Wednesday, January 7, 2009

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

2 comments:

  1. Your awesome! Two things that I loved about your blog. I thought it was great how the name lingering Finger is so unique and the origination of its big beginning...Please dont let me get that Dr. ! The other thing I can identify with is becoming a friend and sharing my faith in God. You inspire me Mr. Julian.
    By the way your sista is HOTTTTT!! :)

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  2. >smile<

    Now I can rest...knowing you have explained what that means!!! When anyone asks, I will be more than happy to point them to your blog!

    Nice writing too, Ju-Yen! I love you more than life itself!
    ~mom

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