Happy Anniversary, F.P.T.F.

I had mentioned on my Facebook page that I would not be writing a blog untill I had moved and got situated,but I started thinking and I did a little bit of looking and what I found was that today, April, 27, 2011 is the one year anniversary of my blog.

From Paper To Film is one year old today. Yay!!

I will freely admit to this, its nothing to ashamed of, but I remember last year and prior to creating the blog thinking to my self,"what have I got to write about and how important is it for people to read it?"

With some encouragement from a friend, (thanks again T.H.W.) I decided the only way for me to know if I have anything to say and if people are going to like it was to just start writing and thus, here it is one year later.

I have covered some ground with this blog. I feel I have alot more to go and a lot more on my mind and I look for ward to writing it and I pray that you , my reader's are looking forward to reading it as well.

I do, like almost everyone have my share of critics. These people have the hypothesis that I shouldn't have done this blog at all. One person even went as far as to make copys of it because she didn't like what I was writing and thought she would try to get me in trouble. Didn't work. Free speech. I win.

As you have noticed with the topics of 'FPTF' even though some have been controversial, I have never been dirty and never really used harsh language, even though I must admit I was tempted to. If you were reading some of these topics before they were posted, you probably would have gasped over what you read.

The version you did read was alot better than some one who wants to be like everyone else and drop f- bombs in certain titles. There is no excuse for it and I feel a lot better giving you the versions you have read.

So, here it is, like it or not. "From Paper To Film" is one year old and I personally would like to thank you, my reader's for the support and for giving your feedback.

I hope it will continue.

The Kennedy's And The Royal Family ( Well, The Wedding Anyway)

Over the weekend I watched a miniseries based upon the Kennedy family. For those of you reading that may not know too much about the Kennedy's basically its the family of former American president, John F Kennedy. There have been many movies based upon them some of which I have not seen because frankly they didn't interest me, but this one, called " The Kennedy's" caught my eye for a couple reasons.

One, because it was supposed to be on a different network, but for what ever the reason it was too controversial for them.

Second were the actors and actress's. Great cast. I am not going to name them, but if you want to see it, I recommend getting the dvd, because the cast alone was suberb.

One of the reasons I guess I have not seen movies based upon either JFK or his family is because you don't whats real. As it happend with politics, so many storys surface about a political figure that you don't know whats real and what isn't. And I think when it comes to JFK and his assination once again you get so many stories that you don't whats real and what isn't.

I have never been one for conspiracy theories mostly because they are way too out landish. You get something that has happend in either American or world history more often than not some one is going to have a hypothesis about it and it might be so far out of no where that you have to tell them to shut up because they're simply talking out of their asse's.

Pardon the language.

I dont have an hypothesis on the JFK assination, but I will say this: It's sad that he didn't get the oppertunity of one: finishing his presidency and two: living out the rest of his life and watching both his children and grandchildren grow up.

Enough said.

The Wedding of Prince William and Cate Middleton is coming in about a week and I personally can not wait.

Till it's over and televison and just about everybody on can stop going overboard with it.

But it is television and they dont know how to leave anything alone till they bleed it dry. Personally, I find it pathedeic.Televison does not have to go to the extremes they are going to when it comes to these two. There are cable channels that are having "specials" on the wedding.

There is even a made for tv movie on how they first met in the works.

All of this is uncalled for. Now, don't me wrong, I have alot of respect for the Royal family, They have their place in both American and world history just like the Kennedy's. I just feel that they are going way too far with this whole wedding thing.

I won't be watching it.

I have always felt that a wedding ceremony should be kept a little private. Invite your family your friends and all that. But don't have it televised. Hate to break it to you but the whole world isn't interested that you're getting married. Half of the world's population don't really care about William & Cate's so they won't care about your's or mine. (when and if it happens.)

Leave your wedding private. Don't plaster it for the whole known universe to see it because it's just damn annoying.

I am going to do something I have not done in a while. I am going to give a suggestion on a film. Hope you get the chance to watch it.

