barrington99@gmail.com I have a friend who has recently acquired a number of freelance writing gigs for Outside Magazine. Talking to some friends the other day I noted that I, too, would like to have a freelance career, however with my pale skin and lack of athletic abilities, I am ill-equipped to pitch stories where I climb … Read more
I have not written any of my screenplay since Monday, and Monday’s work was pretty lame…Today I had screenwriting class and it was inspirational, I fel like I coudl forge ahead. Then I met with my ficiton teacher from last term who gave me some revision advice for a piece that I also felt very … Read more
So the “All-Skate” subject for the week, courtesy of Ms. Susie Lee, is P.E. Here’s the odd thing. I have no strong memories about P.E.. I’m not so good with much that is ball related, which I have performance anxiety about now–recent Volleyball games with my neighbors have brought this to light– but I can’t … Read more
Pretty damn calm. Played Catan with English dept friends on Friday night. fun. Hung out with Film dept peeps on Saturday night. Also really nice. Days mostly devoted to writing…my screenplay is pretty bogged in the second act, but I am doing pretty well at plowing through four pages daily even if it takes five … Read more
Today I went through the tedious project of finding all the different records of my loans, the ones kept by FSU, the ones FSU submits to the government for my 1098 tax forms, and the total pricipal that Sallie Mae, the lending agency has on file. I added up to the best of my ability, … Read more
Today I began my screenplay. A first draft is due on June 8th and should be around one hundred and twenty pages…give or take. I don’t really know how long this will take, but our teacher says that many people say to estimate about an hour a page. Some days will be faster, others slower. … Read more
A recent poll noted that a number of items that used to be considered luxurey items we now consider to be necessary just to get along in the world. Percent of adults polled who rate the following items as necessities: Car 91%Clothes washer 90%Clothes dryer 83%Home air conditioning 70%Microwave 68%TV set 64%Car air conditioning 59%Home … Read more
I want to bring her flowers and take her out to dinner, and spend hours hearing all the interesting things that she has to say, both as a teacher a person. So weary from all my deadlines, I went to our one on one conference today, and left feeling like I could actually come home … Read more
USA TODAY Snapshots on Thursday ran this poll response. If told they would be diagnosed sometime with an incurable disease, what adults say they’d do: Study and aggressively pursue treatment at any cost: 52%Nothing: 12%Spend all saving to fulfill dreams of travel, luxury, pleasure: 6%Go on an ‘extreme” adventure or try something they ordinarily wouldn’t: … Read more
Today’s project is writing an application essay for a student symposium. The question to be addressed is, if you were traveling 1000 years into the future and could take with you one movie? What would it be?