Thoughts Running Through My Mind

Once again, in regards to my blog-writing routine, I am doing things a little differently.  Instead of writing my daily entry in the middle of the day, I have decided to post-pone it until the end of the clock day, not because of procrastination, but because of other commitments that required more immediate attention.  This is kind of messing me up because my noggin is not in a blog writing space.  All I can think of is things I need to do for tomorrow (which is usually a pretty substantial list), contemplating things I should do to delay the need to sleep, and how much I want to watch the next episode of How I Met Your Mother.

Another recurring theme of thoughts running through my head at the moment is the film I am creating for my Media Practicum.  It is a film that I will describe as being loosely based on the Star Wars universe.  I have borrowed various themes, concepts, and lots of the cool powers (like force powers and lightsabers!).  Otherwise, I am doing what I can to make it my own, like the soundtrack for instance.  Instead of stealing from the films’ orchestral soundtracks (other than an opening sequence in which I am basically spoofing the opening crawl from every Star Wars movie), I have decided to compile a soundtrack from songs not usually found in films of this type.  In addition to including songs from my music library that I feel contribute to the theme and tone of the film at certain moments, I also am aspiring to get some music composed by a friend of mine, which again will not be the standard epic orchestral pieces. 

Anyways, that was running through my head because I just happened to be listening to one of the artists from the potential playlist of the film (as well as being simply inspired by the project recently).  I hope to keep you posted throughout the semester as per the status of the pre-production and (hopefully!) production of the time-investing project.

Quote of the day:

Man invented language to satisfy his deep need to complain.

   -Lily Tomlin (1939 - )

Word of the day: pukka:

\PUHK-uh\ , adjective:

1. Authentic; genuine.

2. Superior; first-class.