http://www.wannabefilms.com "If you're not a Wannabe, you're a has-been." Sun, 20 May 2012 11:59:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.wannabefilms.com/2012/05/20/twitter-weekly-updates-for-2012-05-20/ http://www.wannabefilms.com/2012/05/20/twitter-weekly-updates-for-2012-05-20/#comments Sun, 20 May 2012 11:59:00 +0000 admin http://www.wannabefilms.com/2012/05/20/twitter-weekly-updates-for-2012-05-20/

I was supposed to be breathing salt air this week. Instead, I'm breathing sheetrock dust. Happy no-cation, everybody! #

Trying to figure some things out today. If you've got even one thing figured out, please share and save me the trouble. #

Has anyone shot at Sloss lately? Any permitting hassles I should know about? #

This poison ivy makes me want to write something about "oozing pustules of truth breaking through my indifference." Or not. #

As my Dad would say, we're visiting some relatives @ Birmingham Zoo http://t.co/f5LT4xc1 #

I'd like to increase my bandwidth at home. No cable here, only DSL. Any suggestions on aggregating multiple DSL connections? #

Experience the finest in cast concrete comfort! @ Leeds Memorial Park http://t.co/nYhdwwkb #

Breaks down and plots to kill you…just like Dad's mower! @ Toys 'R' Us Express http://t.co/1XQrpP9N #

My go-kart co-pilot @ Treetop Family Adventures http://t.co/WuB7HdxJ #

Bama moves on to regional final in softball, while men's golf wins their regional by 25 strokes! #RTR #rolltide #

Avengers assemble! @ The Drive-In http://t.co/F6b2iiND #

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"JudyJudyJudyJudyJudy!" R.I.P. George "Goober" Lindsey. http://t.co/mKtCHAhO #

Looking forward to our "Maycation" next week. It's a Maycation, because we may go on vacation. Then again, we may not. Welcome to my life. #

Imagine what our government (and our society) could be like without all the politics. #

Anyone have a favorite U-pick farm on the South side of the B'ham metro area? Looks like Chilton Co. is the way to go. #

Following some good advice to make my novel more accessible to the "Average Joe." In other words, "stop showing off your vocabulary!" #

In the head. RT @realsouthernmen: Twanglish Lesson: Tetch'd http://t.co/1caiyvet #

Remember: every day is new and every day has its own challenges. My challenge today is to accept that I just wrote that crap. #

Just took an Apple survey about the current state of Final Cut Pro. That was cathartic! (@outpostpictures) #

Really sick of being a renter… #mademyownbed #

There's a pretty good chance we'll be moving … again … this year. Anyone know of a good 4-BR rental in the Southern Bham metro? #

It's just South of Jawga… RT @realsouthernmen: Twanglish Lesson: Flawda http://t.co/fbgahM4U #

Saw Avengers last night. Watching Thor tonight. Still need to see Capt. America. I don't think I'm doing this right. #

They say failing to plan is planning to fail. I say a plan is a list of things that will go wrong…at least that's how it works for me. #

I could really use a vacation…or a time machine…or a billion dollars. You know, whichever comes first. #

Finally saw Captain America, and it really reminded me of The Rocketeer. That's probably why they got Joe Johnston to direct. #

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I'll be on the mower, AKA, the Craftsman Death Dealer 9000, if anyone needs me. #

RT @realsouthernmen: We Have a Southern Sweets Showdown Champion! http://t.co/DDFLgJXI #

Back at @OutpostPictures – home of award-winning editors by day, plumbers and coyote hunters by night. #

A little lunch with this nut job @ Newk's Express Cafe http://t.co/n66pDeoJ #

RT @realsouthernmen: New RSM for your enjoyment! "Stomping on Toes: The New Tennie Shoes Syndrome" http://t.co/E0gyqOA2 #

I want to create a medieval knight character who does everything right and by the rules: Sir Pendicular #

My mind has decided to go on vacation a couple of weeks ahead of the rest of me. #

