Paul will be directing his first feature length film in less than a month! This is a big announcement that doesn’t feel quite as big around here because it’s been in the works for awhile. Sometime last year, a friend, Sheri, who produces independent films, approached Paul. Her company (comprised of herself and her husband) … Read more
“Time Lock” is a Dramatica term. I’ve never fully embraced Dramatica–mostly because it’s confusing to learn, and I like the mode of story analysis that they use at my spelunking school–but I like the term “time lock,” which means–roughly–that a tension in the story will have to resolve at a certain point, because there is … Read more
A big thing on my mind these days is that I’m traveling to Costa Rica in a few weeks. My friend is organizing some arts-related events for International Women’s Day, and he asked me to give a workshop. I’m actually doing two workshops–a half day, and one that is a bit longer. It’s the first … Read more
One night at a party, a friend and classmate, J, said, “I check your blog every so often, to see what you’ve been up to. Essentially I just skim through it, saying “Barrington did something on this day, she didn’t get anything done on this day. She did something here, she didn’t do anything here.” … Read more
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
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
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
This year, for the first time, I actually forgot my cancerversary, maybe because I was in Indiana visiting my mom. My cancer diagnosis was a few days after Thanksgiving, and my surgery was December 4th or 5th. I was in intensive care for a day or two–the time is blurry. But I always remember waking … Read more
To do list for today: Smog check and send in DMV registration for my car. It’s a month overdue, thus will cost $115 instead of $82, so penalty = $33. Take back books to library. 6 books x 30cents/day x 10 days overdue = $18. So far today… Went with Paul to Little Tokyo (that’s … Read more
I think I’ve made an unconscious but very deliberate decision to blow off most of the things I should be doing today. Things like looking high and low for a lost paycheck (I’ll probably still do that), gathering and copying a dozen different documents required for a loan application to refinance my little condo (maybe … Read more