The Universal Decision Maker

It’s hard to believe it’s almost time to register for my spring classes. Fortunately not quite yet, because last night I finally managed to access my status, and discovered I have about a dozen holds on registration. First, even though I accepted my invitation for the Screenwriting Program, and not the Professional Writing Program, for … Read more

When Worlds Collide

So my internship, which I have been going to for the last few weeks is at a company called Participant Media. When Paul and I got into a little fender bender the other day. I started to write about it for you all, then thought the themes might fit in with their blog. They were … Read more

Synecdoche

How can I be so tired at only 10:10 p.m.? Is it possible I just have adjust to the time change yet…it’s after 1 a.m. in Florida. Friday, by the way, I got to see one of my favorite writers, Charlie Kaufman interviewed after a preview of his directorial debut, Synecdoche, New York. The movie … Read more

Quick Update

I’m sick. My right tonsil hurts and has white stuff on it. I think lymph node on the right side of my neck is tender, and my right ear feels a little weird, too. But what really sucks is how TIRED I am…i’ve got a lot of good stuff to do, and also just a … Read more

Feng Shui deficiency

We’re unpacking. All of our furniture has acquired dents and dings and other sorts of damage in the moving process. It’s sad, I keep discovering more. Like the one bookshelf that didn’t look like pressed board with wood-grain contact paper on in (even though it is kind of that) now has a big scratch on … Read more

Some Things I Hate

(I wrote this post in the airport heading to Indiana for a high school reunion, but of course due to lack of connectivity, could not post in real time. Reading it now I wonder if I should perhaps have been contemplating, old friends, wondering how the intervening years had treated them…but instead I fumed about … Read more

Today marks the end of my first week at USC. So far, so good. The teachers seem both friendly and knowledgeable…except for one who seems very knowledgeable but not overly concerned with being friendly so much as incredibly honest—which I find a more than equitable trade. She’s 84 years old, with an IMDB record a … Read more