The film is called "JFK" and it was directed by Accademy Award winning director Oliver Stone (Platoon) and star's Kevin Costner amongst other's. Its a great film and with out giving it away, it can get a little slow when it starts to bring up theorys of how who and why they killed him.

But, none the less, a great film.

I also recommend the Kennedy Miniseries I made reference to earlier.

Look for it on dvd. Its really good.

Another Blog.

Hello to you all. I am currently doing research on my next blog topic. I hope to be able to find all the information and to be able to write by Sunday at the lastest.

Be blessed and enjoy the rest of the week

here's a tip for you all.

Never send a monster to do the work of an evil scientist.

It Was My Idea....... But, Their's Is Better

What I am about to tell you is a secret. I think only one person knows about it. Well, two if you count God. Here goes:

I had the idea for Tvland.

You don know what tvland is? That's fair, I do know that I have reader's that are from other countrys and pehaps their versions of cable television is different from American versions. Tvland is an american television station created by Nickolodeon television, which is actually an Mtv station.

About 15 years ago I think I was watching television and I had this idea for an all classic television station. Nothing on this station would be new, not even comercials.

Cool idea, huh?

Enter tvland.

Only problem between my version and Viacom ( the owner of the Tvland) is that their idea is alot more polished than mine.

They know how to design or create television stations. I don't.

The first year that tvland was on the air they played everything classic, including commercials. My idea would have failed miserably because I don't know about the business end of a tv station.

The owner's of Tvland do and that is why over the past 14 or 15 years they have had a successfull formula for keeping television stations on the air.

They have the money to do it as well.

I have no idea how much money it would take to either start a television station or how much it would cost to keep it going. The only thing I would say I am sure about is that it isn't cheap.

Money also helps keep the station on the air as in commercials.

I am not sure exactly how it works but, television networks can get a hefty price for commercials they air on their stations. For some tv stations, the commrcials or advertisments keep them afloat.

Another important reason why my idea would have never worked. I would have used all classic's (yes, there is such a thing or genre known as classic commercials. People remember them just as much as they would a classic television show)

I didn't know this and I still don't. That is probably one reason why I don't work in television.

A television station of your every own would be a nice thing to have if you had the money for it. Just ask Oprah Winfrey, who recently started her own network.

Another important reason of why my idea would have never got off the ground is programming. What show interest people. I could name you classic television show after television show, some good, some not so good. The thing is, would you like them so much you woud have watched? Who knows. Even classic television get's boring after awhile because you have seen the same episodes ovr and over again

You need something a little fresh.
And lets face it, not everyone likes the same tv shows as lets say you or I do. I wouldn't doubt that almost every tv station gets people to think,'Man, this show stinks. How can people watch it.?'

While on the other hand, there could be people watching the same show that might be thinking this is the best television show they have ever seen

So, to review, did I ever have the idea for tvland? Well no. I had an idea that might have made people say, " that would have been a good idea" but that would have been it. Even the one person I did tell, looked me right in the eye and said" you have just described Tvland"

I'll say it again..... Viacom's idea for a classic television station was and is far better than mine. I consider it to be one my faveorite television stations

I'll leave you with this.... There have been a lot of people that have came up with some really great ideas and it has made them alot of money.

There have also been alot of people that have had the same idea but didn't really do any thing about it. These people some times think they deserve a little bit of the other's pie by taking them to court and say they thought of it first. Perhaps they did. The only thing these people are seeing now is dollar signs because the idea took off and made some one rich.

I know where I stand. For starter's I wouldn't have a case, and second, well to quote the late John Denver, I have never really been one of them money hungry fools.

You Kids And Your Music Today

How many of us have heard that saying? If you are a child growning up today, how many times have you heard either your parents or someone else you know say that to you? It's a commonly known word that even your grandparents have been asked by their parents.

Think about this: If you grew up in the 1930's or '40's listening to artist's like Benny Goodman or a Glen Miller your parent's might have questioned it to a degree by sayig 'that wasn't what we grew up with'. The point I am trying to make is this: Doesn't matter the decade music over the years has changed and will continue to do so.

