It's already weird writing this blog.  I think writing a blog that is sort of "for" a company (in this case FEARnet) is kinda strange.  Because if I were blogging about a specific event, let's say a film festival or a convention, then I would have plenty to write about and would feel like I was doing an overall service for my "employer."  But I’m not.  I’m not to write about anything specific other than what I want.  There are no rules, no guidelines no nothing.  Which should be great, right?

Don't get me wrong, I'm as pretentious as the next low-budget-art-film-horror-writer-director, but I guess I would just feel better being pretentious on my own time.  For instance, if this was my own blog, hosted at www.TiWestIsAwesome.org then I could go on waxing poetically about my great understanding of filmmaking and how tragic the current state of film and the horror genre is, and so on and so forth.   And if you were reading it…Well that would either be your pleasure, or your own dumbass fault for going to www.TiWestIsAwesome.org in the first place.  

But it’s not your fault for being here.  FEARnet posted a news link (as if it was important) directing you here and more so they even vouched for me as someone interesting and responsible enough to write a blog worth publishing.  The problem is...I'm not responsible.  I’m actually outrageously selfish.  That is the characteristic however, that makes me a half decent director.  It is the same characteristic that makes any good artist.

Do not be confused into thinking that all selfish people are good artists/actors/directors/anything.  Many of them are just assholes who believe too much in their own abilities and have no sense of humor about their failures.  But the real artists, the ones who do the best work…They are always the most selfish, stubborn manipulative kinds of people.  They have to be.  They are constantly dealing with failure and rejection and the only way for them to survive that misery is by enjoying the little bit of relief that comes with self-gratification.  

So while I may be selfish, stubborn and manipulative…I am not dishonest.  And that is something I want you to remember.

-ti