November 2007
IN-LAW: Wow, you got funding, you must be so pleased.
ME: Yes, I –
IN-LAW: Tell me – what’s your film about?
ME: Uhm. It’s about a brother and sister, and they talk in a car the whole film.
IN-LAW: Oh.
December
ACQUAINTANCE: I hear you’re making a short film.
ME: (stunned look that word would actually be spread)
ACQUAINTANCE: What’s it about?
ME: It’s about a couple of siblings trying to deal with their older brother’s death.
ACQUAINTANCE: What else you working on?
January 2008
FELLOW WEDDING GUEST: What’s your movie about?
ME: It’s a film about loss and love. And life.
