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    stupid first world problems you're dealing with

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    8 hours ago, ignatius said:

    oof. send them a message and walk it back or tell them you just committed to something for a certain amount of time or whatever... it's a fine line of obvious bullshit vs. a convincing story.. but the other option is to fess up and tell them you spoke w/o thinking and are obligated to hold up your end for other clients.  you never know.. they could say "Well, we're prepared to offer you $1 billion and a foosball table" 

    Yeah, that's a pretty good idea actually.
    My guess is they'll either get back to me and say they can offer me 3 days a week, which I won't say yes to, because I know that in this line of work 3 days quickly becomes 5 days. And I'm not working 5 days a week for 3 days pay. Also, I don't think profitable to hire me full time. Without going into too much detail, I don't think it would be profitable for them to hire me anyway. I know they use me quite a lot, but that only sums up to about 5-6 months per year.

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    stupid first world problems you're dealing with

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    15 minutes ago, J3FF3R00 said:

    I feel you, dude. Freelancing for a good client has the perfect balance of commitment/non-commitment. You never have to worry about being “fired” and things getting more uncomfortable than them finding someone else. However, full time is full time. Benefits can be great. But they own you. 
     

    The biggest problem is that I would have to tell all my clients that I'm no longer available. And then what happens if it doesn't work out working full time for these guys? I would have to come crawling back to my old clients and ask if they're still interested in using me.
    Another thing I didn't think about... in about 6 months time I'll find out if a show I worked on will be picked up for a second season. Working on that first season was the best experience ever.

    I really should learn to keep my mouth shut.

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    stupid first world problems you're dealing with

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    Hm, I'm in a bit of a pickle.
    I was in a meeting with my best clients. The stuff I do for them is so much fun.

    We were chit-chatting and they mentioned that there was more stuff around the corner and they would tell me more at a later point. I then opened my mouth and without thinking said, "Let me know if you ever need a full time sound designer". They went quiet, looked at each other, and after a couple of seconds one of them said, "hm... interesting...".

    Fuck. Why did I say that? I didn't even consider what I was saying and I didn't consider how they would react. The team lead is already checking up on if it's possible to hire me and I don't think I want this.
    Even though it's tough as fuck being a freelancer - especially since having a kid - I still love it. I hope this doesn't work out, haha. Fuck.

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    Favourite YouTube Videos

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    10 hours ago, Nebraska said:

     

     

    I need context. From what I read on Youtube the guy in the blue t-shirt cheated on the plastic thing on the left, right?
    You know what... actually. I don't need context. Fuck, I hate the internet so much now, man.

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    TWIN PEAKS

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    https://theplaylist.net/snootworld-david-lynch-netflix-caroline-thompson-20240408/

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    Well, well, maybe David Lynch hasn’t “retired” from filmmaking after all. The iconic surreal filmmaker declared in 2017 that he would never make another film again, the same year his Showtime series, “Twin Peaks: The Return” aired. While the director seemed to change his tune vaguely over the years, hinting at a new project in 2020, since 2017, the filmmaker has not released anything significant ever since. And while there were false reports in 2022 that he had a new film ready at Cannes, those rumors were very fake. One element might’ve been confirmed, however. The director had been rumored to be cooking up some kind of project at Netflix over the years, and we finally may know what it is. However, Netflix isn’t making it.

    In a new interview with Deadline, Lynch revealed that he did have a project in the works at the streaming giant. Called” Snootworld,” it’s an old, unmade animated project from years ago that Lynch evidently revived in secret (here’s a brief mention of it in a Daily Beast article from 2009). It’s a collaboration with screenwriter Caroline Thompson, writer of quirky fairytale-like projects including “The Corpse Bride,” “The Nightmare Before Christmas,” “Edward Scissorhands,” and the live-action feature film “The Addams Family.”

    A film affectionally referred to a “wackdoo” fairytale story, apparently Netflix eventually passed on the project.

    “I don’t know when I started thinking about Snoots, but I’d do these drawings of Snoots, and then a story started to emerge,” Lynch told Deadline in a rare interview about his unmade animated project. “I got together with Caroline, and we worked on a script. Just recently, I thought someone might be interested in getting behind this, so I presented it to Netflix in the last few months, but they rejected it.”

    READ MORE: David Lynch’s Main Requirement For Doing ‘Fabelmans’ Was A Bag Of Cheetos: “Any Chance I Can, I Get Them”

    Given this was “in the last few months,” it’s unclear if this Netflix project was the one Lynch was rumored to be developing circa 2020.

    Lynch acknowledged the uphill battle ‘Snootworld’ faces in the current animation landscape. 

    “‘Snootworld’ is kind of an old-fashioned story, and animation today is more about surface jokes,” he explained. “Old-fashioned fairytales are considered groaners: apparently, people don’t want to see them. It’s a different world now, and it’s easier to say no than to say yes.”

    This candid take still makes us curious about what could have been too far out there for Netflix, given they don’t always seem as discerning with other greenlights. 

    “It takes my breath away how wacky it is,” Thompson added, “The Snoots are these tiny creatures who have a ritual transition at age eight, at which time they get tinier, and they’re sent away for a year, so they are protected. The world goes into chaos when the Snoot hero of the story disappears into the carpet, and his family can’t find him, and he enters a crazy, magnificent world.”

    Lynch and Thompson co-wrote “Snootworld” together, and the filmmaker is now seeking financial backers to help make it after the streaming giant has moved on. However, Lynch hasn’t decided if he’ll direct it, after telling Deadline in their interview that he had hoped that his daughter, Jennifer Lynch (“American Horror Story”), could potentially do it.

    We’ll keep our fingers crossed that something materializes to push the project across the finish line, as more movies from Lynch, wackadoo or not, are completely fine with us.

     

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    pizza

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    As for the sauce, just keep it simple, man. But the best canned tomatoes (any kind of San Marzano) and simply add salt and pepper. No need for anything else. 

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