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[03 Dec 2009|10:14pm] |
So... hey. Not dead. Or am I? WoooOOOoooOOOOOOOooo spooky.
No, not dead. I have been writing. I'll continue that Serpent gets new limbs story eventually, but right now I'm focused on writing a screenplay. I made mention of it on my MySpace blog just to keep it interesting.
The Holistic Filmaker is stepping it up and actually putting some dialogue to page. It's just .txt files for now, since I tend to write stuff in notepad. No good for figuring page numbers. I wrote a portion of a scene that I'm going to alter and I wrote another scene last night, resulting in a very tired me in the morning that did not want to go to work.
Why holistic? Well... I'm taking from everything. Had a few things go different today at work. Not bad, but it resulted in some different experiences. Paired with one of my lazier employees, we wound up having a conversation with someone from Carnival Games at the ring toss. Before she endered into the conversation, he was explaining to me the best tecnique to getting one of the plastic red rings onto the bottle. Something to do with throwing three at a time. It sounded complicated. And I figured, people tend to not do this because they want to have as many tosses as possible. Which is what I would totally do.
So, we're talking there to the carnie working the booth while people are tossing rings. It got me thinking about things I like to see in movies. This scene we were having here was just so perfect and I felt I had to delever some good lines to keep it going. The clanking of plastic rings on the glass bottles. The xmas music playing in the background. The oversized frog hanging over my head. After a while of failed attempts to win said giant frog, the clanking stopped and guests walked away. Any one of them could have heard the conversation and attempted the three ring tecnique, but nobody had. The carnie went about cleaning up the rings that had fallen to the ground with one of the big push squigees we use all over the park for various reasons.
I watched her do this. I really don't know why such otherwise mundane activities are so fascinating to me. In movies, it's always nice to see a character or two having a conversation while doing something that's otherwise unimportant to the plot. It makes it seem more natural. If a character's fiddling with something or looking around, he seems more readily accessable, because everybody has the urge to fiddle with something when they're uncomfortable or nervous. Or, people will talk while they're working. I mean... if someone's carrying on a conversation while doing some repetitive task that requires no clear concentration on screen it says something to me. It somehow conveys some level of smarts since the person can still clearly think while working.
I've been taking in just about every experience and filtering it into this thing. Taking bits from here and there that aren't even related to the subject of the script. It's a vampire movie, by the way. More or less a comedy, but not parody. I have notes of the ideas that come to me. I feel like things are coming together.
Saw Fantastic Mr. Fox the other day leading me to put Wes Anderson at the top of my director wishlist. So, you can kind of see where I want to go with this thing. It's like it just happens to be about vampires.
Getting way ahead of myself there, though. Step one is writing. Step two has something to do with trying to sell it or whatever you do with a script once you're finished. We'll see what happens.
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[17 Nov 2009|05:40pm] |
I've been watching Gurren Lagann on Hulu and will continue in a moment. I need to make me an icon for it. Probably replace one I don't use. Kind've miss the ones from the paid account, but that's pretty much the only thing I was using the thing for, was a few extra icons.
Funny... I've found this series getting the juices flowing to actually start writing things up for my vampire movie script. I used to watch a lot more anime. Not just because it was on TV, but I'd continually revisit my local video store to rent up everything that was available. I remember driving around to a few different Blockbusters around in order to find everything I wanted.
I suppose I was missing something that can only really be delivered by some sweet effects animation. If only they'd make things like this in this country. Sure, we have things that imitate anime(Teen Titans) and things that duplicate the awesomeness(Boondocks), but not enough serious stuff. The idea of "cartoons are for kids" is still there. Saturday Morning is still king when it comes to animation in this country.
I suppose it's slowly getting to something more. We have more mature original content on [adult swim] annd maybe a few on premium channels. Fox has probably given us the most in primetime with a few animated sitcoms. Comedy Central has the now long running South Park and occasionally attempts to give us other things.
Still, though... anything with a lick of drama and continuity is not an easy thing to do. Audiences need to change the way they feel about animation or it barely has a chance. Or maybe I'm just full of shit.
Eh, whatever.
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[10 Oct 2009|11:59pm] |
So... anyway. I don't know if that story I was writing will continue any time soon. My mind wandered on over to other ideas. Eventually, I suppose I'll throw them all out there and you
ll be hit with them all on the big screen(and small screen) at once and you'll be sick of them.
