My Place in the Sun

Saw Match Point last night after having read glowing reviews here and there. Reminded me of A Place in the Sun.

For a better Woody Allen movie, my vote goes to Take the Money and Run.

When I was in 10th grade, my social studies teacher overheard me saying how I thought Four Weddings and a Funeral was garbage. She told me I wasn't mature enough to understand the movie. She was an obnoxious and generally unpleasant woman so I didn't pay much attention to her lectures, let alone her personal opinions.

Unfortunately, she was probably right.

There are a lot of "great" movies I don't get, probably because my brain refuses to accept that it's OK to be a grown-up moron. Call it immaturity if you wish. There are a ton of "great" movies I don't get because I don't have a good sense of humor nor a love of comedy. Then there are those "great" movies whose only crime is their exorbitant running length. But alas, I hate those too.

Here's my short list of 5 "great" movies I can't stand:

5. Scarface
4. The Jerk
3. Nightmare Before Christmas
2. Ghostbusters
1. Patton

And in case the world is wondering what this scribe considers cinemetic excellence, it's real simple. To quote LeVar Burton, "But you don't have to take my word for it!" Check it out here.

And the Lord Jesus said...

Ye Shall Be Caught Up.

Even though John kicks my ass for thinking this, I'm actually, dare I say it, a bit blue that it really is almost over. What the hell am I going to do with my life now that I won't have to come home and see Jeff's face (or ass), or Epi's Jesus Christ, or Tang's GO, or Janet Mustafa's smoke?

Well, dear readership of one or two, you shall be happy to learn that we are working on NHP: FFP #2. More details about that to come in the summer, but for now, know this: it's not a western. We initially had plans to do a western (to be followed by a pirate movie.) We've switched things around for logistical purposes and because we still have no money. Therefore, this is what's on the NHP future plans roster: HORRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRROR, western, pirate movie (all subject to change).

Hey if you're still reading and you, per chance, are in the band and would like to have your music in our projects, please email info@everybodyhatesjeff.com. Wouldn't necessarily be for this flick but we have lots of other projects in the works.

And finally, this blog makes me think that I'm a terrible writer. My sister once told me she read my journal and it was super boring. I thought she was just being an asshole but it turns out she was right. Okay so I guess I'll never write a memoir.

And you wonder why...

things don't get done.

Let's see how well my To Do List is going.

-Finish music sample mix for Matt.
Music mix? Shit.
-Finish up Epi 2 scene.
Yes. Finished Epi 2. Hail, hail, hosa-a-a-a-a-na.
-Start Money Montage.
Realized yesterday there's a scene I forgot to enter in my shot list. Brilliant filmmaking at it's finest. Need to take care of that one before I can move on to the Money Montage. Two steps forward, three steps back.
-Buy Twinkies.
Got Ho-Hos instead.

Must complete all of this by 1/6/05.
Today is 1/6/05 and all I have to show for it is a sore throat, a runny nose, and a bad attitude. Still, I shall make another To Do List. If I keep making these, something's bound to happen. Right? Here we go...

My To Do List:
-Finish Matt's Music Mix.
-Start AND Finish Jeff House
-Start AND Finish Money Montage
-Start Surgery!
-Exercise

Complete by midnight, 1/9/06. Wish me luck.

My TO DO list

MXR TO DO list:
-Finish music sample mix for Matt.
-Finish up Epi 2 scene.
-Start Money Montage.
-Buy Twinkies.
Must complete all of this by 1/6/05.

Let's Begin

Welcome to the Everybody Hates Jeff – The Diary Blog.
If you don’t have a blog yet, you and I are not in the same club. Took me a while to get here, but I’m hip to it now. And if you’re still living in the blogless world, join the revolution, my friend. Hop on board cuz this welcome wagon WILL leave without you.

I have no idea what any of that means.

HOWEVER, this blog is replacing the “NEWS” section of the website. For now, anyway. I will use this blog to communicate with all of you who passive aggressively let me know the site hasn’t been updated since…September. FYI, I know this because I update the site.

So anyway, here’s how this will hopefully work out. You will learn about the progress of the movie and what you can do to spread the word to promote this diamond in the rough. You will also learn about upcoming projects. We’ve already started pre-production on the next picture. But, most likely, you will just see what a jerk the director of Everybody Hates Jeff is (yours truly).

So thank you for tuning in and if you haven’t done so, for God’s sake, buy a t-shirt.

I love you the most,
Mabelle Reynoso
info@everybodyhatesjeff.com