Archive | January, 2009

I Can’t Feel My Lips

18. January 2009

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I Can’t Feel My Lips

Thirty seconds after I got off the plane, I forgot what it was like to be warm.  The wind blew through me like I was a screen door.  The blood cells in my veins froze together.  My lips cracked like a forty year-old driveway. When I was nineteen, I worked at a Wal-Mart in Montevideo, Minnesota.  [...]

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“Try And Enjoy Yourself Today.”

13. January 2009

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“Try And Enjoy Yourself Today.”

Movie-wise, things are rolling again… thank God. As the holidays began, I was intensely frustrated with this production.  It felt like NOTHING WAS MOVING: some kind of monkey wrench was in the works.  Filming on a key sequence had been delayed over two and a half months due to scheduling and location issues.  We’ve shot plenty [...]

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You Don’t Have To Live Like A Refugee

8. January 2009

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You Don’t Have To Live Like A Refugee

You know those cool guys who go to Starbucks to work on their screenplays?  I’m not one of them.  I’m too poor to buy coffee, and too embarrassed to sit there for six hours and then walk out without buying anything.*  So today, I went to the library to write. I was excited because l hadn’t [...]

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Because It Hurts

6. January 2009

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Because It Hurts

Computer + Mug of hot tea + Dell Xpress Service Package = No blog posts for two weeks. Good thing I bought the Idiot Warranty. In other news, I spent the day in Julian, California, writing away in the back room of a countrified buffalo burger joint.  Great service, forgettable sandwich. I re-outlined what will probably become the [...]

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