I believe...

A Statement of Beliefs,
By Michael Domangue

I believe in me,
In my existence, and in my desires

I believe in god,
Though I also believe we've gotten really good at invoking him only when it suits ourselves

I believe in freedom,
But if you don't fight for it, it won't come to you

I believe in love,
But it's not easy, you have to wait, and wait, and wait, and then, you hold on

I believe in art,
It's the difference between humanity and very smart robots

I believe in beatles,
Despite what john lennon said in a sad point in his life

I believe in discovery,
On the way through life, you must be challenged

AND ABOVE ALL

I believe in change,
Therefore I will not be in the way of it, no matter how much I wish I could stop it

The longer the break....

THE MORE BITS AND PIECES YOU GET!

That's right ladies, gentlemen, and web surfing nerds! It's time for

Bits and Pieces

While a lot has been going on in my life lately I haven't blogged much of it because I couldn't think of a way to write it all down. Hopefully I can start writing some more posts in the near future.

Am I talentless?

I ask because these days it seems as if I'm either A)Two steps behind these brilliant visual RTF'ers or B)Content with the no-budget no-movement cast friends only style I do. It worries the crap out of me sometimes to think that maybe I'm not going to evolve much in film and I will not have the eye to direct or the voice to write. The bigger problem lies in the fact that by having all this self-doubt that has really taken hold this semester, it actually stunts my creativity in the process. I mean, I still have manic moments when I can go from idea to short script in an hour, but they come farther and father apart now. There's nothing I've written or done that is good enough for people to take notice to what I'm doing. Nothing original, nothing ground-breaking, nothing that applies to my concept of "chronicling our generation" that I used to preach about in high school.

These things are weighing me down right now. If I've seemed depressed, prone to mood swings, or just out of it, it's because of this monkey. I want so badly to make something that says "I'm Michael Domangue" but I just don't have it yet.

SXSW is on the horizon and I have an awesome plan lined up. I figure I should see over a dozen movies throughout the week while I'm volunteering. If your staying in down you should head downtown for spring break, enjoy the vibe if nothing else.

At my current rate of spending I should be able to possibly travel to Louisiana in April. No promises.

IF, big if, I can convince my parents to let me take a four-day trip through America to get to Ohio, you may see a shaggy college student stop off in Auburn come Mid-May.

16 days left of being a teenager... so weird.

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Just a Random Thought

This isn't really a full post but I really thought I should bring it up.

Have you ever heard of a love triangle and though...

"Yeah, that's odd, and destructive, and hella unusual."

I'm definitely not trying to add to the drama pile here but it almost makes me happy knowing that I'm not in dating mode right now in Texas. I'm just observing this and remembering my love triangle that almost ended up in me fighting one of my best high school friends.

Maybe I should extend this post.

EXTENDED
EXTENDED!

Her name was Cathryn. We all called her Cathy.

She was cute when I met her and a mess when I last saw her. Typical of a lot of the Outsider caste I was friends with in high school. For a year we were friends and then she dated one of my best friends Donkey. They made out EVERYWHERE!

EVERYWHERE!

Maybe I am at least remembering it that way but they were a close couple. But I still had a large large crush on her so during one of their make-up break-up moments I asked her out. What followed were six days of star-crossed high school hormonal... you get the picture.

She dumped me at the end of the six days and went back to Donkey. Then dumped him, then met this dude in high school who already had a kid and started having "relations" with him.

Needless to say that this story, due to it's drama content alone, has stayed firmly in my mind for several years.

The last time I spoke to her I told her to never talk to me again, that was junior year of high school and we have not spoken since. That may be a big regret of mine, not letting myself forgive her.

END FLASHBACK

You see folks, love triangles between friends end badly, it ends in drama and transforms CS majors into screenwriters.

Here's some hole.

For you know who....

Hope you're cheering up!