In November 2003, I began blogging. I started out on Blogger as a way to do NaNoWriMo without actually writing a novel. The initial idea was to write 1000 essays, each at least 1000 words. It was 500 songs I loved and 500 songs I hated. Simple enough concept, but very narrow in scope for [...]
It appears that even though the application is available and submissions are being accepted, the web application is not yet up and running. I could go ahead and print out a copy of my script and send it off to them, but I’d just as soon save the postage, paper and printer toner and e-submit [...]
The Nicholl Fellowship application is up. Now, I am really shitting myself.
I did something today and now I wish I could undo it, but it’s a good thing, so I shouldn’t undo it. It’s good. I submitted The Soup Storm to Scriptapalooza and the PAGE Awards script competitions. Now, I am shitting myself. Totally totally shitting myself. What if it’s not good enough? What if I [...]
It’s actually not much of an update… my life without TPO is sadly uninteresting. What can I say? I’ve always known that he was the more interesting one in our relationship. I’ve been obsessing about each new episode of Living With the Machigenga (scarily obsessing, at that) and watching more episodes of Clean House than [...]
It’s weird… I’ve been waiting 15 years to have a finished screenplay to submit to the Nicholl Fellowship. I’ve mentioned that (ad nauseum, I’m sure) in previous posts, but now that it’s done and I want to submit it? Well, the Nicholl peeps don’t have their application available yet. I should be patient – I’m [...]
I got one of my three refund checks already – color me surprised that of the three returns we had to file, Hawaii was the one that processed the refund the fastest. Two weeks! Amazing. Now, of course, is just a matter of hoping that California gets its act together and gives me back my [...]
UPDATE: After reading the full thread on the Guardian message board, I’m about 85% sure that the guy is, in fact, Petty Guy and not just some random person who saw my site. It is far too coincidental to be random, especially since he STARTED the thread, poked at people to keep it going, and [...]
It’s finished. I completed one of the longest-term goals I’ve ever had in my life. What now? Well, for starters, there are rewrites. Copious amounts of rewrites at that. I’ve already completely overhauled my first draft to be more compliant with “standard” formatting rules (something with which I allowed myself a good bit of leeway while I [...]
1. What was the last movie you saw in a theater? Double feature with TPO – Frost/Nixon and Slumdog Millionaire. Both of them very good. 2. What is your favorite movie theater snack? Movie Popcorn… mmmmmmmmmm. Delish. It will be the death of all my fitness goals. 3. Have you ever snuck in ‘outside’ food [...]
