[text to the masses]

[rosswood]

happy singles awareness day
did you know that saint valentine was full of shit
i mean maybe he wasn't but theres no way to know since theres like no actual history on this guy
there are records of three different saint valentines
though i guess the one thing thats consistent is that pretty much all of them died horribly

anyway there's your exciting earth history fact of the day
have fun

[Alex, for his part, is currently planning on getting at least a little buzzed tonight. Despite the apparent bitterness of that mass-network text, he's not technically single. His SO just happens to not be here. Hence, drinking. Hence, bitterness.

Hence, that fun Valentine's Day Historical Fact.

Anyone looking for him will find him at the bar.]

Comments

[mypartnerintime]

They make great photo opportunities tho

[rosswood]

fair point
my dad always filmed my birthday parties
had a whole stack of vhs tapes
maybe that's where i get it

[mypartnerintime]

I might pay money to see those tapes [Seriously, was Alex as cynical as a kid? That'd be an interesting sight to see.]

Before the static-magic.

[rosswood]

[Funnily enough and unbeknownst to Alex, those tapes are just as static-ridden as anything he films now.]

i'd pay double to lock those up in a vault where no one ever ever ever gets to them

[mypartnerintime]

I doubt either of us has enough money for that

I blew all of mine on instant film back in Oregon.

[rosswood]

i blew all mine on tapes
i'm not even joking
couldn't afford actors for the film shoot i had going on so i just had to use whoever was on hand

[mypartnerintime]

School project?

Dumb question coming from me but why didn't you use something dgital?

[rosswood]

yeah, student film. there's just a better feel to the older models of cameras, you know? that and the fps translates better to the style I was going for. the quality just suited the story.

[Pretentiousness alerrrrrrt.]

[mypartnerintime]

[Max is occasionally in touch with her inner pretentious-ness too. But she also admits it to herself!] I hear that. Analog just has a way better personality. Like live music instead of YouTube.

What kind of story was it?

[rosswood]

Kind of a coming-of-age story. Very tight and introspective with some existential melancholia on the side since that seemed thematically significant given the subject matter. Started writing it in high school and I just kept polishing the script until finally I felt like it was ready to go by the time I hit college.

Called "Marble Hornets".

[If it sounds stupid it's because it is.]

WTF ALEX NEVER SHOW THAT TO MAX SHE WILL HAVE TO DESTROY IT AND YOU

[mypartnerintime]

Sounds like a real indie film. [Not necessarily one she'd watch, but.]

It's cool you wrote it yourself, I can't imagine how hard that is. On top of like actually shooting it.

JUST SAYING THERE ARE REASONS THESE TAPES WERE BURNED

[rosswood]

Did as much as I could myself. The story hit really close to home so I wanted to be as hands on as I could. lighting editing everything

except actors. unfortunately i just had to do auditions for those. a lot of them were a pain on top of it

SORRY FOR THE SLOW REPLIES I WAS WASHING MY BRAIN WITH BLEACH

[mypartnerintime]

[Wow he's actually really into this! Max finds that really cool.] I should be calling you "Director Kralie"

I bet it came out awesome

A PERFECTLY REASONABLE REACTION TBH

[rosswood]

didn't come out at all actually
poor conditions, workplace disturbances, a completely uncooperative crew
the stars were just not in alignment i guess
Kralie Productions will have to wait another day

NO MAX NO WHY

[mypartnerintime]

Maybe that day is today!

Or you know the next month or something. The closets here are unlimited, right? And there's lots of people just hanging around.

Can't do much about 'workplace disturbances' though. And the snow.

RUN MAX RUN WHILE YOU STILL CAN

[rosswood]

yeah that's the problem
best i can do is just kinda wait for that to go away first. if it ever does though i know what the first item on the agenda is
presuming this place doesn't find a way to fuck that up too

SHE'S TOO YOUNG TOO INNOCENT

[mypartnerintime]

Writing a script about a bunch of weirdos in a fairytale setting?

WHEN I SAY HIS TASTE IS BAD I MEAN IT IS THE WORST

[rosswood]

theres tons of usable locations around here
woods, beaches, hallways, mirrors
kind of a dearth of abandoned buildings though which is a shame since the derelict aesthetic is really unique and adds a nice to feel to everything

To be fair he's good at being terrible

[mypartnerintime]

Sooo..scouting for locations?

that he is

[rosswood]

pretty much always
it's like second nature by now

Ok I've recovered, sorry for the screaming

[mypartnerintime]

Be careful though. Don't forget it's dangerous.

completely undesrtandable, alex's tastes are a tragedy

[rosswood]

oh yeah
i know that
i mean more than once i ran into guy in a pickup truck with a shotgun back home

[mypartnerintime]

Uhh. You might run into something worse here. Idk. :(

[rosswood]

i've already done worse
i grew up in alabama

[mypartnerintime]

Haha ok ok [She doesn't want to become that annoying concerned friend who nags all the time, but she honestly is concerned. Well. She's going to have to trust that he's not dumb enough to fling himself into any fires. It's not like she can keep an eye on him all the time.]

Wish I was in Oregon today.