In Texas now. Looking at houses with Mike and Sarah and the baby stinker. Even hough the Air Force hasn't decided if he's gonna be sent down here or not. Staying with one of Mike's buddies. Slept on a concrete floor last night. My air mattress must've had a hole in it. Mike kicked me and put the baby on the floor with me this...
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mad_fer_it:
Did you say Texas. Take a look around there my friend for a lovely little tex-mex girl. Just like in the song. This was one of my dad's all time favorites.
Going to Tejas in the morning. House hunting. Just in case the Air Force decides to move bro down there. Taking the baby with us, of course. It's midnight and his little ass is being fussy. Won't go to sleep.
I'm gonna try like hell to hammer out the pesky Boston movie while we're down there. NFL.com is having a Super Bowl commercial contest. I...
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I'm gonna try like hell to hammer out the pesky Boston movie while we're down there. NFL.com is having a Super Bowl commercial contest. I...
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Almost finished the basement today. At least the sheetrock part of it. I don't mind working down there by myself. But Mike gets stressed out easily and his mood takes a turn for the worse. The basement is the bane of his existence. I've gotta mud and tape the bathroom tomorrow.
Been working on a blues song instead of the boston movie. Maybe I can...
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Been working on a blues song instead of the boston movie. Maybe I can...
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Lisa's gone back home. She hugged me at the airport. 
She's a lovely woman. But I still think she talks funny.
It's snowing right now. Looks like it'll snow all night. Or morning. Whatever. Been a long day.
I haven't talked to the old man in a while. We need to talk about the movie shit. See if he's heard anything out of the LA...
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She's a lovely woman. But I still think she talks funny.
It's snowing right now. Looks like it'll snow all night. Or morning. Whatever. Been a long day.
I haven't talked to the old man in a while. We need to talk about the movie shit. See if he's heard anything out of the LA...
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mad_fer_it:
hmm.... falling for your sister in law's sister.... how very tennesseean of you.... 
i am kinda jealous of the snow. walking in the snow at night is a beautiful thang. i have gone so far as to set up a bunch of different files for different chapters or vignettes or whatever. unfortunately, most of the files lie empty. why is it so much fun to write when you should be doing something else and yet when you set aside time to write it becomes work and tedious. lack of discipline is what they call it.
i was curious to know what % of your writing is by hand as opposed to the computer. i find it much more productive to scribble things by hand. many times i end up deleting the directionless ramblings that flow from this evil keyboard. i guess if it were easy, stephen king wouldn't be so creepy looking.
oh and when are ya gonna get that youngen to work. there's spacklin to be done and it is pretty much like the silly puddy and playdoh we had as kids.
i am kinda jealous of the snow. walking in the snow at night is a beautiful thang. i have gone so far as to set up a bunch of different files for different chapters or vignettes or whatever. unfortunately, most of the files lie empty. why is it so much fun to write when you should be doing something else and yet when you set aside time to write it becomes work and tedious. lack of discipline is what they call it.
i was curious to know what % of your writing is by hand as opposed to the computer. i find it much more productive to scribble things by hand. many times i end up deleting the directionless ramblings that flow from this evil keyboard. i guess if it were easy, stephen king wouldn't be so creepy looking.
oh and when are ya gonna get that youngen to work. there's spacklin to be done and it is pretty much like the silly puddy and playdoh we had as kids.
Lazy day today. Didn't work on the basement at all. Ran a few errands. We all went on base to watch a B-1 take off at night. It was cool. The baby was crying a little bit. I took him out of his car seat and burped him. Lisa burped him too. She actually laughed tonight. I made her laugh. Holy shit. I've never tried...
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Pretty fun weekend. Worked on the basement. Got a lot done. We all piled into the car and drove around on Saturday. Drove past Rushmore. Went to the needles. That was fun. I peed in the woods twice. All the rest areas were locked. And I've got a tiny tank.
We parked on a dirt road near Crazy Horse and watched the sunset. Neon orange....
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We parked on a dirt road near Crazy Horse and watched the sunset. Neon orange....
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mad_fer_it:
I'm an idea man Chuck, I get ideas, sometimes I get so many ideas that I can't even fight them off!
OK, here's an example. Watch out, stand back.
[speaks into tape recorder]
This is Bill. Idea to eliminate garbage: edible paper. You see, you eat it, it's gone. Eat it, it's out of there!
This is Chuck to remind Bill to SHUT UP!
