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Today, I released the trailer for my short film, escape. The film is about escaping escapism. I think the direction I am going with this is great and I think that when I am finished, im going to have an awesome film to share. So, here’s the trailer. Hope you enjoy.

escape Trailer from Jeremy Emberling on Vimeo.

I recently watched the documentary No End In Sight. The movie shows a side of the Iraq war no one has seen before. I’ve seen many films about the war, and most are pretty biased and anti-war. This movie doesn’t bother taking sides, it just provides the facts and the true story from the people actually working in the administration during the early stages of the Iraq occupation. This inside look gives you a very real view of the planning and implementation of the war. This is a movie everyone should watch and send to everyone they know.
View Trailer (.mov)

First off, I think I need to give a disclaimer. This is my opinion, not my employer’s. This is a PERSONAL blog entry on my PERSONAL blog, that has NO RELATION to MY EMPLOYER. To those who have no idea what I’m talking about, just forget that above part. I shouldn’t have to say it, but you know, people need to understand that fact.

So, I guess we have a new President. He wasn’t who I wanted, either. Sadly, my choice, Ron Paul, didn’t get the light of day. Hopefully, people will realize over time that my candidate was right, and with any luck, he’ll run again in 2012.

By looking at the social networks, it seems a lot of my friends are upset that Obama won. I hope this teaches you a lesson on how our elections are ran. At the time of writing, Obama has 338 electoral votes. McCain has 156. Obama has won by a landslide. Just one thing… the popular vote tells a different story. The popular vote (the one that you actually vote for) has only a 3% difference with 75% reporting. Obama has 51% of the vote. McCain has 48%. This is very close. Yet, Obama has already one when there is still 25% unreported. That doesn’t sound a bit off? Welcome to the electoral college.

Most people think we vote the President into the White House. We don’t. You may be confused. That’s understandable. You may also think the United States is a democracy. You’d be wrong bout that, too. We’re a Republic, just remember that when you wine about democracy. Anyway, we do not elect our President. America does what is called an indirect election, which essentially means we vote people in to vote for us.The way it works with the Electoral College, is each state gets an equal number of electors as members of the House and Senate, which is determined by population.

They pick the presidential choice, and a vice president. You have to have 270 votes to win. You can pick for whomever you want, but the idea is you are supposed to chose who won in your district. This obviously DID NOT HAPPEN. This is a serious flaw in our election process. Now before I hear ONE Republican complain, I want you to realize that the same thing happened in 2000. Al Gore won the popular vote, but the electoral college picked Bush.

Where were the cries then? Oh yeaah, that’s right. They did scream and yell, but what did Republicans do? Laugh, naturally. Calling them sore losers, and well, just not caring since they won. Now, it’s come full circle. Sure, I’m not happy Obama won, but you know, it’s about time the G.O.P. realizes that they have truly lost touch with what the Republican party REALLY is about.

So, here’s what I have to say to the Republicans: Read up on your party. You probably don’t know just how “liberal” your founding members would be today. All these “crazy” ideas that you hear about, like dissolving the Federal Reserve and leaving Iraq, are actually true to the core Republican beliefs. Oh, and for the love of God, stop watching Fox News.

Change.

This election, it’s all you hear about. It’s Obama’s catchphrase and McCain wishes it was his. Regardless of how the election goes, the change we are seeking will not be satisfying. I know I wish I could believe the government could make my problems better but look at me. I work a job that I should get paid twice what I am paid, I turn around and pay over half of it on bills, and hope the rest lasts me for the next paycheck. More taxes will kill me but so will the decreasing value of the dollar. We’re screwed either way.

I’d like to go to school, but I didn’t even get a legitimate high school diploma. Oh yeah, that’s right. I went to a high school, graduated, and their diploma isn’t even recognized by the state. It’s as if I dropped out. That’s the way to show someone who stuck it out through so much. So… college wasn’t something I wanted to do anyway. I hated school the entire time I was there, mainly because I had learned everything I was interested in, and I realized in high school, I wasn’t going to use most of the stuff they taught us anyways, and college is just more of that. Even if it’d help me better my job, I’m out of luck there.

The change I’d like to believe in is really simple but unbelievably unpractical. Like I’ll ever see the day when our flag actually holds reverence, enough reverence not to use it as a marketing device to slap on shirts and bumper stickers. A day where our constitution is upheld and isn’t corrupted by neo-liberals and religious zealots. This is the most important election in history? Please. This is all theatre.

I’ve come to terms that as much as an idealist I am, I’m just as much a realist. Because of this, many in the Christian community would call me liberal, and that’s not what I’m aiming for. If reality has a liberal bias, I’m sorry? I’ll never make the Christians happy. Not even Jesus can manage that, though. With all this political talk of change, it’s got me thinking about change in my life.

I’ve been trying to change the world through any means possible. I fight the system every minute I can. I try to open eyes and inform the masses. I know I’ve been destined to literally change the world, but I have no idea where to begin or what to do. I know what my purpose is, but I have 404 days, and about 8 hours before that part of my life takes off. In the meantime, I’m really lost. I am in love but no one to love. I feel alone and broken. So out of touch.

I really don’t know where I belong. For someone who really has his mind and thoughts together, I have the same trap that other higher minds throughout history have had… It’s finding a place with other people where you aren’t speaking over everyone’s heads, have relevant conversation, and not seem arrogant. I’m not asking for much, just someone that can be what I am to everyone else. I guess that’s why I do what I do for everyone, because I know just how it feels to not have that person around them.

Obviously what I’m doing here isn’t working. Nothing I’ve done my entire life has worked. Change? You tell me…