So I finished the Second draft of my screenplay today and it was incredibly satisfying. I've been working on this draft for over four months now and its really become something I'm proud of. Now on to a few weeks of editing which isn't nearly as fun, but than I can do a read through which i've been looking forward to for quite some time. Got a long way to go before this whole thing is done, especially since the ending would be watching it, but as of today I''m really pleased.
Also I start my new job in the morning, I'm hoping it goes better than my last job, I just left a job I've been at for over a year and half that I hated, so to be moving on is nice. But I am gonna miss my friends. Anyway I'll let you all know how it goes.
Oh and I figured out how to get onto my roof which makes my apartment like fifty times better.
That's it.
Night.
Also I start my new job in the morning, I'm hoping it goes better than my last job, I just left a job I've been at for over a year and half that I hated, so to be moving on is nice. But I am gonna miss my friends. Anyway I'll let you all know how it goes.
Oh and I figured out how to get onto my roof which makes my apartment like fifty times better.
That's it.
Night.
So i get to leave the New York City for a few days and I'm def looking forward to it, going up to Conn to see the sisters which is always exciting.
As I sat on the 5 train stuck between stations on my way to the neurologist i finally wrote out the ending to my screenplay which put an end to me staring at my computer screen for a week straight. That made me very happy.
I want to go live in Scotland and write for a few months, it's my favorite place outside the states and i would love some peace and quiet.
Oh and i keep meaning to post this but my tattoo was written about on a sight by the artist so here yah go.
PaperCuts
Anyway hope everyone has a good weekend...
Peace...
As I sat on the 5 train stuck between stations on my way to the neurologist i finally wrote out the ending to my screenplay which put an end to me staring at my computer screen for a week straight. That made me very happy.
I want to go live in Scotland and write for a few months, it's my favorite place outside the states and i would love some peace and quiet.
Oh and i keep meaning to post this but my tattoo was written about on a sight by the artist so here yah go.
PaperCuts
Anyway hope everyone has a good weekend...
Peace...
So it's like this, stream of conciousness, spelled wrong. I hate my job, but i hate looking for a new job even more, i hate being hungover but i hate being sober even more. It's amusing isn't it. I talk like I have a leg to stand on but I don't. I'm writing about zombies, journalists, and writers ironically, and it makes me happy. I got a chance to listen to bluegrass the other day and it got me out of a nice spell of depression. Yet I'm not depressed.
Here's all I'm trying to say, sometimes it takes a little bit of moonshine and pack of Marlboro reds to make you walk straight. Sometimes it takes a hit of the cleanest acid and the tastiest weed to make you think straight. Sometimes all you gotta do is sit down and drink a Brooklyn Lager and eat a burger the size of your skull to set you straight.
It's been a hell of a week, I started not wanting to write and than i wrote, i started not wanting to drink and then i drank, i started wanting to be a better person but i'm not and for some odd reason i'm ok with that.
I have an envelope on my dresser that has a picture of an ipod on it, i'm putting money in it.
The world works in a strange way, just listen to broken social scene at 3am and that will prove it.
I wish i could find some peace, but at the end of the day i feel like i'm not ready for it. I feel like i don't really need peace right now, all i need is an acceptance for what i can't control, and appreciation for what i can, and some fucked up realization that all i have is sitting in my lap while i type this.
Here's all I'm trying to say, sometimes it takes a little bit of moonshine and pack of Marlboro reds to make you walk straight. Sometimes it takes a hit of the cleanest acid and the tastiest weed to make you think straight. Sometimes all you gotta do is sit down and drink a Brooklyn Lager and eat a burger the size of your skull to set you straight.
It's been a hell of a week, I started not wanting to write and than i wrote, i started not wanting to drink and then i drank, i started wanting to be a better person but i'm not and for some odd reason i'm ok with that.
I have an envelope on my dresser that has a picture of an ipod on it, i'm putting money in it.
The world works in a strange way, just listen to broken social scene at 3am and that will prove it.
I wish i could find some peace, but at the end of the day i feel like i'm not ready for it. I feel like i don't really need peace right now, all i need is an acceptance for what i can't control, and appreciation for what i can, and some fucked up realization that all i have is sitting in my lap while i type this.
