Friday, June 25, 2010

It's in the Cards

This is a bit self-serving, but bear with me. I've been told by a co-worker that my astrological sign is a Cancer (my birthday falls on July 6). At first I was like "ho hum, what does that matter?" But after checking out a website that describes the personalities of a Cancer, I was dumbfounded at how much it describes me - not only as a person, but as a professional. Let me explain... Here are some traits of the Cancer people: Emotional and...

Thursday, June 24, 2010

Down in Fraggle Rock

You know, my Birthday IS just a few weeks away...Fraggle Rock: Complete Series Collectionon sale at Amazon for $37.49 (that's free shipping y...

Wednesday, June 23, 2010

Musings

I was writing up a big ol' post on writing query letters, but couldn't get it out. So instead I decided to dump all the random stuff floating around my brain right now:This made me laugh all morning - seriously, it broke my work abilities.Amanda Bynes wants to retire from acting.Please don't Amanda, SHE'S THE MAN was pretty good and you're a great person.Firefly: The Complete Series [Blu-ray] for $27.99 - that's free shipping on Amazon yo!If I printed...

Tuesday, June 22, 2010

New Show: CBS - Mike & Molly

Here's a preview of the upcoming sitcom Mike & Molly on CBS: This show was created by Chuck Lorre, who if you remember correctly, co-created The Big Bang Theory with Bill Prady. Mike & Molly is about a couple who meet in a support group for their overeating. It's essentially about these two wonderful people who could stand to lose some weight (couldn't we all, amiright?). I promised I wouldn't review shows before they are put on the air...

Monday, June 21, 2010

Toy Story 3 = Great

,  TOY STORY 3 is absolutely amazing and incredibly well done. Lee Unkrich has well outshined the enormous expectations that were placed upon his shoulders. He did his directing duty well and because of it, we can rejoice. I read an earlier draft of the script (actually, come to think of it - I'm not sure it was official or not. The title was just "Toy Story 3"), and the storyline seemed very contrived and unoriginal. I'm really glad that they...

Jersey Sure

All blogger friends (and everyone else too) should go to this man's Tumblr website and RSS it.His name is Greg White and he is a writer on Comedy Central's UGLY AMERICANS.He uses Tumblr the way Tumblr should be used -- For random craziness.June 20th: "You, madame, have a fake name."(He was responsible for posting the weird Russian baby video first. In fact, he posts it pretty much every day.)http://gregwhite.tumblr.c...

Friday, June 18, 2010

Time Perspective

This video is about ten minutes, but is well worth the time investment.It is the famous Philip Zambardo discussing the economics of time and the powers it has over our minds. He also goes in to how these things effect our current cultures.Also, it is pretty amazingly animated. So check it out and we'll discuss:Discussion as related to entertainment:A lot of what Mr. Zambardo is saying about how this effects the attentiveness and alertness of young...

Wild Russian Baby

This is totally weird, and cute at the same time. So many mixed emotions...

Thursday, June 17, 2010

Another FANTASTIC Scott Pilgrim Trailer

I can't contain the aweso...

Wednesday, June 16, 2010

No Seasons, Just Giving

Yesterday I explained a few things about the TV industry. Since I work for both a Television agent AND a Feature agent, I thought I would explain a similar process that happens in film. The benefit of being a writer of features over TV is that feature has no "seasons" really. There's no rush to get our writers onto a series. The only rush comes to try and get a feature before the job is given to someone else - and the jobs happen all-year round. This...

Tuesday, June 15, 2010

A Season of Giving, and Not Giving

Last month I witnessed one of the most terrifying and harrowing spectacles ever: STAFFING SEASON!!!Let me explain what this means: Staffing Season is the time of year when each Studio and Network decides what pilot scripts they want to put into production. Then after several gut-wrenching weeks of production and philandering - they decide which shows they would like to put on the air. So here's where we come in. The agency looks over all the scripts...

Monday, June 14, 2010

Sighting Funny People

Here are some celebs I've sighted in the last few months:Jack Black at the Arclight TheaterJason Segel at a GET HIM TO THE GREEK screeningSteve Carell at Ralph's Grocery StoreAnd also, I thought I saw Tim Robbins once, but upon further inspection - it wasn't h...

Sunday, June 13, 2010

Questions and Blandswers

I've been thinking a lot lately about how I haven't been posting much, if anything at all.It is bothersome to me.Sure, I have some really sweet excuses -- (Finished three feature spec screenplays and am working a totally awesome full-time job) -- yet, I think my writing would best be served by participating more regularly on this blog - the offspring of my genius and inspirado.I have some great ideas of what to post in the next few weeks, but I was...