March 2011
3 posts
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John Hamm/Elizabeth Moss Interview
I found this interesting and educational. I adore this show.
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Mad Men
I love the psychology inherent in the show Mad Men. Every character on that show is interesting. Every, single one. And the most amoral characters are still entirely, and sometimes enjoyably, watchable. I love to disect them in my mind. It’s so well crafted.
Short/Epic
This is my first, television debut. It’s called “Short/Epic” and it’s an interview-show, that focuses on Wisconsin filmmakers, and highlights a Wisconsin screenwriter. I produced, directed, and wrote it. It was done live to tape, so everything you see could only be done once, and all mistakes were final. It’s not perfect, but it’s mine, and I worked hard to make...
February 2011
6 posts
Indented No More
I just realized how ugly indentations look in a blog styled such as this.
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"And May God's Love Be With You"
I don’t know why I don’t feel like writing, especially since I adore it. I should just do it. I set a goal to finish my script (even a very rough draft) before school started again, and I clearly wasn’t committed enough to follow through.
I’ve been drinking this bottle of Amaretto I bought. I don’t like Amaretto anymore. It’s too sweet.
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Settle My Brain
Alcohol doesn’t help a writer write. It helps a writer sleep. I want to take a nap.
(To Indent)
I’m curious to see if this code I found for indenting really works. I need more text, so that I can properly see how well I’m indenting. Five of these makes a full indentation.
Matt Smith
I wish I were cool…
What to Say
I think I was doing pretty well for those few days when I actually could contribute to a blog on a daily basis. I got thrown off by a few busy days. Last Friday, I had had some freelance work at Frontier Airlines as a camera operator for an annual EMT/EMS conference, then had coffee with my friend and co-freelancer Jasmine, and then… I probably had plenty of time to blog between coffee and...
January 2011
46 posts
This Too Shall Pass
God, I wish I were even the least bit musical. I hate getting that musical itch, but no know-how as to scratch it. I’m jealous that music can do such expressive things. In three minutes stirring a lifetime of emotions, it’s so unique to any other art form. And so organic. Movies and television can do that, but not as effectively without music.
Smith and Jones
I’m trying to think of a fictious blog I could start. An interesting character with interesting problems. I’m really not much in a state of thinking. I’m sitting in an arm chair, watching a shitty, depressing movie. That would explain why I feel shitty and depressed.
This day has just flown by.
(Optional)
It’s so pristine outside.
"Fly Like a Cheese Head"
As a Wisconsinsite, I have a soft spot for Wisconsin producers when they make something awesome.
Writing Isn't Easy When It's Difficult
I started working on my script, but I don’t feel like the changes I’ve made are quite it. It’s not flowing really well right now. This is the part of the writing process I like the least. It’s so easy to mistake the struggle of writing as a reflection of my own abilities. It doesn’t help I have a loud movie playing in the background.
It hasn’t stopped snowing....
The Big Three
I’m watching “All Good Things”. I received the last two emails from two film makers here in Wisconsin. I heard from my first guest yesterday and today the last two. The last two appear especially enthusiastic. The first seems pretty laid back about it.
I need to pre-interview them each, either by telephone or email. I should ask Jane why she chooses to do pre-interviews over...
Blink
I did so little writing yesterday. What little writing I did was what’s made it on the Blog. Yesterday was good. So is today.
Today is spectacular. The sky is thick with snowfall, the flakes are plump, and it’s all so peaceful. I’m watching Doctor Who (this post shares the same name as the episode I’m watching). I just received an email from one of the guests I want to...
WatchThe Wheel Trailer
Freeze Frame Trailer
The Oven
I’m really disappointed I lost the blog post I’d been working on for what feels like an hour. It had a natural flow, expressed my peace and contentment, not only with where I was, but where I was going.
Damn it...
I hate writing a novel-sized post and then losing it before I can’t post it.
I was really fond of it, too.
Title (Optional)
I wrote a lot yesterday. I had no idea, I mean, that’s a lot of writing about nothing. I’m just amazed I had that in me. I kind of want to do it again. I look at the posts I’ve added since I stopped being so prolific, and they’re all so short. I doubt this one will be any different.
Can't Get Rid of That Number
There’s a girl’s number I can’t bring myself to delete from my phone. I can’t help it. I like remembering her.
Ruminate
I don’t feel much like working on my script. I feel much more content to stare out my window, spacing and wandering down imaginary corridors of thought.
My mom pointed out that most of my favorite shows get canceled. That’s not exactly comforting. Is that why writing in television isn’t better? Maybe Hollywood writers set out with scripts that show more than they tell, and that...
