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JULY 11, 2005
I'm new to this business of blogging, but not new to the use of the pen. I started writing in the 7th grade at St. Aloysius Catholic Elementary School in Cleveland, Ohio. I finished directing 4 or 5 feature mini Digital movies in 2003. I'm starting a whole new series of films from July 15 - 20th, 2005. They will be presented on the international film festival circuit around February of 2006.
I'll start off with the Pan African Film Festival, the Berlin Film Festival, Sundance Film Festival and end with the Cannes Film Festival. All of these projects are hand-made, personal films, miniscule budgets and interesting human stories. There are no special effects and the people who populate my films are pretty much real people.
I attended UCLA and my best friend at the time was Charles Burnett. He is currently directing Danny Glover and Carl Lumbly in Namibia Africa. Their film is about Freedom Fighters.
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I'm new to this business of blogging, but not new to the use of the pen. I started writing in the 7th grade at St. Aloysius Catholic Elementary School in Cleveland, Ohio. I finished directing 4 or 5 feature mini Digital movies in 2003. I'm starting a whole new series of films from July 15 - 20th, 2005. They will be presented on the international film festival circuit around February of 2006.
I'll start off with the Pan African Film Festival, the Berlin Film Festival, Sundance Film Festival and end with the Cannes Film Festival. All of these projects are hand-made, personal films, miniscule budgets and interesting human stories. There are no special effects and the people who populate my films are pretty much real people.
I attended UCLA and my best friend at the time was Charles Burnett. He is currently directing Danny Glover and Carl Lumbly in Namibia Africa. Their film is about Freedom Fighters.
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posted by Samoht Kcinep Rowlf at 7:23 PM
42 Comments:
Hi!
I spoke with David Fluker, the lead actor in "The Backyard," and a featured actor in "The Cane Collection." He called me from his hospital bed. On the night of July 16th, 2005 @ midnight, he had been in a car accident in the vicinity of Crenshaw Blvd. and Century Blvd. in Los Angeles. He will be in a wheelchair for the next six weeks. This will interfere with his participation in the new, mini Digital film that I'm making, "Prelude: Hum Harper."
I start directing this film on July 31st, 2005 Sunday.
One never knows how fate and circumstances can quickly change a person's life.
Marge Carpenter called me this morning. She and her husband had been together for 62 years. They met each other when they were 12 and 13 years old. Marvin was very well liked, loved actually, by Marge's Mom since he always got her home on time. He was a Man among Men and he will be sorely missed by all who knew him.
I haven't turned on my television set in a few days. Making a movie, even a small one, requires a tremendous amount of planning and scheduling.
The weather in LA is becoming hotter; although it is nowhere near as hot as it is on the East Coast of the United States.
DOUG PENICK WRITES ON AUGUST 3, 2005:
I HELPED THOMAS ON HIS MOST RECENT FILM PRELUDE HUMM HARPER . I ALSO WORKED ON SOUND , READING THE SCRIPT WITH ACTRESSES ,SHOT FOOTAGE, SETUP LIGHTING. HANDLED SOUND, DID SET UP FOR SENNHEISER WIRELESS MICROPHONES. MOST ENJOYABLE WAS READING WITH THE ACTRESSES 8-2-05 AT THE EGYPTIAN GIFT SHOP ON HOLLYWOOD BLVD.
DOUG PENICK - MAGALIA, CA.
UCLA SCORES;
UCLA IS RANKED # 5 IN THE NATION IN AMERICAN FOOTBALL. THEY LOVE TO ROAR BACK FROM BEHIND.
THEY BEAT OREGON STATE 51 - 28
RUNNING BACK MAURICE DREW IS DYNAMITE! HE REFUSES TO BE DENIED THE GOAL LINE. HE IS LIKE A RAGING BULL!
QUARTERBACK DREW OLSON MIGHT BE PASSING HARD FOR THE HEISMAN TROPHY.
USC SCORES:
USC IS RANKED # 1 IN THE NATION IN AMERICAN FOOTBALL. THEY ARE ON A 27 GAME WIN STREAK. THEY BEAT THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON 51 - 24.
RUNNING BACK REGGIE BUSH IS SO MUCH QUICKER AND FASTER THAN ANYONE ELSE WHO TRIES TO TACKLE HIM THAT IT IS VERITABLY NO CONTEST.
QUARTERBACK MATT LEINART MIGHT HAVE TO GIVE UP THOUGHTS OF DUPLICATING HIS HEISMAN TROPHY ASPIRATIONS TO REGGIE BUSH, MAURICE DREW AND EVEN DREW OLSEN.
USC IS SO MUCH BIGGER THAN THEIR OPPONENTS THAT IT IS LIKE WATCHING MEN PLAY AGAINST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS.
SAMOHT KCINEP ROWLF SIGNING OUT, BUT NOT FOR LONG. 10:25 PM. 10/24/05
SPONSORSHIP:
Hi Uncle Samoht,
Thank you for sponsoring me. Full Force is just the name of the company. I think the showcase program, shirts, and the Full Force board just show the people and companies who are sponsoring us. The showcase program I think shows the information on the people and companies that sponsor us and I think what ever you want to put on it. The company bags are what the dancers use and they have the sponsors names on them I think. I'll send you a piece of paper to fill out or you can talk to dad to fill it out for you, because the money is due this thursday. If you can talk to dad as soon as possible to figure things out. I might be able to get an extention on the time. If you have any questions please call this number after 10:00.That is the managers number her name is Jarrah. She is a really nice person. Thank you soooo much for sponsoring me.
Love Ashley Paradise 10/27/05
HELLO 11302005
THANKS FOR THE COMPLIMENTS. I'M LIKE A VERITABLE FACTORY. AT SOME POINT BETWEEN 2006 - 2009 I PLAN TO ENTER A LARGE SLATE OF SMALL, PERSONAL HANDMADE FILMS IN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVALS. I'VE PASSED MOST OF THE HOOPS FOR THE BERLINALE TALENT CAMPUS, THE BERLINALE WORKING CAMPUS, SENT IN A 3 MINUTE SAMPLE OF WORK ON MINI DV TAPE, SENT THEM AN EXCERPT OF MY FEATURE LENGTH SCRIPT, " HUM, " AND ALSO SENT THEM A 5 PAGE SYNOPSIS OF " HUM. " I'LL KNOW BY JANUARY 10TH, 2006 IF I AM ACCEPTED INTO THE TALENT CAMPUS IN BERLIN. I'LL KNOW BY JANUARY 20TH, 2006 IF I'M ACCEPTED INTO THE TALENT PROJECT MARKET WHERE I CAN PITCH " HUM. " FOR INTERNATIONAL CO-PRODUCTION DEALS.
Samoht 10/27/05 8:00 pm.
USA
Auvergne: Gaele
Bonjour Samoht,
Sorry for being so late to reply !
It's crazy but even without having a job i always have something to do. I
think i just don't know how to say to myself :"Well, even if everything is
not over and if you have still things to do, you can allow you a 30 mn
break, for example to write to your charming American penpal ! ".
Well, many things took place since last time i wrote.
I think i hadn't told you but just before my son was born we were living in
the far south west of France both working there and i really wanted to go
back living in my mountains so i made Cyril quit his job (he works in
computers) and he got a 6 months contract here in Auvergne but it was not
very good compared to what he had before.
Après ce contrat de 6 mois il a fait une formation et depuis il cherchait du
travail sans en trouver. Comme partout il y a en France beaucoup de chômage,
en plus les rares opportunités sont presque toutes à Paris, surtout en
informatique, et la vie là-bas n'est pas ce que nous cherchons. Bref, on
commençait un peu à désespérer mais il vient juste de trouver un poste
d'ingénieur système très intéressant à Clermont-Ferrand ( la principale
ville d'Auvergne). Ce n'est pas très très bien payé étant donné ses
responsabilités et ses horaires mais on est quand même très content ! Du
coup je suis à nouveau seule (enfin sans Cyril) pendant la journée. Je vais
moi aussi essayer de trouver un travail pour qu'on puissse arriver à acheter
une maison. It's the next step !
Here it has been snowing for 36 hours unceasingly. I took my car this
morning with my son and my dog to go shopping (it takes more than 35 mn to
reach a supermarket from here where weather is ok) and about 4 kms from my
house i was on a very small road, winding slope, and when i tried to brake
and i completly lost the control of the car. I was going slowly but it was
so frightening especially with my son in the car ! Twenty meters later i
ended in the ditch ! It was not too deep so even the car is OK but i was
completely stuck so i called repairs and i came back home in a truck with my
car at the back of it ! J'ai eu dans cette histoire de la chance car si la
voiture était partie de l'autre côté je serais à l'hopital en ce moment car
la route est à cet endroit bordée à droite par un ravin et il n'y a aucune
rembarde !
Enfin voilà il va peut-être falloir que je mange des conserves quelques
jours ! Il continue à neiger , il y a beaucoup de vent : le village dans
lequel j'habite est situé sur la crête d'une petite montagne (d'ailleurs il
s'appelle CRESTE). Je vois par ma fenêtre la neige qui tourbillone et c'est
bon d'être chez soi au chaud, saine et sauve ! J'ai un peu l'impression
d'être coupée du monde ça a un côté assez agréable ...
J'ai entendu aux infos qu'il faisait aussi très très froid dans certaines
régions des Etats-Unis mais j'imagine qu'en Californie vous êtes protégés !
Bon, je vais aller déblayer un peu de la neige qui s'est accumulée dans la
cour.
J'espère que j'aurais bientôt un petit mot de toi. Au fait tu ne m'as pas
dit ce que racontaient tes films. Est-ce que tu as toujours travaillé dans
le cinéma et l'écriture ?
Une dernière chose : est-ce que tu peux corriger mes erreurs dans mon texte
anglais ?
A très bientôt j'espère,
Gaële
Salut Samoht,
Oui, j'ai bien reçu les photos ! Ca m'a fait très plaisir ! Sur celles que
tu m'avais envoyé avant par email je croyais que tu étais le monsieur au
cheveux blanc.
Tu as l'air plus jeune que je l'imaginais !
J'espère que tu vas bien. Est-ce que tu vas partir quelque part pour les
vacances cet été ? Nous nous allons partir une semaine au bord de la
Méditerranée à la fin du mois. J'ai hâte d'y être. Au fait je ne travaille
plus, le patron a viré toute l'équipe parce qu'il trouvait finalement que
l'activité n'était pas assez rentable ... Now i don't look for work anymore
(les patrons n'aiment pas les ventres trop ronds ...), i rest and wait for
my new baby !
Je vais peut-être profiter de ce temps libre pour préparer le concours de
prof d'anglais.
Je te laisse,
à très bientôt,
Gaële
Salut Gaele,
Ca m'a fait trés plaisir d'avoir reçu ta message!
Le monsieur au cheveux blanc est mon pere.
Merci pour tes sentiments, Gaele. C'est vrai. J'ai
l'air plus jeune! Tout va bien pour moi. Non, je ne
va partir part pour les vacances cet été. Je crois
bientot que je vais faire rendre visite a la plage.
Vraiment, Gaele, tu est fortuné! Allons partir une
semaine au bord de la Méditerranée a la fin du mois!
N'importe pas a travailler trop jours. Le patron est
idiot! Quand je reussirai le patron, j'aimerai beaucoup
les femmes qui porterais mes enfants! Je sais que tu
vas profiter de ce temps libre pour préparer le concours
de prof d'anglais.
Je te laisse,
a trés bientot,
Samoht
P.S. Ou est mon foto a toi? ;-)
Samoht Kcinep Rowlf said...
NOTES FROM LEVON MINASIAN - WORLD CLASS DIRECTOR, WRITER, CAMERAMAN & ACTOR FROM ARMENIA 11/3/05
Hi Levon
I saw everything except for "A l'Aube du Printemps," and "Reves d'Ailleurs," & "La Bataille."
You are a world class director, Levon. I'm am more than happy to see & experience your vision.
Thomas
Begin forwarded message:
From: Thomas
Date: November 2, 2005 3:23:52 PM PST
To: "L.M."
Cc: Thomas
Subject: Re: sample of work
Yes. I am a writer. My specialty is screenwriting. I have a B.A. from the Theater Arts Department, Motion Picture Division @ UCLA. I spent many years in post-production at most of the major Hollywood film studios. I worked for Ken Russell as his First Assistant Film Editor on Altered States for Warner Brothers, Gordon Parks' film "Leadbelly" for Paramount Pictures as Mr. Parks' First Assistant Film Editor and I worked for Michael Kahn, Steven Spielberg's film editor on 3 successive features. Michael begged me to work with him on "Close Encounters" but, I was in the process of seeing if I could direct a small film called, "You Gotta Have a Little Luck." I was the TV domestic syndication film editor for MGM for 3 years as well.