The late 1950' brought along rock and roll and, once again, if you grew up in that time, you probably would have listened to the pioneer's of this new innovative music.

I have relatives who were teenagers and than became young adults in the 1960's. The Beatles, the Rolling Stones, just to name a few were just getting their starts and I wouldn't doubt that their parents would have said, what is a Beatle? or why the name 'Rolling Stone'? Like their parents before them, they didn't get it.

Rock and roll when it was only ten years old would have been impressive to have listened to at the time. If you were there, you probably would consider your self lucky.

But, you grew up and became parents and your children started listening to music, either in the 1970's or the the 80's.

And what did you tell them, hmmm? You probably thought to yourself, I have become one of my parents because I have just said the same thing they said to me..... Take a guess what that is

I wouldn't say that parents today have it tough when it comes to their childrens music or the type of music that is around today. Like I said with every decade music changes.If you think rap music is ok, than thats your veiw, if you have heard a rap song and the language in it and tell your child they are not going to listen to it, that's your veiw as well. I personally would have to commend you for that because I don't like rap music.

A few years ago I was going somewhere with one of my younger siblings who at the time, just got his license. The vulgarity in what he was listening to was so bad I had to tell him to turn it off.

I told him I couldn't believe that our mother would let him listen to that. Man, it was dirty.

Music has certainly changed since my generation was growing up.

Do your kids listen to music? Of course, every child does. Depending on the style of it, do you find your self becoming your parents or your grandparents?


I heard this saying in a movie "It's our music and you don't get it"

Now you are the parent and you know what,you don't get it.

With todays music, neither do I.

Never Really Been One Of Them Money Hungry Fools

I used to have this hypothesis that happiness was boring. People would ask me' are you happy' and most of the time I would tell them no, because happiness bored me.

I didn't know what true happiness was. Now that I know what it is, yes, I am happy.

What I don't think is that people are content with their lives. It seems we always want more of what we already have. With a few exceptions.

One exception I think is marriage. If you love your spouse to the point where you can't think of even being with another woman/ and or man, than I would think it is safe to say you are content.

I have never met my birth father and before I go any further I want to make it perfectly clear that it doesn't bother me. I am content with having the grandfather that I did have as I have written of before.

Since I have never met the man, I don't know if he had any other children. I can't prove that he has or hasn't and I am in no big rush to find out, but I wouldn't doubt it. What I am trying to say is this: I am content with the siblings that I know I do have. It is safe to say we love and care for each other and even though there are some rocky moments that doesn't mean if God forbid that one of us should get injured we wouldn't have the opinion of saying 'forget him or her'. We would be there the best way we could. With that being said, why would I go searching for other siblings. I am content.

However, as humans even though we do have some things we are content with and happy about there are perhaps tons of things we are not content with.

It could be your job, you or we always want a better one.

It could be our houses. It's nice, but we want nicer. Could even be your vehicle of choice. There is a long list of things.

Question is, however what makes us that way. Why can't we just be happy with the way things are? It may fall back to how I opened this blog. We get bored. The same day in day out routine gets old very quickly and before we know it we're thinking 'things need to change'

Does money make you happy? If you are either a multi millionaire or billionaire are you content with it? I think it would depend who you ask.

to some degree I would say no, because no matter how much money you have you always want more. Some people have the theory that if they were to win the lottery they would quit their jobs because money wouldn't be an issue any longer.

But what if you kept your job and its salary? Would that be greed?

One again, I think it would depend on who you were to ask.

Pastor Rick Warren, senior pastor of Saddle back church in Orange County, California and author of the best selling book " A Purpose Driven Life" not only is a multi millionaire with the residuals of the book, but he is still working at Saddle back as their pastor.

But here's the thing. He doesn't get a salary. Not only that, but according to a fox news show he has payed back every single check he has ever received before the book started selling. You have to respect that, I think. There are few people in this world that would do that.

Are the inventors of anything we as consumers buy are they happy with the product? perhaps some are, perhaps some aren't. Think of Microsoft creator Bill Gates, one of the richest men in the world. Do you think he is content with 'Windows 7'? Now I am by no means a computer genius, I can barely even figure mine out, but it would not surprise me that right now as I write this that he isn't thinking of what "8" might look like.

