I have been watching a movie every day since 11/9/12.  I must watch 365 movies in a year starting from that day.  I have the list of films that I have watched 

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/user/952425/lists/?id=917208002_55901&tab=movie

I also can't rewatch anything, and if I do I can't add it to the list.  Since I started that I have become more in love with movies then anything else.  I have gone deeper and deeper into genres and old films that I never watched before.  My taste has expanded, and my film reviewing capabilities have gotten so much greater.  Movies have become my life now.  I an hour of sleep every school night to watch one.  I fantasize about them, I have started on two screenplays, but I want to learn how to write them before I go back to them.  Movies are the things that make me the happiest now.  I rarely see a movie that I didn't like, because I have developed a great sense as to what films I will like, dislike, or just think are ok.

I have been watching a ton of Alfred Hitchcock films lately, and I intend to see all of his big hits.  I have watched many other old films like "Citizen Kane," and "Casablanca."  I intend to go deeper and deeper into really old films, and I have such a strong appreciation for them.  I also intend to go into more western, and neor films.  I have been renting tons of movies from the library to do this personal project of mine, and it will definitely take me less then a year to watch 365 movies unless I go about two months without watching them.  This has been a great experience for me, and I feel like it is a preview to having a job.  Because I have made movie watching and reviewing my job that I must do everyday.  It has also been a good thing for me because it has helped me learn to balance my time.  I have had to balance my time between watching films, reviewing them, getting all of my school work done, sleep, and friends.  I also play guitar, which is something that I have cut down on slightly since I started this project.  I can’t wait until I am done with this project so I can do it again and see if I can watch the same amount of movies in an even quicker time.  Movies are the greatest thing in the world too me.

I impress adults with my knowledge of older films and with my film reviews.  I am the only one at my school who reviews stuff like the stuff I reviews at my school.  Other kids think it is really cool, and it is the thing that I do that makes me feel special.  At times I tend to struggle to have good self-esteem, which is normal and very common amongst people my age, but when I write a good movie review I feel awesome.  Lately film reviewing has been a form of therapy for me, and a total release of thought.  I am a very opioniated person so that helps me in that area too.  My uncle Mike is the author Michael Connelly, and I intend to become a writer like him.  I try to show him my reviews to see what he thinks, because I know if I can impress him I must have done a great job considering he is the author of “The Lincoln Lawyer,” “Blood work,” and “The Black Echo.”  I always show my best reviews to my parents, and ask what they think.  I sometimes struggle to take feedback, because I am stubborn, but I will work on that next.

I really want to start making money for writing my film reviews, and I want to start writing about music on other websites.  I am definitely a writer.  I will write things in the future such as screenplays, film reviews, music journals, blogs, and maybe a book.  I also tend to write my thoughts on Facebook.  This site is what really made me decide that I am a writer.  I am only a junior in high school, and I am only 17 years old.  I have a long life ahead of me, and no matter what I am writing I will always be watching movies.  I expect that I will be one of those guys who has seen every movie by the time I get to college.  I don’t know if I will always be reviewing, but I will always be writing.