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10/10/2005: "First Day of Shooting Part 1"

Unlike most productions, I would imagine you have rehearsals and a reading of the script with your top stars. Well, fuck that when you're doing an Ultra Low Indie Budget film and you honestly have no right to be having stars, however, because, you're an idiot and you get a massive bank loan for a company you just made up and sell al the stock you were suppose to use to buy a mini-van for the arrival of your twins...then it all make sense.

July 29th, 2005. I woke up at like 4AM. My wife was already in the hospital due to almost going into labor during a rehearsal for the movie at our house several nights before.

Our twin boys were due October 7th, however, maybe the fact that I was using our house to shoot 75 percent of the movie, might have helped her go into labor early, I just can't say.

So, with the wife in the hospital and the Doctor telling me "Don't worry, she's safe here, we our going to prevent the contractions." I was like okay! So, the first shoot of the day was the stable scene with John Heard. The very first scene of this movie was with the man himself.
I got there with Fernando at like 7AM in the morning and I'm joking around with Manuel who was doing costumes at the time, Tito the DP, and Kevin. I was like acting like a big man "Yeah, I paid the Doctor off so he'd make sure the kid's didn't interrupt the film shoot." Then God apparently thought I was being an ass and a voice mail appeared on my phone. Yep, my wife's water broke and an emergency C-Section had to be done and I had ten minutes to get there.

To be continued...

By the way feel free to write in the forum about anything. I myself was up late last night with my twins and I got a little freaked out watching an infomercial with two identical midget twins selling real estate.
At first I thought it was a joke, but, testimony after testimony of white normal sized people kept appearing on my screen. I love watching these videos and imagining the conversation the Director is having with the wardrobe person. "Okay, dress them exactly the same in each shot, and I want them to appear very intellectual so give them matching glasses also! and I'm going to need a shot of them with two white dogs that are bigger than them! However, the twins will have total control!" "Yeah, now that will fucking convince people to listen to midgets selling real estate!"

And it worked, I signed up.