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In film school you find that there are fans and there are die hard fans of those who are in the “biz”. When I say the “biz” I am talking about film/television/art/music, anything artistic. For the sake of this post I am going to stick to what I encounter in studying my major, Film and Video. Of course there are the obvious idols; Scorsese, Coppola, Tarantino, Spielberg and, obviously, I’m only naming a few here. But, there is one director that whenever someone discusses the work, there are fans who will jump right in and praise their devotion to knowing it, repeating it, and eventually emulating it. Then, there are those who will cock their head and eventually agree to liking the work and at the same time finding themselves empathizing with others who will give in and admit to not even coming close to understanding what they had saw. The director I’m talking about is David Lynch. I am not only talking of Mr. Lynch in this post but I also a fan. Admittedly, I am more often at times one of those who finds themselves cocking their head.
There are many fansites and webpages praising Mr. Lynch’s work, so that is not what I am doing here. But I did come across an interesting article about something he said. As a fan I felt that this was encouraging news for those of us who are trying to get our work out to the public in the most affordable and artistic way (i.e the internet). So for all of you who I empathize with who find themselves cocking their head whenever they see a Lynch film because they have no clue as to what’s going on, you may not feel this is newsworthy. But for the rest of us, this may put a smile on our faces when we are shelling out the doe for that awesome digital video camera, mic setup, lighting, and whatever other tools are needed. I wish you could see me now because I am smiling. Really I am.
Here’s the link to the David Lynch article from MTV.
The photo is of my two friends Josh Gibson and Matt Vasiliauskas who had the chance to attend an event where Mr. Lynch was a guest speaker.
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Hey come check out what it’s like when I have a day out in the corn fields. Erna, Joanne, Tina, and myself arrived at the research site in Will County, Illinois before the other crew and I decided take a video so I could share it with you. I hope you enjoy.
It seems as if Jeff”Zemote” O’Hara has tagged me. This is the 3rd time I have been tagged this year for a internet tag game. All I can say is unlike grammar school I don’t mind being tagged by these guys.
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So, I have been asked to write 8 random things about myself. The tough part to this is to tell just enough and not to tell too much and yet be random. Awww, the hell with it. Here are 8 things off the top of my head:
1.) I have been playing the guitar since I was 5 years old. (All kinds) 
2,) I went to Israel while in high school through an exchange program.
3.) I have two burn scars from two different incidents in my life.
The first was from when I was 3 or 4. While sitting on a family friend’s lap on his motorcycle, I tried to reach for the handle bars and accidentally slipped and my forearm hit the covering of the motor/engine (whatever you call it) and it burned off a 4 inch length, 1 inch width oval section of skin from my forearm. It healed quite well. 
Second was a work injury. I was doing an analysis under a hood and didn’t realize that my lab coat sleeve was touching the tip of a nitric acid bottle. My sleeve soaked up the acid and eventually came to my arm and suddenly I felt this burning sensation/pain. It burned a 1 inch length, 1/2 inch width section of skin. This mark is more obvious. 
4.) While in Israel I was followed by two Swedish men who thought I was from Yemen and asked my chaperons if it was possible they could buy me from my father. Thank god I hadn’t pissed the chaperons off. 
5.) I won a Gwendolyn Brooks poetry contest when I was 13 years old for a poem I wrote titled “A Fragment of Eden”. It is supposedly in one of her publications. I never did find it. 
6.) I didn’t learn to drive a car until I was 24. I never really needed one because of Chicago’s public transportation system and my dates always had cars. 
7.) My mother and father were childhood sweethearts. Well at least teenhood sweethearts. 
8.) My first name, Tiffiany, came from Tiffany’s jewelry store and my middle name, Dominique, came from a disco club that was in a Dean Martin “Matt Helm” film.
There you have it. 8 Random Things. Now I tag Mike Ambs, Clintus McGintus, Chris Brogan, Manda Walker, Zadi Davis , Steeve Woolf, Phil Campbell, and Bill Streeter. If you noticed I picked some heavy bloggers here and it’s for a reason. I would really like to know what these guys have to randomly say about themselves because they are awesome motivators. I truly think it would not only be interesting but I might learn why it is they are so awesome.
I had the priviledge of attending a Network2.tv get-together. Not only was it a chance to meet Chris Brogan and Jeff Pulver, but I also got the chance to meet some people I have been connecting with on Twitter along with meeting new Twitter users.I got the chance to listen to and learn about the ideas that these amazing people are trying to implement and/or try to get more people involved. I will definitely suggest you visit the pages of these Twitter people who are also shakers and movers making things happen on the web.Thank you Chris and Jeff. You guys are awesome and I hope I get to hang out with you guys in the future so some of that innovation can rub off on me.Here’s a list of the people I got a chance to hang out with:leahjones, Bleu Caldwell, Jeff O’Hara/Zemote, Mark/1god, Randy Lawrence/Randalaw, Lance Weber, Chris Brogan, and Jeff Pulver.
