So I'm a bit of a late arrival tonight. I logged on to #peakd at 11:57pm!- scraped in by the skin of my teeth before I turned into a pumpkin at midnight, but there is a good reason for that- one that I am very VERY happy about and will be able to share the full thing with you in a couple of weeks, but I finally finished editing a 45min cut and a 5min teaser of my doco tonight. And by the way- I've got 17 interviewees and about 34hrs worth of footage to cut down...
I've done everything on it, including the sound treatment on Audition- after I taught myself to do it with the help of some youtube tutorials (damn Humming airconditioners and hissing mics) and creating a music score (Garageband) and although it's far from perfect- as I had zero budget when shooting it, so no help- just me doing all cameras, sound and lighting and having been editing it on an old Imac from 2009 AND had heaps of corrupted footage, I'm pretty happy. So a last watch tomorrow for those pesky little mistakes that you always notice AFTER the export... and then onto export.
The 45 minute version is being submitted to the Royal Commission into Victoria's Mental Health System
The Commission wants to provide the community with a clear and ambitious set of actions that will change Victoria’s mental health system and enable Victorians to experience their best mental health now and into the future.
We will make a sustained effort to reduce the stigma and discrimination associated with mental illness and promote more inclusive communities throughout Victoria.
To develop our findings and recommendations, we will engage widely with Victorian communities and encourage people to share their experiences and suggestions.
The Commission will focus on identifying and solving system-wide issues, rather than investigating individual cases or incidents. https://rcvmhs.vic.gov.au/about-us
And my doco called Impatient - 10 years in the making, is an observational documentary following #MeetMyHero- genetically radical Sue Armstrong- fine artist, peer advocate as she pounds the pavement meeting with all kinds of people in the community to speak to them about supporting her campaign to get female only wards re-instated in hospitals for the safety all females in psychiatric care and you can watch the original teaser that I cut a few years ago here https://www.chocolatescorpion.com/impatient
So only a feature length and another couple of versions to edit (for festivals) and then onto my other passions- Animals, Animals and animals rights and welfare issues.
And here's a photo of mission control at 11:45pm tonight.
So I've discovered some new peeps tonight- cause they discovered me and were kind enough to vote and reblog my post, so I thought that I'd like to repay them the favour and if you have a look at their stuff, you'll see why they are worthy souls to check out and enjoy.
and here's is the gorgeous 
Anyhooo here she is, the delightful and talented 
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And then we have the 
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And then here is 
Yep. done. Great! Some great advice in there so for all of you newbies, jump on in so you can see how to aim for the stars on Hive.
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And I can tell you that 
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So here I am, Alive as I #thriveOnHive on the #HiveBlockChain in the #IAmAliveChallenge community created by @ErikGussafson known far and wide as @Flaxz who created the #IamAliveChallenge community for all of us around the world to come together to celebrate our victories and commiserate with each other in our losses and share the love, the I wouldn't be here at all and neither would you!
So if you want to know more about this warm and compassionate community then read more here @flaxz/glmrrjya and you're welcome to join in and share your stories, fears, dreams, successes and failures with all of us.
And a HUGE, big fat welcome to all of the daring and adventurous people that have just joined us to #thriveOnHive! 😀 #Hive5 to you guys!😊😀😊😀😊😀😊😀😊😀😊😀😊😀😊😀😊😀😊😀😊😀😊😀😊😀😊😀😊
I look forward to seeing you tomorrow to see #WhoIsYourHero!
So I look forward to meeting your hero and until then, please be safe and well, and look after your family and friends as good as you look after #MotherEarth and all of her furry, scaley, hairy, feathery, wiry, soggy, slimy, tiny, enormous, hooved, clawed, webbed and padded footed children too! 🐠🐃🐌🕷🐍🐓🦆🐸🐁🐿🦋🐢🐞🦍🐈🦆🐥🐜🦑🐛🐄🦇🐪🦏🐳🐊🦀🦌🐖🐢🐏🐋🐝🐒🐙🐠🐃🐌🕷🐍🐓🦆🐸🐁🐿🦋🐢🐞🦍🐈🦆🐥🐜🦑🐛🐄🦇🐪🦏🐳🐊🦀🦌🐖🐢🐏🐋🐝🐒🐙 So #WhoIsYourHero!
And unless otherwise stated- ALL photographs are my originals taken by me sometime in the past decade or so somewhere in my travels and as such, ofcourse they are subject to all international IP and copyright laws and I may have already used them for my own commercial purposes here https://www.redbubble.com/people/CHOCOLATESCORPI/shop, So please ask first if you want to use any of them thank you 😀