I went to Toys R Us today in search of the Space Police sets. Quite a number of people seem to go in and out of that Lego aisle. I bought two sets after much deliberation. A couple of the cheaper sets. Sorry... unimportant.
After picking out some things to buy I found myself in the action figure aisle. There I saw GI Joe figures based on the movie. The 4 inch tall Dennis Quaid was amusing. Down on the other end amongst action figures for The Crow, Michael Myers, The Joker, and World of Warcraft were the rather plain looking figures for New Moon and Twilight. They come with no accessories and their hands were clearly not designed to hold things.
Now, I saw Twilight(because a bunch of other girls were going, and hey, vampires) and read the first sentence or two from the book. Didn't care for it. People are right about it being Mary Sue. But, it's popular enough to get action figures. I'm jealous. I want my vampires to have action figures. Vampires, Robots, Space Pirates, Insane Gods, a super villain, and maybe a dinosaur or two. I'm sure those are in there.
Right now I have this vampire concept floating around in my head. There's an intention for it to be a screenplay. I've changed things around a bit and still not a word has been written down except for an old original plot I wrote a while back that will be used in part for the beginning. I imagined what it might look like to have little plastic versions of them. What kind of accessory they might have to hold and how they might be interesting enough to play with. That would be so cool.
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sonic boom from the space shuttle scared the crap out of me today. Also... more cranes. I number them with a pencil and had to re-number a few because I somehow added 200. That doesn't work. The only rule is that you need to fold 1000.
Now, onto other matters...
I told you it was to be continued, didn't I? I should probably label these.
Dog ran through the trees, happily squishing his paws in the soft, cool ground. "Ooh!" He noticed a familiar figure underneath one of the trees and was distracted just long enough to trip over a large root jutting up a foot and a half above the forest floor. He popped back up looking over to his friend who was resting beneath the source of the root. "Serpent! Hi!"
Serpent opened his eyes, blinking a bit. "Dog."
"Hi!" He sat there, hanging over the root, grinning. "So um... um... Hi!"
"Catch your breath. I'm sure there was something on that mind of yours." Serpent reached over and rubbed Dog's head.
"Yeah, uh... yeah. Something." Dog's tongue slowly slipped out of his closed mouth. He licked his nose. "Adam said... he said my name is-"
"I already know about that, Dog." Serpent leaned back against the tree, closing his eyes.
"Yeah. Cause backwards-"
"I know. You told me."
"Are you going back to sleep? Cause... cause I remember I wanted to say something."
"Just resting. What did you want to say?"
Dog stared for a moment. "Oh! Eve was rubbing my belly earlier."
Serpent opened his eyes. "Eve? Did she say anything or did you just want to gloat?"
"What? Yeah. She told me to tell you that when I found you that I should... uhm..." Dog slumped in his position and whimpered. "I forgot."
Serpent sighed. He rubbed Dog's head and stood up. "That's alright. I'm sure she can tell me what it was you were supposed to tell me."
"Good idea!" Dog perked right back up and began to follow. "I can get another belly rub!" He ran ahead, finding that same excitement that had brought him there... or anywhere for that matter. Serpent kept walking. He wasn't in a rush. There was never a reason to be in a rush.
Dog dashed out from the cover of the trees, running through the seemingly endless field of flowers. A moment later, Serpent stepped out. Amongst the flowers stood a glorious tree that seemed to glow vibrantly. Beneath it stood Eve. Dog was quick to lay on his back, looking for a rub. She knelt down, giving him what he was looking for.
"You're as radiant as the Tree of Life."
Eve looked up, still rubbing Dog's belly. "Oh, hi, Serpent. Looks like Dog found you. He's good at finding." She was giving Dog a good scratch now. "I should ask Adam to do this to me." She giggled.
"Uh," Serpent stammered a little, "Right. Adam. Well, he's not... I mean I can do that."
Eve stopped scratching Dog and stood up. "That's alright. Adam's never too busy."
"Yeah, but I--"
"There he is!" Eve looked past Serpent, watching a black and white blur approach.
Serpent turned in time to see Adam hop off the back of Zebra. He patted Zebra on the side, "Thanks. But I'm thinking Horse is a little better at this."
