so far so good

woke up both days this weekend around 730. wtf? i mean WTF? on weekdays i am lucky to be up by 745 and then out the door by 8. how on weekend days when i could have slept for forever i am all up and ready to go. ok maybe not ready to GO per se. yesterday i awoke with some serious stomach bad. like bad bad. like i had to cancel my accordion lesson that i had looked forward to all week because i just couldn't deal. it cleared up by late afternoon - but i was pretty touchy in terms of food and drink all day. today i feel way better. still up to early. i mean it was kind of hilarious. it went like this.
730 Cindy: zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
731 Lucky: shoving me with her nose so i would pull up the covers because she wanted to go under by my feet
732 Cluecat: scratch scratch on mattress pad shaking the bed and making that one horrible noise
733 Cluecat: scratch scratch on mattress pad shaking the bed and making that one horrible noise
734 Cluecat moves on to chewing random plastic bag making the OTHER horrible noise
740 Rooster has had enough and flings herself out of bed to go start school things
745 Cindy snoozing off again now that calm is in the room
746 Roosters alarm goes off singing SexyBack
747 Moses hears the alarm and starts the morning meows
748 Cluecat hears Moses and scratch scratch on mattress pad shaking the bed and making that one horrible noise
750 Cindy decides FUGGIT and gets up to make coffee

but now it's just after 10 and i have been WAITING for 11 to come so i can practice the accordion without being the evil neighbor.
i have the house to myself a bit today and am so looking forward to some loud new zorn. some accordion. and just some random alone in the house behavior. it is the yay. i think despite my desire to follow through on invites that i am going to miss a new years celebration today in order to get my innards back balanced and reasonable. we'll see. maybe the rat party will get me after all.

oh and for the film peeps - i am speaking on a panel on weds if you wanna come

MULTI-PLATFORM DISTRIBUTION FOR INDIE FILMMAKERS
Join Bay Area Women in Film & Television (BAWIFT) for another not-to-missed informative event on Wed. Feb 13th and use our new on-line registration system at www.bawift.org.

PLEASE NOTE:
Although many of our special events include both men and women, our general monthly meetings, such as this one, are for WOMEN ONLY!

TOPIC:
MULTI-PLATFORM DISTRIBUTION FOR INDIE FILMMAKERS

Common scenario:
You have finished your film but have no producers rep or connections to traditional distribution companies. Do you panic or, rather, turn to explore multi-platform, hybrid distribution?

What are the advantages and challenges that these platforms (web, VOD, mobile) have for both the emerging and established filmmaker? Are these economically viable alternatives? How do you strategize if you want to work with both traditional and digital distributors? Join us for a thought provoking & informative evening with an outstanding line up of panelists engaged in making multi platform distribution the way of our future.

An exciting roster of currently scheduled to appear panelists for this event include:

TOM HICKS
Co-Founder/CEO of Caachi, a new on-line independent film distribution company whose focus is the filmmaker/content provider. They provide non-exclusivity and 75% of the profit made from the download of each film goes directly to the filmmaker.

GOETZ WEBER
Co-Founder/CEO of IndPlay - InDplay accelerates, expands, and facilitates the worldwide marketplace for film, TV and video rights. Aggregating professional buyers and sellers, inDplay promotes sales across all distribution channels (e.g.,Theatrical, Home Video/DVD,Cable/TV, Mobile/Handheld, and Internet/VOD).

CINDY EMCH
Distribution Manager, AtomFilms - Since 1998, AtomFilms has evolved from an online video pioneer into one of the world's leading brands for independent entertainment. For independent creators, AtomFilms is a pipeline to the big time. AtomFilms expanded in May 2007 with the addition of a new section called AtomUploads, which enables users to
immediately post and share their own videos, while helping us find new content that's right for commercial distribution on AtomFilms.AtomFilms is a service of MTV Networks.

TIFFANY SHLAIN
Honored by Newsweek as one of the “Women Shaping the 21st Century, Tiffany Shlain is a filmmaker, founder of The Webby Awards and co-founder of the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences. Her films have been selected at over 100 film festivals including
Sundance, Tribeca, and Rotterdam, have won over 22 awards including Audience and Grand Jury Prizes. Shlain's films include Life, Liberty & The Pursuit of Happiness, about reproductive rights and The Tribe, about American Jewish identity, which became the first documentary to become the #1 downloaded short film on iTunes.

VANESSA ARTEAGA
Executive Producer-Latin America for Jaman. Jaman is a destination for people to discover, enjoy and review movies from around the world.Having curated and assembled one of the world's largest online libraries of feature films and documentaries, Jaman provides
filmmakers and studios a secure way to distribute and market films worldwide. Vanessa, is also a filmmaker and on the Board of Women Make Movies. Before Jaman, she was the Senior Programming & Production Executive for Wellspring tracking documentaries in the production and post-production phase securing them as a co-production for distribution through Wellspring's major channels.

Date: Wednesday, February 13
7:00 p.m. - Networking and light refreshments
7:30 - 9:00 p.m. - Panel
9:00 - 9:30 - Networking

Location:
San Francisco School of Digital Filmmaking - 2565 Third St., Suite #337, between 22nd & 23rd Streets, SF

(for complete directions to the School visit www.bawift.org)

This event is Free for paid BAWIFT members, $5 for non-BAWIFT members $3 for non-BAWIFT members with student ID.

For more info and register for this event in advance and on-line visit www.bawift.org

Next Month's BAWIFT event:
WOMEN IN PROGRAMMING & CURATING
Wed., March 12th
SF School of Digital Filmmaking

omg

the TIME was just on the grammys
THE FREAKING TIME!!!!!!!!!

morris day is so the bomb.


eta
KEELY SMITH!!! holy shit and she's singing and omg omg omg
breathe monkey breathe
completely unbelievable.