Thursday 5/13/21

So its a been a hot minute since I last wrote so there is a lot to catch up. 

So the Mandy research ad didn’t pan out the way I had hoped. Only two responses. The one I wanted took a different gig and the one I didn’t really want didn’t show up for the Zoom meeting. 

However this led me to a decision I had been keeping in the back of my head for a while now. 

MARA!

I spoke to Mara last night and she is really interested in being my research assistant on the movie. We will talk more today about details and stuff as we know she needs everything very clear. 

So researcher, mostly solved. 

Miami was amazing. Great interview with David Ovalle which may lead to another potential block buster interview. I am waiting to hear back. 

Time with Mitch and Wilma in Florida has been amazing. Getting work done at a moderate pace while relaxing from the stress and strain of the last two weeks. 

One revelation - I could most definitely live in Florida. Apparently  Citi has offices in Tampa so Beth could continue to work if we moved down here. Tampa is about three or so hours from Mitch and John, has a huge SCA community and is supposed to be really nice. 

We’ll see… 

The Renn Faire thing is moving along nicely. Mitch and I have been welcomed in to the bosom of the clan and we are walking the site on Saturday as well as Clan BBQ at the Laird’s house. 

Thats it for now. 

Wednesday 5/521

So I missed a couple of days…

Charleston was quick in and out. I got great footage of the Holocaust memorial there as well as a good cold open for that sequence. I decided to not stay in Charleston because I was still feeling the after effects of Charlottesville. So I drove a couple of hours out to Summerville. Nice hotel with wicked cool benches made out of old reclaimed doors. I will be making one of this this summer. 

Tornados and heavy rain in the area I was planning on going to so I might have been stranded but it all cleared up. 

So I decided to alter my plans. I was closer to Greenville than Atlanta so I reached out to the Rabbi to see if he could see me Tuesday or Wed? Then I would go there first then to SPLC. 

At the end of the day it didn’t matter. He couldn’t change his schedule and the people I needed to talk to SPLC were not there this week. So another change of plans, go to Atlanta as originally planned and see Sean at FFG on Tuesday or Wed. 

I got to my hotel and it was in a pretty shady neighborhood and the hotel its elf was pretty skeezy. I didn’t feel like my gear would be safe in the car in that parking lot with a number if SKells hanging around. So I checked in and then out. Got a refund and didn’t get charged for not staying there.  I drove about twenty minutes to Dekalb and found a nice Hampton Inn and an amazing Fried Chicken dinner (including fried gizzards and livers )

Going to see Sean at noon and I am brining lunch from a local ribs place. 

After that its south to Mitch and Florida. 

I put an ad on Mandy for a researcher. Research is not my strong suit and the amount of news footage and media I need for this movie is seriously out my depths. I also Reached out to Billy Corben, a Miami Indie Filmmaker who had some anti-Semitic stuff happen to him. Waiting to hear back. 

Now we are up to date.