Between Amazon Prime, Netflix and Hulu Plus, why do I still have regular TV again? #rhetorical #

Saw the #supermoon I can't be certain in the all excitement, but I think it looked exactly like a full moon. #

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Up early for a radio interview. Here's hoping she doesn't forget we exist… #

RT @DukeKingMovie: Who is Duke Bardwell? Nashville, tonight's the night you find out! See #DukeAndTheKing at 9pm at #NaFF2012 #

Please RT: Who is Duke Bardwell? Nashville, tonight's the night you find out! See #DukeAndTheKing at 9pm at #NaFF2012 #

Headed to the red carpet soon. Premiere in under 5 hours… #DukeAndTheKing #NaFF2012 #

Film time! #

Still recovering from our premiere. Like everything in life, it had its highs and lows – fortunately many more highs than lows. #

Just violated my own rule of never eating anything called a steamer or slider. #

If you're in Nashville, you can still catch Duke & The King. Second screening today at Green Hills Cinema – 11:45am! #NaFF2012 #

Decided to leave Nashville a day early – halfway home http://t.co/UFDdedu2 #

Home again, home again… Festival swag bags = two excited children. #

On the merry-go-round @ Cameron Oaks Farm http://t.co/LMleRXpW #

Very cool. RT @mashable: 10 #Kindle Cases That Look Like Books http://t.co/nmSUo6cr #

Played Star Wars with my son tonight – lots of action, no plot, no character development and bad dialogue…like the prequels. #

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Just got home from working on @DukeKingMovie all day and night. @KEWheeler pulled a 22-hour day on it. I feel like a slacker. #

Burning a BluRay of @DukeKingMovie in the morning. @KEWheeler and I are hoping it's a lock… #notcountingourchickens #fb #

Just watched the finished @DukeKingMovie with @KEWheeler for the first time. Wow. Just wow. I'm grateful to have made it. #

Watching the final flight of Discovery. Why does this feel like the funeral procession for our collective national dreams? #

Prepping screeners of @DukeKingMovie for more fests and the media. This starts to get fun now… #

I was just interviewed by the very kind @kcscrawford about @RealSouthernMen for the Bama alumni magazine. Looking forward to the article! #

RT @realsouthernmen: Sweet Tea & Nanner Puddin' Face Off in the Southern Sweets Showdown Finals! http://t.co/aBu03OWD #

Forgive me while I shamelessly plug @DukeKingMovie this week. It premieres 9pm this Sunday in Nashville: http://t.co/vo8zRIQo #

This is kind of freaky. I think the kid with his back to the camera at 1:24 in this Disney video about the Orange Bird is me:… #

One of us rented a car b/c of car issues. The other had a car scare on the way up. Then we had no room. But we're here! #NaFF #

Our hotel has free bacon every morning. Reportedly, there were other breakfast items there, too. #NaFF2012 #

RT @RealSouthernMen: Festing Nash Vegas: Used Film Salesmen #NaFF2012 http://t.co/0muoaiMw #

Famke Janssen is taller than I would have thought. I should've worn heels… #NaFF2012 #

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Tomb schmoomb. Move that stone out the way! (I'm not entirely sure that's in the Bible, but you get the idea.) #

The feast. http://t.co/9E4pNc2E #

Getting ready for the hunt http://t.co/yrRbRZC3 #

Watching the Disney classic Make Mine Music with the kiddos. "There is no joy in Mudville. Mighty Casey has struck out." #

There's a little over an hour left to spoil it, but I think I can now claim my first day off in over six weeks. #

I've come to the conclusion that I'm way too ugly to not be rich. Must fix that. #

While I'm working on closing credits, listening to a little Dread. #NowPlaying Dread Clampitt on #Spotify http://t.co/WHgQCCqQ... #

Prior to yesterday, I hadn't had a day off in about 7 weeks – lot of 14-hour+ days. Not coincidentally, I've put on 10 pounds in that time. #

My view as @KEWheeler and I do an interview with Bob Carlton re: @DukeKingMovie http://t.co/dZVyCzem #

