So I now have a date for the dates of the final chapter in the Copsa Mica short film opus. If you remember last September I had the opportunity to be the still photographer for a short film shoot. Well that was the second of three sections and the third section is being shot on the 17th, 18th, and 19th of this month.

This time it's not some crazy dancing out in the woods. Its a bunch of old men sitting in a darkened room talking. Sounds boring doesn't it. Well it not going to be. Two reasons reason number one is that it is being filmed in Brooklyn. Strangely I'm 27 years old, and have never been to the city on my own. I have been several times with my parents, and school trips, but never on my own. I'm actually really excited about that. The second reason is that I will get to meet a very cool actor. Mark Margolis has been making movies since the 70's and lately he has become a main stay for Darren Aronofsky, appearing in all 3 of his last films. SO meeting him will be cool.

The trouble for me comes in that they have a very thinly stretched budget. I was looking for reimbursement of lost work, travel, and a couple of lenses. All calculated the total would have been $450. Pretty cheep considering, any real photographer doing it for money, would be giving them a deal at 10 times the price. But in their case they may not be able to swing it. So do I do it for nothing? No of course not. I would at least need to be reimbursed for the train. $100. And I could simply go with one prime lens for $72 instead of 2 zooms for $150. So we go from $450 to $200. Of course I'm working for free in that case.

I think I have already made the decision. Now I'm here trying to understand it.

Today I was rear-ended by a Pontiac GTO. Thankfully the damage was pretty minor as far as car accidents go. I would give it only half a star. However the guy who hit me was not nearly so calm. He was very pissed at himself. Apparently he thrashed his motorcycle as well, just last week. I have been in too many of these to be upset. Waiting around over half an hour, for a cop to arrive and right up a report, was a little annoying.

When I got home I filed my claim GEICO online. It was nothing different than all the standard questions a person would ask me over the phone, nothing special. The cool part of doing it online is, they let you upload photos, and any other files you want them to have. That I thought was very cool.

When they called me back a few minuets later, offered me two options. They could get me fixed right away less my $500 deposit, and have me refunded later. Or I could just deal with his company directly. I don't have the $500 on hand, and my damage is merely cosmetic, nothing functionally wrong, so now I'm dealing with State Farm. For the record, so far they have been pretty decent. Once they get their client lined up they will contact me about my repairs.