"You're welcome," said Zebra, happily trodding off alone.
Dog looked up to Adam, wagging his tail. He had forgotten about the belly rub Eve had stopped giving him. Serpent sighed, staring at the interaction between man and woman. He almost missed Adam saying, "Hi, Serpent. Nice to see you." Adam smiled.
Serpent wasn't smiling, "Oh, hi, Adam. Have you been riding every animal to see which one's the best at being ridden?"
Adam snapped his fingers, "you're always so sharp, Serpent. Maybe you should join me."
"You seem to have it down just fine. You don't need my help."
Adam grinned, "You're right." He reached over, pulling Eve to his side, squeezing her with the one arm. She giggled. "Hi, Eve. Dog ask for another belly rub?"
"I love belly rubs!," said Dog, excitedly. "Eve gives the best."
"Yeah?," he looked to her, "Can I get one?"
Serpent looked away, back in the direction he had come. "I'm gonna... I think I'll just go."
Eve was already giving Adam a belly rub. He was enjoying it as much ad Dog had been. "You're not fuzzy like Dog," said Eve.
"I don't know if I can grow fuzz on my belly," Adam replied. "But if... oh, yeah, see ya, Serpent." Serpent was already gone. Dog was rolling around in the flowers, oblivious to everything.
He was back in the forest, looking for the tree he had been resting against. Serpent sighed. "I don't know what I'm doing. She was made for him. They belong together and I'm... I'm a little lost." He looked up a little confused. Serpent never stopped walking, but continued to look around his surroundings. "This is new. I don't.." He exited the forest and saw before him, amongst flowers, was a large, lonely tree. "Wait... I think I know where..."
In that moment, Lion jumped out, startling Serpent and blocking his path, "What are you doing here?"
"Aah!" Serpent stumbled back. He quickly regained his footing. "What's wrong with being here?!"
"This is the Tree of Knowledge. You'd do your best to leave it alone," the big cat gave a low growl.
Serpent stood still, blinking slowly. "Wow. Okay." He stepped back, "I wasn't going to do anything. Can I sit under it?"
"I guess. So long as you don't eat the fruit." Lion stared deeply at Serpent, "You won't eat the fruit, will you? We're not supposed to."
"I think it was just Adam who wasn't supposed to--"
"Just don't eat any of it."
"Ok. Ok. I won't." He stepped closer to the tree, looking a little more closely at the fruit it bared. The fruit looked like it would taste good. He ignored it and sat himself comfortably beneath it. Lion watched him intently. "See. Just getting comfortable." Lion stared for a while before he was finally content that Serpent was going to do nothing.
Serpent sat quitly for a while untill he was sure Lino had gone. What strange behaviors. He looked up at a tasty looking fruit hanging high above his head. He found himself staring at it, wondering how it might taste. He looked back down, trying to ignore it. Nestled in the surrounding flowers sat a partially buried lump. He stared at the torn up flowers and fresh dirt. There was something vibrant poking out.
Up on his feet, Serpent walked slowly and carefully over toward the poorly buried lump. He crouched down over the lump, looking around to see if Lion was still present. Wiping the dirt away, he saw it. A partially eaten fruit. "Is this why you were acting weird?" Serpent stood back up, "Now I need to know."
He ran back to the tree and leaped up into its branches, knowing they would keep him hidden should anyone else feel the urge to question his actions again. Stradling a branch, he pulled off one of the large fruit. It popped off easily enough and he held it in his hands, staring. "Well... here goes nothing, I guess." He took as big a bite as he possibly could. He leaned back, gripping the fruit tightly as a rush of secrets filled his mind. "Holy..." His eyes fixed open and he found himself craving more despite the negatives. "Everything. I've... I've got to know it all!"
The tree stood, otherwise lonely. Within a few moments, the pit of a fruit from the Tree of Knowledge dropped to the ground. A Moment later, and Serpent dropped to the ground, a new fruit in his hands. "Why..." he muttered, "why was this all hidden... hidden in a fruit?!" He stared at the fruit before deciding to put it down, against the tree. "No. I need to bring her here.
Serpent leapt back into the tree, hearing the sounds of someone approaching. He thought it sounded like Horse, but with his mind still reeling, it could have been Lion coming back. He held tightly to a large branch, unable to close his eyes.
