September 2009
55 posts
Let's Get A Coffee
There is an LA meeting tradition in which the person seeking something, calls the person with the sought-after thing (advice, connections, love…) and they meet. At a coffee shop.
I’ve been making the rounds recently, doing such things, and yesterday I traveled to Venice CA and sat in Intelligentsia. This place is insane.
Wood sitting blocks, Steam Punk shoes, and a line of faces...
“Unemployment, the real endowment for the arts.”
– Garrison Keillor.
“Try to make Hank give up.”
– Reminder Ken Kesey kept on his desk as he wrote, Sometimes a Great Notion (via merlin)
In a bizarre twist of tumblr-fate… I just picked this book up. (Ev)
Nick Cave! →
Harlan Ellison recorded a dramatic reading of Josh...
A Writer's Obligation →
More of that article I linked to yesterday…
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Unprotected Contacts Connected
I’m new to LA, and new to the job search and those two elements make a sadness sandwich. Don’t get me wrong - new experiences are not sad. My new city is exciting. My job search is a wishing well in which to throw resumes.
What’s sad is networking. Not meeting people and talking to them, not the sending of emails and arranging for advice to be given and questions to be asked.
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Comic Book Covers, Covered →
Various artists drawing homages to various comic titles. I like Super boy with the super wolves
“Uh… I dunno. A little bit, I guess.”
– Noncommittal Juan, in response.
“How much would you pay for an engagement ring Juan?”
– Flirty girl in local makeup school cafeteria.
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"That Is One Nutty Hospital..."
While America mourns the passing of Patrick Swayze (and we all should - he was Bodhi, he was Johnny, and Road House people… Road House) another celebrity death has me saddened.
Larry Gelbart was one of the most prolific entertainment writers of our time. He spanned TV, film and theater, won more awards than God and was apparently a really sweet and wonderful man.
From Your Show of Shows...
Road Triiiiiip!
I start my drive out to LA today, with a stopover in Boston. I know! That doesn’t make any sense!
“A repo man spends his life getting into tense situations.”
– Bud, Repo Man.
Waiting
I’m in Connecticut right now, in my boyhood home.
One more day and then I leave for California to join “THE INDUSTRY!” Some things I’ve heard about, “THE INDUSTRY!”
They like people with abs. Six preferably.
If you’re an existing principle with a fan base (action figure, board game, food group) they may adapt you into a movie. I’m looking...
Get a Grip: The Book Bench : The New Yorker →
Drama!
Seth's Blog: The problem with positive thinking →
Negativity is just too much fun.
The joy of creation, captured.
“I don’t know what tumblarity is, but you certainly do not have it.”
– My Dad, peaking over my shoulder.
