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12/06/2005: "Tuesday morning observations by Chris Folino"

I'm up, it's 3AM and my how the mind wanders away from the movie and how the blog turns into personal observations.

First Observation, I may have been "Touched by an Angel" his year when it comes to betting on football games. This is my second time gambling and man, did I win big with "The Chicago" game and the "Seattle" game. And I don't want to brag, but I picked Carson Palmer's team to win last Sunday also.

Why am I betting you ask? To help earn cash for the movie.

So, starting off with $50.00 I have now earned Side Show another $150.00
That's right, we are so poor, that I'm betting on football games in order to pay entry fees to film festivals.

Second observation, when feeding one of my twin boys he just smiles, giggles, and attempts to communicate with air vent in our ceiling.

The wife says he's speaking to angels; it looks more like he's got a thing for air vents.

I remember once in college, after what we will call an "EXPERIMENT" I ended up staring at the power socket in the wall and after a good hour I noticed how it had a face. I then attempted to have a conversation with it. It was very enlightening; we talked about Woody Allen Films and God. I remember him saying "God" said let there be light, and GE said "Well then, let them pay for it!"

It was profound then at 3AM in the morning, we will still send each other Christmas Cards.


My second son really looks like Stewie from "The Family Guy" All I want for Christmas is dress him up like Stewie and send out mean spirited Christmas Cards to family and friends.

My daughter is almost five and there is a boy at school who runs around with his lips out and tries to kiss her. It's some cute game, he's came up with. However, He's sixteen; I think I should say something.
I'm joking about the age. He's more like seventeen. It's bad enough; her favorite show is "Zoey 101!"
Oh, I swear I do my best to get her to only watch movies like "The Exorcist!"


So, I was going to turn my attention to world news and talk about "Tookie". Serious, you got to kill him, for the pure fact that his nickname is "Tookie". Nobody, should be in a gang and named "Tookie."
Oh no Chris! Aren't you concern that the Crips might get mad at your blog!
Well, first off? I didn't know that gang members could read! Congrats! Second, I'm from El Monte, where our gang members had nicknames like "Chewie", "Tweetie" and "Taz". These were educated gangsters who loved the art of cinema and classic Looney Tunes!

Well, enough with the observations, check out this email I got today! It’s from Salt Lake City, Utah!
It's like taking salt and pouring it on my wounded chest. And that always makes for a great blog right?
So here's the email I got this morning.

Greetings,

"I look very forward to seeing this film and owning it. Is there a place that I can see where you will be playing the movie? I live in Salt Lake City, Utah. I have many friends that would be joining me."

-Gary


Hey Drokare,
Thanks for the email! Hey, if you want to invite us up to Utah, we are open for a road trip!

Otherwise, we tried to get into both Park City film festivals and we didn't make it! We wish all the other filmmakers the very best and we will try again in the future with our second film which we hope to start shooting in six months.

We are hopeful to get into another major film festival with "Gamers" and we do plan on getting a distribution deal!
And if that happens with theatrical release, we will come down to Salt Lake City and I'll buy you a ticket and we can watch it together!

Thanks,
Chris Folino



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