...to be continued.
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[09 Sep 2009|12:14am] |
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![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) matt_cruea made an interessting post recently and I was thinking of doing the same thing or something similar... but then I remembered that I have trouble stopping at one sentence. I might give it a shot later. For now... a story:
Serpent flicked his tongue, tasting the skin of his own finger. It was real. He reached up to his face, touching it, feeling the intricate scales around the corner of his mouth. She had done it. He had questioned trusting the woman, but Lilith had stayed true to her word.
His hand was his own. Completely and utterly his own. He stretched out his arm to give the hand a look over with his unblinking eyes: one of the side effects of knowing. It looked like his. If it had belonged to someone else, he couldn't tell.
He brought out his other hand, matching it with the first; touching finger to opposing finger. Serpent slowly rubbed his hands together, feeling his palms with new fingers. His tongue flicked out again.
"You've been staring at those for ages. You should give your legs a try." A beautiful, dark-haired woman entered the minimalistic white room. She put a hand on his shoulder. Serpent pulled in his forked tongue and looked up toward Lilith. She was warm in more than touch.
Serpent's gaze turned down toward his legs and down to his feet. He flexed his toes and turned his ankles, "I... I don't want to fall."
Lilith walked around infront of the reptile. "Here," she said, stretching out her arms to him, "I'll help you."
Serpent looked up to her, flicking his tongue as if he could pull the taste of honesty out of the air. There was something, but he was certian that was meerly the remnants of the last cleaning to have passed through his room. Lilith was smiling and making motions to be encouraging. He reached out to her slowly with one hand and then the other, holding her warm hands. "Wait," he said, responding to her pull.
"You have to trust me. I won't let you fall, Serpent." She gave a pull. Serpent, momentarily unwilling, stood to his feet. His balance failed him and he fell forward, into Lilith. She held her ground, ready for such a thing. He embraced her, wishing he could close his eyes and enjoy her natural warmth. "I'll never let you fall again," she said too soft for Serpent to hear.
He pushed back, a bit embarrased. "Sorry. Not used to this uh... high center of gravity."
"It's alright." She smiled, "You'll remember."
Serpent sat back down. Standing wasn't as difficult as he thought it would be, but it was still a challenge. Walking, however, was going ot take more time. He sighed, looking down to his feet as he flexed his toes. "Maybe."
"I promise," said Lilith. It was something she had said before and he was staring at the results. He could taste these results. It was far better than he had given her credit, but still... Guilt settled in his stomach as she smiled at him. Serpent turned his head, looking away. What had she to gain? "Relax," she said, "I'll bring a wheelchair and we can try the standing and walking thing later."
"Thank you," he said and he turned his head, watching her as she left the room. The door clicked and he turned his gaze forward, straight at the wall. Opposite that wall, two men sat watching from the dimly lit room.
One was taking notes on a clip board while the other stared back at Serpent. "You suppose he can see us?," asked the one staring.
"No," said the other, not looking anywhere but at his board.
"He's staring right at us, though."
The man slapped his board down. The camera, standing on a tripod on the table before them wobbled sending a shakey image of the subject to a monitor among many in a seperate room. "He just can't blink." he pointed, "See... he's looking around. And now he's looking at his feet again."
"It's not that. I know he can't blink and I find it unnerving, but... but what he's done."
"That doesn't seem to matter. He's not responding as if he's aware of anything other than what she's told him. He doesn't know we're here."
Lilith reentered the room, pushing a wheelchair. "Here we go. You want me to help you into it?" She rolled the chair around, resting it before Serpent.
"I'll give it a try. Just put the brakes on for me." In a few jerky motions, Serpent managed to place himself comfortably into the shiney chair. He released the wheels and gave a push with one hand, sending him into a turn. He turned the other way and back. Then back and forth. To top it all off, he leaned back, balancing on the large wheels. Lilith caught him before he could fall back any further. Even on wheels, his balance was a bit off. "Heh. Sorry."
"Let me do the pushing for now. At least untill we get outside."
"Okay. Then let's get going." He flicked his tongue. "This place tastes like a hospital."
...to be continued.
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[04 Sep 2009|09:16pm] |
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I was in the Lego aisle today. They have a new collection called Space Police. Unfortunately, they only had one set. The big expensive one. It included a little space bike for the included bad guy figures. All they need now is a little Lego Lobo. :P
Reminded me of the old RPs I loved playing. I miss those. I need to write.
