So I waited long enough and was finally able to justify cutting off my heair without worrying about it's removal occuring in the shadow of some bad idea of a realtionship. Nothing's worse than changing something about yourself as a rebound and then being slapped in the face by 20/20 retreospect vision.
It sounds like I've had experience with this before. I haven't, I'm scared of change. This doesn't mean i dont take other people advice as cardinal law when it -sounds- like it makes sense. It's a good docterine to live by.
I don't read much, it's a bad habbit I picked up as a dislexic child, book used ot scare me. They showed me the flaw in what an arrogant kid would consider a perfect "bright" mind. I'm beginning to age to the point where I -know- I don't know anything. Back to the point.
Usually reading a book a week is about my limit. I'm reading three at the same time now. One for a class (at work), one for the bathroom (what?) and one before bed. The latter of the three is Rebel Without a Crew, the Robert Rodriguez book about how he pulled a Kevin Smith (who came first?) either way both had enough balls to do the sort of thing I'm pondering now. It's not for lack of balls in the money sense, I'm pretty sure I could finance SOMETHING, it's the same feeling one gets before a wedding they're not ENTIRELY sure about. Sure she's hot but is she worth the rest of your life? Do I have the mental ability to hold it togethor through the shoot like Rodriguez did. Read the book, the statement I just made is answered in there, it doesn't stop me from thinking it though. A lot of the tension behind me making a headcase statement like that has to do with my last short.
We'll just say I should be fare to myself and move the fuck on.
Anyway, two things so far from reading his book.
1) Inspireing, I'm closer than I thought and yet at the same time so far away in some respects.
2) He used to sell his body to labs to make money off of drug tests. No I'm not thinking about doing the same thing, the money is not an issue... OH MY GOD WHAT A GOOD FILM IDEA
I love two directors above all others. Ridley Scott and Terry Gilliam. Mr. Gilliam = surreal humor. The idea exists as a singularity within my mind, like a flare in above a dark and humid rainforrest. If i were to fail at life what better way to make 3 grand a month than sell my body to science. Cheap to film, FUN to write, a chance to do really strange shit. I love getting these ideas. I've had one on this level before and it took a long time to build. I'll sit on it and let it snowball. I find letting things bounce around the clutter of one's mind is the best way to create, it just takes too long.