Sunday, July 31, 2016

July

1: pedaling fast through a breezy drizzle
2: eating a Taco Bell bean and rice burrito between takes and stashing it in my back pocket during filming
3: the beauty and serenity at evening in a mountain basin
4: sitting on a retired ski slope and viewing the plains below
5: little interactions with each of my cousins
6: playing in the pool and talking with your friend's little brother at a party
7: jumping back into filming the Groovy movie
8: showing Mom Honest Trailers and Cinema Sins videos
9: stalking a friendly stray mama dog that trotted off after some passers-by, and said passers-by finding you and letting you know she's safe and sheltered in their home for the night
10: rewatching old Family Guy episodes and laughing at the jokes like you heard them for the first time
11: Impulse by Ellen Hopkins
12: watching old home videos and vlogs and laughing at your past self and childishness
13: Wuthering Heights by (director) Andrea Arnold
14: adventuring and getting lost in the desert wilderness
15: playing and mixing music for my short film soundtrack
16: when you spill water on the sidewalk and a lizard comes over to lap some up
17: getting hooked on Supernanny
18: recording a rant while riding a bicycle in the rain
19: return to playing driving games
20: filming the sunscreen fight
21: savoring the delectable "Foreigner Suite" in celebration of Cat Stevens' birthday
22: saddling a horse and naming him Heathcliff
23: The House of a Thousand Lanterns by Victoria Holt
24: scavenger house hunting
25: when the courtesy clerk is extra courteous
26: revisiting Rotary Park
27: beginning the boycott of the dishwasher
28: encouraging training at a doggy play-date
29: measuring, cutting, taping, then standing back to see phase one of the solar cooker building
30: spray-painting safety wear: bandanna and goggles
31: massaging a sugar brick into soft, crystalline submission