I'm an idea man Chuck, I get ideas, sometimes I get so many ideas that I can't even fight them off!
OK, here's an example. Watch out, stand back.
[speaks into tape recorder]
This is Bill. Idea to eliminate garbage: edible paper. You see, you eat it, it's gone. Eat it, it's out of there!
This is Chuck to remind Bill to SHUT UP!
Been down in the basement mudding and taping the sheetrock. It's more fun than laughing. Supposed to be getting a phone call from an agency in the next few days. We pitched to them but I didn't think it went that good at all. He asked me to tell him about myself. Did I take any classes? How long have I been writing? Have I...
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Back from the trip. Busy week. And most of the folks in LA drive out of their damn minds. I'm gonna need an adrenal gland transplant.
The pitches went well. Got to pitch 14 times. Four were very interested. Two or three were a waste of time. The rest were somewhere in between. But it was fun. Got to yap with some fellow aspiring screenwriters....
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The pitches went well. Got to pitch 14 times. Four were very interested. Two or three were a waste of time. The rest were somewhere in between. But it was fun. Got to yap with some fellow aspiring screenwriters....
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mad_fer_it:
4 out of 14 is very impressive. Interested to know if your pitches were all the same and what did they ask and what didn't they ask. Did the old man go in with you and if so, did he break out a can o' whoop ass. Did they validate your parking. Are you more inspired now. Too many questions I know.
Congrats on the trip. A cool little nugget ya got there as well.
Congrats on the trip. A cool little nugget ya got there as well.
mad_fer_it:
saw " The Departed " tonite... have you seen it yet... considering it was martin scorcese, i was a little disappointed... character development was poor and not a real " southie " vibe except for a few accents... maybe i am just comparing it to mystic river and eastwood really knows how to tell a story... nicholson, martin sheen and even matt damon were pretty vanilla... i was surprised at leonardo dicaprio... he was really fuckin good... i haven't really ever seen any of his movies but he kicked some ass in this... later...
I'm off to LA tomorrow. Wednesday to Wednesday. I'm gonna try to make it an upbeat trip. Can't be my old moody self. I think it'll be a fruitful trip. But what the hell do I know. byebye
Watched football today. Little bit of work in the basement too. Dad and I talked for the first time about our gameplan for LA. Not my favorite subject. He's a little nervous about the interviews. I can understand. But I'm not nervous about it at all. I just don't want to dress up or get my hair cut. Not that I'm a hippy or something....
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Dad and Mom flew in last night. We were down in the basement all day today. Putting up sheet rock and mudding and all that jazz. It snowed last night too. High of around 39 today. Whistling wind. Fun stuff. I've got an ear ache and a sore throat. I think big brother Mike gave it to me.
I made Snickers piddle today. I got...
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I made Snickers piddle today. I got...
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mad_fer_it:
It's awesome you have interviews all lined up. Here I thought you were just talkin shit all this time like me. Your attitude is right on. It's them who are searching if not begging for a decent piece of material, at least based on the latest releases. Might I suggest contacting Matt Damon also as I haven't heard much lately about that Project Greenlight deal so maybe he would have a read.
does the baby mean you are a dakota man the whole winter...
if so, you might need more dogs....
goes without saying I wish you the best of luck my brother....
Your attitude is right on. It's them who are searching if not begging for a decent piece of material, at least based on the latest releases. Might I suggest contacting Matt Damon also as I haven't heard much lately about that Project Greenlight deal so maybe he would have a read.
does the baby mean you are a dakota man the whole winter...
if so, you might need more dogs....
goes without saying I wish you the best of luck my brother....
Making good progress on the boston movie. Actually heard from my agent the other day. They sent an email wondering why they haven't heard from me. I'm supposed to be cutting my first movie down to size for them. But I'm not gonna do that. Not without a good reason. I can't help it if it bloats when you change formats. It's within the limits...
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venice:
I'm taking a painting class. You have to take a certain number of classes your senior year and I figured it would be healthy. I love it.
I work part time as an Immigration paralegal (was full time until I went back to school). Another thing I'm doing to keep myself sane. The job reminds me that I have value as a human being in the real world outside of that stupid college.
The college I go to makes me crazy.
I work part time as an Immigration paralegal (was full time until I went back to school). Another thing I'm doing to keep myself sane. The job reminds me that I have value as a human being in the real world outside of that stupid college.
The college I go to makes me crazy.