Kysis

Wow. My last journal entry was in 2010?  A lot has definitely changed.  Here's a brief run-down, followed by why I'm back here: I have a BA in English with a focus in Creative Writing and Film. After graduating, I worked as an extra in a few shows, was on the stunt team for a movie, and then got a job as an English tutor.  Since then, I've worked tons of jobs at the same time as being a tutor, and came to the decision that I should go back to school to retrain entirely. So I'm getting prepared for medical school now. Crazy, huh? Yeah, I thought so.  Oh yeah, speaking of changes, I'm a man now.  Surprise? Moving on, I'm back here... because

So, I haven't gotten a chance to upload anything in quite a while.  Here's what's up. This summer, I was working two jobs (Staples Office Supplies and Chow's Asian Bistro), taking summer school (Cinema Arts: Beyond Hollywood) which was part research papers, part production goodness, as well as reopening Mikara Falling. It has been a long time, I know.  After those two rejection letters, I was not quite sure where to go with Mikara Falling, and I had some ideas for the starting few paragraphs, but just could not find the inspiration.  That changed in November, when I was actually engaged in a conversation about Mikara Falling, and realized h

Starting disclaimer: If you are easily offended, this is not a place you, or is it?Or are you the one who needs to hear this the most? Truthfully, I'm an abrasive person. But it's abrasive people who change the world, not passive people who sit by, twiddling their thumbs and picking their noses as the world passes them by. So, I've been thinking lately. I've been thinking a lot. Quite a few conclusions have come from this. The anatomy of the human brain and the anatomy of modern film (at least in America) have a lot in common. The brain has different regions which perform different functions in daily life: hunger control, touch, sight, smel