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Thanks to David K.

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1.) I'm moving into a new flat!! Yay!!!

2.) I'm currently re-writing "Any Other Day / Jeder Andere Tag". When I wrote the screenplay, I was very influenced by realist filmmakers, such as Michael Haneke and Takeshi Kitano. Reading it now, I found a few flaws - in general, it feels something so detached from my current style (or the style I intended it to have from the beginning) that the script needs to be changes, and whaddayaknow, since I got some time on my hands, I decided to re-write some parts of it. Can't tell how much it is as of now, but it'll be a lot darker and a lot closer to the psychedelic-noir style I intended the visuals to be.

I'm very proud of some parts though... thinking that the first rough draft/treatment was done three years ago is quite shocking, because it still feels so fresh and exciting. It just needs the right atmosphere and coloring.

3.) Some cool things ahead I don't want to talk about just yet. Ha.

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The soundtrack for ABORT is finished!! Yes!!! Hooray!! And I'm terrified how great it is. Expect to see the film VERY SOON near you!!!

Apart from this, it's rather looking dire outside. It's a sea of yellow leaves on a dark grey sky - the sun hasn't shone for days, there's storms at night, and I seriously considered to go out and do an improvised short of two teenagers who live in a post-apocalyptic world, in which their parents called one of the Old Ones. No sun for weeks and 98% of the population gone, the kids have to swallow big red pills to stay healthy, now and then need to cover their faces behind masks in case one of the Old Ones walks/rumbles by and have pretty much nothing to do all day long... not sure yet if it's a good idea or is suited for a fun short, and I guess it's up to the people I'll ask if they participate if it is.

Apart from that, here's some more great stuff I've been checking out recently that I find to be quite inspiring.

Think I don't have to say anything to introduce Rosey. Perfect album. Buy it.

If there's something that screams instant fun to me, it's scene kids in comics (or film, I'm looking at you, KABOOM), and Suburban Glamour is pretty much what makes scene kids great. Imagine two teenagers who're living in the middle of nowhere, obsessed with pop culture and music, as realistic as they are ridiculous - there's not much apart of occasional sex, drugs, school and nagging parents, until our heroine finds out she's sort of in the middle of a faerie war. It's hilarious, and by the co-creator and penciler of Phonogram, which you hopefully have read by now. The book's also cheap as hell, you can get it for 7 Euros on amazon. Not bad at all!

Inspiration and True Blood