Thank you for your comments about my acting. I do quite a lot of acting in all of the little films that I'm making. I learned that this is the best way for me to make sure that I have someone to shoot when I'm ready to roll the camera. Other actors come and go. At least I can depend upon myself being there. ;-)
I have a couple of comedies of situation, gentle sorts of comedies, not laugh out hard until you split your gut sorts of things My comedy arises naturally.
best,
Thomas
On Nov 3, 2005, at 2:09 AM, L.M. wrote:
Thomas, I guess you are on my website
www.LevonMinasian.com
to screen films, click on the stills.
I visited your website, screened 2 sequenses. I think
you are a good actor. Did you try to write and paly
comedies?
best
Levon
a écrit :
Hi Levon,
It worked on the Explorer. I see stills but no
film. I'm on
J'adore Votre Visage, La Bataille, A l'Aube Du
Printemps, Terra
Emota, Lux Aeterna, Overseas Lovers, Reves
d'ailleurs, L'Univers
Merveilleux et invisible de Monsieur Kazarian, Mon
Jardin Noir. Happy
New Era,
thomas
On Nov 3, 2005, at 1:04 AM, L.M. wrote:
Hi Thomas
the link of my demo is working, just ckick or copy
that in your Explorer. May be you have not Wind.
Media
Player in your computer?
Good luck for your feature project on Talent
Project
Market.
Levon
Samoht: a écrit
:
Dear Levon,
J'ai ta message, unfortunately, I can't open
it.
I'll see your
work when I return to Berlin for the 2006 Talent
Campus. I have
applied to the Berlin Working Campus and the
Berlinale Talent Project
Market to pitch my feature length script, "HUM."
Best,
Thomas
On Nov 1, 2005, at 9:13 AM, L.M. wrote:
thank you for spending time to watch and comment
my work.
my demo reel is available here,
http://levon.minasian.free.fr/LevonDemoReelEngl.wmv
you can have a look if you want.
thanks again
Levon
4:15 AM
L'implications sociales du Germinal:
Je suis parfois un peu affole par tous les circonstances des vies des pauvre mineurs dans le roman GERMINAL d'Emile Zola. Je m'excuse pour la brevite de la renseignement. Je sais que l'histoire des litteratures classiques francaises est pleine avec l'oeuvres dramatiques de Zola. Zola est le champion du droit de l'ouvrier pour l'existence comme les hommes et les femmes de la France, les pauvres dans la lutte contre la classe bourgeoise est constant et perpetuel. Emile Zola etait connu partout dans le monde pour ses efforts dans la cause du bas gens. Je propose de considerer quelques situations a propos GERMINAL quant aux relations entre les hommes et les femmes et le contraste avec les vies des classes bourgeoises.
Le theme du film est la lutte des classes. Il y avait toujours des conflits entre les classes ouvrieres et cela les bourgeoises. Les ouvrieres, pauvres, n'avaient peu de moyen pour contester l'oppression, et les greves ne fesaient qu'agraver leurs situations, deja delicates. L'oppresseurs sont toujours la haute societe, les classes bourgeoises en tout ces formes. Les longes greves n'abboutissaient sur rien, et les mineurs retournaient a leurs vies initiales, encore plus pauvres qu'un paravent.
Dans le roman, GERMINAL, il y a un conflit perpetuel parceque deux formes de la societe n'etaient pas en accorde, ils ne sont pas de niveau avec la classe bourgeioise. Poul les laborieux etaient un existence miserable. Les compatriotes devaient epuise par le travail dans les mines. Par exemple, il est necessaire que plusiers gens aident les familles des mineurs pour vivre comme citoyens utiles du pays. Le travaill de la bas ouvrier est toujours sale, avec moins d'argent; il est impossible d'achever l'elevation sociale pour l'avancement dans la societe laquelle ils vivent. Quant aux classes, le mouvement entre les deux classes n'existaient pas et par cette raison il n'y a pas la vision a l'avenir pour eux s'amelieurer le futur n'est pas vif avec les jeunes mineurs. Les travaux sont toujours monotone, toujours dure, toujous tres dangereuse pour les femmes et leurs hommes. Les enfants aussi doivent travailler jusqu'au ils avaient acheve l'annees d'adolescence.
Les vies des classes bourgeoises sont toujors confortable pour tous les miembres. Le pere travaille dans l'office. La mere travaille dans la maison laquelle il y a l'assistance de beaucoup domestiques. Les vies des mineurs sont tragiques et miserables. Ils boivent pour les petites joies dans leurs vies. Leurs femmes adorent les petites faveurs laquelle les gentilhommes auraient offre pour satisfier leurs pulsations sexuelles. Les pauvres veulent soulagemnet dans les bras des femmes parce qu'il n'y a pas temps sufficant pour se mettre a l'aise. Un jour normal est plein de mecontent a cause de leurs situations commes les vies des mineurs. C'est une dilemma naturelle que tous personnes comprennent et acceptent parce qu'ils ne doivent pas faire meilleure. Les systemes des justice n'existaient pas pour les bas ouvrieres. Le probleme avait existe pour milles d'ans.
L'epoque du Napoleon Buonaparte institue un Code Scolaire pour l'avancement des bas classes mais Zola avait decide raconter en forme dramatique les resultats des vies sans les reves. Les classes bourgeoises avait eu toujours tout l'argent, tout l'assistance pour l'avancement rapidement surtout la societe et cette situation etait dangereuse parce qu'il a permet une volatile groupe d'ouvriers, avec impuissance mais l'appetit pour les fleurissants choses d'autres miembres des societe.
La femme, Fleurance, innocente et naif, avec la purete d'une belle femme, songait de posseder un petit symbol du richesse, elle veut un jaune ruban. Un homme l'ai achete pour elle. Fleurance croyait qu'il etait elegant aungque u peu trop chic pour la. Le ruban etait le symbol de la jaunesse et l'esperance et ses desirs pour l'avenir aussi les temps presente. L'ouvrier essayait a seducer Fleurance dans la foret. Fleurance etait belle mais le travail dans les mines n'etait pas pour la tout les jours. Elle accomplissaient beaucoup de travail chaque jour aussitot que les hommes qui travaillaient pres d'elle. Elle gagne l'admiration et respecte de l'autres ouvriers. Fleurance avait responsabilite pour l'assistance a sa famille, s'il Fleurance ne pouvait pas travailler, donc, moins d'argent pour sa famille. Pour une femme, elle avait une grande responsibilite et les pauvres gens apprecieraient ses efforts. C'etait des circonstances normaux dans cette epoque pour les femmes a aider leurs familles. C'etait le genie de Emile Zola a raconter le roman. Zola avaient decrit les environnes et les situations particulieres avec les hommes et leurs femmes dans les mines.
Si non Zola, qui seraient ete le champion des pauvres, les mineurs, les femmes, les jeunes, tout qui doivent tenir un champion pour l'elucidation et l'education des bas vies en France dans cette epoque? Zola etait gentilhomme avec une conscience sociale avec les outils pour achever ses objectifs. Zola defendait les droits de Alexander Dreyfuss, u adjutant juif, dans le service militaire quand une sentence incroyable avait ete lui donner. Dans l'epoque dans laquelle Zola vivaient, sa gran voix etait la crie pour justice et raissonableness qui assistait les gens dans les cours des leurs existence. Zola dessinaient un environnement inescapable, mecontent et pleine avec la consideration d'autres dans laquelle la bas ouvrieres n'existaient pas. Zola avait illumine la nuit noire por les gens du monde entier. Zola etait ecrivain par excellence dans la societe Francaise. Les romans du Zola reflete les miseries dans les vies des les bas des societe. Aujourd'hui, tous les gouvernements dans le monde apprecierent Zola et les gens qui travaillent sans cesse dans le monde loin des maisons des classes bourgeoises. La cause pour egalite continuera pour la prochaine epoque.
Emile Zola avait voulu le meilleur sante pour tout les familles du gens pauvres surtout la bas societe. La morte d'un ouvrier etait triste mais les conditions qui existaient pour tout les gens doivent faire ameliorer ou les vies des classes bourgeoises seraient ste disapparu. La lutte entre eux qui possedent l'argent et l'esperance pour l'avenir ne permit pas la continuance d'inegalite. C'etait le genie du Zola qui illumine les vies des pauvretes et les conditions miserables pour les gens du monde entirer a voir et reflechissaient a propos faire changements.
Samoht 11/06/05
Berlin Working Campus: Berlinale Talent Project Market Feb. 12 – 13, 2006
BERLIN HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TO PREP PROPOSAL FOR INCLUSION IN THE PROJECT MARKET:
5 page Synopsis / Treatment of feature film script “HUM”
page 1
The Lotus Egyptian Gift shop acts as a magnet in the Hollywood area for an ongoing stream of young people who are drawn to a mystical man that they find there or have heard about through the proverbial grapevine. The man is TOMAS HARPER, small in stature and of indeterminate age who listens to the stories that they bring to his attention. At times he comments on what he hears, at other times he merely listens. On rare occasions, he dispenses timely advice. His concern is whether to attend Harvard or Yale University since he wanted to do that years ago. He lives in an independent living facility in which the shades are always drawn by his own choice rather than by decree. The times that he spends at the Lotus Egyptian Gift shop are wearisome in a certain sense because he is like an Indian Totem Pole or a virtually immovable object. He holds court on top of a coffin type box with 4 jars of coins at his feet. A gold lion is at the front of the box and an Egyptian deity is on his other side. TOMAS rarely moves, instead, people come to him from all walks of life as if he is their confessor. They see him as somewhat of a mystical force in their lives and they greatly appreciate the opportunity to bare their souls to him. In some cases, it is an anonymous sort of gratification that they receive even though there are regular customers who drop coins in one of the 4 jars at his feet. This small job is one of 3 that TOMAS is engaged with for the purpose of accumulating a certain amount of monies to enable him to pay the hefty fees at Harvard or Yale, should he elect to attend graduate school there.
An early customer at the Egyptian shop is MR. DAY, a 23-year-old blond, blue-eyed rapper with an unusual social awareness. He dresses “au courant.” He is totally in sync with the latest spoken word poetry events about town. Women are attracted to him in a “raw sort of way.” He is so, so, so, so, so very hip that he can taste it in his mouth. He wants the entire world to know it. He is loud and brash and doesn’t mind paying the ticket to show how large and great he is. He does a lot with a little bit of money.
The way MR. DAY walks is bold. The way he talks is non-stop. He says something and doesn’t expect an answer.
He is also a conniving, devil may care wanderer who sees an opportunity and pounces on it. His best friend is “COBRA” and DAY would strangle him in a second if he ever got in the way of something that DAY thought was important. DAY is a two-faced man who loves to slap a man on the back, say encouraging words, all the while sizing up opportunities to take advantage without seeming to do so.
5 page Synopsis / Treatment of feature film script “HUM”
page 2
DAY has been kicking it with his friend. Life has been on an upward spiral. After years of making a small amount of money, he has just returned from an uplifting trip to the East coast, specifically, New York and Boston, where he was the talk of the town for the strangely mystical lyrics that he has put together. He has a brand new album that just went Platinum on the charts and he knows that he will soon get his Emmy award. You share the good news with your friend, COBRA. Life hasn’t quite been as swell for him as it has been for you. He grudgingly listens as DAY tells him that he partied with Audrey Tautou, Nicole Kidman and Angelina Jolie last night and a group of anonymous hangers on. DAY didn’t think that she was so great when he saw her in person, but the groupies that were there were all quite something to behold. He tells COBRA about one girl in particular that he took to the sack and when she awakened the next morning, you had fled during the night. DAY and COBRA both laugh at this, marvel at how beautiful life is and COBRA helps his friend to enjoy the moment.
DAY undergoes significant changes as we experience with him throughout the picture. At first, we think that he is rather inconsequential; later, we realize that he has become a substantial person who treats women with great dignity, in spite of his apparent naïveté with them. He picks up a lot of innate spirituality from the mystical seer, TOMAS, primarily in the Lotus Egyptian Gift shop and also at TOMAS’ other place, the Korean Women’s Dress shop.
COBRA is a tall, dark German who has been misdiagnosed as a schizophrenic who is finally getting his life in order after a long hiatus from civilization and the pleasurable company of women. He has suffered a lot in life and conversely, has caused a lot of suffering that he is totally aware of. He served in the Army during the Afghanistan and Iraq wars and never rose above the rank of private. He pretends that he was a sergeant and continues to live this lie until TOMAS sees deeply into his heart and tells him that he knows exactly who he is. TOMAS, too, is a properly diagnosed bi-polar protagonist while COBRA becomes the antagonist in the picture.
COBRA has experienced many of the vicissitudes of a rapidly changing world where he hasn’t been trained to keep up with technology. He is an old - fashioned sort of guy who is Catholic and loyal to a fault. In a world where hipness and contemporary concerns outweigh the spiritual side of things, he is definitely left in the lurch.
COBRA likes to come in at times and talk with TOMAS. Both of them are kindred spirits and COBRA feels that TOMAS, above all others, understands him more than most. He is not quite sure that he understands himself because he has been known to do some wild and crazy things. COBRA fills TOMAS in on the things that he has done, hoping to get a second opinion or at least an affirmative nod. At times, TOMAS listens, at times, he merely makes suggestions.
