Dallas International Film Festival 2010

Things are back to normal after my two week "staycation" from work. Although I didn't go anywhere, I did spend quite a bit of time down in Dallas working with the Dallas Film Society as one of their photographers during the film festival. As this was my second year working the festival, I pretty much knew what was expected, and I was able to see a few of the films which were being screened.

It was hard work and at time very stressful (editing and tagging each image by deadline), but I love the people I worked with and now I can hardly wait for next year!!!

Here are a few of my photos:

















The Angelika Theater












Barry Corbin












Mark Birnbaum and Manny Mendoza (Producers of Dig Deep) - Mark was in a great mood and made a funny face for me while being interviewed.












Doug Mankoff (producer) and actress Amber Heard of "The Joneses".
I saw this one, it was pretty good. It also stars Demi Moore and David Duchovny.












Robby Storey and Stephanie Rhodes of the film Hold.
Didn't see this movie because it has such an intense subject matter, but I heard it was REALLY good.

Random shot about 20 minutes before the Red Carpet begins.

I'll post a few more later, but right now I just realized that time got away from me and I gotta go.

Until next time.

Saturday Morning - It's Raining

When I woke up this morning the first thing that crept into my foggy brain was the sound of rain hitting the window. As I rolled over to get that extra 5 minutes of sleep, I became aware of another sound, a very loud noise..."drip, drip, drip, drip, drip". Rain dripping just behind the window glass - lovely!!! So much for the extra 5 minutes of sleep.

Okay, so now I'm up and moving around trying not to wake Hub, (he fell asleep on the sofa during his West Wing marathon last night) while I wait for the coffee to brew.
Tangent: is it still "brewing" if the coffee machine is a "drip" machine??

Need to jump in the shower very soon and start my morning errands. Let's get those things done so that I can spend the afternoon buying some new clothes.

The rain has stopped and now I hear the sirens of a fire truck and ambulance. I hope the accident isn't very serious.

Well, gotta go now to scrub the sleep off my body.

Until next time... :)

As Time Goes On

Wow, 2010!! It's so hard to imagine that we are almost 10 years into the new millennium.

I remember when I was about 11 or so I would calculate what the year would be when I would turn 20, 30, 40, and the dreaded 50. Oh, I couldn't imagine turning 50 years old, that was wayyyy too old and so far away - that day will never come.

At the time, I thought it's going to be forever before I get to 20, but I did, and the next thing I knew I was 30, then I was suddenly in my 40's. My God, where did the time go? How did it move so fast?

When I hit my 40's I sat and thought about the little girl who couldn't imagine time would actually move forward, but it did. Yup, she got older, had experiences she dreamed about, some she didn't, and some that really shook her to the core.

I've made it this far with the support and love of my family and friends - thank you for all your teachings and patience, because I know it wasn't always easy.

All I can hope for is the next 50 years don't fly by as quickly as the first. I guess that's something I can blog about in years to come.

Well, I'll try to post at least once a week to keep you all up to date with me and my life.

Until next time...

Another Day...

So here I am sitting at my desk, in my cube, at work and I really don't want to do anything. As there is little motivation, or just plain old desire to get any work done today...I won't.
In all actuality, I really don't have anything that needs to be done right away, maybe that's why I'm so blase about it. Who knows.

Thanksgiving Day is almost upon us, just 2 more days before America eats their way into a coma.
I personally will attempt to eat normal serving sizes (or smaller) in the hopes of not gaining the normal 3 pounds over the holiday and weekend.
We'll see how it goes. However, I am excited about spending Thanksgiving dinner with friends and family. It'll be the first time I actually cook for more than 6 people. My organizational skills will be put to the test; if I can keep Hub on my schedule and not his own, I think things will workout - if not, then I'll just punt and see what happens.

To all out there in cyber space, I hope you all have a safe and happy Thanksgiving!!

It's Friday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am soooo happy that it is finally Friday!!!

Check out this really cool "waste time" website. It's a video a day type of site. Some of it is really old stuff.

Tonight Hub and I are going to the Star Wars Symphony Concert at the new Cowboys Stadium. Tomorrow I walk in memory of Michele at the 2009 Light the Night Walk .

Hope everyone has a nice weekend.

Funny Story

On their wedding night, the young bride approached her new husband and asked for $20.00 for their first lovemaking encounter. In his highly aroused state, her husband readily agreed.

This scenario was repeated each time they made love, for more than 30 years, with him thinking that it was a cute way for her to afford new clothes and other incidentals that she needed.

Arriving home around noon one day, she was surprised to find her husband in a very drunken state. During the next few minutes, he explained that his employer was going through a process of corporate downsizing, and he had been let go. It was unlikely that, at the age of 59, he'd be able to find another position that paid anywhere near what he'd been earning, and therefore, they were financially ruined.

Calmly, his wife handed him a bank book which showed more than thirty years of steady deposits and interest totaling nearly $1 million. Then she showed him certificates of deposits issued by the bank which were worth over $2 million, and informed him that they were one of the largest depositors in the bank.

She explained that for the more than three decades she had 'charged' him for sex, these holdings had multiplied and these were the results of her savings and investments.
Faced with evidence of cash and investments worth over $3 million, her husband was so astounded he could barely speak.

Finally he found his voice and blurted out, "If I'd had any idea what you were doing, I would have given you all my business!"

That's when she shot him.

You know, sometimes, men just don't know when to keep their mouths shut.