What a weekend

Killed it Friday.

Owned it Saturday.

Felt at home Sunday.

I love my crews.

Elmwood and Paris.

Nuff said for now.

That went well!

Wow.  Wow...

So the screening went over great...  

A huge chunk of cast, crew, and more came out to see the preview.  

And they laughed.

And then we drank.  

Ok, I'll admit, we drank even before the show!  

Then  we really drank!

Here's Jim, Russ, and I after we got it all set up...

Here's Jordan, Sean, and I just before people started coming in...

Here's Brie (I love this picture)...  She's the best.  She made a peanut butter and chocolate cheesecake to celebrate my birthday and brought it to the show!

I'll be posting more pictures on Elmwood's Facebook by Monday

Josh and Todd...

Todd and Josh

Tonite's a big deal.

Yes, tomorrow is the big premiere of the movie for the public to see...  And you better come see it!

But tonite.

Tonite...

We screen the film for the cast and crew.  It'll be the first time we all see the film together. 

Eric, Jim, Russ, and I have seen several different cuts as we've gone on.  But this will be the big one.  All the cast will finally see what they worked so hard on, all our girlfriends, boyfriends, husbands, wives, parents, kids, etc, will see what we missed birthday party's and holidays for...

Russ and I started this flick in spring 2003.  We had an idea with a buddy Josh Leder.  We cast Jim and Josh in it, and we started it.  

And it was bad...  So we let it sit.  

Josh and Jim stuck around for the next project.  Josh faded away when he got a girl...  But we couldn't get rid of Jim (we tried!  Just kidding Jim!) and he kept wanting to go back and do "Josh and Todd".  In 2004 or 2005 we tried again, but never even got it cast...  Then in 2008 Jim and I polished up the short film into a feature length flick...  and we were filming by the fall...  

Wow.  Seven years total on this flick, Hell, almost eight!  And now in a few hours we'll be watching it.  I have to admit I'm nervous.

I know it's good.  I've seen it.  

But will anyone else agree?

I'll let you know tomorrow!

And thank you Eric...

For being a true friend.  And honest human.  And for saying yes to being in the flick.

Without you I really don't think it would have been this good!

 Jon and Eric

Monday Song - Come On Get Higher

Happy Valentine's Day!

I miss the sound of your voice

And I miss the rush of your skin

And I miss the still of the silence

As you breathe out and I breathe in

If I could walk on water

If I could tell you what's next

I'd make you believe

I'd make you forget

So come on, get higher, loosen my lips

Faith and desire and the swing of your hips

Just pull me down hard

And drown me in love

So come on, get higher, loosen my lips

Faith and desire and the swing of your hips

Just pull me down hard

And drown me in love

I miss the sound of your voice

Loudest thing in my head

And I ache to remember

All the violent, sweet

Perfect words that you said

If I could walk on water

If I could tell you what's next

I'd make you believe

I'd make you forget

So come on, get higher, loosen my lips

Faith and desire and the swing of your hips

Just pull me down hard

And drown me in love

So come on, get higher, loosen my lips

Faith and desire and the swing of your hips

Just pull me down hard

And drown me in love

I miss the pull of your heart

I taste the sparks on your tongue

I see angels and devils

And God, when you come on

Hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on

So come on, get higher, loosen my lips

Faith and desire and the swing of your hips

Just pull me down hard

And drown me in love

So come on, get higher, loosen my lips

Faith and desire and the swing of your hips

Just pull me down hard

And drown me, drown me in love

It's all wrong, it's all wrong

It's all wrong, it's so right

So come on, get higher

So come on and get higher

'Cause everything works, love

Everything works in your arms. 

(Matt Nathanson)

Snow Is Now A Four Letter Word.

So it's snowing.

Again.

I live in New England, Connecticut to be specific, so I hear all the time "you should be used to this".  And I am.  I'm used to snow.  It doesn't mean I have like it.

I did like it this season.  At first it was refreshing to see it and hear Jingle Bells on the radio.   Then New Years came, and then there's been a storm pretty much every week since.  

And now it's just getting old.

I don't ski, my winter sports are drinking coffee and watching movies, so I have been doing a ton of that (thank you Netflix) but even that is running thin.

Anyway...  back to puppets for a second...

JOSH AND TODD: THE STORY OF A MAN AND HIS PUPPET

PREMIERE SCREENING 2/19/11

AT PARIS IN PLANTSVILLE

CLICK HERE FOR MORE DETAILS!

Monday Song - Dead Horse

Sick of this life

Not that you'd care

I'm not the only one with

whom these feelings I share

Nobody understands,

quite why we're here

We're searchin' for answers

That never appear

But maybe if I looked real hard I'd

I'd see your tryin' too

To understand this life,

That we're all goin' through

(Then when she said she was gonna like wreck my car...  I didn't know what to do)

Sometimes I feel like I'm beatin' a dead horse

An I don't know why you'd be bringin' me down

I'd like to think that our love's worth a tad more

It may sound funny but you'd think by now

I'd be smilin'

I guess some things never change

Never change

I met an old cowboy

I saw the look in his eyes

Somethin' tells me he's been here before

'Cause experience makes you wise

I was only a small child

When the thought first came to me

That I'm a son of a gun and the gun of a son

That brought back the devil in me

Sometimes I feel like I'm beatin' a dead horse

An I don't know why you'd be bringin' me down

I'd like to think that our love's worth a tad more

It may sound funny but you'd think by now

I'd be smilin'

I guess some things never change

Never change

I ain't quite what you'd call an old soul

Still wet behind the ears

I been around this track a couple o' times

But now the dust is startin' to clear

Sometimes I feel like I'm beatin' a dead horse

An I don't know why you'd be bringin' me down

I'd like to think that our love's worth a tad more

It may sound funny but you'd think by now

I'd be smilin'

Sick of this life,

Not that you'd care...

(Guns N' Roses)