Error Please Try Again

So the plot thickened last night with my short film. The deadline was yesterday at midnight. I only had one movie to submit and was working on it til about 10PM. Shooby and I were supposed to have dinner that night at the "Hipster Haven" but the movie would not allow me to be done in a timely fashion. After like 2 hours she left. Even for the most part it was an uneventful evening I was proud of myself. 24 hours prior I thought I was back to square one but I stuck through it and I was about to enter my first film festival EVER outside of college. To top it off the was their first annual film fest too so it all seemed to be adding up. And even if I wasn't accepted at least I tried and I know I have spent $10 bucks on worse. I will be there any ways taking pix for the event.

But...things didn't go according to plan. At first I thought my original thoughts about the deadline being 12:00AM Sept 2ND were correct. But it still took my money and for some reason it thought I was submitting 3 movies. Huh? I tried logging in again but it kept reading "Error Please Try Again." I even tried submitting with a new credit card and again it took my money but didn't let me upload my film. I have now spent $40 on...nothing.

After all that I was asking fellow people who I know entered it they had any trouble submitting both said no and my cousin Gus said he actually sent it by mail. I don't know if it was because I felt so accomplished that I tried or what but I wasn't even upset. I was actually kind of relieved.
I emailed the 2 people running the show and before I could stand away from my computer after sending it. My roommate gave me over $40 for bills and other house expenses. Easiest money I ever made.

Today I got a response and apparently I wouldn't have had to pay anything in the first place. I could have submitted for free since I'm shooting the event! So after all that I'll be be getting a refund and a chance to build my portfolio. Honestly I couldn't have planned it any better.

In other film news Gus and I may be doing some writing sessions together. I will be meeting my friends Nick tonight to have some talks on the same since he and I spoke about this way beforehand. And I'm sure at some point during the week me and Shooby will meet up at the Otherside Cafe to clear up some more company stuff. Keep you posted in the meantime in between time stay tuned!