Wednesday, March 14, 2007
Rage Against The Stupidity Machine
The world is full of stupid people. That much is obvious. One does not need a sociology degree to understand that. One does not need to work at a computer help desk to understand it either, although that fact is driven home from the minute you take your first call. Just walk down the street in any city, any town, any place where there are people and that point will be driven home. The world is full of stupid people.
So many people don't have a clue yet think they do. Their IQ is the size of a period (which far too often they forget to put at the end of the sentence) yet they think they're ready to be the next Einstein or Milton Friedman or Stephen Hawking. Those aren't annoying, yet they aren't half as bad as the ones that think they're geniuses and march up and down the street proclaiming it.
"I graduated from Harvard". Yeah and you passed all the exams because you had your roommate fill in the correct answers.
"Look I know how to operate a computer". Yeah you know how to turn it on. If you really knew how to operate it you wouldn't be calling for help. Unplug the machine, go to the library and check out a book "Computers For Dummies". If you can actually read that is. If you cannot and you are over 20 years old and have at least a high school diploma, then please do all of us a favor and just stay at home and watch American Idol until your brain falls out and stop making it unsafe for the rest of us. Oh and if you do own a car and a computer, have your friend who can read take them both back to where you bought them. Thanks.
The world is full of stupid people. That much is obvious. One does not need a sociology degree to understand that. One does not need to work at a computer help desk to understand it either, although that fact is driven home from the minute you take your first call. Just walk down the street in any city, any town, any place where there are people and that point will be driven home. The world is full of stupid people.
So many people don't have a clue yet think they do. Their IQ is the size of a period (which far too often they forget to put at the end of the sentence) yet they think they're ready to be the next Einstein or Milton Friedman or Stephen Hawking. Those aren't annoying, yet they aren't half as bad as the ones that think they're geniuses and march up and down the street proclaiming it.
"I graduated from Harvard". Yeah and you passed all the exams because you had your roommate fill in the correct answers.
"Look I know how to operate a computer". Yeah you know how to turn it on. If you really knew how to operate it you wouldn't be calling for help. Unplug the machine, go to the library and check out a book "Computers For Dummies". If you can actually read that is. If you cannot and you are over 20 years old and have at least a high school diploma, then please do all of us a favor and just stay at home and watch American Idol until your brain falls out and stop making it unsafe for the rest of us. Oh and if you do own a car and a computer, have your friend who can read take them both back to where you bought them. Thanks.
Tuesday, March 13, 2007
Finished Draft 1
Finished the first draft of Desk Jockeys. Now I'm at work on the second (and final) draft of it, before we begin the acid test. The test that is of trying to get someone interested enough to finance the production. Either that or start working 24/7 to get the $7,000-11,000 necessary to make the movie on my own.
I also started writing draft 1 of what will become my High School Musical comedy (no relation to that hit Disney Grease rip-off piece of shit).
Zodiac
Saw Zodiac yesterday. I cannot recommend it enough. See it if you wanna see a great movie sure. But see it as an example of filmmaking 101 if you're an aspiring filmmaker (like yours truly). But SEE IT!!!! See it as an antidote to most of the Hollywood crapola out there.
Finished the first draft of Desk Jockeys. Now I'm at work on the second (and final) draft of it, before we begin the acid test. The test that is of trying to get someone interested enough to finance the production. Either that or start working 24/7 to get the $7,000-11,000 necessary to make the movie on my own.
I also started writing draft 1 of what will become my High School Musical comedy (no relation to that hit Disney Grease rip-off piece of shit).
Zodiac
Saw Zodiac yesterday. I cannot recommend it enough. See it if you wanna see a great movie sure. But see it as an example of filmmaking 101 if you're an aspiring filmmaker (like yours truly). But SEE IT!!!! See it as an antidote to most of the Hollywood crapola out there.
