Catholic in Film School

I got this from Angela over at Saint School:
Each tagged person must post 8 random facts or habits about themselves on their blog. At the end of the post, choose 8 people to be tagged and list their names. Don’t forget to leave a comment telling them that they are tagged and to read your [...]

The LORD spoke to Ahaz, saying:
Ask for a sign from the LORD, your God;
let it be deep as the netherworld, or high as the sky!
But Ahaz answered,
“I will not ask! I will not tempt the LORD!”
Then Isaiah said:
Listen, O house of David!
Is it not enough for you to weary people,
must you also weary my God?
Therefore [...]

I’m publishing this a bit later than I originally intended, but with all the pre-Christmas hustle and bustle the best time to go see movies is after the holidays anyway. Drum roll please….
Movies to see in theatres:
Bella
You should have already seen this one, but if you haven’t, go check it out!!! For my review, click [...]

I took a bit of a hiatus this past week to sleep, go shopping, watch the full series of Roswell, run Christmas errands, and manage the self-centered monster that overtook me in my last post. I’ve been on Christmas break since the 14th, but I was still stressing out because I hadn’t gotten my grades [...]

That’s all I’ve got right now—hope and tired.
God does this thing to me, I have yet to figure out why, where I’ll have periods of minimal activity (meaning there’s nothing really going on in my life) and then the next thing I know there’s 50 things going on at once.
My new list of things to [...]

Papa Ben just made an announcement the other day that the public should not get hysterical about so-called global warming. Now I’m telling you not to get hysterical about movies that portray Catholics.
There’s a new movie out entitled “Noelle”, a Christmas film by Protestant writer-director David Wall. The Catholic League has come out against [...]

When I woke up on Friday morning I said a quick prayer for the movie that went something like this:
“O Lord, let it burn in fire and brimstone!!! Amen.”
And indeed, my prayers were answered. New Line Cinema is hurting right about now. “The Golden Compass” was #1 at the box office, but the production cost [...]

So it was a big weekend in Hollywood, but it was also a big weekend for us Catholics. Friday was the feast of the Immaculate Conception, and today was the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe.
We had a really cool celebration on campus complete with a mass and some dancers…

and a poorly executed, but [...]

Approximately five days after I originally posted about the astoundingly retarded website JuicyCampus.com, Carlos Huerta, a 21-year-old senior, got arrested last night with his three roommates for threatening to shoot up the campus in a post on the website.
I was out late the night before and was asleep when the majority of the drama went [...]

This is the advice I have given myself.
Now that I’ve had time to come down from yesterday’s emotional high of finishing my first-ever feature-length screenplay , I can give myself an honest critique: pride has been my sin this semester.
When I first started filmmaking, everyone (including myself) was surprised at how good [...]

If I could give just one piece of advice to a first-year college student it would be to make a space for yourself. Make a home for yourself. Don’t just fall into a crowd, actively create a venue for you and only you on campus.
My space, or rather my home away from home, is [...]

It is finished—my first draft of my first ever feature-length screenplay.
Be glad I finished it today because I was slowly descending into madness. (The blog would have suffered.)

I know it’s dorky, but I had to take a picture of it after I spent months staying up late, getting up early, crying, and praying about it. [...]

Parental Advisory: This post is going to have some profanity in it.
I told myself I wasn’t going to do any blogging until I finish my screenplay which won’t be until tomorrow, but I’m pissed off and need to vent.
A bit of a controversy has erupted on my campus as a result of the growing popularity [...]

Facebook says that today is my birthday.
I’m now 19 and therefore super-old. Last year my friends and I went all out, spending the entire night in Beverly Hills, but this year all of my friends were busy, as was I, (my screenplay is due Wednesday!), so today was my real birthday, but my fake birthday [...]