Labor Day weekend. Double pay on Monday. It wasn't that busy last year, if I remember correctly. We'll see.
Uhm... got my car washed after something like forever. I don't remember the last time he was clean. I had forgotten how green my car is. Next: servicing.
My brother's resturaunt finally opened on Tuesday. Opening night was great. It's been a bit slower since then. I stopped by Thursday after work. Might stop by Saturday after work. There was going to be a reason for that, since I had been asked, but I forget. I was going to link to the website, but it needs a little update. But they are on Facebook.
Summer's almost officially over at Universal. Holloween's coming up. We'll have Bill and Ted, but no Slaughterworld or anything at the Animal Actors venue... so far as I know. At the Terminator 2:3D venue they'll have a Rocky Horror Tribute show. I wonder if that means people will be throwing toast at the screen. Terror Tram will have things from various movies, all tied together as Jigsaw's puzzles(he's that puppet from the Saw movies). House of Horrors will become a Chuckie themed maze. The three other mazes will be based on Halloween, Saw, and My Bloody Valentine. I then know nothing about the scare zones throughout the park, but they will have the pig men again. I feel like I'm saying too much... >.> <.<
p.s. I'll have a new crane count in my next update.
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[17 Aug 2009|01:52am] |
Hi. Job sucks. I wanna go to Disneyland(not work there, no). My friends don't live close enough to me. I'm socializing with vampires. The life energy sucking kind that are lame, not the blood sucking kind that make you immortal. I am a sponge. Not the yellow, square kind. Or maybe I'm a frog: absorbing the poisons in the pond and growing a third leg.
So my brother's resturaunt opens soon and we won't be able to hang out because he'll be super busy. I should write my book instead of thinking about it and constantly saying, "I should write my book". I should write up this vampire flick script I'm apparently on the verge(?) of vomiting up.
Creature is awful. I love the show when it's smooth running(the last version I saw), but it's constantly having problems. Random E-stops, bad puppets, fly-lines getting female leads stuck in the rafters. There's a hilarious plot in all that. Short story idea? At least Bill and Ted will go on in that theater instead of at the WaterWorld venue. I hear WW's going to be just closed for Horror Nights. No SlaughterWorld this year. I was kind've looking forward to it despite it's tendency to have many walk outs. I don't know. Things might change. It's only August.
I need to make sure I can get to a comedy performance on the 30th. I'm not sure if I should ask for a limit on my day or simply request it off.
I found out recently that I do not like Tab, nore do I like SmartWater. Yay for knowing what I don't like. Can't I just have water without additives? Best water I ever had came straight out of a mountian stream.
Ok, enough rambling. Better get to bed so I can go back to the mind-numbing venue come daytime. At least the following day is one I have off.
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So... I had a problem with a credit card I did not sign up with. I just got a second bill. Should have taken care of it with the first, but I was sort of hoping it'd get resolved. I made some calls this time and it is no longer my problem. Yay!
Payed my phone bill. Both of them. Yay! Since I pay my stepmother for my phone, I don't get in serious trouble if I'm late. I made the last one late and got the usual text from her on the bill a day or two after sending it saying I owed twice now. Could have done it one check. Oh well. Paid now.
Rent already taken care of. Non-issue.
Up next... I still need to get the car serviced. Maybe Tuesday?
Need to consider the bussing job at The Den. I suppose if I'm not working Horror Nights, I can come in and see Bill and Ted this year in the audience properly rather than the sidelines. I pray so damn hard that the rumor about it being in the Water World venue is not true. First of all, it's too big a venue, second, you need stuntmen to do much of anything there, and three... what about the dance numbers? The music and dancing is just as much a part of the show as is the making fun of the Summer blockbusters. and fourth... Slaughterworld, while generally full of bloody cheese, still has appeal as a Halloween show.
I'm also getting Summer hours right now... but will only be doing so for the rest of the month. Won't be going for lead the next go 'round cause I wouldn't want be stuck at Terror Tram.
