Wow, it’s been ages since i wrote anything on myspace.  my excuse is that i have been travelling.  Travelling for a short time in the States and then dropping down into South America.  i started my trip at Venus beach, the sand there is surprisingly comfortable to sleep on.  i then moved to Hollywood where i stayed for a few nights on the street until i could arrange a hostel.  i will tell you a few things about living on the street in hollywood... 1: find a trolley; a trolley is probably your best defence against thievery.  if you put your backpack into a trolley and surround it with random pieces of garbage and old cans people will assume you have nothing of value. 2: find a local garden and smudge dirt on your face.  dirty people never have money, thus don’t get robbed.  3: mutter incoherently when anyone dodgy-looking comes within hearing range.  Actually i was being facetious about three.  the only place muttering incoherently will get you is into a muttering conversation.  trust me, these are intolerable. 

To be honest however some of the most interesting and generous people i met while travelling were homeless.  there was one guy in Brazil, a surfer, who was also bilingual (which was helpful with the language barrier) who let me stay in his tent on the beach for a week while i was there.  i left him my surfboard as payment. But i will talk about Brazil more later, for now i want to stay on the topic of the States. 

After a few days on the street in Hollywood i found a hostel that wasn’t full.  it was so nice to have a shower and fresh bed.  the hostel was clean and the people personable, but they, like me, were mostly tourists.  i wanted to see the real America, the America of "on the road" and "Factotum." i felt like i was in a little Europe. i wanted to meet locals.  i imagine people have the same problem but reversed in Europe.

rats, i have to go; i will write more soon....

So its official, we are making a movie about this whole event.  It will eventually be coming to a cinema, or if it happens to be very poorly made, a video store or bargain bin near you.  I opted to go for a company in Melbourne called mini studios.  I thought it would be good to have the story made by local industry, not to mention that the two director’s previous work is amazing.  We may be working as a joint venture with an American company but this is still undecided.  I love the work of the American comedian interested so if we are all in agreement as to the prerogatives of the film this could work out really well.  Hmmm... I am personally working very closely with the writers so the essence of what I wanted to explore with this whole experience/experiment should come through in the film.  I also hope it will address allot of the questions people have been asking me, which I feel I need to answer by showing.  I won’t be acting in the film of course, but I heard that Hitchcock used to always make a cameo appearance in his films (not comparing myself to him, just saying its a cool idea) so I thought I might do the same and play my nemesis.  Whatever happens it will be fun and in the end we should have an interesting film to show.

a bit on my politics.

I really don’t want to shove my political views down any-one’s throat, so if you don’t care, don’t read on.  But if you are interested here goes... Basically im a socialist and this whole thing while starting, as a joke is basically a satire on the amount of shit we as humans consume.  Are our material possessions really all that important to us?  Do we really need to buy that new couch when there is a perfectly good one sitting on the side of the road available for free, to anyone who wants it? Can our environment sustain such excessive waste? How important are our friends to us?  Can you put a price to such relationships?  I’m sure society will soon, just as they have put a price on everything else.  For those who haven’t realised it yet the idea that I would give up my family/friends for any amount of money is crazy. I hate money; it is the cause of so much injustice.  Lets get rid of it, or at least divide it more equally. Having said all this im more than happy to have someone buy my life and I will teach him or her to be me, and they can have my stuff and share my friends/ past/family.  I think it will be an interesting social experiment.  i’ll do my best to be a new character.