5 page Synopsis / Treatment of feature film script “HUM”
page 3
COBRA has just gotten situated in an independent living facility. He tells TOMAS that he now has a room, without a view, and a toilet without a shower. He seems somewhat apologetic about this, but TOMAS accepts this without being judgmental, since he too, resides in a place that is similar, in some respects and quite different in that he has a lovely courtyard and there are an abundance of flowers and color surrounding him.
COBRA can’t wait to get out of the city. He wants to do things that he has never done before. He wants the wind to blow through his hair; but, most of all, he wants a woman with whom he can share, a woman that he can love and who will love him with passion.
It has been years since he had a woman. He has almost forgotten how a woman feels or tastes. COBRA expresses this to TOMAS, who is psychic at times and somewhat of a facilitator, since there is so much foot traffic in the Hollywood area. TOMAS tries to steer him to 2 different type of women. One woman, Christy, attracts him in particular because he sees her ballet - toned legs in the near distance as she flirtatiously prances through the store pretending to have her mind on some Egyptian artifacts but she is really on the prowl for a man, any man will do.
COBRA fits the bill. They go off together. COBRA gives the all-okay sign to TOMAS.
TOMAS has a certain uneasy sense that this is not the right woman for COBRA; however, he shrugs off his suspicions and figures that COBRA will make out okay.
SARAH is also in her early twenties, well known in the Hollywood area since she used to live on the streets when she arrived 5 years ago from the Midwest. She helps people as a matter of course. Sarah doesn’t have a lot of money to burn, instead, she derives her reason for being and living as a person in the service of others. In another time and place, she might have been a dedicated social worker or a Sister in the Servants of Mary. Convent life would have suited her just fine; however, she is now a part of the scenery, the landscape, the ambience in this Entertainment capital of the world and she rather likes being on the fringes of things. SARAH thinks that she’ll be discovered at Consumer’s Discount Drugstore one day while buying cosmetics or ice cream. She has a ready and genuine smile and she uses it often. Sarah wears eyeglasses which tend to hide the inner beauty of her eyes. When she comes to see TOMAS at the Lotus Egyptian Gift shop, she quickly jerks off her glasses so that she can see him clearly. There is an indefinable bond between SARAH and TOMAS that is nonsexual but, rather, the glue of like people meeting and seeing each other whole for the first time, each time.
SARAH finds herself within the Egyptian Gift Shop because she and her boyfriend spent an enraptured time at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, admiring the artifacts from King Tutankhamen. SARAH can’t stop thinking about what she has seen, and she needs to talk to somebody…somebody who represents the majesty and mystery
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of the strange Tombs and Artifacts at the Museum. Somehow, SARAH’S steps lead to the closest aura that is somehow attached to Egypt and that is this spiritual store in Hollywood. She knows, senses, and feels, that within the tomb is a man, a spiritual, gentle man, for the most part, named TOMAS. She has a burning, urgent need to speak to him, not merely to talk about what she has seen at the Museum of Art, but to find out about her place in the world. SARAH willingly joined 10 churches, yet, still can’t find her inner peace and harmony, her reason for being, her inner drive. Perhaps TOMAS can help. She goes to him with that in mind.
TOMAS has his own inner demons that these visitors to his domain have yet to realize. He has a friend, perhaps his closest friend, CECILIA with whom he confides. Both CECILIA and TOMAS have been considering the sisterhood and the priesthood, respectively. They live in close living spaces and their options are rather broad as far as life choices are concerned. TOMAS reminisces about another woman that he knew a long time ago. CECILIA is from Korea. TOMAS tells MR. DAY about a way for him to generate more money when his day in the sun as a highly acclaimed, popular rapper comes to an end. His advice has to do with sharing the money that he will make from cellphone ringtones with an African businessman who has numerous contacts in Africa. MR. DAY promises that he will share the proceeds equally with FRANK, the African businessman. TOMAS knows that he can trust FRANK. He is not sure if he can fully trust MR. DAY, so he tests him by giving him the name of someone with whom he entered a business agreement with some time ago and who abused the trust.
MR. DAY abuses the confidence that TOMAS placed in him, subconsciously, TOMAS suspected that MR. DAY would do just that, since he looked into his soul and found primarily greed.
COBRA loses CHRISTY’S companionship because he placed a higher value on climbing and seeing things that man had never before seen. He starts an assignation with another woman even though TOMAS cautions him against putting his faith in someone other than his own desires. COBRA feverishly attempts to connect with one woman after another. He never learns from his mistakes.
MARVA, an Afro-American lady who makes marvelous use of her extremely tight living quarters and manages to sell at a profit and maneuver in a highly technological world, finds herself in a better lifestyle.
MACK, an Afro-American former basketball player, who was once familiar with Kareem Abdul Jabbar, discovers that he is now well liked and prosperous because he made it to the leveling field of the television screen, accepts his new found status in life with dignity and assurance.
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DOUG, also known as WOLVERINE, discovers a global marketplace for his hand crafted 150 year old canes as he too makes it onto the television screen. His family now treats him with a great deal of genuine honor and respect.
SARAH wants to dump her boyish boyfriend and seeks to start a new relationship with TOMAS even though she really doesn’t know much about him.
TOMAS decides that he will teach children and not go to Harvard or Yale even though they beg him to attend their universities. He discovers that he really won’t pursue a life as a minister or as a monk. He enjoys his life too much. At the end of the day, he decides that he will hum a song and then he begins to dance. He begins to reap the benefits from the coins that were placed in his Mason jars. They signaled a certain magical symbol to himself as well as others and as the coins accumulated, so too did his prospects for financial independence. He winds up with part ownership of 25 companies. His focus
is the Lotus Egyptian Gift shop and the Korean Women’s Dress shop. He dances as the customers flock in to buy canes, artifacts and clothing. There is a palpably magical air as he dances and hums his way through his life. Money constantly pours into the 4 clear Mason jars that had very few coins when we first see them at his feet. A lot of trade begins with customers who bring canes that are distributed through the international grapevine that he initiates. TOMAS starts with pennies and winds up co-owner of 25 small international companies. He invests wisely and re-invests even more wisely.
THE END
Samoht 11/10/05
“Solid as the Rock of Gibraltar”
Captain of Industry soon to be here
Not on a wing or a prayer…But,
A Rock, A middle backer,
A solid Rock of Gibraltar
Close to the White Hills of Dover
Flying from the East
Like a straight Arrow
From an Indian’s Bow
Like fine Wine from an Artesian Wellspring
Like a Mercedes finely built
Cliff standing Rock Solid
As the Years whipped by
Clipper Ship here, Boss!!
Clipper Ship here!!
“It is Morning”
The Day is near
Sunlight soon shall be
Drifting through my door
Nighttime going
Moonlight shedding
Night retreating
Day advancing
Dawning near
No rain, no sleet, no hail
No spider creating a mysterious web
Only crickets chirping,
Bullfrogs burping, children breathing.
As I hear the Lions roar
Thunder pounding, streams rushing
Oceans filled to overflowing
As I watch the night turn into day
“I Remember”
I remember when we were wee willie winkies way whack when
Living on a farm
You riding Prince.
Me riding Bill
Two stallions on the Slaughter farm
Galloping across the meadows
Jumping over gullies
You riding ahead
Me tagging behind
Us jumping logs
Me hanging from a limb
You getting off Prince to find out what’s the fuss
Hearin’
My cries for help
Bill, riderless, headin’ home
“Open your eyes, open your eyes”
I remember you saying
As I, with tightly closed eyes, hung onto a limb
For my dear life
Ground, 2 feet down
Sheepishly dropping to the turf
Us riding on again
Over the red hills, down ditches, around the trees
Making bows and arrows out of bottle caps
Having us some fun!!
“In memory of those who have struggled 1725-2005"
I kneew a boy once who cried all the time.
He would cry him a river at the drop of a dime.
I knew a boy once who never cried at all.
He smiled and worked, hardly uttered a word.
The boy who cried and cried, at some point, stopped,
And became a man.
The boy who smiled and smiled
Never smiled again.
The oceans moved, the shies shook
Berlin fell, China shook
The boy who cried and cried and became a man
Worked and fought and took back the land.
“Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief”
Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief
My mother said to me.
Little man, big man.
My father said to me.
Little Tommy Tittle Mouse
My grandfather said to me
Lived in a little house
His sheets were made of straw
And everywhere this little mouse moved
His cheeks were soon made raw
You can be a driver, you can be just right
You can be, whatever to you seems Bright
Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief
My mother said to me
Bottleman
Gatekeeper
Keykeeper
Holder of the light, keep this thought in mind
The night is darkest just before the dawn
When the light comes, it shines so bright
When the day breaks, it breaks for you
Soooo, put those keys in the Jet, Jettttttt
Fire up the old Jalopy
Open those sleepy eyes. See the newness of the day
And celebrate each hour.
“The Job”
My pop tore a garage down once
I pulled down a tree
My pop put up a fence once
I called it a wall
My pop put up a fence once
My brother lined it up just right
I called it a wall
My pop sang a song once
I called it Artistic
Others called it Fantastic
My pop tore a garage down once
With his bare hands
I, watched in fascination, as he worked and sweated in the hot sun, not realizing he could have used some help,
Mine
Samoht 11/27/05 4:55 pm.
U.S.A.
Jason's essay:
"How I would feel about 7th grade"
When I go to 7th grade, I would feel excited. I think 7th grade would be difficult. I would try to get straight "A's" without getting any "B's." I wouldn't want to get any girl friend like Joanne because I feel too young for that. Maybe in high school I would get one. But that's a 10 % chance that I would want one. In college, I would get one. I would reject those who are ugly. In 7th grade, there are going to be bad kids who smoke or even bully people. I hope that I get a bad teacher who teaches hard so I can improve. I think I got a hard teacher in 6 th grade. Like Joanne, she bullies me. She wants me to get a girlfriend. She always pinches and hits me, so I think she is a bully.
Samoht 12/21/05 4:51 pm.
U.S.A.
Eun is a rare student who sets her sights on the loftiest goals in education. She eventually plans to attend an Ivy League college. Based on her consistent performances in our Saturday Book Discussion group, she will have no problems. One instance comes to mind when the assignment was to write in depth about one of the books that we had studied. She approached the problem with such seriousness of purpose and incisive execution that her score, the content of her paper, its organization and wealth of details earned her the highest score in the class. Although she is an 8th grader, she exhibited the research and writing skills of a post-doctoral student at one of the finest universities. Normally, she writes, scores and ranks around the top of her colleagues. She is always on time in everything that she does and I recommend her without reservation to the Marlborough School.
Samoht 9:59 pm.
U.S.A. 1/17/06
Hi Juicy Fruter.
I read your park ranger blog about some of your experiences as a park ranger. Some of the episodes sound quite cinematic; they were definitely funny in some respects and ghastly in others.
I used to live in Red Hill, Virginia.
Samoht 1/17/06 10:02 pm.
U.S.A.
