I certainly admire people who do things.

“I certainly admire people who do things.” - Bruno Antony

I have been experiencing a bad bout with sleep lately. This past Wednesday I was up at 3:30am. No real rhyme or reason other than the pinkish orb inside my skull was on overdrive. My brain is rather mystifying. The moment a task or job is complete, it is on to the next. It refuses to rest or relax. Instead, my mind is constantly churning. I attempted to calm down with a shower, but when that didn’t work I decided to pop in a comfort flick and do some work for MovieJawn.

My idea of cozy cinema may be a bit peculiar… but what about me isn’t? I find much solace in Hitchcock’s motion pictures. I have watched Psycho an embarrassing amount of times. My latest obsession is: Strangers on a Train. This is the film I decided to turn on at 4am and when it came to the end, I almost wanted to hit play again. I am not sure what causes me to hyper-fixate on things, but it happens every once in a while. It is no secret that when I do become wacko on a subject, I lose all sense of time. The fascination becomes my entire personality.

With this latest venture, if I had to take a guess… I believe it is my fondness of Bruno Antony that has led me to this compulsion. There is a lot about his character that I understand. His quest to want to do everything before he dies… I have so much I want to do before coffin time, like visit castle Dracula, Disneyland Paris (Phantom Manor looks like a dream), gallivant in Switzerland, make a feature film with Katie that stars a mannequin and maybe even take a stab at writing a book. However, what really stands out to me is his admiration for people that do things. I want to be one of those people. I want to make my dreams a reality. I want to not be afraid to take a leap. I want to believe in myself.

When I ponder this latest motion picture infatuation, what I come up with is: No one gets anywhere without taking chances. Unlike Bruno, my aim is not to commit the perfect murder. Instead I want to know that I tried my darnedest to accomplish my goals. This will require thinking outside the box, especially if I want to convince someone to give me enough money to build a Cinema Church. One thing is for damn sure though… I am going to stay on this train until I reach my destination, because heaven forbid I end up getting off in Metcalf.

This summer MovieJawn will celebrate it’s tenth anniversary. I am in awe that we have continued to keep the lights on for a decade. To salute this momentous occasion, we will be attempting to publish a book in honor of our print heritage by sharing articles from our back catalog. Much of the writing that has been featured in our print zine is only available within these back issues and it deserves to live a second life. This is a bit of a daunting project and luckily I have assistance from one of our staff writers, Melissa Strong, who has some familiarity with attempting to publish a book such as this.

Together, Melissa and I started going through back issues of MovieJawn last week and it truly felt like traveling back in time. I will be sharing more about this project with the MovieJawn staff during our second Town Hall of 2025 this coming Sunday and how they can get involved in assisting us. In the meantime, one thing has been made clear to me: Now more than ever, people need MovieJawn. The world is an absolute mess and I refuse to allow these evil billionaires to silence us. Most importantly, now more than ever, MovieJawn needs to get back to our roots. Which means: time to get weird. What does this entail? Well… you’ll find out.

This week I am proud of… getting back to making reels on Instagram. It is a small thing, but important, because it reminded me how much I have fun playing with a camera. I have an itch to make another mini movie with my dollz - watch this.

Check out my latest reel here…

This week I recommend… The Ransom Note Sticker Book. Available for purchase here.

I just learned about this handy little book and I am definitely going to procure one for myself, post haste. As seen on the silver screen… The key to any good ransom letter is that it does not leave a mark of who the author is. NO TRACE! This means one should never compose a correspondence of this sort in their own handwriting. In today’s world it is best to work old school. This book is the perfect solution.

Oh and one more thing… (said in Columbo voice)

Happy you are here.xx.goodbye.

Tell a friend.