In honor of the terrifying February that we used to endure at Interlochen (my fellow alumni will know what I'm talking about), I've decided that this month will be INTERLOCHEN FEBRUARY. (I may do this next year, too. I don't know. We'll see.)
The concept? Simple: Every day in February, I will recall one memory from Interlochen, each one a prompt of some kind--a word, a day of the week, an incident, a holiday, anything of that sort. For instance, Mishka might tell me, "Write about snow," and I will have to choose a memory associated with snow and write about it. Sounds easy enough, right?
So I meant to start this yesterday, but it got knocked out of place by the Italy Diaries. (Sorry about that, Inty people.) But yes, for those who are wondering, I WILL do this every day. Yes, even tomorrow, on Vagina Monologues opening night (and if you live in Westminster, you should really come and see it, it's going to be amazing), when I'm going to be crazy-busy. So enjoy this, fellow Inty alumni and Inty-lovers--this is going to be one giant month of "Never Forget."
DAY 1
February 2
Prompt: "Something that made me laugh."
Oh, Lord, there are too many to choose from...but I think I'll go with one that happened my junior year. The first day of my junior thesis shoot was a total riot...but our last shot was without question the funniest. Andrew Way, the actor playing Gavin, was supposed to say, "Ronnie, don't go, I like you," and Alex Diehl (Ronnie) was supposed to reply with "I'm straight" and walk away. After he walked out, Andrew was supposed to curl up on the bed, crushed, but since we were filming a frontal angle of both boys, when Andrew laid on the bed after the rejection it was an extremely awkward view of his plaid pajama-covered backside. I told him, "Okay, this time we won't go all the way to the end of that take, because we already have coverage of you on the bed." Andrew decided to take advantage of this, and after Alex "rejected" him, he stared at Alex's retreating form and emphatically said, "Fuck!" The entire crew collapsed in laughter as I managed to screech, "CUT!" and proceeded to nearly pass out laughing. I swear, that moment alone was worth the hellish pre-production process.
Got a sense of how this works now? If you have an idea/prompt, feel free to let me know. :)
Also, if anyone wants to see "Possession" (I can't believe I'm doing this!) you can watch it here:
(The above outtake, however, will sadly not be included. :( Maybe someday in the future...)
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