I wrote this a while back for another blog, but I don’t think they used it so I thought I’d share some of the helpful and interesting links. Bluefin tuna are “Too valuable everywhere to be allowed to live anywhere,” Carl Safina in his article “Regulators Are Pushing Bluefin to the Brink.” Apparently a freshly … Read more
i will ask him if it’s true that he and all his celebrity friends really do use the secret formula discovered by a mom to look years younger.
I’m feeling good about the potential of today. The weather is nice, and I just went for a lovely walk with our current house guest, Eric. I had a vague plan that we would walk to the LA County Museum of Art, and use (for the first time since I bought it) my annual pass … Read more
Today I was waiting to make a left turn, when up ahead I saw a pedestrian drop somethign as she crossed the street. At first I thought it was just paper, but when I actually got to turn I saw it was folded money. She had already crossed and was too far away to think … Read more
Yesterday, prompted by a card I received in the mail from the USC’s financial aid office stating that the deadline for federal aid applications was today at midnight. Because I need some info from our tax return in order to fill it out, I spent the day doing our taxes. Last year we did them … Read more
So my current feature project for school has an element of frogs…which might be why last night I dreamed of frogs. I was in a pet store or somewhere, and needed to find a good environment for them (I think there were two). One escaped, but I got it back. But then I realized the … Read more
I’m attempting to write a romantic comedy treatment, and I’m already bored. I think I’m bored. It’s possible that I am, as my old teacher Bob Butler used to say “averting my eyes” due to the fact that what I’m writing could be so emotionally impactful. So my brain is tricking me, saying, “you know, … Read more
Three days have gone by without working on my screen projects, and now I am stuggling mightily to begin. The day is dawning cold and rainy, so I am with my laptop in bed, because shivering is not conducive to writing. Should one’s job be this hard? Does struggle add any kind of worth or … Read more
Careful what you ask for…this one is long and unedited–and just the first day! Thursday, Jan 15 7:30 pm Raced to the airport after class. After not eating for most of the day, I stopped to order a veggie burrito from one of the airport restaurants. I’m used to burritos figuring it would be something … Read more
I could be doing better in some of my writing classes right now. I’m desperately trying to “crack” a story (like an egg, to get to the good stuff inside) for a screenplay right now, but unfortunately, the deadlines for the screenplay are coming fast and furious, so I’m trying to figure it out as … Read more