Once again,we have something or Gates has something that works, but he wants to make it better. Contentment. Few people have it completely.

Like I have said earlier, happiness can get boring but only with material things.


True happiness is knowing Jesus as you personal savior.


I have never gotten bored with that.

Vacation's..... An I F. (Interactive Friday)

Ever had that one vacation that to you personally beats it all? Its like you will never have another one just like that ever again. You know what happens after that don't you? You end up having another vacation that in your mind is even better than the last one. Vacations are fun to have. I would like to tell you about three that I have had and than give you, my reader's the chance to respond with your best vacation story (please limit it to one.) Why do I get to write about three? It's my blog.

Live with it.

First vacation that I can really recall having a major blast was a week long church camp in the northern California mountains. I believe it was called Camp Sugar Pine, named for the sugar pine trees they had. Beautiful scenery.

The whole week there was great music, great Bible teachings, at least two a day if I recall and great friends that I still recall to this day.

It was wonderful. The week was topped off by two things, one a famous classic '80's Christian band played live one night, and one day we went to Yosemite National forest. Now, if you have never been to YNF you should go at some point in your life. Its just beautiful. The mountains, the trees, etc. Great time.


Second vacation memory was with my grandparents and two of my younger siblings. Went to my grandfather's home town in Nebraska. Little small Podunk town that quite frankly if you blinked you would have missed it. I dont think up to that point I had never really been to a small town like that. Perhaps I have, I just can not recall it. My grandparents and I drove there, took about two in a half days. Saw some breath taking parts of the country. There is a reason why The United States Of America is often know for its Purple Mountains Majesty. Awesome to look at.

I remember four things from that vacation, one it was boring. No joke.
One of my younger siblings and I got out of the van we drove in, took one look around and I think in unison said " is this it?"

We had stayed with a relative of my grandfather's. An elderly woman, who I think forgot we were coming, but it was ok, because she had a basement in her house and I think it was the first one I had ever been in.

Living in Downey,California for a good portion of my childhood, I don't recall going into too many houses that had a basement. I could be wrong about this, but "basements" in general are a rare thing in California.

Another thing I recall about the Nebraska vacation is, that year (1984) the summer Olympics were being held in Los Angeles and even though I didn't have tickets for it, I still wanted to watch them. Especially the track and Field events, because I was a runner. That year would be my freshmen year in high school and well, the memory is still with me so much that I wrote about it.

Unfortunately, I didn't get the chance to see the games too much, but oh well.

Third vacation memory is another camping trip, I think when I was about 14 going into 8th grade. Another church outing. The church I was attending the youth group and the youth group of I think two other churches. This was in Santa Barbara. Santa Barbara state beach.Alot of memory's from that one. Our camp site, from what I recall was on this cliff and of course over looking it was the Ocean, and man, what a sight.

To get down to the water was this concrete path that had alot of curves to it, I spent some time running both up and down perhaps twice a day. Bad part about the state beach thing were two things, ok, maybe one bad thing, the water had alot of moss or sea weed that would wash up on shore and not only could you get tangled up in it, but you could not avoid stepping in it and it would stick to the bottoms of your feet. Wasn't easy to remove, either. I think everyone went home with green feet. Try explaining that one to mom and dad.

Our camp site was basically right on train tracks and in the wee hours of the morning not only could hear them, (very loudly) but the vibration on the ground would keep you awake. I think the first night I slept outside with no tent. Well, I tried to, anyway. Second night I was in a tent and I recall I was so fatigued that I didn't stay awake long.

A friend of mine named Carl said he tried to wake me up cause no on else was sleeping, but, didn't work. Some times, when I am sleeping, I can't sleep with either television or lights on. I need to have quiet. Same people can do it, I can not.

Like I said, vacations are fun. I would also like to say that last summer when I went to California more than once, I had an awesome time.

Looking forward to doing it again this year.

So, now its your turn.

If you have a story to tell about a memorable vacation, I would like to hear about it.

Drm