The Girl

On Wednesday I had asked the Malagasy girl, who I was courting, to come visit me in my town on a Friday. But on Friday afternoon she texted back that she couldn’t make it. I half expected that. So I decided to end any contact with her. I’ve been trying many times to set up a meeting but always she’s busy. As they say, you gotta know when to let go.

Shooting a Music Video

I teamed up with some of my students to shoot a music video. We shot at a few locations around  town. They were lip-syncing to the song and dancing. The edit went well and it was completed fairly quickly. We all had fun shooting it. I’m sure their friends are gunna be blown away.

Drunk in Class

One day at the end of class, I had some other students ask me to make a music video for them, but I declined, partly because I’m too busy and partly because prior to asking me they arrived to class drunk and were disruptive. Luckily for them I was feeling tolerant that day. I have to admit it was kinda humorous. While watching a movie in class, my spider sense was tickling that one of them was trying to sneak a sip from a bottle from his backpack, but I was watching him like a hawk and sat next to him. After class they requested that I help them make a video, I calmly told them no and that drinking at school was not OK.

The music video:

 

My Life Depicted in a Movie

I’m watching “Adaptation” a movie written by Charlie Kaufman starring Nicolas Cage. In it he’s a screenwritter who’s been paid to write a script and he has writer’s block and he’s very depressed that he’s been stringing the studio along for months. I’m in a similar situation: I’m trying to finish a film about the Malaria Bikeride and the Peace Corps wants to know when it’ll be ready. I feel like I’ve been stringing them along. The difference is that they didn’t pay me to do this. Actually I paid money out of my own pocket to do this, but I’m still very depressed because I have writer’s block and have no film to show them, in addition to two other films that they are waiting on.