Surviving Hollywood. That's what I've been doing for the
last 10 years. Sure the stars and big name directors get all the glamour, but
for each of them, there are hundreds of craftsmen, technicians and crew members
working behind the scenes to make them look good. And we work hard, long hours
for modest pay.
Around the time of the 2008 elections I was doing some
research for film when I came across several websites that have become my daily
reading. I'd always had an interest in survivalism and have kept and earthquake
preparedness kit since I moved to Los Angeles.
Reading through the message boards and listening to the
podcasts really opened my eyes. The more I learned the more I wanted to learn
and I quickly realized how fragile our system is.
My mind began racing. What happens if there's a huge
earthquake and the city is shut down like New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina?
What happens if there is an economic collapse and the world falls to chaos?
What happens if President Obama is assassinated? It could spark a race war that
would make the Rodney King riots look like a school yard fist fight. What other
race riots could happen if there's immigration reform?
All these things went through my mind and like many early
stage preppers, I had a fantasy about me living off the land in the mountains,
Rambo style, while I walked to my bug out location. I bought gear and filled my
bug out bag. Started target shooting and hunting again. Tested my bush craft
and retrained my outdoors skills.
I'm no expert but I want to contribute to the community so I
decided to take my love of books and movies as well as my own insight into the
film making process to create this site. I plan to focus on movie and book
reviews but you can expect an occasional rant or gear reviews from time to
time.
I hope you enjoy and are entertained and I hope you can
learn something too.
Wraith270
