Well, recent bloggy developments have moved me to place Noonz Wire and NoonzWheels on indefinite hiatus. Any of you who had been regular readers saw that posting had become a lot more infrequent, anyway, so this probably comes as no surprise.
It's all good, though. Click on the link above for the rest of the story.
Thanks to all of my regular readers and to all the bloggers who've exchanged links with me and sent people my way. I'm eternally grateful.
Special thanks to Joel at The Stupid Shall Be Punished -- the first blogger to ever link to me -- and all the Submarine bloggers at Ultraquiet No More for letting me join their group, even though I didn't have the background or cool stories to tell like they all do.
Take care, everybody!
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duminică, 30 ianuarie 2011
Once upon a time...
...the Noonz wanted to work in movies.
I was a film student at Miami, and I worked on a few features as a PA when I got out of school. Along the way, I got sick of not making any money and came to the realization that as interesting as being on sets was, I liked watching movies a whole lot more than the grind of making them.
Let me digress for a moment. People who act or perform on-set functions know this, but the average moviegoer really has no idea, no matter how many HBO "First Look" docs they see: People who work on film and television productions bust their asses. The hours are insane. The work can be highly stressful. Much crap is dealt with.
Sometimes it's fun, though. Sometimes you meet great folks on the project. Alfred Molina comes to mind here. I interned on The Perez Family, and Alfred (who played the male lead) was a super guy. Classy. Friendly to everyone. I root for him to win an Oscar someday.
Anyway, I'm rambling and way off track. Back to the point of this whole thing.
Another movie I worked on was Reckless. Shot here in CT, it starred Mia Farrow, Scott Glenn and Mary-Louise Parker. I remember that the Teamster captain on the show, Frank, had some of the best set stories I've ever heard.
Anyway, Reckless was a weird movie. I didn't really like it very much when I went to the premiere in NY. It was the last gig I worked on before I pulled the ripcord and bailed out to regular-jobdom.
Today, I found something that made me crack a smile. Reckless, that strange movie that nobody I know has ever even heard of, gave me a novelty that comes as a complete surprise.
I was a film student at Miami, and I worked on a few features as a PA when I got out of school. Along the way, I got sick of not making any money and came to the realization that as interesting as being on sets was, I liked watching movies a whole lot more than the grind of making them.
Let me digress for a moment. People who act or perform on-set functions know this, but the average moviegoer really has no idea, no matter how many HBO "First Look" docs they see: People who work on film and television productions bust their asses. The hours are insane. The work can be highly stressful. Much crap is dealt with.
Sometimes it's fun, though. Sometimes you meet great folks on the project. Alfred Molina comes to mind here. I interned on The Perez Family, and Alfred (who played the male lead) was a super guy. Classy. Friendly to everyone. I root for him to win an Oscar someday.
Anyway, I'm rambling and way off track. Back to the point of this whole thing.
Another movie I worked on was Reckless. Shot here in CT, it starred Mia Farrow, Scott Glenn and Mary-Louise Parker. I remember that the Teamster captain on the show, Frank, had some of the best set stories I've ever heard.
Anyway, Reckless was a weird movie. I didn't really like it very much when I went to the premiere in NY. It was the last gig I worked on before I pulled the ripcord and bailed out to regular-jobdom.
Today, I found something that made me crack a smile. Reckless, that strange movie that nobody I know has ever even heard of, gave me a novelty that comes as a complete surprise.
Peach Bowl Blogging
In about 30 minutes, the 5-Time National Champion Miami Hurricanes will begin kicking the crap out of the LSU Tigers.
GO CANES!
Maybe I'll liveblog some of the game, time permitting.
Miami is the road team, so they'll be sporting their white jerseys. Hopefully, they'll wear the white pants as well, because I'm really not crazy about those green uniform pants. Yeah, I have issues. I know.
Anything is better than the godawful throwback unis they wore earliere this year.
You can follow the game with live stat updates at the Peach Bowl website.
Update: Miami is rocking the home orange jerseys. Nice!
Halftime: Well, there is much crap-kicking going on, but I am chagrined to note that it is the guys in the yellow hats that are doing it. We need a huge 2nd half...
4th Qtr: 12:27 left. 37-3 LSU. Good God, what an unmitigated disaster....stop throwing, guys. Just run the ball so this can mercifully be over.
Final: 40-3 LSU. Miami looked lost out there. They had no answers to anything LSU threw at them, and then followed it all up with a classy tunnel brawl. In that sense, it was like old times. Except without the winning...
This is the most ignominious Miami Hurricanes football loss in recent history. I thought they were a better team than this, but the numbers---and my eyes---don't lie. Miami was totally unprepared, while LSU looked good enough to beat any team in the country.
The Canes got slapped around.
Kicked all over the field.
Manhandled.
Then, when it was finally over, they couldn't even deal. They threw punches in the tunnel like a bunch of petty little thugs, adding insult to injury.
How utterly disappointing.
If this is the level of play we can expect to see against quality opponents, it'll be a million years before they win anythiung meaningful again.
The Canes need fixing. Let's see what happens.
One thing's certain:
2001 seems like a million years ago.
GO CANES!
Maybe I'll liveblog some of the game, time permitting.
Miami is the road team, so they'll be sporting their white jerseys. Hopefully, they'll wear the white pants as well, because I'm really not crazy about those green uniform pants. Yeah, I have issues. I know.
Anything is better than the godawful throwback unis they wore earliere this year.
You can follow the game with live stat updates at the Peach Bowl website.
Update: Miami is rocking the home orange jerseys. Nice!Halftime: Well, there is much crap-kicking going on, but I am chagrined to note that it is the guys in the yellow hats that are doing it. We need a huge 2nd half...
4th Qtr: 12:27 left. 37-3 LSU. Good God, what an unmitigated disaster....stop throwing, guys. Just run the ball so this can mercifully be over.
Final: 40-3 LSU. Miami looked lost out there. They had no answers to anything LSU threw at them, and then followed it all up with a classy tunnel brawl. In that sense, it was like old times. Except without the winning...This is the most ignominious Miami Hurricanes football loss in recent history. I thought they were a better team than this, but the numbers---and my eyes---don't lie. Miami was totally unprepared, while LSU looked good enough to beat any team in the country.
The Canes got slapped around.
Kicked all over the field.
Manhandled.
Then, when it was finally over, they couldn't even deal. They threw punches in the tunnel like a bunch of petty little thugs, adding insult to injury.
How utterly disappointing.
If this is the level of play we can expect to see against quality opponents, it'll be a million years before they win anythiung meaningful again.
The Canes need fixing. Let's see what happens.
One thing's certain:
2001 seems like a million years ago.
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