Monday, August 27, 2007

Michigan again!

Well, as all my readers probably know by now, I went up to Michigan last week for the cast and crew screening of The Meaning of "Choice". Mr. Thompson was kind enough to donate some of his Frequent Flyer miles to get me there — I am very grateful to him for that.

My first flight from Tulsa on Thursday morning took off just after 6:00 AM, so I got to fly through the sunrise. I took several pictures which would have been astounding if the airplane window had not been so filthy.

Sunrise over the clouds.

I had a great time with the Thompsons. I even played a little Airsoft with Collin — and got to use against him the gun he threatened me with the the movie. Ah, sweet revenge.

Friday night arrived and we headed over to St. Michael's Media for the screening. Almost everybody was there.

Most of the cast and most of the crew — all of them wonderful people.

Sadly, the Thorns were unable to make the trip from Ohio, and a couple of our actors (Leslie Burken, Mrs. O'Connor, Young Sarah O'Connor) were also missing — but we nevertheless had a good crowd.

Zyrek Castelino, our wonderful, indispensable audio engineer and all-around fantastic guy is moving to Indiana this weekend. So we included in the festivities a surprise farewell party for him. We even got Clare to cut the cake with the knife from the movie! (She was reluctant at first — she even went so far as to try to give me the knife ... scary thought! — but she accomplished the feat quite well.)

Clare Michalik cuts the cake with THE KNIFE from the movie.

May the Lord bless you in this new leg of your journey of life, Zyrek!

Here are a few faces of the awesome people I was so blessed to meet again ...

Annick Marshall takes a bite of Zyrek's going-away cake while photophiliac Evan Thompson grins at the camera.
Annick Marshall takes a bite of Zyrek's going-away cake while photophiliac Evan Thompson grins at the camera.

Allision Marshall also samples the cake.
Allision Marshall also samples the cake.

Danielle Thompson and Evvie Marshall chat.
Danielle Thompson and Evvie Marshall chat.

Zyrek and Annick ... two of the most awesome people in the world.
Zyrek and Annick ... two of the most awesome people in the world.

Staredown contest between Catrina Marshall and me. Longest staredown I've ever had. We each won once.
Staredown contest between Catrina Marshall and me.


I had a wonderful time with my "family away from family", and hopefully sometime I'll come back to visit again.

Until then....

— The Panther

6 comments:

Simply Mandy said...

Awww! Thanks for the post! It sounds like you had a great trip!
I love the fact that you guys used the knife from the movie for the cake and the airsoft gun! That's cool!
I still can't wait to see the movie! We'll have to keep working on David! ;) LOL (just kidding)

~Mandy

Unknown said...

Thats my bro!!!!!! Good work Brady,nice pics. trina insisted on leaving a comment. She really liked the stare-down picture. And would love to have another stare down with you! LOL!
~Later...
Nique

Scottie Moser said...

Aw, thanks, Nique. Tell Trina I'm ready whenever she is. ]:-)

Danielle said...

Scottie...thanks for the comment on my blog..I appreciate the prayers!

Anonymous said...

Hey! Look whose blog I just found! How'd I not know about this place? And HOW did I not know you were in David's movie??? Or about David's movie, for that matter (boy, isn't that sad!). Anyhow....

So exciting! Can't wait to see the movie, and you in it! :D

Hey, I hear you might go down to SA with JC! Buckle your seatbelt, 'cause that'll be WAY fun! JC's someone else to travel with! lol

Blessings,
Kayleen

Anonymous said...

in michigan?! and i didn't know about this? wow, shows how mcuh we talk. too bad you couldn't have come to visit...

layta.

Mary Mo