Leverage Karma

So, after berating Leverage, calling it a poor man's hustle, guess who has an interview with the production company who produces the show today. That's right, THIS GUY. Karma...is a bitch.

Happy Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving to all of my American readers. For everyone else, have a frank and productive Thursday.

Palin...

...is beautiful satirized in this College Humor "trailer".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzCc1iyOeUw

Pass it on.

I knew this election was a movie! Regardless of your political affiliation, everyone can appreciate good satire.

I'm not ignoring you...

...well I kinda am, but I have a good reason. If I get through this project soon, I'll tell you stories about it. It might go down in screenwriting lore.

A Sad Commentary

I'm not a wonk, and I try to keep my political leanings to myself. But THIS, is disgusting:

http://news.yahoo.com/page/election-2008-political-pulse-obama-race

On a lighter note...

a little comedy for the weekend. It's so wrong, but it made me chuckle.

I'm obsessed with...

Google Analytics, and it's telling me that the average time spent on my blog is in a tail spin, and I think i know why.
I got a nice comment from a buddy of mine, a client actually, that told me my blog has been wholly depressing recently. I can't disagree, because I am in limbo, so many projects close to being completed, so much potential clearly pent up, and so many projects in development...it's daunting.

But, I promise, my next post will be optimistic again.

WOOHOO.

Earthquake

Well, I felt my first earthquake today, 5.8. crazy.

It breaks my heart...

...to be in la, married, and alone on a friday night. However, it brings up a question that has been plaguing me for the entirety of my stay in la.

See, I have two partners. I have many people who have been involved in my movies. However, even though I am close to some of them, I will never be as close to them as I am to my old roommates, friends, lovers, and acquaintances of my past. And it got me to thinking, I haven't made a real friend in years.

***NOTE: I distinguish a real friend as one who I hang out with continuously, that I can show up at their house unannounced and have a conversation from years ago without explaining myself. While I have many friends, I only have 2-5 friends that are like that. Please, if you are a friend of mine, don't take offense...just hang out more, call, or show up unannounced and drink all my beer. It's the quickest way to become a "real" friend.***

It's one of the things I fear most of all. I am not one that comes off well from the get-go. I come off better after knowing someone for a long time. The best friends I have didn't like me at first glance. However, through continual proximity, they eventually became good friends.

Just a thought. I hope I can make new friends in LA. I'm frightened it won't happen.

Last Day in Dc

I'm freaking out. In 24 hours I will be in an airport, waiting for a plane, that will take me to California.

Assets I am taking with me:

-2 completed Feature Scripts
-3 completed original pilots
-5 spec scripts
-3 fellowship applications
-1 job interview
-1 half-edited movie
-0 money


A few contacts are just not enough, I feel. Now, for the scared-ness freak out moment:

-My entire life, at least since high school, I have wanted to be in films. I have begged, pleaded, worked on shit, lived in shit, taken out loans, and killed myself, all hoping for one day to be able to get to LA with enough confidence to allow me the opportunity to make it.

Now, I think I'm in pretty good shape, but I still feel as though I am destined for failure.

So, what am I going to do today? drive to Brandywine with Jon, do some last minute errands, drinks with the in-laws, dinner with friends, try to squeeze in my lawyer in there. I'm sure there will be plenty of freak out moments.

Next time I post a blog, barring some freak out. I'll be in La. So, I'll be discussing La, how to get ahead, where to get ahead, and what events are worthwhile.

Update and restarting the blog

I haven't done very much for the past few months. But here is an update.

-Jan 21--Fired from my job.

-Feb. 12--got m********d.

-Fed 21st-Meeting with B** ***k in P********h. Told to expect budget and such in March.

-March 29th- Got married for real. With the ring and everything.

-April 14th--Back from the honeymoon.

-April 15th--Still haven't gotten Budget.

-April 18th--Decide to write 8 specs, including three originals.

-May 1st--Still no budget. Got interest in Red Bicycle from 2 dc producers.

-May 10th--Karen got a job, and we're officially moving to LA on June 14th.

-May14--Released from Medical Care.

-May 17--final 8 specs right on time. Eat it everyone else.

-May 27th--Got budget, finally, which needs to be fixed heavily.

