Mike bowed out from the UPM position of my film last Wednesday, a day before first pre-pro meeting, and I suddenly found myself very vunerable position of finding new UPM in such short notice. UPM is critical position that handles money and logistic that I cannot just assign another person. Well, every key position is important that is not easily replacable. Fortunately, Sobo took on the job and I was able to breath little easy. I didn't ask Sobo first for the UPM job because although he did great job on 16mm production, Silent Witness, he was tried of doing everything himself, practically. I hope to count on him as much as possible.

I learned from this episode that I couldn't hold on to people who wants to pursue their own thing. It will always be a challenge to manage creative and productive people. You can't do everything by yourself in a film production, and I don't intend on doing so, spreading myself too thin. The planned casting call is coming up this weekend, and yet we still don've have fliers up or any info except the website... -.-++

With Ron back in Texas with his family emergency, I sometimes wonder if this film will get made with so many obstacles that weren't presented in nice, protective environment of a film school/course. There were always instructors and the school to fall back when we messed up, but this is the real test of an indie film maker. I shall prevail regardless of the hardships, because this is only beginning.