The Japanese do know how to make some maples. http://t.co/J83m7QTH #

Starting at 9am Tuesday, you can buy tix to the premiere of our film, Duke & The King in Nashville. Let's pack the house!… #

Back in the cozy confines of @OutpostPictures, home of edits finer than the hairs on a gnat's thigh. #

Another glorious day at @OutpostPictures, where everybody knows your name. They don't know mine, mind you, but they know yours. #

Finishing @DukeKingMovie just might be the death of us. Software issues are outnumbering human errors about 20:1. #

Note to self: following up a joke about hookers with the comment, "Honey, you're the only hooker I want" doesn't really help. #

Home before midnight. What to do with all this spare time? #

It's official: @DukeKingMovie has given me my first grey hair. #

It's 2:20 a.m. Just got home. Time to get to work. #

A little more pub for @DukeKingMovie. Thanks to Bob Carlton at the @birmingham_news for the write-up! http://t.co/SRrsP1ec #

Wannabe's own Wayne Franklin got a little pub today for the premiere of Duke & The King, a production of our… http://t.co/nK9EoYrl #

Thanks to everyone who RT'd, shared, liked or commented on the story today about @DukeKingMovie. Can't wait for you all to see it! #

There should be more food in buckets. Why should chicken have all the fun? #

Is it safe to say that Apple & Steve Jobs changed the old saying to: "Invention is the mother of necessity?" #

George Lucas paraphrased da Vinci when he said "Movies are never finished, only abandoned." I'm living that right now. #

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Working today to lock the back half of @DukeKingMovie with @KEWheeler. Time keeps on ticking… #

Franklin's 2nd Law of Post-Production states that the # of tech glitches is inversely proportional to the # of hours until your deadline. #

Okay, so I've been Facebook harassed today. Like I had time for that… #

I'm not sure if I'm comforted. RT @carybynum: @wannabef just remember: You are somebody. And you're safe here. #

I can tell you how to make a living from home. Of course, it would be my home and my living, but still… #

Listening to some Rush on the Spotify King's X "radio." @ikepigott would be proud. #

Listening to some @livingcolour takes me back to the show they did with King's X at Univ. of Alabama in 1990. Awesome show! #

The coolest thing I've seen today: a timelapse of stop-motion: http://t.co/lRXbL156 #

Okay, grammar pet peeve: I've always said "all of a sudden." But I often see "all of the sudden." Which do you use? #

I'm sure all of you had this figured out already, but I'm an idiot. Okay, back to work. #

I've reached the level of exhaustion where seven hours of sleep feels like no sleep at all. #SacrificeForArt @DukeKingMovie #

In case I haven't said it today, Chris Tomberlin of @OutpostPictures is my hero…even if he does sit around alone in a dark room all day. #

I just added grain to super 8 to make it grainier. Take that digital! #

We now officially have picture lock on @DukeKingMovie! Doing a little press in just a few minutes… #

I've come to realize I don't use nearly enough "do-whats" in conversation. #

Well… I'm guessing Arkansas will no longer be a threat in the SEC West. http://t.co/abgP6np3 #

One carpenter with three nails saved the world. That's a good Friday. #

RT @DukeKingMovie: Thanks to Lauren Reinle for the great write-up in the Northwest Florida Daily News! http://t.co/REhqAu0D #

Another long day on @DukeKingMovie. It'll all be over soon… #

Time for a little Saturday debate: what is the ultimate Rock & Roll song? #

Another great artist appearing in @DukeKingMovie: #NowPlaying Casey Kelly on #Spotify http://t.co/hrXwIBYJ #

RT @dukekingmovie: Uploading a new trailer for Duke & The King now. Watch for the link… #

New trailer! Tickets for our premiere go on sale Tuesday – get yours! http://t.co/cpe4ecgX #

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If I were a knight, I'd want to be Sir Vival of Fittest. #

I must be doing something right, because it certainly seems that forces are aligned to stop me from doing it. #