Wow ok so it has been a long time since i last posted a blog on here but i figured it was time to update, so after a very rocky end of the 2009, 2010 is looking amazing. I am incredibly happy right now, im really busy directing a great play with an even better cast, staring in a friends original play alongside some other equally as talented actors, and im writing a movie about a bunch of people living in Brooklyn with zombies, with my best friend it kinda doesn't get any better than that. I mean i still have the shitty job and the lack of money, but fuck it tax returns coming and i got stuck in a rut and now im out im not looking to get back in anytime soon. Hope everyone is well and if ur in NYC check out the one act festival:
Three Monos Ensemble
Three Monos Ensemble
So it's really 2009 i signed the lease to my amazing new apartment on New Years Eve and have just finished setting some of it up. But unfortunately neither me or my roommate owns a couch so our living area is somewhat lacking, i have been informed the craigslist is "the" place to get your used furniture. And since i am nowhere near an affordable thrift store because i live in new york city, i'm gonna have to go with the list. So hopefully i can obtain one of the hundreds of unwanted Ikea couchs on the web today. I realize this isnt that interesting of a post, but i'm just totally excited about this new place. I kinda want everyone to come see it. Except as you can guess we're a little short on seating. But come anyway. Enjoy 
Ok quick and concise
I have 3 days of community service at the used book store, one more hour of my online safe driving course, and one last check and than i'm free from the vindictive state of PA's traffic laws.
I am working every day till 1am at this new restaurant on the Lower East Side called Shang, its pretty cool but i feel like i've reached the end of my stint in fine dining and want to go back to a nice quiet restaurant where people order Beer and wear sweatshirts.
I am going to look at a few apartments tomorrow morning in Brooklyn, so fingers crossed i can be out of my place after xmas.
And i haven't gone out all week cause all these things seem to be straining my bank account and my budget for beers and such has been drastically cut short.
So here i am at 3am my self proclaimed time of the night, wide awake with no one to talk to, knowing full well i have to be up in a few hours.
But oddly i'm not that bitter, which is strange for me, i'm in a pretty good mood, despite the rain that has covered NYC for the past few days
And thats that
I said i'd keep it short and compared to my last tirade on tech support this is pretty good.
Hope everyone is surviving this stressful time of the year with some form of a smile
Peace
I have 3 days of community service at the used book store, one more hour of my online safe driving course, and one last check and than i'm free from the vindictive state of PA's traffic laws.
I am working every day till 1am at this new restaurant on the Lower East Side called Shang, its pretty cool but i feel like i've reached the end of my stint in fine dining and want to go back to a nice quiet restaurant where people order Beer and wear sweatshirts.
I am going to look at a few apartments tomorrow morning in Brooklyn, so fingers crossed i can be out of my place after xmas.
And i haven't gone out all week cause all these things seem to be straining my bank account and my budget for beers and such has been drastically cut short.
So here i am at 3am my self proclaimed time of the night, wide awake with no one to talk to, knowing full well i have to be up in a few hours.
But oddly i'm not that bitter, which is strange for me, i'm in a pretty good mood, despite the rain that has covered NYC for the past few days
And thats that
I said i'd keep it short and compared to my last tirade on tech support this is pretty good.
Hope everyone is surviving this stressful time of the year with some form of a smile
Peace
Alrite so my ipod has crashed, lost 27Gs of music, computer crashed a month ago, lost all my info, phone has broken for the 3rd time this past weekend, and honestly for all the advances in technology i feel less than impressed. Sure there are plenty of people who call themselves "Technicians" but fuck them the only thing they know how to do is take the battery out of whatever device you own, blow on it and put it back in. They were trained in the SNES method. Sure that helped me get Turtles in Time to work again, but honestly if you dont think i've fucking tried this than you're a fucking idiot. That was one of the better Ninja Turtles games though i mean come on. Anyway Super Nintendo games aside, i want to stop and analyze this entire system.
