I hate month end. I did a lot of work on it here (at home) just because I hate being all stressed out at work. It puts me in a bad mood. And knowing I have month end at work, I try to leave home on a good note. If your mood is bad, it’ll totally affect mine. I’m very codependent in that sense and I hate it.
That being said… Dale and I are working on another one of my scripts called “Misdirection”. Its at about page 60 right now with no real solid ending as the ending really sucked. So its going through a serious rewrite right now with subplots being nixed and characters being revamped. The lead, a struggling close up magician, is really a solid lead role. So I like it. And the supporting characters help drive the store and support the lead. Which is great.
So many times writers send me a script (shorts and features) where the lead gets over shadowed by the supporting characters. Its almost as if the writer should pick any other character and make them the lead because they are so much more interesting. Their lead eventually just tends to walk around and watch and listen to the other characters. The other characters are more dynamic, have better dialogue and do more while the lead takes it all in. Its weird.
Lately its been hard to be creative. Maybe it is due to work. Who knows.
What else?
Oh, I was 11-14 on my football picks this week. Not bad. I want to go 100% at least once in my life. That way I can brag that on Week 5 of the blah blah blah football season, I picked every winner. That’d be cool. I need one upset too. Some huge underdog that I pick that just makes the week awesome. That’d be cool.
Saturday Night Donna and I watched “Day After Tomorrow”. I give the movie a 7 out of 10 rating.It was one of those movies that I never thought I’d watch. I’m not too into ‘end of the world’ type movies. I wouldn’t put it on my Netflix queue nor would I pay money to watch it in a theater. But it was on HBO so we TIVO’d and watched it. It was… it was okay. I really like Jake Gyllenhaal. Dennis Quaid was, meh. It needed more Sela Ward who I liked from the show, “Sisters” and “Once and Again”.
Not only do I not like ‘end of the world’ type movies, I hate lost kids movies. So I identified with Quaid’s character and his absolute desperation to rescue his son. Because I would do the same. I just don’t like seeing the separation because it makes me sick to my stomach.
What else…
Here’s the rundown of the shows that have caught my eye this season and that I’ll try to watch faithfully.
Monday
How I met your Mother
Two and a half Men
Tuesday
My Name is Earl
House
Wednesday
Thursday
Survivor
Joey
Will and Grace
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Friday
Inconceivable
Saturday
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Sunday
Grey’s Anatomy
West Wing
Finally…
I watched “Dodgeball” on HBO and thought it was totally funny. Again, a movie I never thought I’d actually watch. And I channel surfed every once in a while but kept coming back for more Ben Stiller and Vince Vaughn. Hella-funny!I give this a 7/10 as well.
And that’s all I have to say.
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