Day Two of Script Frenzy

I can foresee that finding the time to write is going to be fun. Day 1 of Script Frenzy was plagued with sleep deprivation. It included work, a meeting with my research supervisor, a production meeting for the films I’m producing, and finally catching the bus to where my car usually is rather than where it actually was. Damn sleep deprivation. It then involved a walk along the Old Hutt Road, a bus ride, dinner, and then trying to write. One page down, and I fell asleep. I started a new film idea. Really the 1 page script could be just that, or it could extend into a thriller/horror.

The second day of Script Frenzy has involved procrastination in many forms, and working on my short film script. Thankfully doing Script Frenzy counts as work for my Uni Scriptwriting course. Does working on a script that one has already started count for Script Frenzy? I hope so.

I’ve also gotten into the vibe by listening to Creative Screenwriting podcasts whilst doing dishes. And I’ve been listening to music, which has gotten me onto a story idea involving a rock band. Really I should stop starting short films, and focus on the ones I have to write.

Day 2 of Script Frenzy. Really I should be getting to 6 pages by now. I’ve written 1. Hmmmm.

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Feminism v Masculinity: Why I, as a Feminist, support Men’s Rights

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I am a Feminist.

I’m happy to say it aloud. I’m a Feminist and proud. And, because I am a Feminist, that means that I support Male Rights.

What was that, you say?

Feminism has unfortunately been mislabelled; a Feminist works towards equality for everyone: equality regardless of gender, race, age, or sexual orientation. A Feminist isn’t a man-hater. Feminism isn’t about bringing men down, it’s raising women up. And it saddens me when people express anti-Feminist diatribes, and stating they can’t be a Feminist because they don’t hate men. Neither do I. Glad we agree.

It is with that understanding that I came across The Top 10 Issues of Men’s Rights on The Good Men Project.

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Film, study, and assorted things

There aren’t enough hours in the day. I suppose to make my blog more interesting, I should have done more regular posts on each of the things below. I simply don’t have time. So this is what I’m working on now…

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Race Unity Day 2011

Hi all,

I am performing with the Sirocco Middle Eastern Dancers at Race Unity Day this Saturday 19 March. 

Our set includes Spanish-Bellydance fusion, with a Spanish Gypsy Dance, a Spanish fusion dance called ‘Amayaguena’, and then a drum dance called ‘Tammerhenna’.

Come along to the Horticultural Hall in the Lower Hutt Civic Centre to take part in the Race Unity Festivities, 11am-3pm. We’ll be performing at 1pm. There are music and dance performances, stalls and food from all over the world.

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MacBook Pro vs. Maxtor External Hard Drive

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I did a post about my computer issues recently. Let’s just say that I went a little mad without a computer and with a back-log of work to do, and my credit card took a beating. Seeing as I’ll be moving overseas at the end of the year, I’ve decided that, whilst it sucks that my hand was forced, a laptop would be easier to transport than a 21” desktop.

That does not mean that I have given up on the desktop. I’m picking it up tomorrow. From what it sounds, I haven’t done anything to it to make it give up the ghost, so I don’t see why I should pay over $1000 to get it fixed when it hasn’t lasted a minimum 5 years (a reasonable length of time under the Consumers Guarantees Act). But I digress.

The new MacBook Pro arrived today. I have my Maxtor 1TB external hard drive at work ready to plug in, load up my previous computer’s data onto the new computer, ready to get to work.

The MacBook Pro will not recognise the external hard drive. At all. Even Disk Utility won’t see it.

Panic.

So, as with most issues, I put a post on facebook to see if my friends can shed any light on the situation. Believe me, that works most times.

Then I searched the internet for answers. I’ve linked what I found here; so I can refer to it later, can make sense of it, and so others with the same issue can use what I found.

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I know a published poet!

My friend Chris Tse has been published in a book of poetry by the Auckland University Press (AUP). Very exciting! You can read his blog, The Asiatic League, here.

AUP New Poets 4, featuring Chris Tse

 

VicBooks and The Victoria University Library presents The AUP New Poets Launch  – Thursday 17 March at Te Taratara a Kae, Victoria University Library, Rankine Brown Building, Kelburn Campus – 5-7pm.

I can’t go, so you all should.

The popular AUP New Poets series, which brings fresh new poetry to a wider audience, began in 1999 and has launched the careers of well-known poets such as Anna Jackson, Sonja Yelich and Stu Bagby. This fourth volume showcases the work of three distinct new voices: Chris Tse, Erin Scudder and Harry Jones. Chris Tse is a Wellington writer whose work draws on his family history and Chinese heritage. Canadian born Erin Scudder writes sophisticated, dark, and flavoursome poetry with close attention to the sound and shape of words. Tauranga based Harry Jones writes poems in which appearances deceive. On the surface plain, even easy, his poems open on depths of insight and feeling.
– http://web.auckland.ac.nz/uoa/aup/forthcoming/forthcoming_home.cfm

You can also hear one of Chris’ poems, The Family Village, on SoundCloud.

16mm film course

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I had my first class for the 16mm film course that I am doing with Alex Funke and Paul Wolffram. The classes are weekly until early-May, and also involve a weekend shoot in late April. During the course of the … course … we’ll be making a short film. Each of us will be camera operator/director for a scene. Some of us also have roles for the shoot. I’m HOD Sound, which I’m pretty stoked about.

We’re shooting on an Eclair NPR, an Arriflex SR2, and a Bell and Howell Filmo.

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Seductobot and Porcelain Toy

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I’m taking a quick break from auditions for The Bonzai Tree to check emails and write a quick post. Last night I filmed the penultimate show for The Seductobot. The show is a blast, heightened with a full audience, laughing at the jokes and clapping at the end of each number. The last show is TONIGHT – 8pm Saturday 5 March at Perrett’s Corner (corner Manners and Willis Streets). Tickets can be bought on the door, so do get along.

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The computer verdict

I’ve been contacted by the service centre about my computer. First I got a message saying that it froze on them, but then they restarted it and they could not replicate the problem. Then I called them and was told (paraphrasing):

We cannot replicate the issue. We don’t know what’s wrong with it. It could be the Logic Board or the Graphics Card. We can order them in, but you’ll have to pay for them. The Logic Board costs $1483+gst. The Graphics Card costs $809+gst. And they’d charge me for a half-hour to install and test. The Graphics Card would be better because they can return it if that’s not the issue. Because it’s no longer under warranty, and considering the cost, it might be cheaper to just get a new computer.

Of course, paying for a Logic Board or Graphics Card may just be a waste of money, because they’ve already said they don’t know if that’s what the issue is.

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A crazy week = a sign of things to come?

I got my computer back from the service centre. On Saturday, after a morning of cleaning and before heading out to Summer Shakespeare, I pulled out the computer, set it up, and turned it on.

It’s not fixed.

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