Currently Reading Nice Job: The Guide to Cool, Odd, Risky, and Gruesome Ways to Make a Living (Lookout Media Series) By Nicholas Corman, Chuck Kapelke, Jake Brooks, Michelle Sullivan see related

Nothing personal... it's just business.

In a drunken stupor, I went to Hobby Lobby, grabbed an application, filled it out, and turned it in today, and I think I'm going to get the job. Only now at a store much crappier than the one I used to work at. But I did see a stockman walking around without a vest, and nobody was getting on to him. That sounds pretty nice.

Anyways, please don't think any less of me, Roman. Or Jessica. Or David Hasselhoff, because I'm pretty sure my actions warrant a big, fat "X". But a man's gotta do what a man's gotta do. I mean, unpaid internships can only keep you financially afloat for so long. Experience does not pay the bills... or in my case, DVD expenses.

On a completely different note, I found fifteen dollars in change at my house today. I'll probably use it to buy some DVDs. Now that's talent!

Currently Listening The Best Of 1980-1990 [Limited Edition] By U2 Everlasting Love see related

For Taylor, but you can read it too.

My girlfriend owns the VHS copy of "Rattle and Hum", the concert/documentary film that follows U2 on their tour following "The Joshua Tree". And she has owned it since long before I met her.

For this, and many other reasons, I am smitten. Just thought I'd let everyone know.

*Bruce is not allowed to comment on this post, as it will no doubt be of sarcastic nature in reference to U2.

Currently Reading Screenwriting for Dummies By Laura Schellhardt see related

Books about writing are ironic. That's why they're so expensive.

Have you heard that I'm working on a screenplay? It's about this guy who... wait, why I don't just let you read it? Here's what I have so far...

FADE IN

INT. OFFICE - A YOUNG MAN ENTERS AND SITS IN A CHAIR.

...what do you think? I know it might be kind of complicated, especially to those "non-cinephiles"  who are not used to reading a story in screenplay format. So allow me to provide a legend to the intricate map that is my screenplay.

FADE IN refers to the movie beginning with a black screen, and then dissolving the picture in.

INT. means "interior".  This means the scene will be taking place inside of a building, as opposed to outside (EXT., or "exterior").

OFFICE is a place in which business, clerical, or professional activities are conducted.

Wait, what's that? You say you can figure it out on your own? All right, suit yourself George Lucas. But don't blame when you get lost later and can't figure out which one is Ashley and which one is Tony the Horse, the guy that's always on a horse.

So now I'm at a real road block. I'm not sure where I want the scene to go next.  I'm not sure if I want the young man to say "hello", or if I want him to be more formal and say "hey, how are ya?". I don't know if it's too soon to introduce the character "Man at desk", and if so, should I have him speak first, and to what level of formality?  I don't even know if I want the young man to sit in a chair, maybe there's not a chair. Or maybe there's two chairs and he has to decide which chair to choose, the red one or the blue one.

Obviously, I'm frazzled. That's why I went to Barnes & Nobles today to look at some books about writing, all of which seemed very helpful. And they should be for the prices they charge. After a lot of deliberation, and skimming as many books as I could to get free tips, I decided on two books: How to Write a Movie in 21 Days, and the screenplay to Napoleon Dynamite. But since I'm a little short on cash, I have to figure out how to get them. And I think it'll go a little something like this:

FADE IN

INT. BARNES AND NOBLE - A YOUNG MAN ENTERS AND PICKS UP TWO BOOKS.

Young Man
Can I have these for free?

No, wait, maybe I should have him sit down somewhere first.

Currently Watching Friends - The One with All Ten Seasons (Limited Edition) see related

Take Me Out...

So I'm going to try my hand at sports-casting, and give you Rob Whitlow's "Just the Facts" play-by-play of last night's game.

The Oklahoma City Redhawks won in a last minute victory against the New Orleans Zephyrs last night at Oklahoma City's Bricktown Ballpark. They were behind by two points for the whole game, and a lot of people were sad about it. But not the few lucky fans who risked their lives to catch a foul ball. There was this one guy who almost caught one, but it bounced off his hands.  One spectator was reported as saying "Ow, I bet that hurt his fingers."
At one point in the game, a baseball man from one of the two teams that were playing last night cracked a bat in half when he swung for the ball and hit it with tremendous force, causing the bat to crack in... half.  Um.. also, Chris Paul from the Oklahoma City Hornets was there, and the fans seemed happy about that. Except for some who weren't so happy about seeing him. One spectator gave the "finger" to Paul, witnesses say.
But back to the game action.  The Zephyrs led by two for the first 8 innings, but the Redhawks had a plan up their short sleeves. With two outs left to go, the Redhawks had three players on the bases, and another at bat.  Some would say that the bases were "loaded".  The Redhawks batter, we'll call him Bart, managed to take advantage of the situation by hitting a line drive straight to center field, with all the Zephyrs players in the field diving frantically for it like a bunch of Germans.  This allowed the Redhawks to bring in three of their men past home plate, which luckily for them is one of the ways to score points.  After 3 hours of silence, the crowd erupted in 10 seconds of cheers, and went home.

Also, the announcer had an Australian accent, but some spectators claimed that it was "British".

Go baseball! The Redhawks are my favorite sports squadron, but only when they beat their opponents. Soundly.