Christen's Day in the Life

Okay. Let’s take a second to recognize how awesome and nice God is. Ready? Break.

So. I have been praying about a new topic/script for my Producer’s Unit class because my other script was dumb and I hated it. Thanks to twitter, I found out that Dunkin Donuts is holding a video contest! I am entering it. This is an outline of the past 35ish hours.

Tuesday, October 5, 2010:
10:00A- Log on to Twitter, learn about contest.
10:01A- Freak out and try to figure out how I can actually shoot this.
12:45P- Finish the first draft of the script.
2:00P- E-mail professor for approval of the project.
3:00P- Professor confirmation!
6:00P- Talk to some friends about crewing.
9:00P- Locked script complete.
9:15P- Meeting with Director.
10:20P- Spoke with potential Production Designer.
10:30P- Receive offer to use the Canon T2i
10:30:01P- Accept offer to use the Canon T2i.

Wednesday, October 6, 2010:
10:00A- Sort of pay attention in class, but really focus on producing this thing.
11:00A- Film stage reserved for shooting.
11:10A- Cam op selected, crew set, scripts and info sent to crew.
11:15A- Equipment reservation forms sent.
12:15P- Talked with Dunkin Donuts Assistant Manager who gave me info about getting supplies for the shoot.
12:44P- Post blog and leave to try and focus on work.

Hug from God Take 2.

So. Mighty to Save. That’s a good hug.

But now I’m talking BEAR HUG!

My best friend… the lovely, the beautiful, the stunning, the farting, the cinnamon-lovin’ EMILY MURACHANIAN will be visiting me this weekend. Oh, and her boyfriend Stevie is coming too!
I SO SO SO SO need this.

Their visit is SUCH a blessing from God. My heart is happy. I am so thankful. We will go to Trader Joes, eat Skinny Dip, build a fort, go to the beach, go to church, roast marshmallows over the flame, MAKE CHICKEN FAJITAS, drink coffee, go to Starbucks. Okay, so maybe we won’t be able to fit allll of that into one weekend but I will try.

Dear Emily. Thanks for being my best friend. I love you!

Dear God. Thanks for sending Emily and crafting her into a strong, faithful, humble, Godly woman. You rock. I love you, too!

Don't worry. I didn't die.

I just started a new blog.

It's okay, just click here: christenallocco.tumblr.com

Painting” with reckless abandon.

I call this one “Zoro was here”

The Chase is over...

We are finally wrapped and submitted! This weekend, Team Gryffindor competed in the 48 Hour Film Project in Hampton Roads. We had SO much fun. It was crazy, stressful, fun, frustrating; all wrapped up into one.

I am…

Exhausted
Happy
Sore
Zoned out
Tired
Satisfied
Confident
Proud
Dehydrated
Anxious
Excited.

I have learned a lot from this experience. This time I was SUPER on top of my release forms, but next time I need to be more aware of craft services and locations. I think we have a decent shot at winning this thing. July 16 is the Richmond one… I’m thinking about entering that one too. We’ll see :]

Check the pictures at my tumblr here

I finally did it.

Dear Readers.

I am transitioning my blog to tumblr. Yes, it was time. I think tumblr is more compatible with my interactive communication needs.

I will be posting on both blogs for a while, and slowly transitioning to the tumblr.

Check it out at christenallocco.tumblr.com

I think I've grilled enough for the next 3597832 Memorial Day weekends.

I noted in my previous posts that the boys (Derrick, Jordan, and Nic) invested in a grill. Therefore, we found it appropriate to grill every night of Memorial Day weekend. Here's what went down.

Friday: Steak Night! We had a decent sized crew. Just sitting around, eating steak. Oh, and we played DDR. Looootsss of DDR.

Saturday: Jenny, Keith, Chris, Micah, Chuck, Dan and I went to the Pungo Strawberry Festival! I saw pigs race. There's something to cross off my bucket list. Afterwards we haddddddd Chicken Night! Pineapple/honey chicken breast and barbeque chicken thighs and drumsticks.

Sunday: Probably the best tasting night, Fish Night! I made salmon marinated in soy sauce and honey. So delicious. Plus, we had chips, salsa, tomatoe/cucumber/corn salad, America cake, crab dip, and other awesome foods. Oh and we watched the Perfect Score. So ridiculous, haha.

Monday: "Cookout" Night (In NJ, we just call it a barbecue). After a lovely day at the beach, we had hotdogs, hamburgers, sausage, and oatmeal for me (because I didn't feel like paying for more meat). We ended the night by watching (or sleeping through in my case) Tropic Thunder.

Good times.

Chicken Night! :] Thanks Derrick Collins for the picture.