✨️ May the Upside-Down Cat bless you this Spring Equinox ✨️

Tons of dramatics in my brain but after a lot of venting and re-focus and music, feeling so much better. Things to write and a booth to work on and a gallon of coffee from freshly ground beans is what I need. ☕️

I am thrilled to announce that I have joined the ranks of fellow writers who will ever mention completing their first draft of a screenplay in a café.

I need to see this. NEED TO. 😆 m.imdb.com/title/tt2187... I'd also love to keep making more movie poster art...so I will keep doing that.

Thinking of Dolores Huerta and how she didn't deserve what happened to her. 🖤

"My silence ends here." Read Dolores Huerta's statement about her decision to reveal that she was sexually assaulted by Cesar Chavez. www.thenation.com/article/acti...

When occupying a space that claims to be inclusive & speaking up when something feels off is seen as inappropriate or criminal, run. It doesn't feel good turning down work because my bills could really be paid right now, but it also doesn't feel good to suffer the "keep your head down" stress.

Hard pill to swallow: sometimes you'll work and won't get the recognition, or the cheers, or the thanks, or the validation that your effort is helpful, or the acknowledgement for being present for that thing you love doing so much - and you may even never find out why you've been overlooked. So?

I got up to make a snack and suddenly found myself standing in my kitchen flipping through random shots from one of my cemetery walks this year because a I suddenly thought it would make a cool piece of art for a thing. Sometimes the ADHD does something useful.

In the spirit of shooting shots and doing crazy things, I'm watching videos about making short films today as I wait for more bits and bops to show up for my booth project - got motivated to make a movie poster and ALMOST didn't. But I did...sharing it is the brave thing to do so here goes. 💃🏽☕️🖤

If the Oscars taught me anything, it is these two things: Opportunities won't show up or always be won - make your own and if people laugh at you, let them go. Get started on those weird and impossible ideas NOW. When you're angry, sad, and pissed off at the world.

Shared this yesterday on Threads, and it got me thinking about how much I love vinyls, and how vinyls would be perfect to listen to whenever I want to cut screen time. ⏺️🎼

No, YOU are awake at a ridiculous hour making a list of whimsical things to buy & do that remind you of who you are through one of the lowest points of your life. To-do: short film 👻 Also. If I don't have a coffee mug with spicy puns or a flowy gown for every mood I experience, why am I even here?

This is the pose of a cat who knows he is loved, safe, and will be given tuna upon request.

Glorious day full of more booth building. I've gotten re-familiar with a drill, nail gun, and staple gun. This is turning out wonderfully messy but REALLY cool so far. My little DIY heart is happy at the messy progress thus far. 🖤

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I need this. And espresso.☕️☕️☕️

The people behind the scenes matter. I've heard so many times "no one cares about THIS work I'm doing, it won't matter to them" from people I work with. It breaks my heart. Every moment of what we see, hear, and FEEL from movies or podcasts or television shows or any media we take in, all matter.

Sometimes it's important to remind myself that: some people are very hurt, I am cutting back on caffeine so I am moody, and I am also very stressed about needing to find work immediately. I'll do anything to protect my cat from the world woes though, because...priorities.

I am going to get myself out of bed, flourish a robe, make coffee, and write a screenplay.

I have a feeling SINNERS will become a curriculum requirement in study and analysis for future filmmakers. Is that enough? In my very unsolicited opinion, no. SINNERS deserved the Oscar award for Best Picture.

Michael B. Jordan played THREE characters, not two. Smoke. Stack. Vampire Stack. 🏆🙌🏽🔥

Delta Slim is a much more complex and nuanced character than the racist bigot character from OBAA. Delroy Lindo should have won. 🏆

I admit, I really was hoping to see Mark L. Patrick up for a nomination.

I'm not sorry for how much of a curious and persistent menace I will become once I learn how to make movies with just my phone.

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Horror WON the Oscars. 🏆

I am so happy Michael B. Jordan won for SINNERS. I am so happy Jessie Buckley won for HAMNET. I am celebrating THE WINS in horror, especially!🏆🫶🏽

Deep down in my soul, SINNERS won Best Picture. 🏆

For #AudioDramaSunday may I interest anyone in giving a follow to support my little fiction audio dreams? Things are slow-going, but I plan on more momentum over this year. 🖤

It is raining. I am cozily going through a whole batch of recording I did yesterday. This audio is late (not my proudest moment). My throat hurts. But with a little grit and tea, I will get through it happily as I recall years I had wished to be remotely closer to a life like this. This is nice. 🖤☕️

I am mostly on Threads where I share way more than I do here, so here's cat tax. 🖤

Creative Challenge: Give yourself a gold star every time you finish writing one line for that thing you're working on. ⭐️

Whenever my sweet little familiar decides to post himself up for guard duty, I get a little emotional. 🥹

Undertone was GOOD. 👏🏽

I cannot wait until this is done. 🖤👻🔪❤️🐈‍⬛️

My assistant is currently begging for a bite of my Cajun smoked cheese wedge. It contains garlic and is VERY BAD™️ for gentlemen like him so if anyone could send him a kind reminder that I will not feed him things that would spirit him away, I would very much appreciate it.

And for you, a little music to go with your morning coffee? ☕️🖤🌃

I should spend time making music more often. A part of me feels eased and not as tense. Or maybe that was the pasta.

Decided to do the brave thing and just create. Inspired by the moonlight and shadows beneath the skyscrapers of my hometown. 🖤

Tonight I am the skeptical optimist. Things are weird right now - yet I am happily plugging away at things, as one does. Going into it all with discernment and joy. Maybe my really sharp teeth can help discourage shenanigans? 🦈

Hours will pass quicker than you can finish your cafécito before it gets cold. Yay, time dilation.

Friendly reminder that I know how to fight and will do so for beloved friends affected by this.

Giving myself this opportunity to make something dramatic. Dramatic, indeed.

I spent years open about ideas, both unprompted to show my eagerness to help, & also when asked, to show I'm happy to be part of a team. Here's the lesson, please heed it: Under no circumstances should you share an idea UNLESS you are gauranteed the tools and accessibility to make it happen. 🛑

PLEASE don't forget to have fun. This existence is too wild to not bring balance with whimsy or cute chaos whenever you feel the urge strike. ✨️🖤

"It is now a goal to write something so good that it rustles the jimmies of anyone who sets an expectation for stereotypes being present in something that I create." - me, after seeing the negative reviews for THE BRIDE!

Rain sounds machine on while a thunderstorm is happening makes writing in bed a lot cozier and fulfills some type of aesthetic goal I never knew I had.

Brewing the cafécito. 🖤☕️