2011
– Last 100 Days
Prodigal
Altar Boy Countdown
T-9
Days and Counting
22
December 2011
Goal:
1 hour per day working on the film
Details:
Watched
Karen Everett’s Ultimate Guide to Structuring Your Documentary week 2 module: “Three
Act Structure”
Total time: 1 hour
Goal:
30 minutes per day music practice
Details:
Warm
up on the MojoCaster
Grace City Christmas Service Songs
Mary, Did You Know
Emmanuel
We Three Kings
The First Noel
You Are The Living Word
O Little Town of Bethlehem
Joy To The World (Unspeakable Joy)
Total time: 1 hour
Goal:
15 minutes exercise per day
“Round
up From the Ground Up” workout
Kettlebell
Swings – 5 reps per side - 20kg kettlebell
Kettlebell
Squats – 5 reps– 20kg kettlebell
Kettlebell
Cleans – 5 reps per side – 20kg kettlebell
Kettlebell
Military Press – 5 reps per side – 20kg kettlelbell
Kettlebell
Snatch – 5 reps per side – 20kg kettlebell
Kettlebell
Row – 5 reps per side – 20kg kettlebell
6
sets
Total time: 16:30
Goal:
15 minutes per day working on the score for the movie
“Donated”
this time to Christmas Eve music work
Nine Days – It’s
the Final Countdown
My Top Ten
Favorite Things of the Last 100 Days:
#9 - Occupy Baltimore
Occupy
Baltimore took many hits in the press.
In the end, they departed McKeldin Square without incident, which might
have translated to a whimper in the press.
I think the Occupy Baltimore people had a larger impact on the city than
anyone would care to admit. If you line
up the Occupy Baltimore timeline alongside the other events in the city, one
can posit had Occupy Baltimore not been there, things might have turned out
differently. When I look at the Grand
Prix/BRD meltdown, I can see an alternate outcome in the absence of Occupy
Baltimore.
Examining
public statements from Baltimore City officials concerning the Grand Prix financial
reporting, even though initial reports showed the race brought in less money
than projected, the reaction of city officials ranged from questioning the validity
of the reports (done by university researchers), promising a city-sponsored
study, to a concession that even if the race did not generate the projected
revenue, it was still a good thing.
As
the Occupy movement grew nationwide and solidified in Baltimore, the movement’s
de-emphasis on what they “wanted” to focus on the disparity between “the 1%”
moneyed elite versus “the 99%” raised many questions about who benefits from government
support of “business.” As the Occupy
movement voices got louder and resonated with everyday city residents, you can
see a shift in the city’s attitude toward BRD officials. The BRD CEO resigned, reporting of BRD
mismanagement and near usurious terms of a last-minute loan seemed to validate
many of the Occupy paradigms of how catering to the 1% is often at the peril of
the 99%. Before Occupy Baltimore exited McKeldin
square, Baltimore City would attach liens to BRD and the former CEO, promising
that if the city isn’t paid by year’s end (ahem, NINE DAYS AWAY), the contract for the race
could be null and void.
So
while most of the public’s memory of the Occupy movement gets dumbed down to
something like this:
The
reality for Baltimore is the Occupy Movement probably saw that BRD got exactly
what they deserved, and probably saved the city some money.