The Films of Samoht Kcinep Rowlf
Filmography
AFTERMATH (2005) UNITED STATES, 58:15:10 minutes min edit ¬ delete ¬
AFTER THE MATH (2005) UNITED STATES, 26:54 min edit ¬ delete ¬
Gorilla Interviews Dehi (2005) UNITED STATES, 14:34 min edit ¬ delete ¬
RUBIES & SAPPHIRES (2005) UNITED STATES, 02:46 min edit ¬ delete ¬
BACKYARD BLUES - shortened version (2005) UNITED STATES, 7 minutes min edit ¬ delete ¬
Prelude: Hum Harper shortened version (2005) UNITED STATES, 18 minutes min edit ¬ delete ¬
SLEEP WITH GORILLAS (2005) UNITED STATES, 1 minute min edit ¬ delete ¬
WE ARE FRIENDS (2005) UNITED STATES, 38:13:27 minutes min edit ¬ delete ¬
29 PICKUP / BERLIN SAMPLE OF WORK (2005) UNITED STATES, 3 minutes min edit ¬ delete ¬
Zebra 1 Ana (2005) UNITED STATES, 6:41:03 min edit ¬ delete ¬
Primitive Word Play (2005) UNITED STATES, 60 min edit ¬ delete ¬
STALKING AYE (2005) UNITED STATES, 22 min. 20 sec min edit ¬ delete ¬
NOBEL ASSISTANT (2005) UNITED STATES, 52:45:00 minutes min edit ¬ delete ¬
DAVID ANUBIS (2005) UNITED STATES, 4:26:06 minutes min edit ¬ delete ¬
COURTING FOR POLITO (2005) UNITED STATES, 6:11:21 minutes min edit ¬ delete ¬
NOBEL BLUES (2005) UNITED STATES, 58:25:06 minutes min edit ¬ delete ¬
RECHARGE (2005) UNITED STATES, 60 min edit ¬ delete ¬
The Cane Collection shortened version (2005) UNITED STATES, 42:28:21 minutes min edit ¬ delete ¬
CANE COLLECTION (2005) UNITED STATES, 1:01:12:26 min edit ¬ delete ¬
Hum Harper Hum (2005) UNITED STATES, 60 min edit ¬ delete ¬
Vignettes (2005) UNITED STATES, 10:48 min edit ¬ delete ¬
The Backyard, or Romancing the Apartheid (2003) UNITED STATES, 11 minutes min edit ¬ delete ¬
Gorilla #1 Interviews Dehi (2003) UNITED STATES, 5 minutes 14 sec. min edit ¬ delete ¬
Zebra 1 (2003) UNITED STATES, 4:13:23 min edit ¬ delete ¬
Gorilla #2 Interviews Dehi (2003) UNITED STATES, 8 min. 45 sec. min edit ¬ delete ¬
ARSONIST - shortened version (1999) UNITED STATES, 15:45:11 minutes min edit ¬ delete ¬
Salute (1998) UNITED STATES, 9:25 minutes min edit ¬ delete ¬
Pohop (1990) UNITED STATES, 10 min edit ¬ delete ¬
Hurry, Cane Season (1983) UNITED STATES, 1 minute min edit ¬ delete ¬
29 Pickup (1969) UNITED STATES, 3 minutes min edit ¬ delete ¬
REDUX (2006) UNITED STATES, 14:36:18 minutes
samoht kcinep rowlf 1/19/06
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RESPONSE FROM UCLA'S TRUFFLEZ RE: THE ATTEMPT TO MUZZLE PROGRESSIVE UCLA PROFESSORS IN THEIR CLASSROOM BY DISGRUNTLED STUDENTS: JANUARY 19, 2006 BY TRUFFLEZ OF UCLA
You know Prue...sorry to say...none of this surprises me. Indeed, nothing surprises me anymore. The entire country has become so ridiculously polarized that we're leaning, in our entirety, toward communism where no opinions, no points of view, no respectful discussion or dissent of any kind, can be had or maintained because someone, somewhere, will be offended or be wrongfully labeled. This would be a type of self-imposed social communism, not the traditional political form. This, I will admit, is a function primarily of the extreme left and I'! ve got plenty of examples to show where MY rights have been violated in the name of fairness, equality and feeling good. By the same token, right wingers seem to be pulling all the strings in government at the moment and it serves no purpose but to further give conservative values a bad name; lumping anyone who's traditional in their upbringing as a "right wing religious fanatic" which couldn't be further from the truth. Just because one is liberal (as the term USED to be applied) doesn't mean that person is a wacko. And just because one is conservative (as the term USED to be applied) doesn't mean that person is a religious nut case. Indeed, can't someone be a little of both? We've gotten to the point where everyone MUST be pigeonholed in one of two boxes and if you don't fit in either, you're a political, social and moral orphan or ambiguity.
For sure, there are lunatics on the left and there are lunatics on the right. What's sad is that no one seems to really be logical, reasonable or practical anymore. It's all about extreme idealogy or feelings while logic and pragmatism take a flying leap. You're either "with them" or "against us" or "a nut" or "a religious freak" or any number of slurs being coined on a daily basis. Personally, I'm pretty sick of the Bush bashing and Republican bashing...not because I voted for him and not because I'm a registered Republican, I didn't and I'm not. But it's not good FOR THE COUNTRY in any way, shape or form and serves no positive purpose. That said, no one really seems to understand this or care. It's all about finger pointing, appointing blame and hate mongering. GET OVER IT ALREADY AND GROW THE HELL UP. On the flip side, I'm sick of extreme right wingers wanting to turn the clock back on our society just because they don't agree with social evolution. They're just as bad as the Catholic church AND I'M CATHOLIC! Again, DEAL WITH THE 21ST CENTURY AND GROW THE HELL UP! Take off the diapers, remove the bottle from your mouth, stop crying and react in a positive way for the betterment of the country...not your party, not your constiuents, not your bank account, not yourself, but for OUR COUNTRY. I've never understood the USA-hate in this country anyway but that's another tirade.
Insofar as the specific issue at hand, I don't believe a professor should pepper, embellish, imbue, taint or otherwise promote in his or her teaching, ANY political view. Professors are usually the first ones to cry foul when an issue concerning separation of church and state rears its ugly head. By the same token, they should admit that their personal ideologies have NO PLACE in the classroom or admit that they're hypocrites. It's an academic instituion of supposed "higher learning" not boot camp for ideologues. I'm not saying I agree with Andrew Jones' tact! ics but one thing's for sure...he's turning heads, shaking things up, getting people to talk, offending some and garnering support from others. Sounds like a democracy to me. But oops! Sorry, I forgot. He's a self-admitted Republican so that means he MUST be evil. Yup, no two ways about it. (What B.S.) If that's the case, does this mean all Democrats are basket cases? No.
One thing IS for sure...this country seems to have no ruder and we're sinking by the weight of our own idealogical and massively polarized stupidity. Whatever we reap, we have sown.
I've probably pissed someone off by all this so I guess since I've offended SOMEONE, SOMEWHERE, I'm now going to be categorized, tagged, labeled and placed in the appropriate box where I will await slings, arrows, cabbage and rotten apples before being plunged into boiling oil - but that's okay as it'll probably be canola oil. It's an unsaturated fat and is proven to be healthier for your heart.
Now...on to more important things... " by Trufflez of UCLA January 19, 2006
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INITIAL RESPONSE FROM CAROL OF UCLA RE: UCLA PROFESSOR CRISIS INSTIGATED BY "DIRTY THIRTY" DESIGNATION BY DISGRUNTLED FORMER STUDENT, NOW HEAD OF BRUIN ALUMNI ASSOCIATION:
Dear Pru,
Thanks for forwarding this -- the issue has been deeply upsetting to all of us who value academic freedom. We first became aware of it last week. It is important that this be stopped, and I am concerned that the administration seems unable to do so. I enclose my own response below -- I think this needs far more attention. I also copy after my resonse an article from Pennsylvania --as you see, 19 states now have this new McCarthyism in place.
All best wishes--
Carol
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As owners or our intellectual property, that means our lectures in this case, we have a right to prevent all taping unless we give permission. Copying and disseminating intellectual property without prior consent and approval amounts to either theft or plagerism, depending on the situation. Obviously, a letter from the office of students with disabilities would mean that student could tape if that was specified, but only for personal use, and that the tapes could not be shared with others without your permission. (Also, if the same office says that the person gets to have a note-taker, or etc then the same rules apply). That also includes dissemination of notes to others than those enrolled in the class, which we must approve if we wish to let it happen. UC strictly prohibits the attendance of "auditors" who are not enrolled in UC -- but those not enrolled in our classes who are bonafide students at UC may audit a class with the instructor's permission only. These are policies of long standing and as far as I know these have not changed (I have served as Chair of Acdemic Senate Committee on Grievances and as a member of both that committee and Charges committee). I beleive this issue needs to be addressed by the universities lawyers and the appropriate AS committees. The concept of free speech as well as the ownership of intellectual property are at stake here. We can't let the old witch-hunts and blacklists reappear.
-- Carol
Respectfully transmitted by the faithful transcriber, in part SAMOHT 1/20/06 9:52 PM.
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UCLA Alumni Group Is Tracking 'Radical' Faculty
By Stuart Silverstein and Peter Y. Hong, Times Staff Writers
A fledgling alumni group headed by a former campus Republican leader is offering students payments of up to $100 per class to provide information on instructors who are "abusive, one-sided or off-topic" in advocating political ideologies.
The year-old Bruin Alumni Assn. says its "Exposing UCLA's Radical Professors" initiative takes aim at faculty "actively proselytizing their extreme views in the classroom, whether or not the commentary is relevant to the class topic." Although the group says it is concerned about radical professors of any political stripe, it has named an initial "Dirty 30" of teachers it identifies with left-wing or liberal causes.
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Some of the instructors mentioned accuse the association of conducting a witch hunt that threatens to harm the teaching atmosphere, and at least one of the group's advisory board members has resigned because he considers the bounty offers inappropriate. The university said it will warn the association that selling copies of professors' lectures would violate campus rules and raise copyright issues.
The Bruin Alumni Assn. is headed by Andrew Jones, a 24-year-old who graduated in June 2003 and was chairman of UCLA's Bruin Republicans student group. He said his organization, which is registered with the state as a nonprofit, does not charge dues and has no official members, but has raised a total of $22,000 from 100 donors. Jones said the biggest contribution to the group, $5,000, came from a foundation endowed by Arthur N. Rupe, 88, a Santa Barbara resident and former Los Angeles record producer.
Jones' group is following in the footsteps of various conservative groups that have taken steps, including monitoring professors, to counter what they regard as an overwhelming leftist tilt at elite colleges and universities around the country. He said many of these efforts, however, have done a poor job of documenting their claims. As a result, Jones said, the Bruin Alumni Assn. is offering to pay students for tapes and notes from classes.
"We're just trying to get people back on a professional level of things. Having been a student myself up until 2003, and then watching what other students like myself have gone through, I'm very concerned about the level of professional teaching at UCLA," said Jones, who said he is supporting himself with a modest salary from the organization and is its only full-time employee.
He said he plans to show what he considers biased material to professors and administrators and seek to have teachers present more balanced lectures or possibly face reprimand.
UCLA administrators say they are planning no immediate legal action, other than to notify Jones and to alert students that selling course materials without the consent of the instructor and Chancellor Albert Carnesale violates university policy. Patricia Jasper, a university lawyer, said UCLA would reserve the right to take legal action if any students engaged in unauthorized selling of materials.
Adrienne Lavine, chairwoman of UCLA's academic senate, agreed that the university could do little more at this point. She said she found the profiles on the alumni group's website "inflammatory" and "not a positive way to address the concerns that Mr. Jones has expressed." Still, she said, "I certainly support freedom of speech and that extends to Andrew Jones as much as it does to every faculty member on campus."
The group's recent campaign has upset a number of targeted professors and triggered the resignation last weekend of Harvard historian Stephan Thernstrom, a prominent affirmative action opponent and former UCLA professor, from the advisory board for Jones' organization.
Thernstrom said he joined the alumni group's more than 20-member advisory board last year because he believed it "had a legitimate objective of combating the extraordinary politicization of the faculty on elite campuses today."
Still, Thernstrom said, "I felt it was extremely unwise, one, to put out a list of targets of investigation and to agree to pay students to provide information about what was going on in the classroom of those students. That just seems to me way too intrusive. It seems to me a kind of vigilantism that I very much object to."
Thernstrom said a fellow advisory board member, Jascha Kessler, an emeritus UCLA English professor, also resigned for the same reason. Kessler could not be reached for comment, but Jones confirmed that Kessler had resigned.
Jones said other members of the advisory board include Linda Chavez, former federal civil rights commissioner in the Reagan administration and head of a Virginia-based anti-affirmative action group; former Republican Rep. Jim Rogan; and current UCLA professors Matt Malkan and Thomas Schwartz.
Jones said he has lined up one student who, for $100 a class session, has agreed to provide tapes, detailed lecture notes and materials with what the group considers inappropriate opinion. He would not name the student or the professor whose class will be monitored. Jones characterized the work as non-commercial news gathering and advocacy that does not violate university policy.
On one of its websites, the Bruin Alumni Group names education professor Peter McLaren as No. 1 on its "The Dirty Thirty: Ranking the Worst of the Worst." It says "this Canadian native teaches the next generation of teachers and professors how to properly indoctrinate students."
McLaren, in a telephone interview, called the alumni group's tactics "beneath contempt."
"Any sober, concerned citizen would look at this and see right through it as a reactionary form of McCarthyism. Any decent American is going to see through this kind of right-wing propaganda. I just find it has no credibility," he said.
The website also lists history professor Ellen DuBois, saying she "is in every way the modern female academic: militant, impatient, accusatory, and radical — very radical." In response, DuBois said: "This is a totally abhorrent invitation to students to participate in a witch hunt … against their professors."
But DuBois minimized the effect on campus, saying "it's not even clear this is much other than the ill-considered action of a handful, if that, of individuals."
The group's leading financial backer, Rupe, is a UCLA alumnus. He said his foundation donated $5,000 because "I think there's not enough balance on the campus. Some families are going into hock to send their kids there, and are not getting their money's worth."
Rupe said the group's plan to pay students to record alleged bias "would be ideal if it could be done legally."
Rupe's philanthropy is not centered on conservative causes. His foundation donated $500,000 to UC Santa Barbara in 1998 to endow a professorship studying the effects of the media on social behavior.
Ronald E. Rice, who holds the professorship, said Rupe told him he was "really interested in the truth. He wants to bring people with different perspectives together to really argue."
