Shep: The Puppy That Wanted to Be a Pony

We're taking a trip back to the film-making archives. Shortly after graduating from the UCSC film school, I made the following short for a 48hr film making competition that my friend Dana hosted:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRivuakGD50

The video had to meet the following requirements:
The video must be in the genre of a Western.
-The following props must be included within the movie:
a Coca-Cola beverage
a floor mat or area rug or something comperable
a 'horse'

Trying vs Doing

My friend Nima just gave me one hell of a Rocky-style pep talk (the gist of it is below):

Talking about doing things is fun. Trying to get things done is nice. But the only thing that really matters is getting things done. You're in LA, you've got no reason not to make this committment, now get stuff done. If that means background work, then do it. That's doing something. Don't try to do something, you've done enough to get where you are, now do what it is you want to do.

It's all too easy to get caught in the trap of preparing for some fuzzy later date. Continue to prepare, but do so by acting - do so by making forward movement.

As in: Stop reading this post. Get up, and take concrete action towards your goal. Now.