Fun Weekend!

So Friday started the same, work a double. Which is a long day but it is really worth it to get Saturday off.

On Saturday I finally cashed the check from AMC (Did they take long enough?), then I hung out with my brother for a couple of hours. We went and looked at motorcycles, he rides and I want to eventually. He missed out on the bike he's been wanting, a while, by an hour. He wasn't too happy about this. Then I had to clean my other brother's house (I was house sitting).

We then went to Shane's apartment for a night of games. We played poker with 9 of us. I ended up winning that game. Then we played HALO 2, for a while. I miss having HALO PARTIES. We had six players on three teams. It was insane. Then we thought it would be a good idea to play another poker game, which started at 1am. It didn't finish until 4am, and I had to be at work at 10am. Not that it mattered that much, I lost to Shane. Still...leaving 15 bucks richer than when I went in after covering my brother for two games and paying for most of the pizza, it wasn't that bad of a night.

As far as Sunday goes, I had to work in the morning (to which I was late). After work I had to hurry to the southside for our weekly game (we're not playing next week due to Easter). We played pretty good, not as good as the week before. But we won! I got in the game and held my own. So the EASTSIDERS are now 4-1. I will be missing the last game of the season due to my trip to NYC. I'm sure my team will but it away for me. Then I went to my brother's house to play some HALO 2 on XBox Live. We got our asses handed to us, it was pathetic. I haven't played online for three weeks or so. We'll see what happens when I get back in the swing of things.

Now is one of the most difficult times for me. I have a job offer in Boston, that I turned down, then my brother is going to turn down(better job offer from our uncles), and I'm reconsidering. But I made up my mind, if my brother is going then I will be going as well. We'll see how the next couple of weeks play out...I'll keep you posted.

Till next week...

What's New Pussycat! Woah,woah,woah...

So I've been busy the last couple of weeks. On top of that it's only going to get worst. I have finals in three weeks, a film festival to get ready for(work related-not GemInI related(unfortunetly)), but then I'm off to New York for a week of fun with Letha(she's sexy by the way...don't believe me? Check out my myspace page: http://www.myspace.com/jasonlmaier to judge for yourself. She's my number one friend.) It's gonna be bangin' yo! Wez goin' to TWO RedSox games, Phantom OF the Opera, and I'm gonna see WICKED again!!! What the hell happened to me there, sorry my alter-ego mad ballin-skillz side of me came out.

Last night my team, The Eastsiders, tore up the other team. It was nasty. The score at half time was forty something to 19...let me repeat that 19!

It was a good time for all that were there...for us. But props to the other team for playing the game with the same intensity for all 40 minutes.

So CRAZY ABOUT YOU is almost done, well the rough cut will be done soon. I'm hoping before I leave for New York. On top of that my Patriots aren't doing to well according to...well everyone, including me. I mean we've picked up two players, neither of them any good, and let loose the most ice cold kicker, the ALL time leading sack getter in the playoffs, and a pretty good receiver. Oh well, it is offically baseball season (after last night's game). I'll just hope our pitchers can stay healthy and win us another World Series. Just as long as it doesn't go to the Yankees I'll be fine. Back to the Patriots, I guess I should have faith. They did win three Super Bowls in 5 years. Pretty good track record as far as I'm concerned.

Well, more to come later...hopefully a lot faster next time. I tried to post blogs a couple of different times and it's just LOST them. Not something I'm happy about, but hey it's a free service.

Until next time...

Stuff happening all over the place.

Well let's see what's happened since I last posted a blog? (Sorry for not putting one up every week.)

My parents had their 35th anniversary. Wow, 35 years with the same person. I hope that one day I could meet a woman I would be happily married to for 35 years.

I spent 36 amazing hours with the woman I'm seeing right now(she lives in New York). Although I wasn't the main reason she came back in to town, I was happy just to see her.

I am really close to finishing tapes for CRAZY ABOUT YOU. I am starting on the rough cut of the film. I hope I can fly through it faster than watching tapes.

Willie McGinest got released and has since signed with THE BROWNS? David Givens is a Titan, who knows what'll happen to Vinatieri? I'm not sure what the Patriots are doing with the team, but I hope they go and get SOMEONE in the off-season. They have let so many players go or sign with other teams and done nothing except some wideout from the Chargers. But one must have faith in an organization that delivered 3 Super Bowls in 4 years.