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LATEST UPDATE ON THE UCLA PROFESSOR CONTROVERSY CURRENTLY SWIRLING ( OR NOT ) AT THIS WEST COAST INSTITUTION OF HIGHER LEARNING REGARDING THE MALIGNED AND DENIGRATED "DIRTY THIRTY"
JANUARY 19, 2006 VIA E-MAIL REROUTING COMPLIMENTS OF NANCY R. AN ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR IN THE FILM DEPARTMENT AT UCLA FILM SCHOOL.
You know, the one nugget of gold in all this is that it has been a media story at all.
This group is an anomaly and is recognized as such. UCLA is still considered a left-of conservative place, for whatever is worth. (Of course, I didn't believe it when I enrolled there from Berkeley in the 80s.)
Those shit heads have a right to their own shit. That's the definition of a free country.
I always remember he Bill of Rights was established for the rare moments when we find ourselves behaving like assholes.
Thanks for listening.
MER
SAMOHT 1/21/06 1:47 PM.
GOOD NIGHT AND GOOD LUCK AND MAY THE DEVIL TAKE WHAT'S LEFT
USA HOLLYWOOD
UCLA'S NANCY R. CAPS EVERYTHING UP WITH THIS RE: UCLA "DIRTY THIRTY" MINI ESCAPADES
I feel somewhat insulted that I was not named in the UCLAProfs.com "dirty thirty."
I would be happy to invite the Bruin Alumni Association - whoever he is -- to my editing class when we screen "Good Night and Good Luck."
Nancy R FILM DEPARTMENT @ UCLA
SAMOHT SAYS: TIME TO PUT THIS PUPPY TO BED.
1/21/06 USA HOLLYWOOD
This is an untenable situation and an ostensibly draconian portent of what may lie ahead in America and not merely in an educational setting. Stay tuned.
Samoht 1/21/06 8:48 am.
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MORE ON HAVING STUDENTS PAID TO REPORT ON THEIR TEACHERS FROM MARSHA OF UCLA 1/21/06
Just a footnote......In reading more on this 'alumni organization' and the interest in having students paid to tape lectures, etc. ~ I am truly appalled. I still agree with David's views on how sad it is that we are now so polarized that sides are so black or white that they don't really communicate ~ but this way of checking on professors is disgusting. I am not a very 'political animal' ~ but from what I have read, this is not the way to handle any situation. Just my 2 cents.
Marsha
SAMOHT KCINEP ROWLF 1/21/06 2:25 PM.
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LETTER OF RECOMMENDATION FOR EUN TO MARLBOROUGH SCHOOL
Eun functions exceedingly well in her interaction with others, yet, I have noticed that she attenuates keenly when she is in an environment that calls for directed questions and co-operation with her fellow students and the professor. She appears to be a person of unquestioned loyalty, compassion and an inner drive to excel that propels her to higher achievements. She expressed a passion, a consuming desire, to effect changes in the world in which she lives as one of the purposes of her education. I believe that her immense maturity, in most cases, coupled with a keen sense of humor, will make her a welcomed addition to any school in the world that she chooses to attend, since she is academically talented, intellectually inquisitive, strongly motivated, and highly committed to challenges and opportunities. For the most part, she is undaunted. She often projects confidence, intellectual assurance, and positive conviction.
My Favorite Subject by Kevin L.
My favorite subject is science. It’s important since we interact with our everyday environment and we appreciate our natural environments as a result of our understanding of science. First of all, you can learn more about the most common things around you. Air is an example. You can find it almost anywhere in the world, but oxygen in the air is critical to our lives. Without oxygen, there wouldn’t be any living things on Earth. Science is also used in everyday life. The car you ride to go to work, the hammer you use to put the nail in the walk, the fan to cool you down, the television to watch your favorite shows, cell phones you use to call your best friends, are very important things in our lives today. Light bulbs were created by scientific applications. When you have to go to a picnic and see if it might be raining tomorrow, you have to look at the weather tomorrow. Climates are determined by science, too. Over 100 million years ago, we found out that the 7 continents were one piece of a land called Pangaea. The lands were pulled apart by th e ocean and got separated, creating the 7 continents. The lands are still moving away from each other nowadays. A lot of mysterious phenomena is defined by science. There are so many things that are still undefined. As part of my mission as a student, I would like to define the undefined.
My favorite subject: science by Ha-Yeon S.
My favorite subject is science. There are several reasons I enjoy it so much. One of the reasons is that science is a very interesting subject. When I learn about science, I am learning about things that are going on around the world today. There are numerous aspects of science that you can learn about, such as biology, medical science, chemistry and a lot more. Science is something that you can use in later life., like becoming a pharmacist requires a person to learn both math and science that can help people who are sick and have diseases. Scientists invent things that we might need in later life. When I grow up, I want to become a pharmacist because I want to help people who are suffering from dangerous diseases or having a difficult time moving because they are sick. I have learned that there are more than one hundred kinds of cancers that do not have a cure. Examples are clear cell carcinoma, advances in breast cancer or YST that stands for yolk sac tumor also known as germ cell tumor. I feel really sorry for people who might get these kinds of sickness and die because of them. I want to be helpful in my later life, creating different kinds of medicines that can help many people live an enriched and more fulfilling life.
When I was young, I enjoyed learning about plants and the system of photosynthesis. I took pictures of the plants and carried a small notebook in which I wrote information about plants that I had encountered in my research. As I grew older, I was really into science. Still, there are a lot of different subjects that I like, nevertheless, science is something that I am interested in the most. Later, I want to learn more about medical science. I changed as I grew older. I enjoyed learning about photosynthesis; however, I am now starting to like medical science and I have a strong desire to learn more about the physiology of human bodies.
Sometimes when I’m at school, it is hard for me to understand the words and it makes it very difficult to study. The fun of learning science for me is trying to understand what they are talking about, how it is created and why it is important. I really enjoy learning all different kinds of science. I am willing to learn about medical science when I go to high school and college. Science is something that I really like learning about. Science helps improve human life, and, in my opinion, I think that people should be thankful that there is science.
History: My favorite subject by Julie C.
My favorite subject is history. There are several reasons why I enjoy it so much. It’s important for us to know the events that happened during the past that changed our lives today. For example, it it weren’t for Thomas Edison, we wouldn’t have electricity today. Since Thomas Edison invented light bulbs, we are able to use lamps instead of candles. As a student, I am able to study whenever I want by turning the light on. I also have access to the computer. Workers don’t have to stop working when the sun goes down. We can also drive at night since we have streetlights.
My interest in history began in the 4th grade, when I read the Book of Records. The Book of Records was about the amazing things that people did just because they wanted to be well-known. The next instance that aroused my curiosity about history happened in the 8th grade. An unusual $20 bill was being sold at auction. This article caught my attention because it was very rare. A person acquired th e$20 bill for $25,000 because there was a banana sticker mistakenly embossed on the bill.
Although it’s almost impossible to know all the things that happened in the past, I think that we should know some of the important things people did. For example, pianists should know who invented the piano since they play music on it. Pianists who enjoy playing the piano should be thankful that Cristofori worked hard to invent it centuries ago in Italy. These are just some of the major historical inventions that have made our lives more interesting, worthwhile, and productive in the 21st Century.
Submitted by Samoht 1/21/06 3:59 pm.
USA
CONSIDERED RESPONSE TO THE “DIRTY THIRTY” by Thomas Penick 1/21/06
UCLA Class of 1971 Theater / Film / Televison Specialty Screenwriting
HI PRUE,
Sometime in 1950 or 1951, when I was about 2 or 3 years old, Grandpa was sitting in his rocking chair, reading books and newspapers, telling MY BROTHER & me about Sevastopol and Vladivostok, the only warm water ports with access to the sea for mother Russia. We were tiny tots, yet, I remember Grandpa saying that if those ports were ever closed, blockaded, barricaded, denied access to trade, then Russia MUST go to war! He smiled gently when he said that. He explained to us that Russia was a counterbalance to the United States. At the time, his logic went by me. I just remembered his words and learned to spell them. I knew that I was a lucky man, even at the age of two and a half. Sevastopol and Vladivostok were imprinted indelibly in my memory banks. Russia was a reality and I hadn’t even learned to read, much less begin to attend to my formal education. I had the best teachers at an early age.
WHAT DOES THIS HAVE TO DO WITH “THE DIRTY THIRTY?” IN A STRANGE CIRCULAR FASHION, IT SEEMS THAT THINGS THAT ONCE WERE CONSIDERED WRITTEN IN STONE, SO TO SPEAK, ARE BEING UNEARTHED, REFINED, RE-DELIVERED AND DISSEMINATED WITH THE FORCE OF TRUTH, AS IF IN FACT THEY ARE REAL. THE FUNCTION OF A TEACHER IS TO TEACH. THE FUNCTION OF A STUDENT IS TO LEARN. BASICALLY, HOW ONE GOES ABOUT EITHER ONE OF THESE ESSENTIALS IS DEPENDENT ON HOW THEY SEE THE WORLD AND THEIR PLACE WITHIN IT. AT TIMES, IT SEEMS THAT SOME STUDENTS MIGHT WANT TO INITIATE ACTIVITIES, THAT SEEM TO THEM, ON ITS FACE TO BE RATHER INNOCUOUS; HOWEVER, THESE TIMES, LIKE MANY OTHER CRITICAL TIMES IN HISTORY, REQUIRE A DIFFERENT SORT OF RESPONSE. I WOULD DARE TO SAY THAT MORE IS REQUIRED THAN MINDLESS, CHILDISH MIND GAMES AND ATTEMPTS TO CONTROL THE OUTPUT OF AN INSTRUCTOR. IT SEEMS TO ME THAT UCLA, WHEN I ATTENDED FROM 1966 – 1971, WITH A BRIEF STOPOVER IN WEST AFRICA FOR THE OPERATION CROSSROADS AFRICA PROGRAM, WAS CONSIDERED ON THE CONSERVATIVE SIDE, AT LEAST WITH RESPECT TO WHAT WAS TAKING PLACE IN BERKELEY AT THE TIME. I ENVIED MY FELLOW STUDENTS WHO WERE PART OF THE BERKELEY SCENE BECAUSE THEY KNEW AND I KNEW THAT THEY WERE MAKING HISTORY, ALBEIT IN A SMALL WAY. THEY CARED DEEPLY ABOUT THE EVENTS OF THE WORLD AND THEY DARED TO TAKE A STAND TO REDRESS THEIR GRIEVANCES.
FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, AFTER HAVING READ MOST, IF NOT ALL OF THE DOCUMENTATION SWIRLING ABOUT THE CASE OF THE “DIRTY THIRTY,” THERE SEEMS TO BE A DESIRE BY SOME PEOPLE TO KEEP STIRRING UP THE POT OF CONTROVERSY BY PAYING STUDENTS TO DIG UP THE DIRT IN A SENSE ON PROFESSORS WHOSE STYLE AS EDUCATORS THEY MIGHT DISAGREE WITH. THIS, ON ITS FACE, SEEMS CONTRARY TO THE WHOLE IDEA OF A FREE EXPRESSION AND EXCHANGE OF IDEAS THAT I ALWAYS THOUGHT WAS THE BASIS AND STRENGTH OF ANY EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM, CERTAINLY AT THE UC SYSTEM.
THE PROPENSITY OF INSTRUCTORS, OR ANYONE ELSE, TO INJECT THEIR PERSONAL LIKES AND DISLIKES INTO COURSE WORK IS WELL KNOWN AND I THINK THAT IT IS PAR FOR THE COURSE. IN LIFE THAT IS THE WAY THINGS HAPPEN. I’M REALLY SUGGESTING THAT THIS IS MERELY PREPARATION FOR THE LARGER, ALL-INCLUSIVE WORLD THAT IS THE 21ST CENTURY. THOSE WHO CANNOT ALLOW FOR ANY DIVERGENT OPINIONS, VIEWPOINTS, OR ENLIGHTENED EDUCATIONAL DISCOURS TO TAKE PLACE WILL ASSUREDLY BE OUT OF THE LOOP WHEN IT COMES TO DEALING WITH A GLOBALIZED ECONOMY, WHEN IT COMES TO UNDERSTANDING THE TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF ENERGY AND ENLIGHTENED FEEDBACK THAT IS NECESSARY TO KEEP THE WORLD MOVING IN A PROGRESSIVE RATHER THAN A REGRESSIVE FASHION.
THAT’S ALL FOR NOW. I HAVE OTHER THOUGHTS ABOUT THIS MATTER AND OTHERS THAT ARE BEST LEFT IN MY ARCHIVES AND VAULTS.
SAMOHT KCINEP ROWLF CLASS OF 1971 UCLA
U.S.A.
6:45 PM.
Update: Freedom Fighters
I called Charles Burnett, the director of "N U J O M A - WHERE OTHERS WAVERED"
STARRING DANNY GLOVER & CARL LUMBLY
The movie is about the liberation of Southwest Africa which had been under the protectorate of the country of South Africa. The Germans had used it as a colony for years prior to the takeover by the South Africans. S.W.A.P.O. the Southwest Africa People's Organization fought for the right to govern themselves and rid themselves of the rule of South Africa. The film is about the founder of S.W.A.P.O. NUJOMA who became Namibia's first president and served for 3 terms. He started his rule in 1990 and finished it in March of 2005.
