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4H Pledge

My family and I raised cows for beef production on our farm in East Texas. Each year I would separately raise a special steer for my local 4-H and Future Farmers of America chapters. The idea being you’d raise an animal until it was time

LA Times Review

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The LA Times reviewed our film today. Overall it was a good review. I also wanted more naysayers in the film, but we had a hard time finding any. I think the reason being because this machine has been, for

DIY Project: My Fancy Headboard

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So I have been looking at headboards for my queen bed and just could not find anything that suited me, so as I usually do in these situations, I design and build it myself.  My record cabinet came out so well that

Shattered The Book

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For the past two years now, my mom and I have been working on a book about my father and his tragic accident that shattered our family to its very core. We struggled for a bit on whose voice it

Documentary Channel Interview

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I woke up early morning and the fog was so thick I couldn’t see out of my windows. I figured I’d lie back down for a while and wait for the burn off.  I grabbed my phone and started reading some

The Insider’s Guide to Independent Film Distribution

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I really love this book. So much I decided to post my Amazon review here on my blog! Author: Stacey Parks When my latest documentary film went into postproduction I began trying to figure out how to work with distributors.

New Year, Old Friends

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The entertainment industry shuts down from December 22nd through the first week in January every year. I usually take a few trips during that time. I spend a few days around Christmas with my family in Oklahoma and then the rest of

Friends Come to Visit

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We had so much fun we forgot to take pictures, but I did take a minute to snap this shot of what we were drinking.  It’s always nice to get visitors. My friend Alvin who I knew from college in

From The Other Side

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I’ve been in Los Angeles for 6 years now. It’s such a large city that it takes time getting to know places and to figure out where you are and where you want to be. I moved here pre smart phone. I remember having

Class Action Lawsuit

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I keep getting these letters for class action lawsuits. I’ve never really paid much attention to them and most of the time just threw them away. I’ve been throwing them away for years.  They’re easy to spot once you know what to