LINGERING FINGER:

For those of you who don't know, "Lingering Finger" is the name my friends and I have come up with for our short films that we make.  (LINGERING FINGER PRODUCTIONS)

www.youtube.com/loser23jtw

Now, I know I have to explain this because if I don't, my mom will eat me.

The thing is, Lingering Finger isn't really as dirty as it sounds... well... I guess that depends on your definition of dirty... 

Let me explain.

Once upon a time, my brother, Josiah, and I spent a weekend with our church's youth group at the wonderful TROUT LAKE CAMP.

It was about 12:30 or so, after the yearly over-sized bonfire, and we were just getting settled into bed.

Everyone was chatty, as could be expected with a room full of teenagers who get to spend the entire weekend with their friends.  John, our youth pastor, told us to settle down and go to bed, and after a few more minutes, the room was finally quiet.  Unfortunately, John just HAD to say one more thing before we went to sleep.  And idea, a thought rather, of the deepest meaning, for us to sleep on.

"Okay, Just one more thing and then we're going to bed,"  He said.  "You know how they have the pink breast cancer ribbons?  What color would they be if they had ribbons for Prostate Cancer?"

The rest of us giggled, and eventually the room was quiet again.  It was time for sleep, after all.

But then Greg, one of our youth leaders, decided he would answer this question aloud.

"Brown and hairy," He said proudly.

The room burst with laughter and for the next two hours we joked about if we were to create our own "Prostate Awareness Program."  We came up with different celebrities that could support us, and decided on each commercial ending with "Have you given yourself the finger?"

At some point we came up with the line, "Don't linger while using the finger." and that became our new "motto."

Anyways, about 3 months later, my friends and I were sitting in the youth room trying and trying to come up with a name for our movies.

We came up with a few, but none that we could ALL agree on.  Then, suddenly, I thought of one that everyone would love:

"LINGERING FINGER!!" I shouted excitedly.  Everyone laughed and it was agreed that that would be our new name for our youtube channel.

As of right now, I'm working on the post-production (EDITING AND SUCH) of a movie we've already filmed.  It's alright, but not really anything to get excited about.

If you want something to get excited about, I'll be happy to let you know that Justin and I are working on writing a serious movie.  As of right now it's all in Pre-production, and all we have so far is a rough outline... But I can tell that if this turns out the way I have it all planned out in my head, it's gonna be so awesome.

I can't really say when you can expect this to be done because I don't want to give myself a deadline.  I'm going to spend as much time on this as needed so I can get the best of the best out of my brain.  So far I've spent a crapload of time on it, and I'm still working on an outline.

What is it about?  I can't tell you. HA!

I CAN say, however, that it's going to be a serious movie, with serious acting, some action, and a cool twist at the end that will have you thinking "OHHHHHH!!"

I'll keep my progress on that posted as new developments come up.

JULIAN OUT.

-Julian

ABOUT ME.

Hello and welcome to my very first blog.  Glad you all could make it.  First off, I'd like to ask that everyone please turn off all cell phones and pagers, as not to disrupt the consistency of this blog.  This may also ruin the viewing pleasure of those around you, thank you.

I'm Julian.  I'm 16 years old (for less than a month longer :D).  I enjoy long walks on the beach and deep, meaningful conversations about farts.

I have an awesome family, BOTH parents, 4 bros, and a big "sister".

I have the best friends in the world, who are some of the only people who truly understand my retarded antics.

I have an amazing girlfriend, who also fits into the above category.

My biggest passion, as of now, is filmmaking.  My friends and I started making movies (Officially, I used to make a bunch of movies on a crappy little camcorder when I was little) a little over a year ago, and now it's all I can think about.  In any event, I will imagine it in my head as an intense movie trailer, or as a montage.

So if you've got time, be sure to check out our youtube channel:

www.youtube.com/loser23jtw

I'm co-director/editor/co-writer/actor/cameraguy/producer 

But my biggest job is the editor.

So any effects you see were done by me.  and pretty much every video was cut and placed and edited by me, as well.

My second passion is skateboarding.

I've been skateboarding for 3 and a half years, and I mostly skate street.  My favorite tricks are the odd ones you don't see everyone do.

My best trick on flat ground, I'd have to say, is a fakie shuvit rewind.  Mostly because I have it down perfect and can do it consistenly.

The reason I skate isn't to get sponsored, or to look cool in front of other people.  I skate for me.  I do it because, first off, it's friggin fun.  There's nothing like the feeling of landing a trick you've been working on all day.

But most of all, I skate because it's the one time that I can focus on only one thing.  I don't have to worry about when I have to go get a job, or focus on getting my license.  I can skate, and ONLY skate.  My mind isn't worried about next week, it's worried about RIGHT NOW.  It's focused on my feet, the board beneath them, and that handrail in front of me.

I believe in God, and he's my number one priority.  I struggle everyday to keep him first on the list, above everything I just talked about.  I try to share any wisdom or revelations he's shared with me, with others around me... But mostly, I won't talk much about my faith unless you ask. I wanna be your friend first.  So my beliefs don't end up scaring you off.

So that's a little about me.  I'll be on later to focus solely on single topics, such as what projects I'm working on pertaining to filmmaking, or about my friends or something.

SO... stay tuned?

~Julian