | Artistic / Creative | | Education: | Graduate degree, School of life | | Religion: | Spiritual but not religious | | Service Attendance: | Never | | Race/lineage: | White / Caucasian | | Location: | United Kingdom |
| Body Size: | Average | | Height: | 5' 8" (173 cm) | | Eyes: | Pale Blue | | Vision: | Glasses/Spectacles | | Hair Color: | Light Brown | | Hair Style: | Straight - Short | | Facial Hair: | Stubbly | | Skin Tone: | Fair | | Best Feature: | Butt | | Clothing Pref.: | Athletic | | Undies: | Boxers - Cotton Knit |
| Relationship Status: | Separated - Involved | | Family Info: | Two parents, one sister. | | Sexual Preference: | Straight/Heterosexual | | Astrological Sign: | Taurus (April 20 - May 20) | | Existing as: | Human | | Smoking: | Occasionally | | Liquor: | Social drinker. One or two | | Exercise: | Regularly | | Your Home: | Live with pets | | Biography/About: | Born 1973. College 1991. Job 1994. Married 1995. Separated 2003. University 2004. Divorced 2005. Graduated 2007. Movie Mogul 2008... | | Likes: | New York; Liverpool; Mexican tequila; soup | | Dislikes: | reality television; grammatical ineptitude; | | Interests: | Making music, Making movies, Writing, Computer games |
| Books: | Papillon, K-PAX, Sophie's World, The Boat, The Da Vinci Code, Crime and Punishment, Frankenstein, Nineteen Eighty Four, The Republic, H2G2 | | Authors: | Robert Ludlum, Dan Brown, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Lothar-Gunther Buchheim, Douglas Adams | | Music Genres: | Rock, Classical, easy listening, folk, jazz, hiphop | | Bands/Artists: | Pink Floyd, Frank Sinatra, Iron Maiden, The Witches of Elswick, Jamie Cullum, Gwen Stefani, Portishead, American Head Charge, Coldplay | | Albums/CDs: | Dark side of the moon, Strong Bad Sings, twentysomething | | TV Shows: | The Mighty Boosh, Garth Marengi's Darkplace, The League of Gentlemen | | Movies: | Lord of the Rings (1, 2, 3), The Usual Suspects, Fargo, The Wedding Singer, Das Boot, Star Wars | | Actors: | Kevin Spacey, Natalie Portman, Viggo Mortensen, Meg Ryan, Sigourney Weaver, Brad Pitt, Jenna Elfman, Ben Stiller, Jerry Stiller | | Games: | Fatty's Game, Jedi Outcast, Jedi Academy, X Wing Alliance, Half-life, Half-life 2, Scrabble, Splinter Cell, Shadow of the Colossus | | Sports: | Rock Climbing, Rugby (watching) | | Quotes: | "There is more stupidity than hydrogen in the universe, and it has a longer shelf life" - Frank Zappa, "Why can't politics be more like software: Bollocks, Bollocks version 2.2, Bollocks XP Home Edition..." Stephen Fry, Absolute Power | | Position: | Sitting down. With a nice cup of tea. |
Busy Times
Wow, it's been pretty busy around here recently (hence the lack of words here).
I've been working on my other blog - Made Up Stuff - which I have transformed into a movie review blog (every review ten words or less).I've been doing some actual work - On the Iceland ads* for this coming Christmas, I've been assistant to the Camera Crew, or trainee Clapper/Loader if you will. I've learnt a heck of a lot, and had a marvellous time (despite my feet still hurting). And I got paid to boot!I made a couple of short films as Director of Photography, although I've yet to see how they turned...
Cannes of Worms
I wasn’t expecting to get to Cannes this year. I had decided that
funds were too tight, and I’d be better trying to just sort out my
overdraft. Then we found out that Duty Calls had been put forward by North West Vision and Media into Short Film Corner, which changed everything.
Paul had already arranged accreditation for Cannes just in case, but
it turned out he was accepted on an artists exchange, so he’s in
Romania for the duration. I asked NWVM if they could accredit me for
Cannes instead, but I didn’t hear for ages, so I thought that was that.
On Friday, however, I received an...
8.
The end of 2008. I've had ups and downs over the past twelve months, although it has been better than 2007.
Lows:
My former housemate, Adam Almond, stole hundreds of pounds from me. If you see this man: please pound it out of his stupid face and send it over. Thanks.The feature film I've been working on hasn't gone as well as I had hoped. And it still hasn't wrapped. At least I've made some of it look quite nice.
I was violently ill for two days this week. I'm fine now.My writing has stagnated somewhat.My knee is still under par.
Highs:
Things go well with my girlfriend. Neither of us are...
Inconvenience
I've been flitting around like a septic moth all day. This morning I was collected by the director to go to a location half an hour's drive away, and his Sat Nav decided to take the scenic route.Of course, we get there and it hasn't been scouted. The scene calls for an office washroom, in which the villain of the piece preens in front of a mirror before accidentally punching a wall. The location we arrived at was a toilet smaller than the one in my own home. Useless.
The director strutted and fretted for a while, until I once more suggested the location I had originally suggested eight weeks...
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