1) Because we live in such a modern online world these days your first choice will be the internet tech support. Which is completely useless because honestly the so called "Frequently Asked Questions" are for the people who havent tried taking the battery out and blowing on it. The email your question in approach is actually more harm than good because not only do you never get a response but you are also opening yourself up to virus's which due to excessive porn viewing i have enough of, and therefore do not need more. So rite there we have cut down the first step in the process.
2) Now you move on to the phone call, which if you can actually manage to find the number on the website because really with such great online support who needs phone lines, than you can have the pleasure of chatting it up with these lovely people. Generally they will ask you a series of automated questions and BS, as well as boasting about the amazing website they have, skip this and hit 0, usually every menu has a 0 option just get rite to the person. Than if you are connected to a station in a country that might understand a shred of english, you might be able to tell them your problem. But some may charge you an excessive amount to get this phone support. FUCK YOU its your product fix this piece of shit, i'm talking to you IMB and Blackberry. NO i am not paying you. FIX IT!
If they are nice enough to be giving this advice out for free, than first what was that they wanted you to do, oh rite "Can you go ahead and take the battery out, give it a little dusting or blow on it and put that back for me." Ohhhhhhh there it goes my problem is solved, that trojan virus was just blown rite away. Screw you people i'm hanging up now.
3) Now that you've spent 3 and a half hours on the phone and still have a broken product and an indent where the phone was wedged into your cheek, you can go to the store, fortunately i live in New York City and we have a store for everything. Now we're gonna break this category into sub groups of staff:
a) The Elite Class: These people are better than you and your problem is truly not worth consideration, I'm talking to YOU APPLE STORE EMPLOYEES! Its not just them but those fucking hipsters god they piss me off. These are the people who just automatically assume that your product is unfixable and therefore should be thrown out and a new one should be purchased. ITS THAT FUCKING SIMPLE!
b)The 2 Week Program Grads: Congrats on your little printable diploma from the great people at Verizon or Trainee Tech School, or whatever handbook you had to read to get this desk job making 9 dollars an hour,but honestly that doesn't flat out qualify you to fix my phone. These are the lead users of the SNES system of fixing. And after they have turned your device on and off and hooked it to a wall charger, they're sending you to the tech support phone service. DUMBASS i was on the phone, they didnt help, i came to you.
c) The Actual Help: I couldn't leave these people out because honestly there are a few people out there who know what they're talking about. And even if they can't fix it they gave it a good effort and show you some sympathy.
4) This is the mail your product to god knows where stage, you may get your device back you may get a new one, its out of your hands, will i have to wait for this package? YES Will i get it on a specific day? NO But fuck i didn't need my phone who uses those things anyway. Yeah once that thing is in a box you can subject the following weeks to working everything in your life around UPS and FedEx in the hope that if your package is coming than you will be home for it, but usually you'll miss it and than have to fight with the lovely people down at the station after showing them more info than is required for a gun permit, they might give it to you. And there you go your product is good as new, excatly good as new, with none of the data or info you wanted to save. Thanks Tech Support. WINK
Thank you all for reading and putting up with this rant it is one of many but i felt that with proper organization it could be helpful in the acceptance that your product is BROKEN! It will never be FIXED! and the sooner you accept that the less angry you will be.
ENJOY
1) Because we live in such a modern online world these days your first choice will be the internet tech support. Which is completely useless because honestly the so called "Frequently Asked Questions" are for the people who havent tried taking the battery out and blowing on it. The email your question in approach is actually more harm than good because not only do you never get a response but you are also opening yourself up to virus's which due to excessive porn viewing i have enough of, and therefore do not need more. So rite there we have cut down the first step in the process.
2) Now you move on to the phone call, which if you can actually manage to find the number on the website because really with such great online support who needs phone lines, than you can have the pleasure of chatting it up with these lovely people. Generally they will ask you a series of automated questions and BS, as well as boasting about the amazing website they have, skip this and hit 0, usually every menu has a 0 option just get rite to the person. Than if you are connected to a station in a country that might understand a shred of english, you might be able to tell them your problem. But some may charge you an excessive amount to get this phone support. FUCK YOU its your product fix this piece of shit, i'm talking to you IMB and Blackberry. NO i am not paying you. FIX IT!
