Adsense Agony

Now that I'm part of the YouTube Partners program, YouTube wants me to link my YouTube account to my AdSense Account. One problem! My AdSense account is currently disabled! I called Google's main office, and they directed me to their support website. I found my way to an AdSense Contact Page, wrote them and told them about my dilemma. I told them that while I have no interest in putting up ads, I do need an appeal to connect the two accounts. Hopefully they'll listen. I really want this to be over, get the contracts signed, and work on getting my old movie up on YouTube.

Meanwhile, I've just finished setting up and formatting a new blog. The blog will launch this Friday, and I will post a link here and from YouTube. It's likely that I will continue posting here, even redesigning this blog, since the new blog deals with something entirely different.

Reconsidering Fiscal Sponsorship

I've decided to seek Fiscal Sponsorship after all. Keep checking GRANTErinsWish.com for updates.

As for everything else, I'm still trying to get the YouTube Partners Program straightened around. If it ain't one thing, it's another, I tell you. I'll be going down to New York on Thursday and staying with Brian.

Good Night.

Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes! (Again!)

I've decided to put off the fiscal sponsorship until November.

Meanwhile, you'll notice I have a new name for the blog, "Indigenity". That's not the title of my movie, just the title of the blog. Indigenity is a Colbertism I made up. This is one of many changes I'll be making in the near future. I also plan on working on redesigning the blog, as well as changing the blog roll and everything else.

Unfortunately, I was turned down for YouTube Partners Program, and I know why. I e-mailed Sara Pollack, and hopefully, my heartfelt plea will straighten things out.

On A Mission

Earlier this week, I read Virginia Woolf's A Room of One's Own. So good, it made me want to go out and write my own feminist book. But that will be another time. At the very least, I was inspired enough to try and dig up my copy of Simone de Beauvoir's The Second Sex, which I started my senior year of college but never finished.

In more relevant news, my plan to get money to go down to SXSW is almost done, and should be ready within the next 48 hours. I just have to fix a few things and make a short intro video, and it should be up in no time.

Living Like A Genius

Today I had another "what am I doing?" moment, and I'm not talking about the book. I was preparing to do a video on Britney Spears, and what "she really wants"...attention.

Then I realized something. Is this really going to add to my career at all? It's not like I revise the text or rehearse it. I'm not sure what the point to doing a video like that is, other than expressing myself.

This is on top of another ephiphany I had last night. I decided that I NEED TO START LIVING LIKE A GENIUS. I'm talking about when I was in college, positively deluded that one day, I would be regarded as a great artist. I'm ready to start living the life I wanted back then, albeit with more responsibility.

Earlier this year, I read a book called Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill. In the book, the author encouraged you to write a detailed plan as to how you will achieve your wealth and success. For most of today, I have been working on a new plan. I will continue to work on it tonight.

I ended up posting my sentiments on Britney in a Velvet Rope thread (click here and scroll down to "Miss Modular").

Jimmie Fidler's Personality Parade

Friday I was really compelled to upload this movie. I'm usually not into uploading this type of stuff (mainly out of fear of having it pulled due to copyright issues), but something told me I had to upload this video.

My favorite part of TCM (aside from commercial-free showings of old movies) is the old news reels and promo films they show between movies. The title of this movie is Jimmie Fidler's Personality Parade. I'm ashamed to admit this, but I had never heard of half these people (or Jimmie Fidler, for that matter) were until I saw this movie. Most of the stars that are profiled go back to the Silent Era, however at the end, Fidler pays tribute to Jean Harlow, who at that time had just recently passed away.

I think you will find this video intruiging. It runs about 20 minutes or so, but I broke it up into three parts.

RIP Uncle Jim

I've been having trouble coming up with ideas for my short film, beyond what I said in the preceding post. Since the five hour course I was supposed to take on Monday was cancelled (I'll be taking it on Saturday instead), I'm going to take the time and watch the Funny Ha Ha DVD that I own for inspiration.

Remember that critique of screenwriting books I was working on? I've decided to write a screenwriting book that evaluates European Films. I will still be able to incorporate the research I've done, but it will be more constructive. I've seen plenty of European films already, so that part is taken care of. I think its an idea whose time has come.

In the meantime, I plan on making some new YouTube videos. I really lost interest in it for awhile, but now I have some fresh ideas.

On a personal note, my Uncle Jim passed away. I hadn't seen him since he moved to Arizona several years ago, but when I was a kid, we used to go up every Christmas to his house in Rochester. He and his wife, my Aunt Pat, took care of my Uncle David when my maternal grandparents died. His daughter Mary is my sister's godmother. I will miss him.

Important Recent Videos

For the last couple of months, I've been vlogging while I've been waiting to figure out what my new blog is going to be about. Here are some videos I want you to look at.

This is the video resume I posted to see if anyone would hire me as a PA. I haven't had any offers yet, but I'm still accepting them. At some point, I'll start making cold calls and sending out resumes.

In this video I define my plan for the next movie I plan on making--the method I plan on using and anything else I have in mind so far. My plans for my next movie are subject to change at any time.

Here I reflect on the last year of my life, and where I plan to go in the future. It's not as good as I thought it would be, but I wanted it done in time for my birthday tomorrow.