Sunday the Sixteenth
Today’s just a good day. I love that.
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Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
I don’t know if the trailer will sell you, but this truly was a brilliant show. You can watch the entire series on NetFlix instantly.
Tumblr Problems
The site’s been having a lot of problems today. I’m regularly getting error messages.
Other Bloggers
I’d be interested to find a really good blog. Not someone who blogs professionally, but does it just for the enjoyment. I prefer their posts be properly spelled and puncuated, and not just be a series of pictures and songs.
I feel like I’m putting out a singles ad.
Laundry Day
It’s too cold. I don’t want to go outside. It’s 16 degrees.
Proactive!
This is the most proactive I’ve been in almost a month. I gotten a lot done in just an hour and a half, which is awesome, because now I have the rest of the day to not do anything constructive (in the short term, at least).
I’m going to work some more on my script, although, I’m not sure how confident I feel about the direction I’m going with it. But, I really want to...
Good Morning, Sunshine. The Earth Says, "Hello!"
If I wasn’t almost postive that a friend of mine woke up around the same time I did, I would feel really terrible about not waking up until 12:30 PM, or not falling asleep until sometime around 3 or 4 AM. I kind of stopped paying attention to the time once I laid down. Today is the day I need to be proactive.
I don’t know why I’m dreading that.
Not Worth Blogging About
Party Down, both seasons, are available to watch instantly. That’s awesome, because yesterday when I looked for it, I could only watch Season 2. Now I can go to sleep.
I'm Running Out of Night
It’s no longer fun to be awake. The enjoyment I’ve been deriving from writing non-stop for the last several hours has dimmed in the light of my aching body, my sore eyes, and the setting reality that evening isn’t a magical place that will last as long as you can stay awake. However, I would love for that to be true.
Think of the movies.
I'm Unorganized
So very, very, very unorganized.
Two Thoughts
“Freeze Frame” while it has a terrible title, is an awesome premise for a movie. I haven’t finished it, but I need to.
I wonder if there’s a psychological disorder that makes someone compulsively blog. What latin term could you attach to that?
There Are More Technical Words For What I'm...
I just don’t think I want to become part of this cyborg, step-of-evolution that humanity is hypothesized to take. I mean I will, because I want to fit in and be cool, but I think the number of suicides will increase. This is purely improvised speculation.
Never censor yourself.
Six After Three
I need to sleep. I don’t know what I find bleak about waking up.
Workshop Anxieties
I don’t know what’s making me so nervous about doing my Workshop show. It actually can be really cool. I just need to sit down and devise a run-down. I still have a window of time to make a great show. I have to be proactive tomorrow. Maybe that’s why I’m resisting the urge to sleep.
This blog needs more pictures. More color.
Eating the Dinosaur
I feel like reading Chuck Klosterman, but I don’t feel like finding the book. Also, it’s nearly 3am. I really need to go to sleep.
The Carousel Blog
There’s something therapeutic about just opening up a new blog post and vomiting onto the web.
I was interested to hear that Simon and Garfunkel played a club in Greenwich Village, before they became profitable, and were heckled (maybe heckled off stage) by Bob Dylan. It makes me wonder, the narcissism displayed by young Bob, that maybe there are connections to be found between he and...
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Twitter
I really tried to get into Twitter. I devoted a day to such ambitions, but before I awoke the next day, I’d already forgotten them.
This is better than Twitter.
(Minutes Later)
Twitter crashed. Apparently they’re at capacity. This is best illustrated by a whale. Twitter, with all their assets chose a whale. Clearly, there’s a very good reason that when you read ‘site at...
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All Good Things
Admittedly, I wasn’t sober when I watched “All Good Things”, but I gave it my full attention and I just love it. It’s a tragic movie, but I adore any movie that really stretches to show instead of tell. I love that the audience has to put together what it is that Ryan Gosling’s character’s family business is. I love that what little exposition there was...
Envy
I’m jealous of bloggers who blog for a living. The lucky, rare sort that get to blog about whatever interests them and make money doing it. If you love to write about whatever, and people are willing to pay you whatever to do it… Can you grow sick of that lifestyle? I mean to the point that no vacation would suffice as a break in the monotony.
How does a blog website have a...
Ramble Ramble
I’m too influenced to work on my script. I should really be working on my Workshop show, but for reasons I can’t identify, I’m dragging my feet. I need to find my enjoyment out of television again. I just feel so over-all tired and I don’t seem to be recovering from it any.
I don’t want to write shit, but that’s why I have a blog. So I can smoke, fail to be...
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