Back to Normal???

It’s over – thank goodness the month of May is FINALLY over!

It blazed by. I knew it would. It’s impossible to be that busy and have a month drag on. No – May flew by in a flash of glory and guts bringing with it performance opportunities, great meals with good friends, reunions with people I haven’t seen in forever AND – an official festival selection!!!

YES – ACTION!!! will be screening at the Broad Humor Film Festival in Venice Beach California Saturday June 12 at 6pm at the Electric Lodge!
This will be our North American Festival Premier and we (Poison Oak Inc.) couldn’t be more excited! By the looks of things we are one of just three feature films screening at the event featuring a myriad of short films – all comedies, all written and directed by women.

We’re getting a great response from our people some of whom are making the trek out to LA to be a part of the festivities!

It’s happening – just like I said it would back in January or February or whenever I started this blog. All we need to do now is get distribution and we can start work on the next project. Well, we might be starting work on the next project anyway – a pilot in Daytona Beach – or we might be doing an Industrial in Orlando. Or an Industrial in Daytona…

We’ve got a few potential things in the works – not to mention a few series ideas to pitch and possibly get picked up.

There are some bigger deals in the works as well – but if I typed about them, I might have to hurt somebody:) (Probably just myself!)

So the work right now is balancing my life.

Can I be true to my inner writer and actress when I’m being the producer/director version of myself? And what of my inner friend, sister, daughter and lover? Should being financially and professionally successful come at the premium of being a failure in my personal life? Can I still help the improv troupe thrive if I’m busy promoting the film we all worked on?

Can’t all my goals work hand in hand in hand?

I watched two of my dearest friends get married Saturday. It wasn’t just a wedding – it was a production. The Epic-est Wedding Ever, as I call it! And me and another thespian friend lamented the fact that we did not have significant others in our lives to create that kind of spectacle with.

Don’t get me wrong. I have amazing creative and talented friends in my life. I get to make comedy and movies and song parodies and all kinds of great things with them. But I’m still holding out for a relationship with a ‘significant other’ that’s that stimulating and inspirational.

Do I have to wait until I’m a success? And will that make finding a lover less or MORE difficult? Men are so frequently intimidated by strong successful women… and yet to have someone love me before I ‘make it’ but adaptable to still want me after I make it – that’s a lot to ask for as well…

I guess I won’t worry.

It’s silly right? I just spent a wonderful day on a boat with friends and now I’m finally getting some much needed and sorely missed ‘down time.’
Things will all fall in place. I just need to let them – starting with the Broad Humor Film Festival in two weeks! http://www.channelsusan.com/broadhumor/features.htm

So all I need to do is make it through the next 12 days without spontaneously combusting – should be nooo problem:)