Bored Blog 9: Happy Monday

7/19/2021

Hey!

Yesterday my dad and I took our gecko, Mochi to the vet. I wasn't able to edit at all.

When we had dinner, my sister and I got to watch the scary film Annabelle: Creation. It took me a while to figure out that the film is a prequel to the Conjuring series. While we watched it, I was surprised how quick the evil spirit started showing off its stuff when the new people came into the house.

As my sister and I watched it, there were a lot of moments where the characters were being stupid by going towards the weird noises. My sister kept saying she'd wake me up if anything weird like that happened. And I said, "I'd tell you to deal with it yourself,' and try to go back to sleep." Though I know my sister wouldn't let me go back to sleep. She'd keep bugging me until I did something like close the door and say, "There, that should slow it down from getting in here," then climb back into bed while ignoring her squeals of worry. ( ゜▽ ゜)

When the movie ended, I needed to give Mochi his antibiotics. The vet gave me these tiny syringes to put into his mouth. I asked my sis to hold him while I did the doctor looking stuff.

Usually I forget instructions people tell me, but I was able to remember what the lady told me to do.

After that we wanted to watch something happy because you can't end the night with a horror film. Also, our bro sleeps in the living room. He usually kicks us out somewhat early so he can go to sleep...but right now...he's on a business trip! So, no curfew for us!

We watched that show Pride and Prejudice. The old one...or they didn't come out with a new one right? Eh¯\(°_o)/¯

I've seen clips of the episodes and it always looks sooooooooooooooooooo boring. All they do is talk, talk, talk, dance, talk, talk, eat, talk, go to a ball, talk and you get the idea. My sister read the book and had already watched the show, so she didn't mind whenever I had a dumb question or talked during the show. We spent the time kind of teasing the characters, talked about how bad the hair styles were and the clothes, and that the love interests weren't that cute. They could have done worse, but they could have done better lol.

Watching a horror movie and then watching a historic show got some film ideas running through my head. Who knows if I'll use them, but I'll be playing around with them for now.

I do want to do a horror movie one day. I have this really good one that I think my sister would want to help with. I'd say more, but it's a secret for now...Though there might be some kind of British humor.

This morning I didn't want to do anything. I thought maybe taking a longer break from editing...some hours passed and then I got bored. So I went back to work.

If I didn't have projects I don't know what I'd do with myself. Having no purpose for anything is not a place I ever want to go back to.

So I spent the rest of today editing. I have five more interviews to edit! I'm almost there.

Hope you're doing well readers and have a happy Monday.

Best,

Emel

Bored Blog 8: When You're Down, Look Up

7/18/2021

Today my dad and I spent most of the day waiting outside the Vet for our gecko, Mochi.

They wouldn't let many people in the building because they didn't change their rules after Covid. So, my dad and I had to wait outside for a couple hours while they kept Mochi. I was worried because Mochi hasn't been eating for a few weeks, and wasn't moving around his tank as usual.

While we were waiting we talked about the tiny home community that we've been planning to build for a while. The biggest hurdle is the financial part. Which my dad did find someone who has a company that could help us.

He and some of his team flew from Turkey to the US to invest in some property, and to talk to my dad more about our plans for the tiny home community.

Hopefully once the community starts being built my family can do all and any kind of project our hearts desire!

When this starts, there will be many many opportunities for not just us, but to create more jobs for people. There will be gardening jobs, farming, taking care of the community and other types of jobs.

I'd say more, but I rather just wait until the ball starts rolling. I've been wanting to tell my friends that when we get the land, my dad and I will go to California for six months to build the community...we won't literally build it, but we'll hire people to. We'll be in charge of the planning and making sure things are done right.

All of this got my mind off of Mochi...

In the end he was okay. He just needed to be soaked in water once a day and needed some antibiotics.

I don't have much of a lesson today. It was a long day, so I'm tired...hmmm.

When you're down keep looking up at your dreams. You need to keep climbing that ladder.

Best,

Emel

Bored Blog 7: Would You Actually Want to Be Famous?

7/17/2021

Goooood evening! What have you been up to?

I've been spending a lot of time editing for this film bebe. I'm making short videos of each homeless women that was interviewed for Broken. There were so many different topics that the women talked about and their stories were so interesting, that it was hard to figure out what to put in the documentary. Sadly a lot of it could not fit into the film, so I thought of doing this.

I'm not sure when, but soon I'll post their videos once a week on the EFH Films Youtube channel.

We should be notified by a few festivals by the end of next month and sometime next month. We're super excited!!

I watched this interview by Jennette McCurdy. She has her own channel now on Youtube and was talking to Ethan and Grayson Dolan. I never heard of them but they were Youtube stars from an early age making videos.

The title of the video is "The Perils of Fame." No one really talks about this so I got interested in watching it.

I have heard some similar things from famous people, such as not being able to buy groceries in peace and not being able to enjoy spending time with their family.

Then the brothers were talking about the pressure of making content and thinking about their audience. Which later on they lost the fun in making films.

They also talked about how hard it is to draw a line to how much they should or shouldn't share with the world. And man, that's tough. There aren't any guidebooks for being famous on social media. Or for the internet world.

I think there should be a guidebook on texting to people because so many people out there have no idea how to communicate. And this would be for texting friend, bosses, people you just met, and texting while dating. Maybe I'll write that book one day.

So, Ethan and Grayson Dolan talk about that some kids can't handle all this attention. It can really hurt a kid's self-esteem as they reach out to a bunch of strangers' attention. Which sounds pretty weird for kids and pretty dumb if you're an adult.

Last night as I was walking home with my friend, there was a group of adults (possibly older than us). The guy said, "As long as people think you're having fun it's okay." Then the women said something like, "Yeah, I guess you're right." He then responded with, "It'll be fine, I do it all the time."

My thought was, "She needs to find new friends."

We're in a time where people of almost all ages are putting on a show for others on the internet. Maybe this isn't anything knew, but it feels like even if the curtain is drawn back, we act like it isn't a problem or that "It's okay, everyone is doing it!"

I try to put on a show once in a while (such as pretending to have a fun time) and guess what? I usually fail...and or fall. God likes to keep me in check, so that's why I try to be honest or do things honestly. And it could be that I'm a bad actor. People can see when you're being genuine or not.

Back to Jennet's interview, do you think being famous is worth it? Would it be worth your personal space, your personal info, and the fun times you could have with the people you care about?

When I think about it, if I was financially free I wouldn't care for being famous. To me, you have to be known and liked to receive money. Your product has to be well known by other people. Then the money comes to you. If I could sell one thing for a few million dollars (got to raise it up with all that inflation) without having to become famous, I would be pretty happy.

I can blend into crowds. It would be easier to meet genuine people, I can hang out with my friends, and do stuff with my family.

I'm already doing these things now. I just want to be able to afford things such as my own place, food, travel, and finance my own projects.

Man, the films I could make if I had a 7 to 8 digits in my account (☆^O^☆)

or maybe more?

Would you want to be famous?

Best,

Emel