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I debated posting this, but it's not just for me so I suppose that's a win.

What many of you may/may not know: when I'm not being an adorable little old lady in a fur hat or slinging chocolate martinis at my customers' heads, I'm an actor. I recently just wrapped production on my first short film that I've written/starred in. This is a big deal, for anyone. I'm immensely proud of our accomplishment- the trailer (which I only previewed in the 18+ section for starters, sorry guys ;) ) looks AMAZING and the film will as well.

Here's where you all come in: we're looking for finishing funds for our film (aka money to get it done faster). Everything's wrapped so that's all set, and it's getting made: we'd just like to get it into MORE festivals, FASTER. If you can donate, GREAT! We put our lowest donation at $5 to keep it open to everyone. If you can't donate, please spread the word! This film benefits a lot of people, not just me. Women-focused, women-heavy productions are kinda my thing, and that's important in an industry where women don't have much of a creative voice (hilarious, considering women are 50% of the population and RULED the box office this summer!!). Both of my PAs learned marketable skills to help them go further in this industry- I believe in giving back to those who give to me!

You can read more about us on the page, or if you have any questions about ladies in filmmaking, you can ask me here or in PM. Thanks guys and gals! Empty Rooms Film Finishing Funds | Indiegogo

ETA: PS- There WILL Be Blood. On the floor. So don't watch the trailer if that scares you. It's definitely PG-13.
 
I'm fuming. I just have to rant for a minute. We were talking about having an extra practice the day before state bc people keep missing practice and we haven't gone full out. But that's the day of race for the cure which 2 of us have already committed to. We can't do it later in the day because our coaches have to help at state.
ANYWAYS I got called uncommitted and told that I'm not making HS Cheer a priority. Excuse me? I have allstar practice from 6-9 every Tuesday WHICH IM PAYING FOR and I've been skipping it since August because the only time we could get the gym was 6:30-8:30 Tuesdays. I've skipped tons of stuff for cheer. I schedule EVERYTHING around it and I literally haven't missed at all. It's not my fault that people have been skipping for clubs or that someone scheduled a vacation the week of state and is skipping 2 days of practice. I'm not uncommitted because I can't make a last minute practice. I've been prioritizing cheer over everything and I wouldn't have signed up for the race if I had known. Sorry that one of my best friend's mom has breast cancer and I'm trying to show my support. But I can't back out now. I could come to the practice late even. Its a week and a half away, so it's completely last minute and not something I could've planned for. And everyone was acting like its our fault and we're horrible people for it. GAHHHHHH I'm so mad. I get that I should be prioritizing it but I have been. Now all of a sudden the people who have been skipping think I should prioritize it even though it's been my priority since April and it only became their priority two weeks before state.
 
cheernerd5678 said:
I'm fuming. I just have to rant for a minute. We were talking about having an extra practice the day before state bc people keep missing practice and we haven't gone full out. But that's the day of race for the cure which 2 of us have already committed to. We can't do it later in the day because our coaches have to help at state.
ANYWAYS I got called uncommitted and told that I'm not making HS Cheer a priority. Excuse me? I have allstar practice from 6-9 every Tuesday WHICH IM PAYING FOR and I've been skipping it since August because the only time we could get the gym was 6:30-8:30 Tuesdays. I've skipped tons of stuff for cheer. I schedule EVERYTHING around it and I literally haven't missed at all. It's not my fault that people have been skipping for clubs or that someone scheduled a vacation the week of state and is skipping 2 days of practice. I'm not uncommitted because I can't make a last minute practice. I've been prioritizing cheer over everything and I wouldn't have signed up for the race if I had known. Sorry that one of my best friend's mom has breast cancer and I'm trying to show my support. But I can't back out now. I could come to the practice late even. Its a week and a half away, so it's completely last minute and not something I could've planned for. And everyone was acting like its our fault and we're horrible people for it. GAHHHHHH I'm so mad. I get that I should be prioritizing it but I have been. Now all of a sudden the people who have been skipping think I should prioritize it even though it's been my priority since April and it only became their priority two weeks before state.
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We were never allowed to miss practice in high school, even if we didn't go to school we still had to be there. If you were on the mat and missed a practice for any reason other than being contagious, your spot was given to one of the alternates during that practice and you weren't getting it back.

Knowing your coach, I'm shocked she put up with that!
 
omgitssydthekid said:
We were never allowed to miss practice in high school, even if we didn't go to school we still had to be there. If you were on the mat and missed a practice for any reason other than being contagious, your spot was given to one of the alternates during that practice and you weren't getting it back.

Knowing your coach, I'm shocked she put up with that!
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It's been quite the struggle this year. We don't really have alternates anymore, because the original alternates are in due to injuries (we only had 2). We can't really pull from JV because it's not a fine line between JV and varsity.... It's a very defined line. Like if you have tumbling you're on varsity. If not, JV it is. Plus parents complain to the AD about everything and he's kind of useless. He doesn't understand, so every time she tries to crack down on something she can't because of the parents complaining to him. He's also useless with getting gym time considering we were supposed to have it tonight but volleyball had it... They ended up "letting" us have the second gym. Not sure why they need both gyms for 15 people at their JV only practice but apparently they feel like they do. They have priority over us all next week too even though it's the week of state.
I feel bad about the extra practice but I honestly can't feel that bad because it's race for the cure. And a last minute practice, unlike the ones everyone else misses. So I really don't feel that bad. My stunt group is consistently there and consistently hitting (with the exception of today since our base was puking) so it's not even like we're the problem. I'm just beyond frustrated with the hypocrisy of people. Today a girl just didn't show up and didn't reply to anyone's texts to tell us why she wasn't there. In an ideal world she would be kicked off.... But we don't have anyone to replace her, so what can we do?
 
Anyone else watching Bill Cosby on Colbert right now? I have no idea what is going on but it makes me sad. Hopefully he's just joking around and not really like this...
 
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