All-Star weekend is all around us. The All-Stars are all staying at the Westin downtown, across from my day job. That was cool. I saw Melo, Shaq, LeBron... A whole bunch of the Sophomore team that I didn't recognize. We have an inappropriately acquired room key from the Westin and aren't afraid to use it. At least to get in the lobby of the hotel and have a Starbucks. The same Starbucks that Shaq went to. Maybe I'll also use the same bathroom that some NBA groupie chick will throw up in tonight.

From this whole Westin experience, I now have a new favorite Great White Hope. Of all the players I saw, Chris Anderson, currently of the New Orleans Hornets. I wasn't really paying attention when he played for the Nuggets, but this guy was cool. He actually acted like he liked the crowd in front of the Westin. He actually smiled. Very few of the other players even looked up, heaven forbid acknowledge the crowd. No wonder I didn't recognize them. Always remember the audience.

We also went to the Jam Session thing here today at the Convention Center.

Note to the NBA: lose Build-a-Bear as a freakin' sponsor. There is no connection. None. Not even a tenuous one.

Second note to the NBA: If you're going to have a Celebrity shoot out, have a celebrity or two that people actually know. Now that one guy you had or that other one. And the token local celebrity. Reminds me of a local celebrity golf tournament where they had Jake Jabs as their celebrity. Weak. Very weak.

Third note to the NBA: If you want people to recognize the people that were getting on the bus, have them show up at the Jam Session. Do you understand the brand loyalty you would have created with me and my son if you actually had more than one NBA player signing autographs? Nothing against the WNBA, but who wants a WNBA autograph? Not my son. My daughter would I suppose, but she didn't come today.

Tomorrow, thanks to my good friend Doug, I will be attending the NBA All-Star Game. Watch for me in Row 6. Of section 324.

Wow! What a response. Thanks to everybody who has sent us resumes and reels and stuff. You're all awesome! Some of you may be wondering, what the hell are they doing? I sent my stuff into those bastards days ago and I haven't heard anything. Well, fuck you. Be patient. Everyone will get a response. Please keep in mind that Edmund isn't paid very well and gets a little moody.

Specifically as to where we are, we sat down Sunday and reviewed the various DP reels and websites we've received. We're still getting a trickle of these and are evaluating them as they come in. We've narrowed the original list of 40-50 DPs down to less than 10. We also have some referrals from friends and trusted associates that we may try and contact. We are evaluating the DPs based on feature experience, logisitical ease to work with, artistic compatibility, available equipment, and cost.

On the script side, I've completed a new draft and have that out with some trusted associates to get feedback for one final polish.

We're still looking for that perfect location.

More to come on this, but there is currently a bill in the Colorado House of Representatives that would give film investors a 50% tax credit of their film investment. As a film investor, I can't tell you how excited that makes me. As someone who relies on other film investors, I really can't tell you how happy that makes me. If you know any Colorado legislators, please contact them and have them call me so I can tell them how happy they can make me.

Our notice went out to the CFVA and we have received many many resumes from many many people. For those of you who have wandered far enough into our site to find this blog, thank you for your submission. For those of you who did not make it to this page, screw off.

One important lesson we've learned thus far: the power of saying "I want this job." With so many people to look at and sift through, finding the ones who are applying because they really want to workwith us - and I mean work - is a joy. Thank you for your blind faith.

If you're curious about our process, for the short term we're focusing on requests from DPs, production companies, and people whose resumes blow us away. Everyone else, we will talk to later.

(Crap, that blog wasn't philosophic or clever or anything. Fuck. Today we had our highest number of pageviews ever and all I can come up with is some cheesy "thank you for your submission" bullshit. Sorry.)