If they are nice enough to be giving this advice out for free, than first what was that they wanted you to do, oh rite "Can you go ahead and take the battery out, give it a little dusting or blow on it and put that back for me." Ohhhhhhh there it goes my problem is solved, that trojan virus was just blown rite away. Screw you people i'm hanging up now.
3) Now that you've spent 3 and a half hours on the phone and still have a broken product and an indent where the phone was wedged into your cheek, you can go to the store, fortunately i live in New York City and we have a store for everything. Now we're gonna break this category into sub groups of staff:
a) The Elite Class: These people are better than you and your problem is truly not worth consideration, I'm talking to YOU APPLE STORE EMPLOYEES! Its not just them but those fucking hipsters god they piss me off. These are the people who just automatically assume that your product is unfixable and therefore should be thrown out and a new one should be purchased. ITS THAT FUCKING SIMPLE!
b)The 2 Week Program Grads: Congrats on your little printable diploma from the great people at Verizon or Trainee Tech School, or whatever handbook you had to read to get this desk job making 9 dollars an hour,but honestly that doesn't flat out qualify you to fix my phone. These are the lead users of the SNES system of fixing. And after they have turned your device on and off and hooked it to a wall charger, they're sending you to the tech support phone service. DUMBASS i was on the phone, they didnt help, i came to you.
c) The Actual Help: I couldn't leave these people out because honestly there are a few people out there who know what they're talking about. And even if they can't fix it they gave it a good effort and show you some sympathy.
4) This is the mail your product to god knows where stage, you may get your device back you may get a new one, its out of your hands, will i have to wait for this package? YES Will i get it on a specific day? NO But fuck i didn't need my phone who uses those things anyway. Yeah once that thing is in a box you can subject the following weeks to working everything in your life around UPS and FedEx in the hope that if your package is coming than you will be home for it, but usually you'll miss it and than have to fight with the lovely people down at the station after showing them more info than is required for a gun permit, they might give it to you. And there you go your product is good as new, excatly good as new, with none of the data or info you wanted to save. Thanks Tech Support. WINK
Thank you all for reading and putting up with this rant it is one of many but i felt that with proper organization it could be helpful in the acceptance that your product is BROKEN! It will never be FIXED! and the sooner you accept that the less angry you will be.
ENJOY
Ok so i have just finished the first season on Carnivale the HBO series, and i am absolutely in love with this show, i actually watched all 12 episodes almost straight, if sleep and food weren't necessary within my daily life. Now i am incredibly anxious to go out and get the second season, cause i know it will not disapoint.
But what makes me sad is that i know that after i watch the next season that will be it, because once again a brilliant television show is canceled while hours and hours of garbage flood the airwaves. I have herd that because of low ratings the show was dropped from its six season contract, as many other shows far before its time.
Now i must say that at least we got 24 episodes while one of my other all time favorites Firefly only got 13 episodes,(although they did get a movie). But what makes this horrible is that America's Got Talent and shit like American Idol can get millions of viewers the entire nation watches this crap, and while this mass plague of stupidity is blanketed over America, good shows are dropped and their fans left to toil in internet chat rooms, hoping for a movie version if they're lucky (Fingers Crossed on Arrested Development).
Obviously i can't do anything about this, and i understand that these big networks are all in constant battle, but as a long proud geek, i have to say that it is just upsetting. If only these loyal fan bases could develop quicker these shows would be running in their entirety.
But i encourage all of you to check out Carnivale if you haven't already, it's truly a work of art in all aspects of the word. And thank anyone who is reading this, (which i kinda doubt there is) for letting me rant, once again.
Jared
But what makes me sad is that i know that after i watch the next season that will be it, because once again a brilliant television show is canceled while hours and hours of garbage flood the airwaves. I have herd that because of low ratings the show was dropped from its six season contract, as many other shows far before its time.
Now i must say that at least we got 24 episodes while one of my other all time favorites Firefly only got 13 episodes,(although they did get a movie). But what makes this horrible is that America's Got Talent and shit like American Idol can get millions of viewers the entire nation watches this crap, and while this mass plague of stupidity is blanketed over America, good shows are dropped and their fans left to toil in internet chat rooms, hoping for a movie version if they're lucky (Fingers Crossed on Arrested Development).
