the journal of Peter John Ross

I forced myself to edit. I just sat there and did it. It’s not easy to get into the groove without being inspired. Rhythm and pacing don’t happen on their own. The footage has to speak to you. The syncopation Read more…

I need a break. What I really need is a week or two away from work so I can complete many of my personal project agenda items. A day here and there just ain’t cutting it. I want to have Read more…

I hate feeling like this. It’s staring in the face of a long list of work and nothing is motivating me to jump at it. All I can do is dive in and just DO some of it. Find the Read more…

Shooting interviews tomorrow. Editing tonight. Teaching in the early mornings. Sleep needs to occur in there somewhere. Some days it just feels like I can’t slow down. Eventually this drags me down with illness or exhaustion. And I’m still way Read more…

Most of the past year has been about curbing some bad habits. and reinforcing good ones. I keep my home a lot cleaner – I mean A LOT cleaner. Where I am wavering is in watcinhg movies more. I even Read more…

As someone who is neither a technophobe or without knowledge of computers, it was somewhat surprising to many that I do not have a network at home nonetheless a wireless one. Because I recently purchased a 2nd WDTV (Western Digital Read more…

With a somewhat epic journey, I have my location for the next Cell Phone Monologue. I have always preached that Film Commissions are not really there to help local filmmakers as their function is to bring outside production money in; Read more…

Last night my dad came over to see the new place and we watched SKYFALL on the big screen in the new theater style seats. When I was very young, just before VHS was RCA’s ‘videodisc’ format and aside from Read more…

My home repairs are ramping down. I’m reaching this point where I’ll basically be ‘done’ for a while. I want to take a solid year where I don’t buy any furniture or decor. Just want that space to breathe. I’m Read more…

Wanna know something I hate? When people make presumptions, get angry about their own idiotic conclusions that don’t resemble reality, and then spew their uneducated theories out onto the world. It irritates me because propagating ignorance without debate or critical Read more…

Some people are put on this earth to frustrate the rest of us. This weekend wound up being productive even though I was a little under the weather. I got some much needed sleep, like a baby after a meal Read more…