Now that I'm feeling better. I'm going to be blogging again, but not everyday, that's just stupid, but whenever I can.

free flow of ideas

After the football games, and the self-medication, and the whole thing, I would like to take a moment and reflect on my accident. Basically...I hurt...alot. I can't lift my head up without help. I can't take my brace off except for a couple of seconds. I slept with it on last night and it sucked a lot. The way my computer is set up, I need to look down to write, which is an incredible challenge.

I did however, finish act 1 of Red Bicycle. I think it's pretty good, but I have very little idea what to do with act 2. I always find act 2 is the hardest to do. I always have a good sense of how I want to begin and how I want to end. It's all that in between garbage that's a problem. But, it'll get through it.

I don't really have much more to say. I hope my boss doesn't fire me for this, though.

car accident

so here's how it went down. I was driving to pick up web to get some food and watch the wizards game. I actually left work a little early and was hesitant to go, but i decided to suck it up. Karen wanted me to go to baltimore with her, instead of going to happy hour.

So, there were already things working against me. But, I decided to go, and possibly meet up with karen later in b-more.

I got home about 4:30pm, after leaving work, going back to work, and working for another hour. My boss made me feel like a jerk for wanting to leave, and i was iffy if I had gotten in at 7:30 or 8:00am, so I went back in. It was really odd, actually. Web texted me at 5:05 to ask if I would scoop him. That was about when karen got home. Me and karen hung out for about 10 minutes, and then I was off.

I went out of my house and began driving. Web texted me to ask if I was on my way
, which I was. I turned onto 198, and drove a few miles. 198 is an awful road. At one point it goes down to 2 lanes with no shoulder. You pass a gas station and a 7-11 on your left. Right about there, you can't see what is coming from the perpendicular roads. However, when an emergency vehicle comes, you can see the flashing lights. And that's what happened. A fire truck came up on the intersection, and people were passing it. Well, I stopped like you're supposed to. 1,2,3,4,5 seconds went by. Then BAM! A truck hits me in the back. My entire trunk is like an accordian. It's pretty awesome.

And that's how it happened. I went to the urgent care, I got a neck brace, and my fingers are killing me. I feel awful.

now I have to get my car fixed, and all sorts of other things.

Coming up...awful feeling awesomeness.

yesterday

i did it again. I would like to say its because I got in a car accident, which I did, but that had nothing to do with it. I'm just a lazy bum. Just like this script. I keep putting it off. I know I do. I know if i sat down for a day or two I could bang out the entire script, but instead I watch scrubs for the 100th time, or play spider solitaire. So, that's that. I can only make up for it and try better. And by the way, I'm counting this as one, even though it's a huge cop-out.

Coming up...accident awesomeness.

Another one Today

So, it's a little bit of a cheat, but I'm just gonna continue to talk about me wedding. I may be the only guy alive who wants, in fact is looking forward to, writing his own vows. I think it's gonna be tight. Since I'm a bit of a writer, I think it'll be fun, rewarding, and super tight. I haven't decided, but i think I might end with "Karen Tiefenworth is totally boss".

It's hard to sum up how I feel about her though. We didn't have a normal courtship. We met at a bar while I was trying to get her friend drunk so she would sleep with my friend. Karen ended up passed out in the bathroom. I felt so bad I got her number and brought her out to dinner. It was the most boring date in the world, and I spent most of the time practicing lighter chicks. See, karen is the slowest eater ever. She's notorious for it. and she needs all of her food separated on a plate. It's actually pretty funny.

But anyway, we didn't meet in the normal way. And we stayed together out of convenience. Her's was we could hook up and she didn't have to meet someone else, mine was that she was incredibly convenient to the bar so I didn't have to drive home. And from that, a great love grew and we'll be getting married in March. And I have to figure out a way to convey all that in vows, without making either of us sound cheap. Woohoo.

Tightness personified.

Wow

I couldn't even make it a week blogging every day. But I had a good excuse, even if excuses are like assholes. I had to go to eat cake. See, I'm getting married in a couple of months, and god love it, I have to do things like meet gay priests, djs, and eating cake. I was set on white chocolate raspberry truffle. I know right, sounds amazing. But we ended up going with a dark chocolate raspberry instead because it tasted more raspberry. I know, this can't be interesting, but I don't care, because I'm committed to doing one a day, or at least the equivelent of one a day, so there. They can't all be gems.

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