Next... I want to go to Disneyland some time this month. Preferably with a few friends. Been years since I was last there and I wanna go run around the park. Maybe take a new picture with Mickey to go alongside the last one I took with Mickey... at least 20 years ago. Time to bug the local friends. :D
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So... let's see... what's going on with me? Last entry was correct. I did not make lead. I also did not get an answer as to why. I also seem to either not want to know why or I just don't care.
Just stepped out for a minute to help my brother wash dishes while he cooked up some chard and beets from James Cameron's garden. His friend's Mr. Cameron's personal chef. Living in LA is awesome.
So, anyway... I called in sick to go to a ghost hunting class and subsequent ghost hunt. I thought I'd remember everything and now I regret not taking notes. At least the web address of something really interesting. But no... The hunt afterwards was interesting. Standing in a sweltering projection room for half an hour talking to the hot stale air in hopes of a reply in the form of little lights wasn't so fun. There were some hints of something interesting going on, but the old theater wasn't terribly active that night. Too many new people I guess. Oh well... so maybe I'll look for a group and search for a paranormal experience or at least some wild normal stuff.
I might apply for seasonal supervisor for Halloween Horror Nights but I don't know. I've been pretty much stuck at the same venue at work all week. Because of my seniority, I get the 8 hour shifts, and they're all there. Apparently people got 9 hour shifts for working there today. Tomorrow I get a 6 hour down at Special Effects. It will be a nice change of pace.
Saw the new Harry Potter movie today. Made me think a little bit about my book... that I haven't written anything for in a while.
Oh yeah... tired of my job. Oh, and oh yeah again... I'll be getting a small raise due to union contract changes. S'ok, I guess... but I should have gone to go vote on the changes instead of just letting it happen. The trade off turns out to not be so great. Luckily, it doesn't affect me much.
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So I may have discovered that I did not actually make lead. My jumping through hoops did not please the whip-happy overlords. They say they forgot to set mine on fire and I tripped on it during my follow through. Well, screw you guys! I could have totally been on fire if you had done it correctly.
So... uh... yeah. I need to find something to suppliment my income. I need to get back to writing my book. I haven't done anything but think about it since my last entry.
Wait... high now....just typing gibberish...see ya later. ssauce!
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[13 Jun 2009|11:33pm] |
So yeah... book research...
I looked up industrial hemp a couple weeks ago. Holy crap... this stuff has so many uses.
Recently I was looking up elk riding and domestication with the idea that in this society, people use elk in place of horses and cattle since neither of those are present. I was thinking about it while at work. A deer is fairly small, but an elk is probably large enough to ride. I thought of moose as well, but they're very large and would probably be harder to tame and further domesticate.
Then I amused myself with the idea of a moose/elk hybrid being called mook or else.
Right now I'm looking up antler uses so I might give my characters shit to do or things to fight with, or I dunno... furniture.
Hmm... I suppose I should look into reindeer since they actually are domesticated deer.
There are a few things I'm planning on covering in this book, but I don't think I want to look it up for fear I'll get sucked into trying to keep something accurate and kill the story I want to write.
And now... ok, agrarian means what I think it means.
Meanwhile... my main character has a first and last name, a partial back story, and so far he is remaining 16 as I originally intended, though the number and ages of his adoptive brothers has changed.
I think I'm good for a start. I might start drawing some maps.
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So I started talking to this guy on MySpace. I came home last night hoping the conversation had continued, but it had not. I kept a tab open for it, ready to respond should I need to. Nothing. I'd love for the conversation to result in a date. That'd be cool.
Ontop of that, I fucked up. If I had just gone to the other line for a moment instead of letting my brother's call go unanswered, hurt and apologies could have been avoided. Bleh.
So, I don't know. I'm an idiot. I need local people to do stuff with.
Checked MySpace this morning and got a friends request from a guy who started his message with "You seem like a party animal. lol." Wow... that guy doesn't know thing one about me. Denied! Oh wait... those few tagged photos might say otherwise... but most of those were at home in the building I was living in and the other few were at Saddle Ranch just outside of work with coworkers.
Gonna go see a free screening of Land of the Lost tonight. Just have to make sure I get there early enough since the scrrening theaters are kind've small. If I get into the 6:30 show, then I should be able to make it to the comedy club to check out open mike night.
Stay tuned for some writing research shit in my next update.
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[01 Jun 2009|10:10pm] |
Someone's been bugging me to post, so here's an entry...
