party = unwatched Criterion discs and good Scotch

We should so have a party right here on this very site

Why wait, I'm already drunk.

elliott (otiose)...

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I agree with this. You're all a buncha damn losers. You all should be livin it up while you're still young in the prime of your youth.
I'm pretty anti-social+nerdy too but that doesn't stop me from boozin, gettin in drunken brawls, and gettin on sluts. Filmmakers=great potential to get laid. Use your filmmaker status to your advantage.

Wow.

Hah, that's what I was thinking too.

I still party occasionally, and film isn't my complete life. I realize I do have to socialize sometimes (ie-going to the movies) and live it up a little. But going as far to saying being a film maker provides a great opportunity to get laid? I disagree. If you're suave you don't need something like a career choice to get you laid.

-Kegan

They don't call me Rico Suave because I have a ponytail and speak with a Mexican accent.
I'm just trying to help you losers out.

Mmm. I didn't mean to imply that you were losers for not partying. More specifically, to those of you who are "squirreled away watching movies most of the time," how do you draw inspiration to write or direct or do anything involving characters and stories? I would encourage antisocial nerds above anyone else to attend parties, watch, listen, talk to people and find out who they are and what they're doing... Ask the cute girl why she's wearing mittens in the summer... Ask the middle-aged beatnik why he's still hanging around college parties... Ask the drunkest guy in the room what his most embarassing moment was... Vivan! Disfruten! Se imbuyan de vida!

Edit: LOSERS!

Personally, I'm not a recluse and I'm not anti-social. I have a big circle of close friends that I see more often than my parents (even while living at home). However, my life does not revolve around social contact. My happiness is not dependent on it. I can have just as much fun by myself than I can have with friends. I put neither my interests nor my friends first... I'm equally invested in both and so far it's been a good balance.

What I have little respect for is the kind of person who looks forward to nothing more than the next party, where they can get their quick fix of happiness in the form of drugs, alcohol, or sex. That kind of person only sees fun in the form of small doses, and when they're not at a party they want to be at one. Now that's what I call a loser.

well i be a wee sophmore in highschool but i have been to a few partys like TEH LAN PARTYS! ahh teh haxxorzzzzz....just kinddin!

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Originally posted by mmrempen:

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I agree with this. You're all a buncha damn losers. You all should be livin it up while you're still young in the prime of your youth.
I'm pretty anti-social+nerdy too but that doesn't stop me from boozin, gettin in drunken brawls, and gettin on sluts. Filmmakers=great potential to get laid. Use your filmmaker status to your advantage.

Wow.

again just for the rest of us WOW

Yeah, I'll also have to disagree with the whole filmmaker status helps you get laid theory... From personal experience.

I met this really hot mongolian at my old high school who was... well, really hot. Anyway, she was over at my house... or my uncle's house rather, and we went into my room. Unfortunantly I had forgotten that earlier that day I was unpacking and testing my camera, so I had all my film stuff set up in my room and worst of all, the camera was even pointed at my godamn bed... Yeah, she left pretty soon after.

Overall I've done a bit of both. I used to party waaaay too much... I was "the kind of person who looks forward to nothing more than the next party, where they can get their quick fix of happiness in the form of drugs, alcohol, or sex." ****ed me up pretty bad for awhile... Now I'm barely partying at all, except a bit on the weekends.

It really does screw with your film aspirations and even interests, though. Not so much because of time as because of "looking forward to nothing more than the next party"

Very well put, Josh.

I still think you calling me a loser is sort of overboard, especially because you don't know me. My situation is that I'm tired of being involved in things where there's girls wearing mittens in the middle of summer or a middle-aged beatnik hanging out at a college party. The closest I get to that is the club that I go to once every 3 months these days.

I draw more influences from things I've done or seen in the past. I used to be in a band, we used to gig around local venues. There was a lot of partying a few years ago, but now I'm a lot more reclusive mostly because of college and my yearning to do well and because all of the people that I used to call my 'friends' are all ****ed up now, and I'm not. I still write music, but I don't perform much anywhere on account of I just don't feel like involving myself in that kind of situation where I might go somewhat out of control again.

The circle of friends that I have now are all the type who'd rather just sit around, BBQ, and just shoot the crap about music or movies or art or whatever. We're all artists, I'm a musician/filmmaker, my other buddy Jason is a comic book artist with moderate success, my friend Bryan is a musician, my friend Jong is a fantastic painter, my girlfriend Wakako is a design major at FIT. We don't get ****faced and start fights or whatever, we're past that. I draw more influences from the discussions I have with my best friends and my girlfriend more than anything else.



She's hot and smart.

I just felt like bragging. I'm not a loser. She's proof that one could use his musician/filmmaker status to attract beautiful exotic women.

Yeah I was just yankin your balls. I rarely party hard these days anyway, but I used to, a lot. And those types of experiences help inspire and create stories tremendously. I think it's essential to go out and meet wild people for any artist, and better yet, become one of them, at some point in their lives. It ages your soul - fast, making you wiser and widening your perspectives on a lot of things.

But yeah I was just poundin your nipples, all of you. I have a dark sense of humor, and also a tendency to throw manners out the window. I'm like a chimpanzee with the soul of a homo.
Let's have a round of beers on Kyle and dance to some Rico Suave. TO THE NOOK EVERYONE

Jesus, I was kidding when I typed "LOSERS" in the edit. Can't you losers understand a joke?

woot

I partied hard for two years. You know, 4 nights a week, not remembering much. I caused some trouble, pissed some people off. I didn't get anything done as far as filmmaking goes. Now I'm not such a dumb ****. I'll jazz on some Canadian whisky every once and a while. Other than that, the Gabe has really calmed down since winter of '05/'06.

Same with me, Harmonica. Very much the same, actually.

I think partying is a necessity, especially for the anti social people. People are everywhere and affect everything and everyone, so social skills are anything but unvaluable. Partying, I think, is a great (if not the best) way to build those skills.

I'd start making up for lost partying now, or you're all going to **** yourself when 10 million people are watching you get your oscar, or when you have to coordinate 200 extras, or even when you're making a pitch.

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Originally posted by Josh:
Personally, I'm not a recluse and I'm not anti-social. I have a big circle of close friends that I see more often than my parents (even while living at home). However, my life does not revolve around social contact. My happiness is not dependent on it. I can have just as much fun by myself than I can have with friends. I put neither my interests nor my friends first... I'm equally invested in both and so far it's been a good balance.

I am exactly the same way. In fact, I need a lot of alone time.

I find that just observing people is a great way to draw from experience. People often give me a hard time because I can be quiet. They think I am shy and antisocial, yet they don't realize that I don't talk just for the sake of hearing my own voice. I tend to know a lot more about people from just observing them. I know social skills are invaluable and necessary, yet I have to disagree that the only way to gain these skills is through partying.

I can see how that approach would help you better understand people, but I doubt it helps in interacting with them. Socializing is half interaction.

What's wrong with talking to hear yourself talk? What's wrong with talking to hear yourself talk? What's wrong with talking to hear yourself talk? What's wrong with talking to hear yourself talk? What's wrong with talking to hear yourself talk? What's wrong with talking to hear yourself talk? What's wrong with talking to hear yourself talk? What's wrong with talking to hear yourself talk? What's wrong with talking to hear yourself talk? What's wrong with talking to hear yourself talk?

'partying is a necessity'? Give me a break. There's nothing wrong with going to party and having a few drinks, but people that live and breathe on that kind of frivolous interaction are pathetic. 'Social skills' are also possibly less important than you imply depending on what you want to accomplish in the world.