Currently shopping for Avid Express DV, A Dell Workstation, and Canon Elura 2MC as DV cam/player. No, I still can't bring myself to buy a Mac and Final Cut Pro even if I'm self-proclaimed Machead--whatever that means. (Maybe I got Mac envy?) The budget is about $3000 all together. Got nice balance transfer checks from AmEx (6.9% interest forever! no transfer charge!) and selling my 3 months old laptop to finance the purchase. Although I love my Thoshiba Satellite laptop, I'm buying more portable, longer battery lasting laptop to log around next time around.

Got a lot of motivation and insights from Feature Filmmaking at Used-Car Prices : How to Write, Produce, Direct, Shoot, Edit, and Promote a Feature-Lenth Movie for Less Than $15,000 by Rick Schmidt. The revolution is ripe to bear with DV? I'm betting my life on it.

Must work on lighting plot for Conversation No. 27. Haven't touched Run & Gun for last five days! Augh! The Panavision 35mm camera lab was fun even though numbers of small, I mean small, switches confused heck out of me. I already miss ARRI 16 SR, compact and elegant machine.