Rough cut of movie going over well with Daniel and runners of RealmsCon. Considering it's not even a finished movie, that's a good sign. Although it still has all that illegal soundtrack.

Plan is to finish the cut with new music and put it online for a year or so completely free (like a sort of online theatrical release, thanx Whedon & Co. for the germ of this idea).

Border City is coming along great. That reminds me, I need to get what I can to Monty in the emails today.

Here in Denver watching CNN play channel 6 New Orleans Gustav news and feeling that weird pit in my chest like when I was here last, which was right after Katrina. It's not going to be all that bad, but I am now seriously considering moving out of NOLA with all my breath so I never have to feel this way at least about whether I get to go home again or if my new project is being ruined by another natural disaster. This is only, in political words, a stop-gap measure, however, in that I will still suffer from New Orleans being fucked over and over and Global Warming will reach wherever I go, eventually.

Other than all that noise, it's been a great time. I was in Denver for DNC, fun since this is like all liberal Obama country and I don't offend anyone or start arguments when I say I'm going to vote for him. Most importantly, no one asks me "Why?"

Dana's wedding was the living shit. Her bridal procession was the theme song from Angel. Denver lets you marry each other, so it was "By the power vested in YOU by the state of Colorado". When the audience was asked for its blessing on the union, we yelled "So say we all!" The recessional for the couple was the end credit song for the game Portal. Dana was completely punk rocked out, with orange and yellow hair that matched her flowers, a white dress without the leg skirt and big black boots. At the reception, the DJ was the couple's iPod, then the wedding party played the Portal song on Rock Band on a huge projection screen and handed it off to everyone else. They made a mix CD for everyone who showed up with all their songs on it, most of which are from Rock Band.

Really want to move to NY. Just seems like where I should be, for more than five reasons. That's really not going to happen, though, unless I get this online film venture to take off like gangbusters, whatever that means. Mixing metaphors is fun!