If you're going to be in Atlanta tomorrow, come see @KEWheeler and myself on the Atlanta Film Fest's panel about crowd funding. 2:45pm #

A painting at Chuy's made me realize there isn't enough fine art with glitter. #fb #

I listened to some Kenny Loggins while on my way home with Chuy's Elvis Chicken. What do they have in common? @DukeKingMovie #

Trying to wake up enough to talk intelligently about @Kickstarter and @DukeKingMovie at Atlanta Film Fest in 3 hours. May not happen. #

Huge thanks to our audience and fellow panelists at the Atlanta Film Festival! Great session. You made us feel semi-intelligent. #

Shooting some good ol' fashioned Super 8 film @ Neptone Recording Studios http://t.co/uiP9Br7w #

Peeking through the live oaks @ Grayton Beach http://t.co/Yhz8M2yf #

20-hour day yesterday, and @KEWheeler and I are feeling it this morning. Anybody want to finish a film for us? @DukeKingMovie #

Franklin's Law of Electro-Mechanical Objects states: If I own it, it will not function properly, even if new. #

The one thing missing from all Macs: a bottle opener. #

Reason #967 that I love what I do: I'm meeting a client today, and I'm not wearing socks. #

The consensus (from the likes of @carybynum, @geestweets, et al) is that I should stick with a career requiring pants. I concur. #

Going for the rare serious post: huge shout-out to God for the miracle of life we've seen in my cousin's baby, Nehemiah. Such a fighter! #

I hope I don't get struck by lightning. I think that would really lower my chances of winning Mega Millions. Plus I'd probably be dead. #

RT @realsouthernmen: Time to pick the other half of the Elite Sweet Eight! http://t.co/2stS7fCg #

The Maverick: A real flying car…with a purpose. http://t.co/CXh1I758 #

Okay, which one of you won it? Fess up! RT @megamilliongame: 97% of the total combinations were played tonight! #megamillions #

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The military should study my garage for developing cloaking technology. Whatever I need at any given time becomes invisible. #

Anthony Grant had success at VCU. Mark Gottfried is surging at NC State. Is the problem not coaches, but Alabama's program? #

Gonna watch the pilot of Awake, because I'm, y'know not asleep. Or am I…not? #

Any young (or not-so-young) aspiring filmmakers out there want to get their feet wet on a film that premieres next month? Lots to do… #

"Stay away from the light, Carol Ann!" #

More interesting (to me) than the alleged Poltergeist curse is the question of who really directed the film: http://t.co/okDpM4UH #

My two biggest issues with Pirates 4: No Black Pearl and no Pintel & Ragetti. (@leearenberg) #

Here's hoping Rossio is on it! RT @leearenberg: @wannabef tell Disney and @BRUCKHEIMERJB @JBFilms LOL.. #

Absolutely! RT @leearenberg: @wannabef Pintel and Ragheti are the R2d2 and C3PO of #piratesofthecaribbean #

How in the world did Disney botch the release of The Rocketeer back in the day? Should've been a trilogy, at least. #

Wait…Does that mean Barbossa made one of you as a kid? RT @leearenberg: Pintel and Ragheti are the R2d2 and C3PO of #piratesofthecaribbean in reply to leearenberg #

Burning coals + hunks of meat = good. (Apologies to the vegetablarians.) #

Draws, draw-ahs or drores? RT @realsouthernmen: Twanglish Lesson: Drawers http://t.co/mXnf2KUE #

RT @zx81basic: Old-time radio and comics heroes burst back onto the scene http://t.co/WuBz4REY #

I can work no more. Long day… #

I'm not got sleep enough. #

Tearing up our movie just so we can put it back together again. (@DukeKingMovie) #

Sweets Sixteen! RT @realsouthernmen: Time to Decide Half of the Southern Sweets Sixteen Match-ups http://t.co/JaTzE6mf #

Is it bad that I suddenly feel motivated to grow my business just because I found an office I like? #

The two great hypocrisies of our age: the hatred spewed by those who preach love and the intolerance of those who preach tolerance. #

