Cleaning

I had to clear everything off my floor because I'm gettign new tiles put it. A lot of my big items are in the hallway. I never realized how crappy my furnitire is. There's not one piece that wasn't found in the trash, used, or purchased off of craigslist. The hallway outside my door looks like a trash pick up. Just a bunch of junk. A whole bunch of junk.

Attention all millionaires: give me money.

Come see my improv group!

Tomorrow night my improv team will be performing a show. A must for all Jeremiah fans.

Friday, Oct. 29
Jonly Bonly (my group) with Gunshow
Gotham City Improv Theater, 158 W. 23rd St., above Monster Sushi)
between 6th and 7th Aves.
$5, 10PM

Come on, we're funny and we have to break even for the theatre rental.

Halloween

What is everyone dressing up as for Halloween? I'm dressing up as a responsible businessman, not because it is Halloween but because I work for a living.

Can we all please act like adults for two minutes?

I remember when I was a kid in middle school my friends would all talk about 'rolling' peoples houses with toilet papers, or other ways of destroying other people's private property. They spoke about such things with anxious vigor as if it were fun to wreck other peoples houses. I never got into trashing other people's houses. Is that fun? Making a mess? If I'm in the minority of not thinking vandalism is fun then I have an understanding of my country's foriegn policy.

But seriously, now that I am older and have joined the work force. There are quite a few houses I would like to roll toilet paper around and maybe throw an egg at. Just one. Just one egg.

I'm at work now. It stinks. It's almost as much fun as riding a flat roller coaster. A roller coaster with no slopes of ascent, no loops, just a flat track. And it moves slow and is crowded. Like the A-Train at 11:30 pm.

I will bring candy with me on the subway tomorrow if anyone is interested in trick or treating. If you see just say trick or treat and through some sweets your way.

Staff Meeting

http://www.jeremiahmurphy.net/staff/staff.mov

Above is a little taste of my new video short "Staff Meeting." Stay tuned for more.

I shot it this weekend with a cast of talented colleagues. I wrote a skeleton of what I wanted and had the actors improvise off of that.

Monday

I just wrapped principal photography on my newest comedy short, "Staff Meeting." Now, I enter into post production at Central Park West Studios. I'm speaking to Three Meter productions about distribution. It should be out by mid-November.

I saw the craziest thing Friday night. I was walking through midtown around midnight because the idiots at the MTA decided to cancel local service. I'm walking past various bars and closed McDonalds. I hear a loud bang. I look on the street and I see this huge SUV with a wrecked front fender and a taxi cab in the middle of the street, not at the intersection. The dude from the SUV gets out. I see the woman in the passenger seat put her hands on her head in an "Oh my God!" expression. The driver walks to the cab, gives a cursory glance at the cab, looks at the passneger in the backseat. Looks at the driver. Walks back to the SUV. Gets back in. The cab driver gets out. He walks towards the SUV. The SUV backs up real fast. The cab driver motions for the SUV to stop. The SUV continues backing up, turns and shoots down another street.

Why'd he do that? His fender was wrecked. I guess it was his fault for rear-eneding the cab. The cab didn't seem to be damaged. But the SUV looked like it was made out of plastic and tin. The idiot totally fled the scene. I just stood there and stared for like two minutes waiting for him to come back and apologize. Or something. I couldn't believe how inconsiderate he was to the cab driver. Maybe the driver was drunk. I think I witnessed a crime.