Hollywood in Financial Crisis?

I heard on NPR this morning that Hollywood is making waves in Washington DC. They want the government to stand up against pirates. And Johnny Depp has nothing to do with it. Or maybe he does. At least his films made money. So what that they made some crazy amount like $300,000,000 world-wide on Curse of the Black Pearl - they made it on a projected budget of $140,000,000. We should all know that a film is NEVER made at or below budget. So, they only doubled their money.

Click this and then click the link to "Hollywood Has a Tough Audience in Congree" to hear what KPCC and Dan Glickman has to say about it.

Who is Dan Glickman? An ex-politician turned head of the MPAA and is afraid that people will think that film people are "a bunch of rich people in Hollywood making a lot of money on the movies."
-----But wait?!
-----Aren't they????

Yes and No. It's more like, "a bunch a rich people in Hollywood using other rich people's money to make a lot of money on movies while nickel and diming a lot of the people who put in the most hours." At least that is what I hear.

I also hear that Hollywood is one of the last professional arenas in the USA where hard work, dedication, and persistance will get you where you want to be just as much as a degree from Harvard.

Perhaps because Hollywood is so glamorized in the rest of the nation, we forget that there are people who are in LA on sets and shoots and in production offices that are there because they love it AND get to make money doing it! Isn't that a deep desire in us all anyway?

Your thoughts....

Might as well have fun with it.

I figured since they made me "upgrade", I might as well play around with the look of things. Take advantage of the new features I have given my email soul up for.

POOP!

So, they no longer let me sign in using the "old blogger" account, so I had to sign up for a Google account, which I never wanted and now I have to remember a new password and a new username because they wouldn't use the old one. On top of that, I can't switch over to any other site without having access to "new blogger".

I guess Google bought blogger and now they are the gatekeepers of the domain, which means they want to know everything about you before they let you do anything of interest. It is like, so, totally Brave New World/1984.


grrrr.

FINALLY!!!!

HOLY COW!
It only took me a week to figure out how to log in to my blog and post without having to change up all these fancy new log in account things.

NOTE TO ALL WHO READ THIS!
I am working on a new blog/website/domain thing... so be informed that soon and very soon you may be typing in some new letters to read all about it.

I need to apologize, first of all, for totally flaking on my vow for a post a day. Writing is like scrubbing the toilet to me. I hate actually doing it, but I sure do love the way it looks and smells after. It's like you can sit your little tushie down worry free. And THAT is something to be happy about.

I have come to the realization that wedding planning is a pain in the ass and that if I knew that six months ago, I would have hired a wedding planner, told him or her that the colors are purple, silver and black, and Paul and I will see you on March 30th. Have your way with it.
Now, I am absolutely sure that this would backfire and that this is not REALLY what Paul and I want, but just as Dr. Clay Schmidt's office and two witnesses sounds better everyday - so does the wedding planner.

I guess I am having fun when I am not busy with other stuff, like, ya know, work. I can definitely see that this was a lot of happy good times to young lovelies who had/have nothing else to do but plan their weddings. Today however, we lovelies have lots to do beside plan a wedding, so it can be a bit stressful - especially for those who aren't called to be planners in the first place (pick me! pick me!)

Some good stuff to know:
I am on a mission to facilitate the faith/culture/media dialogue. I thought I would let you know so that it will not surprise you if the tone of the muse changes a bit.

I read this great blog the other day, where the tagline was:
"Blogging is easy, commenting is hard."

Gotta love it.