barrington99@gmail.com It’s 2:30 in the morning Los Angeles time, 5:30 AM Indiana time. I am at the Indianapolis airport with some time before my generous and early-rising friend arrives to pick me up. I am sitting at an empty gate, with my stolen airline blanket, contemplating my recent behavior. Traveling is always anxious-making for me. I’m … Read more
Oh–and few RSVPs on the fellowship/contest front that are already in the past: I was NOT selected as an Emmy intern–and did not even make the finals. I’m fine with this. What I’m less fine with is that I never received any kind of notification. I think that they finally received enough queries that they … Read more
Few things put me in a worse mood than filling in the forms at withoutabox.com. The whole process, answering page after page of questions about “my project” that don’t need to be answered for the contest at hand (in this case, for others who are interested, the Final Draft Big Break competition), and, of course, … Read more
On Saturday, I awoke dreading going to my friend’s Disco Party she was throwing for her husband’s birthday that night. I thought about backing out, I imagined staying home, reading books, perhaps even partaking of an activity that has been completely lacking of late—writing! But then I thought of the efforts my friend had put … Read more
So, you may remember that I received a traffic citation for going around a stopped car, because in going around the car, half of my car allegedly extended beyond the right side of the street–it was the street pictured below. Yesterday I went to the Los Angeles Metropolitan Court as ordered to pay my “bail” … Read more
Judges 1: First Pitch Update: I did NOT send my script out within one week. I made changes, came very close, then sent the script to my thesis professor, who needed a couple of days to look it over, so raring at the bit, and nagging him at every opportunity, I waited. Last night I … Read more
1) The first night of pitching went pretty well. Everyone was assigned eleven different tables–each with a representative from a production, management company or agency. I had requested mainly managers, as I have been told that they will look at your writing and help develop and brand you if you aren’t actually quite ready for … Read more
Thought I’d try to set out with a more optimistic post on the boards after this series of downers. I know my pitches pretty well. Well enough. I’ve researched my company. I’ve printed my map. I found a shirt that mostly works. I found some boots that are pretty good. I’m not so incredibly anxious. … Read more
I can’t believe I’ve never noticed that before. Every morning this week, I rise from slumber when Paul’s phone rings–or his alarm goes off. (Not because he needs to get up, just because…but that’s another rant.) And I have about ten seconds of blissful forgetfulness, and then I remember First Pitch–the speed pitching event to … Read more
One summer when i was a kid, my parents decided to turn off the television for the entire summer. There was one exception (although in retrospect, I bet there was some secret Tv after our bedtimes), and that was on Sunday evenings) when my dad would plug the TV back in and the whole family … Read more