For starters, yesterday I received news from South Milwaukee High School that Mr. David Nelson passed away. For those that are unaware, Mr. Nelson was a science teacher at SMHS for years. He was loved by everyone, and during my time at the school, he was a major supporter of "SMHS: 007". He even had a role in the movie. It was tough to hear about his passing...especially since it came as such a surprise. He was in school the day before.
I put together a quick video with some clips and pictures I had from SMHS: 007 of Mr. Nelson. You can view it below. There will be another, more elaborate video made for his memorial service next week...so stay tuned for that.
That evening, I found out that the studio we planned on shooting at this weekend had a fire. What a surprise that was! What are the odds?! So, needless to say -- everybody started scrambling right away. I am happy to report that now, almost 24 hours since finding out, a new location has been secured. Thank god. I put too much work in this past week for us to not shoot on Sunday!
This morning I woke up to more unfortunate news. This time, it was news regarding the passing of a peer of mine from school. We actually went to the same elementary school and continued going to the same schools all through high school. She was a year ahead of me, but we sometimes had classes together and would join each other at the same table for lunch. We also did theater together. Her passing will be another hard loss for South Milwaukee to swallow. Erin Connor, you will be missed.
And as if that wasn't bad enough, the pumpkin pie that I picked up yesterday morning from the bakery already got mold on it. :-\ So much for eating my stress and sorrow away with a pie...
Sooooooo, here we are. Things are slowly getting better. The shoot is looking up now that the major crisis has been averted and we have secured a location. And closure is slowly but surely coming to those back in South Milwaukee.
I'll be updating more soon, I'm sure. For now, I leave you with a heavy heart. My thoughts and prayers go out to the families of those we lost in my hometown.
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Mr. Nelson was more than a teacher, he was a friend. It will be incredibly hard getting over his death. RIP David Nelson.
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