See ya,
Samoht
On Jan 22, 2006, at 12:16 AM, Samoht wrote:
Hi Les,
That I S a good thing!
Brokeback Mt. wasn't on my short list of films to see since I haven't seen many films in theatres in ages, really. Instead, I've been looking at my own films in the comfort of my place. Alternatively, I'll watch DVD's, again at home, rather than in the theatres. I have many thoughts about Brokeback that were occassioned by my viewing of this unusual love story. It is unusual for me because I am used to the traditional love stories between men and women. I feel that most men displace the men in the movies and "pretend" that they are in the scene with the woman involved, and vice versa with the women. There is a certain transposition of desire and presence that takes place; however, with Brokeback, one had to watch and wonder why this was unique, that is to say, why should it be unusual for 2 men to care deeply enough about each other that they would want to share such intimate moments with themselves rather than a woman. I felt that Heath Ledger, the loner shown at the beginning of the film, would always be more often than not, by himself. Jake Gyllenhall, the more outgoing of the 2 cowboys, seeks male contacts even after he has had several flings of deep moment with Heath Ledger. When Heath finds out that he has gone to Mexico, he distances himself from his lover because of his fear of diseases that might have been contracted. Both men become involved with women years after their liaison and ;yet, still manage to get together for the anticipated "fishing trips in the mountains." Heath's wife quickly wises up to what is going on with her mate and the father of her children. She puts a note on the end of his fishing line that he should bring some fish home; since he never does, she knows that they never read the note and therefore never went fishing. On the philosophical side, it is a film that questions established ways of perception and action and it is very well done, directed by Ang Lee, who directed "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon." The film is from a fine short story by Annie Proulx that is only 55 pages in length. It might be the sleeper film of the year for the Academy Awards.
I don't know anything about the African Freedom Fighters in Namibia. I would imagine that all of us will know about them soon, since the film is already considered an "epic." Now if I can find out the title and the plotline, I'll alert you so that both of us might have more information about Freedom Fighters. As I have seen, the fight for continuing freedoms is a never ending life long struggle.
See ya!
Samoht 1/22/06 12:32 pm.
U.S.A.
ZURICH, SWITZERLAND LETTER TO MURIELE BOLAY
UP AND COMING ACTRESS SET TO BREAK INTO FILMS IN SWITZERLAND IN 2006
Dear Muriele,
Thank you for the excellent job of acting on my projects. CANE COLLECTION, VIGNETTES, THE CANE COLLECTION SHORTENED VERSION, COURTING FOR POLITO, DAVID ANUBIS, and of course, THE BACKYARD, OR, ROMANCING THE APARTHEID would certainly not have been as memorable for me or the film itself without your esteemed and inimitable presence as an actress. I hope that we can work together again soon.
I’ll let you know about the World Cinema Fund and the International Forum for New Cinema when I get further details in the next few months.
In any event, I’ll be having a Samoht Kcinep Rowlf Film Retrospective in the United States on June 1, 2009 the day before my 61st birthday. I’ll let you know how this develops and perhaps you can attend this event.
Yours,
Best regards,
SAMOHT 1/23/06 8:16 PM.
USA MONDAY
Significance of Matt Eun Hye 10-22-05
Analyzing the story and creating a synthesis of the characters’ actions would help one understand their significance in the story. A young tyke named Matt from Gathering Blue greatly influenced the development of the plot. However, he is not the main character. He shows integrity, honesty, mobility and simplicity. Matt transforms Kira’s mind from having a vengeful heart, to helpint the chaotic community. Any young toddler like Matt can make a difference in one’s life.
Matt lives in the Fen, a dirty, disorganized place. He would grow up to be like the other dangerous men, fighting and killing each other for their own benefit. As a matter of fact, some of his behavior patterns have much in common with these men. Yet, there are other aspects that separate Matt from the other tykes in the fen. He cares about Kira, an orphan who has lost her family, possessions and hope. She is very lonely and on top of that, she has a twisted leg. This may be a disadvantage; however, the obstacle brings Kira and Matt together. If Kira cannot use her leg, then Matt can be the one who substitutes for her. They would always be together, wherever they or whatever hardships they face.
Without Matt, the story wouldn’t have a unifying focus. Matt demonstrates true friendship and integrity. He would be describes as being very direct and straightforward. Kira has received a great amount of support from Matt. At one time, Matt rescued Kira’s most important belonging – her mother’s necklace. This necklace was Kira’s only hope and memory of her father. How would Kira live without Matt? Well, later in the story, Matt goes on a long journey, or, as Anabella said, “over yonder.” In order for Matt to express his true admiration towards Kira, he searches for a gift.
Matt’s result of the journey was more than just a gift to Kira. It brought hope and encouragement. He has brought Kira blue dye which no one has ever created in her community. In this way, she can impress the community, showing that she is no ordinary artist. She is special. In addition, Matt has delivered Kira’s father, Christopher, who was believed to be dead and taken away by the beasts He was covered with scars and blind. Christopher used to be the most well known and esteemed man in the village. He was recognized for his bravery. It turned out that the men from the past tried to kill him out of jealousy. There were no beasts. The break up of the family’s peace was caused totally by Jamison. Jamison had a villainous heart and initiated the actions of the other men that fateful hunting night to attempt to kill Chris under the cover of darkness. How do you think Kira felt after hearing the truth? Who would be able to understand Jamison, the one who ruined a crippled girl’s life by depriving her of a loving father?
However, instead of Kira having a vengeful heart, she decides to help her community – the community where the people are like Jamison: jealous, murderous, and brutal. This was the kind of place Kira lived in. She had the choice of following her father to the outside community of serenity and peace. Why did she decide to stay? Well, this was because she knew that her group of people were lacking. These people lacked an education and probably didn’t have respect toward others. Kira knew that soon, this community would fail and die out. The leaders are corrupted with evidence from Jamison. She wanted to make a difference. She wanted to weave out the future of a great civilization that existed many years ago. Then, Matt would continually stay with Kira, helping her out in creating a new and improved community.
Outstanding essay, Eun !
You thoroughly analyzed Matt’s importance and significance. Ms. Eun, the cosnsistently superior quality of your writing and analyses of the stories that we have read in our Saturday Book Discussion Group is extremely gratifying to me as a teacher and fellow student of the writing and thinking processes. The development of your essay is brimming with richly good details to support the topic. I know that as you continue your in depth analysis and keen thought processes, you will do exceptionally well in high school, Advanced Placement English classes, the SAT test & certainly Harvard University.
Best,
Samoht Kcinep Rowlf 12:44 pm.
USA Tuesday
Spanish Verb Conjugations 16 May, 2005
Regular Verbs: ending in "-ar," "-er" and "-ir" hablar, comer, vivir.
First conjugation Second conjugation Third Conjugation
Simple tenses
habl- ar to speak com - er to eat viv - ir to live
habl - ando speaking com - iendo eating viv - iendo living
habl - ado spoken com - ido eaten viv - ido lived
Indicativo:
Present
habl-o I speak com - o I eat viv - o I live
habl-as com-es viv-es
habl-a com-e viv-e
habl-amos com-emos viv-imos
habl-ais com-eis viv-is
habl-an com-en viv-en
Imperfect:
habl-aba I was speaking com-ia I was eating viv-ia I was living
habl-abas com-ias viv-ias
habl-aba com-ia viv-ia
habl-abamos com-iamos viv-iamos
habl-abais com-iais viv-iais
habl-aban com-ian viv-ian
Preterito:
habl-» I spoke com-i I ate viv-i I lived
habl-aste com-iste viv-iste
habl-o com-io viv-io
habl-amos com-imos viv-imos
habl-asteis com-isteis viv-isteis
habl-aron com-ieron viv-ieron
Futuro:
hablar-» I shall speak comer-» I shall eat vivir-» I shall live
hablar-as comer-as vivir-as
hablar-a comer-a vivir-a
hablar-emos comer-emos vivir-emos
hablar-eis comer-eis vivir-eis
hablar-an comer-an vivir-an
Conditional:
hablar-ia I should speak comer-ia I should eat vivir-ia I should live
hablar-ias comer-ias vivir-ias
hablar-ia comer-ia vivir-ia
hablar-iamos comer-iamos vivir-iamos
hablar-iais comer-iais vivir-iais
hablar-ian comer-ian vivir-ian
Present:
habl-e com-a viv-a
habl-es com-as viv-as
habl-e com-a viv-a
habl-emos com-amos viv-amos
habl-eis com-ais viv-ais
habl-en com-an viv-an
Imperfect S-form
habla-se comie-se vivie-se
habla-ses comie-ses vivie-se
habla-se comie-se vivie-se
habla-semos comie-semos vivie-semos
habla-seis comie-seis vivie-seis
habla-sen comie-sen vivie-sen
habla-ras comie-ras vivie-ras
Imperfect R-form
habla-ra comie-ra vivie-ra
habla-ra comie-ra vivie-ra
habla-ramos comie-ramos vivie-ramos
habla-rais comie-rais vivie-rais
habla-ran comie-ran vivie-ran
Future:
habla-re comie-re vivie-re
habla-res comie-res vivie-res
habla-re comie-re vivie-re
habla-remos comie-remos vivie-remos
habla-reis comie-reis vivie-reis
habla-ren comie-ren vivie-ren
Imperativo:
habl-a speak com-e eat viv-e live
habl-ad com-ed viv-id
hayamos hablado hayamos comido hayamos vivido
hayais hablado hayais comido hayais vivido
hayan hablado hayan comido hayan vivido
1/27/06
NOTES FROM BRAZIL:
Thank you very much for your help. It was very helpful.
Mais português?
Ok, então vou te ensinar alguns verbos no presente simples:
Em português, a maioria dos verbos são regulares e existem 3 tipos:
AR ER IR
trabalhar escrever assistir
levantar viver
acordar aprender
tomar comer
Todos os verbos em português terminam em ar, er ou ir.
Eu trabalho levanto
Você trabalha levanta
Ele trabalha levanta
Nós trabalhamos levantamos
Eles trabalham levantam
Vocês trabalham levantam
Eu escrevo aprendo
Ele escreve aprende
Você escreve aprende
Nós escrevemos aprendemos
Eles escrevem aprendem
Vocês escrevem aprendem
Eu assisto
Ele assiste
Você assiste
Nós assistimos
Eles assistem
Vocês assistem
Ele e você são conjugados da mesma forma ele assite, você assiste, é igual.
Claro que existem muitos verbos irregulares, como por exemplo o verbo dormir, sair, querer, vir e ir
Dormir
eu durmo
ele/você dorme
nós dormimos
eles/vocês dormem
sair
eu saio
ele/você sai
nós saímos
eles/vocês saem
querer
eu quero
você/ele quer
nós queremos
eles/vocês querem
vir
eu venho
você/ele vem
nós vimos
eles/vocês vêm
ir
eu vou
você/ele vai
nós vamos
eles/vocês vão
Algumas frases como exemplo:
Eu venho sempre nesse bar.
Eu vou para a academia de ginástica todo dia.
João trabalha em uma empresa na escola de inglês. Ele é professor e escreve muito. Ele quer aprender a falar inglês por isso vai morar nos Estados Unidos. Ele assiste à televisão todos os dias para praticar o inglês. Ele sempre sai à noite e dorme muito tarde.
Qualquer dúvida me pergunte.
Um abraço,
Mônica
8:08 PM
Samoht Kcinep Rowlf said...
MONICA'S NOTES - PORTUGUESE - BRAZIL
Vamos começar então pelos pronomes:
Eu Eu sou a Mônica
Você Você é o Thomas
Ele Ele é o João
Ela Ela é a Maria
Nós Nós somos professores
Vocês Vocês são canadenses
Eles Eles são brasileiros.
Em português os verbos "ser" e "estar" correspondem ao verbo “to be”.
SER é permanente e ESTAR é temporário.
A conjugação:
verbo ser verbo estar
Eu sou Eu estou
Você/ Ele é Você/Ele está
Nós somos Nós estamos
Eles são Eles estão
Exemplos:
Eu sou brasileira.
Você é canadense.
Ele é americano.
Eu estou no Brasil agora.
Ele está na universidade
Nós estamos em casa.
Ela está com fome.
Eu sou professora há dois anos, mas antes trabalhava em agências de publicidade, em estações de rádio e televisão, também trabalhei com produção de filmes.
Eu aprendi a falar inglês em Londres, eu morei lá em 1997 e 1998. Também morei na Espanha em 2001. Fiquei em Madri por 6 meses.
Eu estou estudando para o teste do Cambridge CPE (Cambridge Proficiency Certificate) e quero fazer em agosto o CELTA (Certificate in English Language Teaching to Adults).
Posso te escrever uma ou duas vezes por semana e às vezes posso demorar para responder, mas respondo, não se preocupe.
Próximo email te explico mais verbos e vocabulário.
