the frisson of nomination

Ah, spent the evening with my friend Kevin, who just got nominated for a best editing Oscar for the Descendents. Seriously, why does spell checker always say I misspell that word? How is it spelled? Oh, DescendAnts, of course. Anyway I am so pleased for Kevin- such a blast to be nominated, and in a tux he looks so dignified and yet always as if he’s about to have a martini. Which he often is.

POPPERS day one

Finished the first day of scoring POPPERS at FOX. Orchestra sounds magnificent. But it’s very detailed stuff so it takes a while. My engineer Greg discovered that the room was designed to have the orchestra pushed back against the back wall, and the conductor in the centre. That’s how it sounds best, and you can see in vintage pics of Alfred and Lionel Newman that this is how they used it. Somehow people forgot, but that’s how we are using it again. I used not to like it as much as the historic room over at Sony, but now I’m not so sure.

Eating too much chocolate though. The kitchen has too much of the good stuff.

connection’s shadow

When we find ourselves falling in love with someone we feel we know yet we don’t really know at all, we are setting ourselves up for a fall. The quest for our soulmate is a quest to find our other half, or that part of ourselves that is missing. But the part of ourselves that is missing is not to be found outside of ourselves. It is to be found within. We must be willing to search the dark shadows of our own psyche and find where we have rejected, abandoned and betrayed ourselves.

(Source: narcissismfree.com)

opening to the present:

I am reminded of a story about a couple and the ritual of leaving home for vacation.  Every time they were about an hour out of town, the wife would say, “I forgot to turn off the iron!” Back they drove to check the iron, which was always off.

One trip, about an hour out, she again said, “I forgot to turn off the iron.” Her husband pulled to the side of the road, opened the trunk and pulled out the iron. They went on their way.

Manifesting abundance involves releasing what has happened in the past and fears of what could happen in the future.

The Notorious & Despicable Song Shop- last week- this is one of the 6 songs. Renee Stahl wrote and led this one.

Star Wars Ipad briefing. I just don’t know why this is funny, but it is.