The entire day was like a dream. On the way to the beach (previous post) there is a highway with an entirely separate section of lanes in the middle for fast-pass carpoolers (or whatever) that ascended up to this crazy huge overpass that ran parallel instead of perpendicular, while the rest of the highway descended underneath it as it is held up by these ginormous concrete pillars. It’s unreal. I want to film it eventually.

Finally reaching the pacific was very surreal and serene. My heart even fluttered as I was walking down to the water. It was awesome. I ended up staying way too long and walking way too far, so I thought I wasn’t going to make it back in time for the screening. However, my gps decided it wanted to take me home a completely different way, which was not on the highway. I wasn’t hurried or speeding at all and it managed to get me home just in time to change clothes real quick before heading over to the LA Film School where the screening was.

I pulled up to the top level of the parking garage and had no idea how to get down, lol, so I spotted a security guard and walked over to ask directions. Instead of just telling me where to go, he actually escorted me through the building and elevators with keycards, right up to the door I needed to go through. Shouts to the rockstar security guard.

Then as I walked in, everything kind of turned into a scene from a movie where the camera pans by events that happen just as the camera is in the right place at the right time. Except, I was the camera and even though I had to flash ID to get in, it was as if I wasn’t there. Just breezing by while watching a movie. The levels of irony were staggering.

So I finally sat down with 5 minutes to spare and started to get really hot from the rays of sun I absorbed earlier, haha. The movie was great, even if I had a few gripes. It gets better the more I think about it :P

The Q & A with the screenwriter wasn’t all that incredibly interesting, surprisingly. He was basically repeating preconceived answers that he was recycling from previous interviews and junkets. One of the burning questions was the production budget, but he declined to answer, and rightfully so since the question was slightly off topic. It was cool that the host tried to get him to answer it though, lol.

You can listen to the full Q & A here: Orphan Screenwriter Q & A.

On my way back to the car, I ended up on top of the wrong parking garage. I’m amazing, I know.