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Carl

About Me

-I went to go see SNAKES ON A PLANE on opening night and loved every bad minute of it
-I moved to Los Angeles on December 4th, 1999.
-I was in Eureka Springs, Arkansas (an amazingly beautiful place, amazingly) on September 11, 2001
-July 4th is one of my favorite holidays because my family and all our friends have been going to West Beach for as long as I can remember...
-In 1983, my parents and I moved in with my cousin, his mom (my aunt), and my grandmother, allowing me to grow up in a large European-style family.
-A movie, RACE FOR GLORY, shot in my hometown of Beverly Farms, MA when I was about 9 years old, and solidified my love of production.
-Beverly Hills is named after Beverly Farms (look it up).
-Beverly is the birthplace of the American Navy, and I know that mostly because I worked for the Chamber of Commerce for a while.
-Other jobs I've had: paperboy, busboy (@ Sylvan St. Grille), dairy queen employee (I can do the swirl), local access cable studio attendant, pedi-cab driver (a bicycle-operated taxi), sandwich board operator (for the Comedy Connection in Boston), data entry (which I will never do again), then all these production jobs that arrange into my career...
-I used to talk about HOUSESITTER all the time because it was the first movie I ever worked on. My credit was: "set intern." I owe it all to my mom and dad who drove me to the set everyday because I was only 14.
-I was the president of my high school band, and went to Ithaca college (then Aiven did it the following year)
-I love my parents and my family and wish I could see them more often.
-"Squeegie" was once described to me as one of the most beautiful words in the English language.
-I'm a hopeless romantic.
-I crave intellectual stimulation.
Life After
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vG_eAg8fOBE

A woman tries to cope after the death of her mother.Made as part of the 2008 Los Angeles 48 Hour Film Project.REQUIRED ELEMENTS Genre: Drama Character: Ronald or Rhonda Donellson, game host Prop: 3 or more potatoes Line of Dialogue: "Leave it to me. I'm a professional."


Change
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fQCkZZRNvk

This political season we all want a little change. Here's a sure fire way to get it.

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

My biological Grandfather... I didn't know he existed until I was 15. He died the same year I was born.
I'd also like to meet philosophers, great thinkers, musicians, rocket scientsts, people from different countries, artists, anyone creative, people who read, people who follow the news, opinionated folks who like debate but can do it without getting angry, people who believe in what they're doing, passionate people...

My Blog

Night Owl

I went to bed at 5am last night - I guess it was technically this morning. I'm what they refer to as a Night Owl. I've always been more creative at night than during the day, so I tend to get a lot of...
Posted by on Fri, 05 Oct 2007 11:27:00 GMT

Making a 48 Hour Film Project - Part 4

[I apologize in advance, but the timeline of this posting may be off because I was so exhausted and stopped really caring about what the actual time was] I leave the location with the sun setting. Kr...
Posted by on Fri, 20 Jul 2007 02:44:00 GMT

Making a 48 Hour Film Project - Part 3

Looking at my watch, it's only half an hour til the cast and crew come in. Kristin is telling me that I need to go to the bank and get out some petty cash for breakfast and any other things that come ...
Posted by on Wed, 11 Jul 2007 15:21:00 GMT

Making of a 48 Hour Film Project - Part 2

7pm - Peter Fox opens the envelope with all the other requirements: Character - Frieda Laino, exchange student Prop - Bumper Sticker Line of Dialogue - "Hey, my mom gave me that!" It's a mad dash as t...
Posted by on Tue, 10 Jul 2007 00:57:00 GMT

Making of a 48 Hour Film Project - Part 1

I recently completed another 48 hour film project, a 4-7 minute film that must be conceived, written, shot, edited, scored, etc., in only 48 hours as part of a competition. The only work that can be a...
Posted by on Sun, 08 Jul 2007 16:56:00 GMT

The Joke

[re-post from last year at this very same time] It's that time of year, again and really, I need my friend Kelly to blow the punchline in order to really make it funny. But I am going to tell it anywa...
Posted by on Sat, 28 Apr 2007 12:10:00 GMT

Blog a day

I clearly haven't been writing here every day. But I have been THINKING about writing in here every day. And then I realize that I may not have that much stuff to write about. Or if I do, I have TOO M...
Posted by on Sat, 24 Feb 2007 09:37:00 GMT

Red Light

In Los Angeles, if you're traveling west on Franklin Ave., and after haviong driven past the Scientology Celebrity Center, you may be lucky enough to get stopped at the intersection of Franklin and Vi...
Posted by on Tue, 20 Feb 2007 10:20:00 GMT

Macarena

Today was trash day, which means that garbage and recycling trucks start smashing dumpsters around 7am in my neighborhood. It's all automated, and except for the little guy in the truck who has to pus...
Posted by on Fri, 16 Feb 2007 00:11:00 GMT

I'm going to court!

I received a letter recently from the Superior Court of Los Angeles because I have been assigned a court date to argue my case: The People of the State of California vs. Carl Hansen. The case in...
Posted by on Tue, 13 Feb 2007 10:17:00 GMT