I had my lead interview this go around. this had better be the last time. The interview was damn smooth and Tyler aknowledged the fact that people have been all talk and no action in the interviews. I'm personally more action and not so great with the words so my interviews(for anything) have fallen short.
So... beyond boring work stuff... I've been working on a book. So far I've gotten to the point of thinking of scenarios I want to put in it and not doing any more writing right now. I've even gotten distracted by my vampire screenplay(or sit-com) that I'm also not writing. Pleh.
My brother's cat has OCD. She "buries" things and scratches around in her box too long sometimes. There are deep claw marks in the plastic rim. Yes, random, but she was just doing this to her food bowl.
Things have been a bit troubling for my brother's resturaunt as they've needed extentions in the serach for investors. This means that busser job is questionable right now. We'll see. Maybe he'll have some new info when he gets home. Or whatever.
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So... my tattoo's healing. It doesn't look quite so pretty right now so I don't plan on taking any new pictures for a while.
I may take a busser job at my brother's resturaunt. At this point, I really want to. It would be a nice change of pace. Depends highly, though, on how much I can get payed and if I make lead this go around.
Still on a whole wait and see path here.
Meanwhile... I am now on facebook. I wonder how much longer untill I cave into signing up on Twitter.
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| And here it is... |
[28 Apr 2009|08:57pm] |
 I took so many pictures trying to get one to come out. It's hard when you can't see to frame it up. I'll get some help for the next photo... or just hope the artist uploads his pictures.
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| Pain and Sneezes |
[28 Apr 2009|01:29am] |
Damn. Thought I was gonna go to bed a little sooner. How is it already 1:30?!
I suppose that means my birthday has passed. Pah! These always last for several days. That's how it's supposed to be.
If you've never had a chance to get one, don't intend to get one, or have been worried, yes, it hurts to get a tattoo. The initial outline is the worst part. It's like being repeatedly stung by a methodical wasp. He lets up occasionally and then returns to his bizarre case of insect OCD. It's easy to forget to breath while you're wincing. When you get to the shading, it feels like being burned.
In the end, though, I ended up with a beautiful piece of artwork permanently mounted on my arm. When I'm dead, maybe they can stretch it out and frame the skin.(ooh morbid)
And the whole thing is done. No second visit required. Now to avoid sleeping on it...
p.s. I seem to have aquired a cold.
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| But can we afford the song? |
[22 Apr 2009|10:06pm] |
Started making plans for my birthday. I need to give Michele a call. Requested a couple days off and it looks like I'm going to pass on the free Disneyland. Free on your birthday if you live in CA, so long as you register online.
Monday(my birthday) I will be getting ink. Danny's taking me to his guy and he's going to get some work done on his arm at the same time since it's incomplete. That sort of kills most other plans for day of activities.
Got my tax returns. It was a nice little boost to my bank account.
Meanwhile, on The Unusuals... a book was just picked up to obviously play some important role... I just finished reading that book YESTERDAY!
I'm scared.
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| Almost Late |
[13 Apr 2009|09:48pm] |
Filed my taxes online. Next time, I may just got for the filing on the .gov instead of a .com. It's done. Now to wait for it to arrive in my account. Finally changed my address for my bank, too.
Not entirely sure why... but I posted an update to my myspace blog the other day instead of posting it here. I suppose I was hoping for more people to find it: Celebrity Cameo! Now that I remember his name and know what he's doing, I wish I could run into him again and strike a conversation. ...or maybe not. I think I got out of the random meets what I was supposed to get.
:O VAGUE!
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Gonna get a tattoo for my birthday. Yep.
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| Bees II: Back with a Vengence |
[05 Apr 2009|09:32pm] |
Found my chargers before I went to bed last night. They had been tossed into a box before it was put in the closet. Yay. I also found something else I had been looking for. I don't lose things for long here.
Apparently, yes, peak has begun, but I have very little additional time scheduled and no overtime.
Today was rediculous. We had to cancel the second show at Water World because there was a swarm of bees in there. They were made apparent at the end of the first show when people were exiting. The third ahow was on hold for quite a while before we allowed people in. Limited seating. An entire section had to be left open and people had to be kicked out. The next show, only half of the section was closed off. And at the final show, the bees were finally gone and we could fill all the seats.
Would have been smooth if it weren't for these insects. Yeesh.
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