Lots of stuff going on right now. I have just been informed that we are closing the doors on GemInI Films as we know it. It will be relaunched as GemInI Entertainment Corporation. Not exactly sure what that means, but I'm sure I'll find out soon enough. My only goal is to finish up CRAZY ABOUT YOU, for all the people that have worked so hard on it.

Been offered a promotion at work. Turned it down, recommended my brother, then have been thinking, "Did I make the right choice?" We'll see how it all unfolds.

Looking forward to a lot of things this year. As I have mentioned in previous postings. But watching the latest X-Men 3 trailer has gotten me even more excited than before. It looks like Mr. Ratner has delivered on a kick @$$ movie. Although, looks can be deceiving, look at Episode III.

What the "F"

You know whe I go to sleep for the night unless something weird happens, I can sleep until my alarm clock goes off.

Not today, for some reason I couldn't sleep past
4 AM!

Well there's good news that comes with my faulty sleeping...

I started the editing process on CRAZY ABOUT YOU. The first scene is cut together for the first rough cut. Little by little I'm making progress. Well that's it on that subject.

I went to rehearsal for my old choir last night (Before you start ripping me, a friend of mine is the choreographer and it's the field that I'm in school for!). They were very impressive vocally. Their focus caused them to screw up Katy's dancing, but it is the week before their first competition and that tends to be "hell week" for showchoirs. I'm sure they'll pull it together before Saturday.

Go CENTRAL SOUND!!!!!!!!!

Well I have a FINITE MATH test later today so I'm gonna go. So much for posting a blog more often, oh well.

Till next time.

Closer?

Here we are getting ready for another GemInI Films project. Some of the hardest work is coming for us as a company. I still have plenty of work to do on editing CRAZY ABOUT YOU. This week I have been trying to concentrate on school(lots of quizes and tests).


Now,

These are the things I am most looking forward to this year:

My trip to New York to see the Yankees get their ass kicked by the Red Sox.

My trip to Las Vegas to give a great bachelor party to Zach Proctor.

My trip to Boston to visit my family.

The premiere of CRAZY ABOUT YOU.

X-Men 3: The Last Stand.

Date Movie.


So I am looking forward to a lot this year. I will hope to leave more blogs soon. But as this is being written I am suppose to be a part of a film meeting, so I am gonna go for now.

WOW...what a weekend!

If you watched the NFL Playoffs this weekend you'll understand the title.

The Patriots dominated that game, but thanks to them not protecting the football, turned it over 5 times!!!!! 5 TIMES!

You can't win, if you can't protect the ball.

On the other note, congratualtions to the STEELERS. I don't see anyone being able to stop the Steelers, but then again I thought the Patriots were going to play Indianapolis next week. Maybe I don't know as much as I thought. The ending of the Pittsburgh and Indy was really exciting. I really thought I was going to the AFC Championship next week. I was still excited to be going to see Denver vs. Indy, but now I get a refund. Next weekend is going to be a lot of fun for another reason.

And now for my last thought about the NFL season:

WHAT THE HELL WAS WRONG WITH THE OFFICALS! They messed up so many calls in the two games I watched, I can't even imagine what happened in the others. Maybe the NFL can work on that for next season.

School is going well, and work is slowing down a little bit, so I'm starting to get enough time to be able to do more editing on CRAZY ABOUT YOU.

Go PATS!!!!!!!!

Now I'm excited!

After the good game played on Saturday night against the Jaguars how could I complain.
(see picture above)

Not expecting anything out of the Patriots when they were such an injury depleated team at the beginning of the season was the right move. As a fan I was still hoping for a third Super Bowl in four years. As a (sometimes) logical person I couldn't be mad when our team was soooooo hurt by injuries. But that just shows how GREAT the coaching staff is.

Most teams prepare for injuries, but six defensive backs on the IR. Losing the two top tacklers from last year's remarkable team. Losing one of our longest playing offensive linemen.

So for me I am sitting back and trying to not get too emotionally attached to this team. But if you really know me than you can see right through that bulls---!

I made up my mind today, IF the Colts and Patriots DO play each other in the AFC Championship at the Dome, I'm going to be there rooting for my boys.