Um abraço,
Mônica
8:10 PM
Samoht Kcinep Rowlf said...
MONICA - BRAZIL NOTES
Talking on the phone helps a lot, we just need to schedule a time and date that suits us both.
You can also help me writing in English but using your normal vocabulary, so I can search the new words, especially idioms and phrasal verbs.
Despite the mistakes, I can communicate well, I mean I can talk about lots of things but using my range of vocabulary. I´ve been studying very hard since last year and I´m also attending English classes twice a week, starting next week as this week is Carnival.
I also need to practice my writing. Is it possible sometimes to send you some writing in English and then you can correct me?
Here is the version in Portuguese with some differences from the original one:
Falar ao telefone ajuda muito sim, nós só temos que combinar um horário que é bom pra (=para) mim e pra você também. Não sei qual a diferença de horário entre Estados Unidos e Brasil, preciso checar.
Você pode me ajudar escrevendo em inglês e usando o seu vocabulário normalmente, sem tentar facilitar nada, assim eu pesquiso e se tenho dúvidas te falo.
Consigo me comunicar bem em inglês, estudo muita gramática e vocabulário e tenho aulas uma vez por semana também.
Preciso praticar também minha escrita em inglês, então de vez em quando vou te mandar uns textos para você corrigir, tudo bem?
Lição do dia:
conjugação do verbo ter
Ter
Eu tenho
Ele/Ela/Você tem
Nós temos
Eles têm
Eu tenho 2 irmãos.
Ele tem um gato.
Nós temos um carro.
Veja a frase com os verbos ser, estar e ter:
Meu nome é Carlos.
Eu sou canadense.
Eu sou de Toronto mas agora estou nos Estados Unidos.
Eu tenho um cachorro.
Eu sou professor de inglês.
Nacionalidades:
Brasileiro - brasileira
Americano - americana
Canadense
Espanhol - espanhola
Italiano - italiana
Francês - francesa
Japonês - japonesa
Alemão - alemã
Eu sou alemã e tenho um amigo japonês.
No próximo email te envio vocabulário e a conjugação dos verbos regulares.
Um abraço,
Mônica
8:13 PM
Oi Monica,
Eu quero ensinar em uma escola elementar.
I want to teach at an elementary school.
Eu sou um professor ingles grande.
Como voce gostam de meu portugues, Monica?
Adeus, Samoht
Oi Samoht,
Faz tempo que não te escrevo, né? Mas é que ando ocupada, trabalhando muito. Mas agora já estou de volta.
E aí, como vai indo o seu português?
Hoje vou te ensinar os dias da semana.
Hoje é segunda-feira, amanhã é terça-feira, depois de amanhã é quarta-feira, depois quinta-feira, sexta-feira e o fim de semana é sábado e domingo.
E os meses são:
Janeiro
Fevereiro
Março
Abril
Maio
Junho
Julho
Agosto
Setembro
Outubro
Novembro
Dezembro
As datas em português são escritas assim: 28/02/05 (28 de fevereiro de 2005). É o contrário do inglês.
I watched the Oscar too, but it was to late at night here and I fell asleep. I read the newspaper today but to be honest I haven´t seen all the movies. I watched Sideways, I liked and One Million Baby, good but too sad, I got depressed after watching it.
Boa semana!
Mônica
P.S. I´m not going to USA. Maybe you´re confusing me with another key pal.
Have a nice week!
MY FAVORITE SUBJECT C.H. EUN 1/28/06
Second Draft
My favorite subject is History. There are many reasons why I prefer History on top of any other studies. First of all, I believe that history will bolster my dream of becoming a prosecuting attorney in order to fight against national crimes as a specialist. Specifically, the study of U,S. government would be a great advantage to my future career. In addition, I am fascinated to learn about world history. I am always attracted to the different lifestyles of ancient civilizations and how history has developed technology. History shows constant progress in any human congregation from simple nomadic lives, to complex industrialized civilizations. I am intrigued by the art and architecture of the Greek, Roman, Medieval and Renaissance periods. History is one obsession, but the reason that I love history starts from my interest in art. Art is what I do and what I should do during my spare time. While I work hard and enjoy studying law, I believe that doing extracurricular studies are important. Apart from serious business in dealing with crime cases, I want to feel confident as I express myself through creativity. Both History and Art allow me to view life from a different perspective. I am sure that they will benefit and influence my life greatly. Everything seems to have color and each has its own characteristics. History teaches me about the long experience of human life over thousands of years. On the other hand, art allows me to be distant from the complex world that may consist of constant worries and stresses.
My dream is to work for the national government in solving mysteries and crimes. Starting from a young age, I was always into Mysteries. It is interesting to see how the authors used intriguing plots for murder and other crimes. The more incredible part to it is when those sharp detectives would investigate the scene and one by one match the puzzle pieces. With only the little years of experience in my life, I built up my dream at first as a detective; however, this idea gradually changed into eventually becoming a prosecutor. I want to study law, which includes government, and fight against criminals. I believe that the first step to the fulfillment of my desires is to consider History. Although I enjoy all the fields in History, government and law is my goal. In the future, I want to make the world a safer place to live. Maybe someday, my dream of becoming an attorney will come true. Then, with my experience as an attorney, I will help the CIA organize and solve crime cases.
It wouldn’t be a detriment to have interests in other academic disciplines. In my case, my extracurricular interest would be in Art. History would be my number one goal, but during my spare time, I want to do what I enjoy doing alone. Art allows patience whenever you illustrate or paint. You have to be able to concentrate and calm yourself. I grew to love art from the influences of my schoolteachers who are great artists. My elementary teachers not only encouraged me to build my academic skills, they also encouraged me in the study of art and music. Art also allows one to bring forth original ideas, creations and perspectives. Art is one way to express oneself. There are other ways to manifest creative instincts such as through writing (poetry), performing arts and music. It’s just that I am better suited doing art. Art directly connects to History, because art comes from all periods of time. Art has developed along thousands of years. Art, in turn, has greatly influenced the world. By using a brush, pencil or charcoal, we are freely able to present our talents. I may not be the best artist around, but art doesn’t require highly developed skills. The same goes for any aspects of it. It is the uniqueness and the creativity that makes someone special. In addition, I was greatly influenced by my artist brother who is currently attending Pasadena College of Art and Design. He is my role model so I tend to follow his path.
History is what I do and what I need to do. The world will need me someday, and I will always be prepared. At some point, the night streets would be as safe as during the daylight hours. There would be less murder and crimes around the world. I will enjoy fighting against crimes and at the same time it will be challenging. Apart from the world full of danger, I will make time to do what I also enjoy – Art. This will allow me to be calm and absent from stress. I will be a model to the world to exemplify how simple interests in a subject can one day have a great impact on mankind. I will one day give the world new concepts to add to the significance and importance of history.
Ich hoffe, Sie eines Tages in Person zu treffen. Ich
möchte mit Ihnen tanzen. Ich möchte um Ihre Hand
anhalten. Ich möchte Ihre Mutter treffen. Ich möchte
zur Schule gehen. Ich möchte studieren. Ich möchte
unterrichten. Ich möchte an der Universität
unterrichten. Ich möchte an der mittleren Schule
unterrichten. Ich möchte an der Volksschule
unterrichten.
warmly,
Martina
ABOUT CHARLES BURNETT
DIRECTOR OF NUJOMA: WHERE OTHERS WAVERED
TO BE RELEASED GLOBALLY IN 2007.
I started my educational career at UCLA in the History and Sociology departments. I met Charles Burnett one early morning as he was headed to the north campus, Theater Arts & Motion Picture area. I was headed to the southern part of the campus, toward the Engineering Department. Charles asked me to help him as a member of a jury that he would be shooting the following morning at 7:00 am. That was a bit early for me, since had my first classes beginning at noon; nevertheless, I told him that I would be there. As it turned out, I was the only member of the 12 person jury who showed up as scheduled. Charles and I became friends from that point in 1967. I made a Project 1 student film. Charles was my Director of Photography and Cameraman. I wrote, produced, directed and edited it. The film was "29 Pickup." We made it on the corner of 29th Street and Western Avenue in Los Angeles in the summer of 1969. It dealt with an invasion of privacy among 2 young men and a young woman.
I joined the motion picture division because I had met Charles and I felt that this would be a good vehicle for me to present my work as a writer on the worldwide, international stage.
I gave Charles a Honda Super 90 motorcycle when his car broke down so that he could get to UCLA classes sometime after that. Charles asked me to help him make "My Brother's Wedding" since he had gotten $75,000.00 in camera money from ZDF in Germany to conduct camera tests. Charles asked me if I thought that we could make a color feature film with the money rather than camera tests. I said that I would see what we could do. I contacted a friend of mine, Ruth, who worked for Earl Williman, the head of the Electrical Department for Lorimar Pictures. Earl "Pee Wee," promised to help us make the film. He gave us many lights and arranged for Lorimar to sell us film at a big discount. We used "short ends." Since the picture took 2 years, Lorimar eventually dropped the price of the film stock even further, finally amounting to about 13 cents a foot.
Charles used my home on Wellington Road in the Lafayette Square district for 2/3 of his movie. He asked me to play a "Dead Body in a Coffin," as a cameo role in addition to my other roles as Production Manager and Film Editor. I used all of the members of my family as extras in "My Brother's Wedding." I also let Charles use my Porche red Alfa Romeo convertible as a "picture car" when Pierce, the lead character in the film, has to find his way from the funeral to the wedding and winds up being late for both events.
Charles asked me to help him on Several Friends as well as The Horse, and Killer of Sheep. I gave him a bit of help on the first two films; however, I had a heavy time commitment at MGM during the time that he was shooting Killer of Sheep. I asked my sister, Christine Penick, to help him in the sound area. Incidentally, this was the first time that she had worked on a film. She knew nothing about sound. She has since turned into a fine still photographer. Her specialty is Women's Judo. She is the highest rannked Women's Judoist in the world. Several years ago, she was awarded a Red and White Belt in Judo which is the highest belt that anyone can get.
I had a VHS copy of "My Brother's Wedding," but it began to deteriorate. It would greatly please me to buy it on DVD when Milestone re-issues it. I spent 2 years with Charles on the making of it and, yes, there were many memories. This was the first feature film that I had worked on. My experience had been as an assistant film editor for Michael Kahn, Ralph Winters and Henry Berman at the major studios. I was the trailer editor for domestic television syndication @ MGM from 1975 - 1978. I was the first assistant film editor for Gordon Parks' "Leadbelly" from 1974 - 1975. I'm primarily a writer. I've made many experimental, short and long form mini digital films since 2003. My first film was made in 1969 at UCLA. Then, I took a Super 8 mm. film, "Pohop," to the 1990 Berlin Film Festival in dailies form. In 1983 I made a one minute trailer of "Hurry, Cane Season. Burnett was my Cameaman & DP. In 1999 I made "The Arsonist" in 16 mm. color. In 2003 I made "The Backyard" for an Ivory Coast novelist, Sebastian Dehi after I completely re-wrote 5 of his scripts over the preceding few years. I then realized that I had best make my own films. I continue to write since I do it well. I anticipate publishing all of my creative work by 2009.
Since this was Charles' first 35 mm. film, he wasn't used to the pacing of 35 mm. He had made 16 mm. films and the film movement was a lot different from 35 mm. Charles initially told me to play the scenes out. Eventually, I made many deep trims in scenes otherwise "My Brother's Wedding" would have been a much longer film. I was disappointed in the acting throughout the picture. When I read Charles' script prior to beginning the film, I was quite excited. I think that he should re-make the project and have someone pick the cast as a casting director.
I had been keeping in touch with Gordon Parks and Charles Burnett; however, Mr. Parks passed in March of this year. I still communicate often with Charles.
I have always thought that Charles Burnett is a filmmaker par excellence!
In every area of filmmaking he has known exactly what he was doing and how he wants to do it.
He adds tremendously to existing ideas with his own perspectives and ways of seeing. There is no one like him in the world of filmmaking.
If anything, he needs a great casting director, I feel, and also, more importantly, a viable budget for the marketing of his creative works.
This has been something that he sorely needs in order for the audience to fully appreciate his films. I saw "Annihilation of Fish" and I thought it was his best film, technically.
My only problem with "Annihilation" was the choice of title. I seriously doubt that the people who would see this film fully understood what "annihilation" means, thus they would not go to see it. Charles asked me to alert my circle of friends about this film. I did so. None of them showed up, merely the members of my family.
Charles is very good at listening with the utmost patience and putting forth what he wants to see happen on the screen. He usually does everything on his films, loading the camera, shooting the camera, setting up all of the lights, carrying everything, driving the truck, etc.
Perhaps his finest actor, in my opinion, was his brother, Andy Burnett. The only problem with Andy was that he didn't realize how skilled and talented his brother Charles was. In my opinion, if Andy had been able to contain his irascible nature, he would have been another James Dean. I say that in all seriousness. Andy was that good.
