Pluggin' Away

I continue to forge ahead. Today I received my letter of support/endorsement from the Chief. I have made a contact at St. Arnold's beer to see if they can donate their fine product to my fundraising event. I have almost decided on the event location, although I am waiting to get the Reserves' 501(c)3 IRS letter which I will need. And I have a meeting set up for next Friday with the Chief and a few of his staff to discuss this fiscal sponsorship thing and my fundraising ideas. As soon as we iron out those details the Reserves Film website will be ready to launch publicly although I also need to figure out how to get PayPal up there since folks love to donate with their CC's. I have also pretty much finished my press release to be sent out ASAP!

Tomorrow is my next guerilla film shoot. It will be a family reunion, my dad's side of the family and I'm glad I will be busy shooting/interviewing b/c I am quite sure I have nothing in common with most of the people that will be there. They are all small-town types, and generally have no higher education to any of their names although most have immediate family members either serving or have served time. However they do tend to be champion beer drinkers and some of them are quite musical. My great-grandfather, an interesting man who lived to be in his 90's and was also a pedophile, played wonderful accordion for example. I happen to be the current owner of his accordion and will be bringing it along for the occasion; I'll also bring my acoustic guitar b/c one of my dad's uncles wants to play it.

BTW, thank you God, for allowing me to be born to my particular father and mother who are the 2 incredible, brilliant, shining standouts from both of their respective familes, my father if only for his amazing intellect and creativity! Jesus, did I narrowly escape a horrible fate otherwise. I shudder and fall to my knees in gratitude...

And tomorrow night is Accordion Kings! Now that will be a soul-filling event, as it always is.