On a different note altogether...

School started up again today. An 8:30 class on a Monday morning? What was I thinking? Oh well, whatever it takes to get me to my degree.

That's enough ranting for now.

Till next time, stayed tuned, same bat website, same bat blog...

Great beginning to an AWESOME (I hope) year.

So I have been really happy since New Year's Eve. There's one main reason, but I have just remembered how lucky some of us really are. The fact that I get paid to sit on my ass at work for hours (sometimes really boring), the fact that Shane and I are throwing some really kick ass ideas off of each other, and the fact that I will be enjoying one HELL of a Chrismas present in May(hopefully).

So tomorrow is a big day for anyone who's interested in football. The Patriots of New England play the Jaguars of Jacksonville and the Redskins of Washington play the Buccaneers of Tampa Bay. (Don't ask why I am typing like this, even I don't know why.) Can't wait to see the outcome of the first game I mentioned.

Well I'm almost done....

My New Year's resolution? Have fun with as many friends as possible as often as possible without jeopardizing my grades this year. Well let's keep our fingers crossed that the Patriots can win another Super Bowl this year? (Hee, hee, hee!)

Goodbye FOR-EV-ER!

So I was at a party the other night. The FINAL Castleton Arts Christmas Party ever. Most of the cast (those wonderful employees who serviced so many) was there. Lori, Amber, Dione, Dave L., Scott, Dave S., Dave P., the other Dave S., Mike S., James C., James, Pam, Sarah, Heather, Ashley, Ryan, Troy, Mike S., Erica, Shane (even tough he never worked at that theatre), Jesse and Liz.

Lots of people who I hadn't seen in years. It was good that Castleton Arts closed so close to the Holidays, it gave us an excuse to throw such a shindig.

On other notes:

The New England Patriots won again this past weekend. Their starting to gain momentum at the right time of the year.

More tapes for CRAZY ABOUT YOU have been imported!

And SERENITY came out on DVD today. You're retarded if you are reading this and don't know what I'm talking about. Okay so you're not retarded just uninformed. I can't wait for the next thing that Joss Whedon writes or directs.

As far as the NBA goes. My Celtics aren't having a steller year by any stretch of the imagination, but how about the balls on RON ARTEST. "I made a mistake, I want to play for the Pacers." What kind of b-s is that? Sounds like he has Manny's disease.

Well enough ranting today. If you read this in enough time...REBUILT is playing at BIRDY'S (71st and Keystone) tomorrow night (Dec. 21) around 9:45-10. If you want to come out and support one of my favorite local bands in INDY, I just might see you there. Feel free to say hi.

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL!!!!!!

AWESOME!!!!

So I originally wrote this on Sunday afternoon, but somehow erased it. Anyways I'll try to recreate it:


Yeah, my New England Patriots won! I'm excited (If you follow the NFL you would understand why, especially if you knew me.) to think that my team is gaining momentum heading towards the playoffs. Well here's to me hoping that they'll pull off another great post season.

So Shane was right. At least somewhat. I really enjoy the show LOST. I'm getting close to the end of the first season and it's only getting better. I find myself watching episode after episode, kind of like what I did with FIREFLY. I think Sawyer is my favorite character. I'll explain it later.

Well the new job is going well. Having lots of things to do and keep myself busy with. Also, having the chance to read a trade paperback that I've owned for months(Marvel's 1602).

Well this will have to do for now.

Oh, one last thing. How about Ron Artest? I am a Boston Celtics fan and looking at the situation from the outside, boy do I get to laugh. After the team supports him after costing Reggie Miller his ring, he pulls this crap. You get what you deserve I guess, backing a thug who thinks he can do whatever he wants on and off the court. Good luck to Larry Bird and the Pacers unloading him. I just hope he doesn't end up in green and white.

Crazy Times!

So here I am for the first time since I started working, not on the payroll of the company I started my teenage years with. I have left a company that employed me for 9 years. The feeling of relief has encountered the feeling of dread. I guess everyone goes though this when they start a new job.

Also, me leaving is bringing me closer to the realization that my favorite theatre in town is actually done for good. Yes, the Castleton Arts theatre has closed it's doors for the last time.

Enough rambling for the first time.