Charles was also very attentive to his grandmother and mother when I knew him in the 1960's. He took photographs of his grandmother that were something that Gordon Parks would have envied.
As far as working with actors, Charles always sought to have them portray their characters without relying on stereotypes. He fought against them doing things the way that Hollywood traditionally does things. He was always seeking fresh outlooks, fresh perspectives, new ways of seeing and thinking.
I doubt that Charles Burnett was interested in the good or the bad guys, rather he would try to explore the common humanity of people in all of the films that he has done. This is rare. It shows someone who is really interested in the human condition and what makes everyone "tick."
blessings
SAMOHT KCINEP ROWLF
7/2/06 11:00 PM.
HOLLYWOOD, CA. USA
Say Mot,
I like every thing you created and looked at all your bloggs great work.
Thanks,
RS - The Chicago Connection
July 7, 2006 2:31 pm.
Dear Hobo Teacher,
I enjoyed reading about the expressions of the student as she complained about the difficulty of the classwork that was assigned to her. From time to time, as needed, I have been privileged to tutor young children from 1st - 12th grade. I specialize in everything associated with the English language. As part of that immersion, since the students are not native born speakers of English, I insist that they keep a journal in which they write to me, I correct their compositions, and then I add my own perceptions, caveats, added instruction in the pages of their ongoing book and send them off merrily until we have another session. One young man has been doing this with me for a number of years. Last year told me that he didn't have as many problems when he was undergoing the middle school experience as some, if not many, of his colleagues had. He thanked me for being a "tough teacher" and developing a rigorous, yet nurturing learning environment. He has become a whiz at understanding literature and the writing process.
Samoht Kcinep Rowlf
Los Angeles, CA. July 7, 2006 5:28 pm.
Hi Katie from Tiny Nose. Big Heart.
Sometimes it is necessary to take an extended sabbatical from the things that you love in order to get a fresh and different perspective from what you need to do in order to bring the education that everybody requires, especially students, to a place where they can quickly grasp the meanings of their lives. You can do this, you have done this and you will continue to do it in the future. Even if you stay out of the teaching arena for an extended time, I would venture a guess that the skills that you have mastered will be put to use whenever and wherever someone needs instruction. It is o.k. to relax, fine to not have any papers to grade, homework assignments to hand out, but, in time, your natural inclination will be to teach. This is who you are. This is what you do. This is your nature. It would be much like the stoppage of breathing if you stayed away from your true calling. Best regards as you heal your temporary need for space. I'm thinking that you'll return and with a lot more vigor and insight. You deserve this for yourself. The students demand it of themselves that they have a teacher who brings out the best in all of them.
blessings,
Samoht Kcinep Rowlf
Los Angeles, CA. 7/7/06 5:54 pm.
FILMS THAT I HAVE WORKED ON IN MY CAREER:
The Horse / Charles Burnett Productions / 1972
Several Friends / Charles Burnett Productions / 1969
Lady Sings the Blues Paramount Pictures 1972 assistant film editor / editor Argyle Nelson, Jr / director Sidney Furie.
Love American Style Paramount Pictures 1972 assistant film editor / editor Jerry Dronsky
Every Little Crook & Nanny MGM 1973
assistant film editor / editor Henry Berman
One Is a Lonely Number MGM 1973
assistant editor
The Carey Treatment MGM 1973
assistant film editor / film editor Ralph E. Winters
The Courtship of Eddie's Father MGM 1972
assistant film editor / editor Merv Adelson
The Spook Who Sat By The Door Bokari Productions 1973
first assistant film editor / film editor Michael Kahn / director Ivan Dixon
The Fuzz Brothers TV pilot MGM 1973
Assistant Film Editor / Film Editor - Michael Kahn
Adam's Rib TV series MGM 1973
assistant film editor / film editor Hugh Chaloupka
Blood's Way AFI Stan Taylor Productions 1972
film editor & production manager
this picture was "in consideration" for an Academy Award / director Stan Taylor.
Tuskeegee: Project 626 AFI Leroi McDonald Productions 1974
associate producer / director LeRoi McDonald
Wednesday AFI Stan Taylor Productions 1974
associate producer / director Stan Taylor
Bless Their Little Hearts / film editor/ Billy Woodberry Productions / director Billy Woodberry
Shaft TV series MGM 1974
assistant film editor / editor George Folsey, Jr.
Slither TV pilot MGM 1973
assistant film editor / film editor Hank Batista
Nakia TV show Columbia Pictures 1974
assistant film editor / film editor Hugh Chaloupka
The Outfit MGM 1973
assistant film editor / film editor Ralph E. Winters / director John Flynn
Leadbelly Paramount Pictures 1974-1975
first assistant film editor & projectionist / film editor Harry Howard / Director Gordon Parks, Sr.
240 Robert TV show Rick Rosner Television 1984
assistant film editor / editor Richard Fetterman
George Washington mini-series MGM 1985
assistant film editor / film editor Les Green
All American Girl, AKA Sweet Revenge MGM 1975
assistant film editor / film editors Evan C. Lottman & Richard Fetterman /
director Jerry Schatzberg
Trailer Editor Domestic Television Syndication 1975-1978
Supervisor Chuck Silvers
Emma Mae Jamaa Fanaka Production 1979 editorial consultant / director & producer Jamaa Fanaka
The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh Lorimar Pictures 1978
first assistant film editor / editor Frank Mazzola
Altered States Warner Brothers 1979-1980
first assistant film editor (first person hired in post-production & the last person terminated from the picture)
film editors Stuart Baird & Eric Jenkins
My Brother's Wedding Charles Burnett Productions 1983-1985
Film Editor and Production Manager and Cameo role "Dead Body in Coffin" / Charles Burnett - Director
For Us, The Living / Associate Film Editor / Editor Harry Keramidas / Director Michael Schultz
A Case of Need, AKA An Invasion of Privacy.
first assistant editor / editor David Finfer / director Mel Damsky
Guests of the Hotel Astoria Rafigh Pooya Take 7 Productions 1987
assistant cameraman / director of photography Charles Burnett/ Rafigh Pooya producer / director Reza Badiiyi
POHOP by Samoht Kcinep Rowlf 1990
Berlin Film Festival / super 8mm. film shown in dailies form at the festival / writer / producer / director / lead actor / editor.
THE ARSONIST work in progress 2006 / 16mm. color short film / writer / producer / director / lead actor / editor / cameraman
THE BACKYARD / Director Samoht Kcinep Rowlf / producer Sebastien Dehi
NOBEL ASSISTANT / Screenplay / Director / Producer & Editor
Unpublished books and screenplays:
Theft of Parts
The Arsonist
Pohop
Superfluoub - first presented as a play at The First Stage Writer, Actor, Director's Workshop in Hollywood.
P.M. Slaughter
Adventures of Sappy & Slim (children's book)
The Bluest Bubble (children's story)
The Short Five
Always a Hero
A Passing on the Left
The Legend of Tomahawk Slaughter
The Silverback Gorilla
Thomas Penick's Filmography:
AFTERMATH (2006) UNITED STATES, 58:15:10 minutes
AFTER THE MATH (2006) UNITED STATES, 26:54 min
Gorilla Interviews Dehi (2005) UNITED STATES, 14:34 min
RUBIES & SAPPHIRES (2006) UNITED STATES, 02:46 min
BACKYARD BLUES - shortened version (2005) UNITED STATES, 7 minutes
Prelude: Hum Harper shortened version (2005) UNITED STATES, 18 minutes
SLEEP WITH GORILLAS (2005) UNITED STATES, 1 minute
WE ARE FRIENDS (2005) UNITED STATES, 38:13:27 minutes
29 PICKUP / BERLIN SAMPLE OF WORK (2005) UNITED STATES, 3 minutes
Zebra 1 Ana (2006) UNITED STATES, 6:41:03 min
Primitive Word Play (2006) UNITED STATES, 60 min
STALKING AYE (2006) UNITED STATES, 22 min. 20 sec
NOBEL ASSISTANT (2005) UNITED STATES, 52:45:00 minutes
DAVID ANUBIS (2005) UNITED STATES, 4:26:06 minutes
COURTING FOR POLITO (2005) UNITED STATES, 6:11:21 minutes
NOBEL BLUES (2005) UNITED STATES, 58:25:06 minutes
RECHARGE (2006) UNITED STATES, 60 min
The Cane Collection shortened version (2005) UNITED STATES, 42:28:21 minutes
CANE COLLECTION (2005) UNITED STATES, 1:01:12:26 min
Hum Harper Hum (2005) UNITED STATES, 60 min
Vignettes (2005) UNITED STATES, 10:48 min
The Backyard, or Romancing the Apartheid (2003) UNITED STATES, 11 minutes
Gorilla #1 Interviews Dehi (2003) UNITED STATES, 5 minutes 14 sec.
Zebra 1 (2006) UNITED STATES, 4:13:23
Gorilla #2 Interviews Dehi (2003) UNITED STATES, 8 min. 45 sec.
ARSONIST - shortened version (1999) UNITED STATES, 15:45:11 minutes
Salute (1998) UNITED STATES, 9:25 minutes Tom plays “Cobbler” -
Director Ji-Hoon Park of South Korea
Pohop (1990) UNITED STATES, 10 min
Hurry, Cane Season (1983) UNITED STATES, 1 minute
29 Pickup (1969) UNITED STATES, 3 minutes
REDUX (2006) UNITED STATES, 14:36:18 minutes
AYE STALKEEN ( 2006 ) UNITED STATES, 5:06:26 minutes
Collaborations as a writer:
The Third Dimension with the Ivory Coast, African writer, Sébastien Dehi.
Father Rosner / collaboration with Sébastien Dehi.
Newsletters:
The LaFayette Square Chronicle
Editor in Chief and columnist
The Wellington Square Times
Editor in Chief and columnist
Voices Newsletter
senior editor / columnist
Riverbank Judo Club Quarterly Newsletter
Editor in Chief and columnist
Career goal:
writer, executive producer for films and television.
respectfully submitted by Samoht Kcinep Rowlf
Los Angeles, CA. USA 8:28 am.
R.I.P. WILL JEWELL
Dear Friends of Mt. Hollywood,
It is with a heavy heart that I pass on the news that Will Jewell passed away Sunday, July 2nd in the evening. As soon as I get any more information regarding the family's plans - I will let everyone know what's happening.
christine
Dear Christine,
I am very saddened by the loss of Will. I knew him and liked him, as I like Rosemary.
Mom & Dad will be sad to know that one of their friends is no longer with us.
Dad & Will were both conscientious objectors during World War II. They shared this
in common as well as their love of Mt. Hollywood Congregational Church. Dad's daughter
Joyce considered their daughter as a sister. If there is anything that we can do to help,
do not hesitate to let us know. We visited Rosemary at Will's convalescent home on June 25th
immediately after church services at Mt. Hollywood. Our thoughts and our prayers go out to
Rosemary and her family in their time of need since that is what friends are for.
NOTE: Samoht Kcinep Rowlf was the Presider @ the church on Sunday, July 2, 2006. I will be the Presider again on Sunday, September 3, 2006. The study of World Religions continues.
blessings,
Samoht Kcinep Rowlf, Mom, Dad, Joyce
Saturday, July 15. 2006 5:51 pm.
Los Angeles, CA. USA
After starting my association with the YouTube.com free internet channel, I'm more than pleased to report that I now have an additional subscriber, Christine, from Riverbank, CA. A subscriber to SamohtGroup, Harry from New York, rexreginas from Chicago and ZhenZhen93 from Taiwan.
As of today, July 22, 2006 I have had 151 views (hits) on "Sleeps With Gorillas," 59 hits ( views) on "29 Pickup," and 44 hits (views) on Gorilla Interviews trlr.mov." I just put another clip on the channel: odile "Nobel Assistant:" This picture has travelled a long way. To date "Nobel Assistant" has had 6 hits (views) of which 5 of them were my own views. I guess that you really have to support your own product. I've varied the images to support each of the 4 videos that comprise my channel: "Remarkable Life & Career of cat." Interest really seems to be with "Sleeps with Gorillas." It might be the tag. There might be an element of voyeurism at play in the internet community. I don't know what else to make of it. On the other hand, "29 Pickup" seems to have the best production values of the 4 clips. At any rate, I must press on. I have a few more years before I can begin to claim my 4 consecutive Nobel Prizes in Literature from 2011 - 2014.
I start another series of projects in September of 2006. I might enter 4 projects in the Pan African Film Festival between February 8 - 19, 2007.
Samoht Kcinep Rowlf.
aka dadhiltonmps on YouTube.com
aka "cat" on YouTube.com
"Remarkable Life & Career of cat" on YouTube.com
7/22/06 9:32 pm. USA
9 XII 2007
Yesterday, Saturday, I received a Christmas card from my 7th grade school teacher Cecilia Nagel. I will send her a card on Monday or Tuesday. She is now retired. She was born on Black Thursday 1929 when the stock market crashed
Samoht 3:40 pm. Hollywood U.S.A.
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