Sketchball

The production meeting on Wednesday did stress me out, I admit, only because it came before a "Still" rewrites meeting and the weight of all I have to accomplish hit me like a pile of couches. And the fact that I was not going to be able to get my way on some things was frustrating. But at the same time, waves of excitement have been washing over me for days.

Best yet!

It was an all-crew meeting but I was surprised to see The Penniless Writer there. Now, only a few people (like Lady Producer, for one) know that I have been wanting to get to know TPW since... forever. Like, I feel listening to him talk would be the most interesting thing. I asked him at the meeting if perhaps he had made any character sketches. He hadn't! I was surprised since he is a cartoon artist (with a great portfolio on facebook, I might add) that he hadn't made drawings of his created world. I guess I just assumed he would have.

But low and behold--what's this in my first class inbox? an email from The Penniless Writer not but a few hours after our meeting adjourned with an attached batch of sketches of the Self Storage people! I laughed out loud at my computer screen and with overwhelming giddiness, wrote him back. In the words of Ross the Intern: "Now I can die".

Through a series of emails, I have discovered that not only has Mr. Soup told TPW about "Still" making it as the Biola film, but TPW has also been reading my director's blog! (productiondiary.wordpress.com) I was overjoyed to hear this! TPW is graduated--but he found my blog! And he told me it was really well written!

Wait.

now I can die.