Welcome @OutpostPictures to the @DukeKingMovie team! http://t.co/QEzrn0J9 #

RT @dukekingmovie: One Month to Go! http://t.co/miZmokTk #

Too much work. Not enough coffee. #

The first half of @DukeKingMovie has picture lock! Taking it over to @OutpostPictures for a little color magic. #

Did any of you happen to finish the edit on @DukeKingMovie while I was out? No? Oh, well… #

Ghost hunting shows make me want to haunt their producers. #IdiotsScaringThemselvesintheDark #

Every time I see Rick Pitino, I expect him to say, "Just when i thought I was out, they pull me back in!" #

Lack of attention enhances creative thinking. This explains so many things about me: http://t.co/lZssMDQm #

Watching "Rebirth of Mothra." I'm pretty sure we laced all of Japan's water supply with LSD after the war. #

For more than a week, I've been eating all my meals and even sleeping in my office. Yes, filmmaking is that glamorous. #

I can't say anything nice, so I'm not saying anything at all. Except this. #

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Angles' Chicken for dinner. Their Bo-J was blown out, and we all know how painful that can be. #

Alabamians, wanna shrink gov't, stop foreign aid, get out of Afghanistan and reclaim personal liberty? There's only one candidate for you. #

Focusing on one of my many projects always means sacrificing time for the others. Only so much energy and passion to go around… #

Hope all you Alabamians and Mississippians are getting your democracy on today. Go celebrate your right to a peaceful revolution! #

Biminghamsters: we're looking for a swanky (preferably with a 70s vibe) location for some historical re-creations. Ideas? #

I took my son to the polling place with me. Thought I'd show him a little democracy before he came back home to our benevolent dictatorship. #

I think Ron Paul is still in this thing. #AlabamaPrimary #denial #

Newt's campaign couldn't have cast that crowd behind him with a more obvious attempt at diversity. #

I got up at 10 am…shortly after having a dream about sleep. I'm running out of Midnight Oil (not the Australian rock band). #

RT @realsouthernmen: How to be A Fake Southern Man: An Open Letter to Mitt Romney http://t.co/zjoogOMi #

In other words, don't be a consumer, but a creator. RT @disneypixar: #PixarPerspective Don’t just survive. Discover, create! #

RT @realsouthernmen: Why Mitt Romney lost the South: http://t.co/zjoogOMi (Enjoy, @JoeNBC) #

RT @realsouthernmen: We have a feeling @RickSantorum and @newtgingrich will enjoy this: Why Mitt Romney lost the South: http://t.co/zjoogOMi #

I'd like to congratulate CBS on managing to obscure the basket with their score ticker. It's not like it's important or anything. #

Attention Planet Earth: I will commence the 2012 lawn mowing season later today. You've been warned. #

Pitbull makes me wish beer and music had never been invented. #

Great half, Bama! Held a team that averages 80+ to 23 points in the half! #RollTide #

Bummed about the Bama loss. May have to kill a bluejay to console myself. #RollTide #fb #

Uh-oh. Brackets go boom. Glad I didn't do one. #Missouri #Norfolk State #

It's times like this, when everyone else is on Spring Break, and I'm working 16 hrs/day, 7 days/week, that I realize my life isn't normal. #

I'm shopping for honest-to-goodness Kodak film stock for the first time in ages. Sure it's Super 8, but still… #

South Florida couldn't win at the local Y. #marchmadness #terribleshooting #andthiscomingfromaBamafan #

I tried really hard to post something funny this morning. Not happening. So a very unfunny "good morning" to you all. #

Err and go brag, everybody! #

The boy and I had our first lightning bug hunt of the season – catch and release, of course. #

The box for one of my Super 8 cameras, only…there's no camera! @ King Valley http://t.co/QEwPW8W2 #

Trying to power a French film camera with Japanese video batteries so I can shoot scenes about an American icon. @DukeKingMovie #

Nic Cage's "Southern" accent in Con Air makes me want to rip out my ear drums. The film itself creates similar feelings toward my retinas. #

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