Obviously i can't do anything about this, and i understand that these big networks are all in constant battle, but as a long proud geek, i have to say that it is just upsetting. If only these loyal fan bases could develop quicker these shows would be running in their entirety.
But i encourage all of you to check out Carnivale if you haven't already, it's truly a work of art in all aspects of the word. And thank anyone who is reading this, (which i kinda doubt there is) for letting me rant, once again.
Jared
So i just started working for this new restaurant called Matsugen, Japanese place, opening next week, owned and run by Jean-George Vongerichten. For those of you who don't know this man owns quite a few restaurants to say the least. But heres the part that i get such a kick out of, not that i havent made any money yet, or that we've basically been giving the food away to JG's friends and family and they have the nerve not to tip the staff, but that the blogs are already fiercely eating this place alive.
It is unbelievable how quickly people can tare down a place without it even being open, now personally, i think basing a multi million dollar buisness on soba noodles isn't the best idea, and than charging the absurd price they are charging isnt the smartest idea but what do i know. As i have found out this week i am no better than the peasants who apparently eat soba.
But if theres one thing this overpriced, hole of arrogance, has taught me, its that although this place will most likely fail, and i will need a new job, which will send me craigslist, which inevitably will end with me trying to find the price of a night with columbian triplets, its that no matter how much money or power you got, if you're an asshole you're pretty much an asshole.
Unless you're Jean-George Vongerichten cause that guy is rich, sort of a dick, has famous rich firends who he smokes nugget with, in his own restaurants, which he has like 23 of and bangs his hot 29 year old wife while eating the best food on the planet
I'm not entirely sure if this blog has any true message or even a great story, its more or less a praise of Jean-George cause more power to that guy. You think athletes and moviestars are meant to be looked up to just take a look at this dude, thats the life rite there. Kids get yourself a JG poster for your wall and start cooking.
Thats it.
It is unbelievable how quickly people can tare down a place without it even being open, now personally, i think basing a multi million dollar buisness on soba noodles isn't the best idea, and than charging the absurd price they are charging isnt the smartest idea but what do i know. As i have found out this week i am no better than the peasants who apparently eat soba.
But if theres one thing this overpriced, hole of arrogance, has taught me, its that although this place will most likely fail, and i will need a new job, which will send me craigslist, which inevitably will end with me trying to find the price of a night with columbian triplets, its that no matter how much money or power you got, if you're an asshole you're pretty much an asshole.
Unless you're Jean-George Vongerichten cause that guy is rich, sort of a dick, has famous rich firends who he smokes nugget with, in his own restaurants, which he has like 23 of and bangs his hot 29 year old wife while eating the best food on the planet
I'm not entirely sure if this blog has any true message or even a great story, its more or less a praise of Jean-George cause more power to that guy. You think athletes and moviestars are meant to be looked up to just take a look at this dude, thats the life rite there. Kids get yourself a JG poster for your wall and start cooking.
Thats it.
yesterday, i sat in Curry Donuts for over 4 hours with a friend of mine and talked, smoked cigarettes, and drank coffee. It was pretty amazing, made my week almost, haven't done it in a while and its one of the simple pleasures in life that was taken away from me after Jersey banned smoking indoors, and for some reason living in PA where it is legal i never do it. But it's really great sometimes to just talk about everything without freaking out and yelling especially cause i tend to do that sometimes. Just calmly discuss life starting with Thomas Pynchion and ending whenever the camel lights run out.
I strongly recommend that if you're feeling slightly odd and can't pinpoint the reason, go to a dinner or coffee shop and bring cigarettes, menthol if you must, (rolling my eyes) and don't forget someone worth spending time with, and by the time your pack is done you will feel a whole lot better.
and there's some happy advice
Peace
I strongly recommend that if you're feeling slightly odd and can't pinpoint the reason, go to a dinner or coffee shop and bring cigarettes, menthol if you must, (rolling my eyes) and don't forget someone worth spending time with, and by the time your pack is done you will feel a whole lot better.
and there's some happy advice
Peace
