barrington99@gmail.com At the Washington and Crenshaw stoplight, Wednesday morning. In my rearview mirror the black girl in the car behind me dances in the drivers seat. She jumps rope, raises the roof, boogies down. I want to ask her what station she’s listening to. I don’t think it’s retro disco on KCRW. The sun is out, … Read more
To follow up on the recent lottery furor. There have been a lot of conversations that start, “What will you do if you win $_____? I used to say I would invest it and live off the interest. Now, I’m pretty sure I would spend it all immediately. 1) Pay off our student loans. 2) … Read more
The Mega Millions national lottery jackpot rose to $290 last Saturday. So many more people bought in for the Tuesday drawing that it reached $355 million by the time it closed. Swept up in the excitement, people who don’t normally buy tickets–like our roommate and my brother, made forays to lottery ticket vendors. My brother … Read more
Put in a good eight or nine hours today doing a proof pass on Paul’s screenplay, Rock Jocks, before it goes to a producer tomorrow. It was editing, but involved some writing here and there, and it feels good to see how some of my little fixes make things more clear so the story can … Read more
Woke up with a great Saturday feeling. No plans today. I will probably read and write in bed for a few hours. I might decide to go to the gym, or an Indian New Year’s ceremony at the Art of Living Center. If I want to–but I’m giving myself permission not to. And I feel … Read more
December 31st. The deadline for all scripts to be evaluated in the first round of the Amazon Studios contest. Questions and speculation regarding the nuts and bolts of the competition have been flying around the forums almost since the November 15 debut of the site. This week, AS helped end some of the back and … Read more
(Periodically on this blog, I try to give a smattering of examples of what’s happening in the bigger world–aside from my own insular life and day-to-day worries and concerns–but at the same time, they are things that I am aware of –that are part of my day-to-day consciousness. I’ve been collecting things in my head … Read more
Drove my friend Christine to the airport this morning. On the way we talked about the dearth of food on planes these days. I mentioned how I do love to bring food from home onto the plane. I think it reminds me of old stories I’ve read where the young man or woman is sent … Read more
I’d originally intended to do a 3-week recap, but between final exams and a nasty cold, I lost my steam a little bit. Maybe because of this, I’m projecting, but I feel like the Amazon Studios site hit a lull, too. The number of entrants adding their work to the site seemed to stall in … Read more
Running behind on blog posts, a couple in my mind that are coming soon. In the meantime–Colorado Review has featured my essay, “Luck, Statistics, Magic” on their website. Exciting! You can read it here. Kind of like a long blog post!