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The other day I went to Nelson to film a scene for the short film some friends of mine have been working on. While my character died at the end of the last such film we made, thanks to the wonders of filmcraft he appears in this sequel in a flashback. So, after waiting up until 5:30am (working through Neverwinter Nights tutorials for EDUC122) because I couldn't be sure I'd wake up at that hour, people arrive to pick me up.

The sun comes up to find us most of the way across the Canterbury Plains, and we arrive up in Sunny Nelson shortly before lunchtime. We walk around the Miyazu Garden for a while, stretching our legs and scouting out the best places to shoot from. The gardens seemed a little run-down; perhaps they only bothered to clear out the algae and so forth in the ponds in the tourist season. There were a couple of carp still living there, though. We stopped for a bit of food, then into costume and makeup.



( the rest of my day )

Nice weather today - first nosebleed of the season, so obviously the weather's changing. I still need more sleep.

Jeremy spoke in class today...

Around university we've had a rather curious little "viral" marketing campaign being done by Christian group "Student Life". They started with chalking up a lot of "Do you agree with Jeremy?" things all around campus, including on footpaths off-campus where the university shouldn't be doing anything.

Being the inquisitive kind of fellow I am, I did a bit of hunting around to see if I could figure out exactly what the deal was. Some people had said it was some kind of guest speaker or something. I found this, on someone's blog:

anyway: Do you agree with Jeremy? its Student Life's (another Christian group on campus) "project". first there will be banners carrying this question around campus, then there'll b people like us (student life is collaborating with other Christian groups like CU and ICF) wearing t shirts that says "I agree with Jeremy". then people would start asking questions without you having to initiate them. Then on August 10th (i think) Jeremy will be taking a leap of faith (that's the exact words) and stand outside the library stating what he believes.

cool huh? i thought that was a pretty good way to spread the Gospel.

Oddly enough, the first thing that several people have said that it brings to mind is not Jesus, but Pearl Jam:

At home, drawing pictures of mountain tops, with him on top.
Lemon yellow sun. Arms raised in a 'V'
And the dead lay in pools of maroon below.
Daddy didn't give attention, oh,
To the fact that mommy didn't care.
King Jeremy the wicked, oh, ruled his world...

I am tempted to encourage k2vsate to turn up on the day, with one of his many T-shirts that say "Jeremy" on it. False Messiah Olympics, anyone? :-)