Well what do you know…
Chuck Klosterman and I had the same observation about a certain highway sign in New Mexico. Klosterman, in a pretty hilarious 2005 Esquire profile of Val Kilmer: “The drive to Santa Fe on I-25 is mildly Zen; there are road signs that say, GUSTY WINDS MAY EXIST. This seems more like lazy philosophy than travel [...]
Boobs, blood, and teeth, and the pinnacle of my career
I guess it’s about time I confessed: Yes, I helped develop Piranha 3-D. I am definitely bound to see it this weekend. Whether I see it in 3D or not is questionable, since it’s so unreliable these days. But I’ll be there, hoping for packed, laughing houses of moral degenerates. That’s what we were aiming [...]
This achievement would be cooler with a flux capacitor
I hit 88 pages the other night, which means that at my next writing session I should cross 90 – and that’s a benchmark I prize. Since the rule is that one page approximately equals one minute of screen time when it’s all averaged out, 90 is about the minimum length at which a screenplay [...]
Editorializing everywhere these days
Now I’m not going to pretend everyone is wired to understand the awesomeness that is Chromeo, but some people work far too hard at hatin’. This comes from the Amazon.com page for their upcoming album: Check a corresponding box or enter your own tags in the field below. lame(12) crappy music(10) craptacular(8) overrated(6) funk(7) electro(5) [...]
Tips for the LA Writer’s Life – Sanctuary
You are a writer in LA. You are probably poor, so you’re looking for ways to save money. You do not aspire to murder anyone, so you’re looking for ways to reduce your time in the car. A vital part of building your routine in LA will involve finding sanctuary places – places where you [...]
Strange realization for the day
If you count either a one-line role in a webisode that featured at least one SAG performer, or a deleted scene in a direct-to-DVD feature film (and surely one of the two could count), then I have a Kevin Bacon number of only 3, according to the rules of the classic Six Degrees of Kevin [...]
The future is a place you’re just going to have to be
I went to an Eels concert in Santa Ana last night – a small warm-up date for their upcoming world tour. I have never owned an Eels album and have no songs in my brain connected to their name. But Adam bought the tickets, they are one of his favorite bands, and it was his [...]
The Annual Brett Favre Un-Retirement Watch: Day One
Looks like someone wants to sit out training camp again.
What is the sound of an e-cricket chirping?
Wow, did not intend to go two weeks without a post here. It’s not that I haven’t been blogging, but for some reason everything I have written has felt more comfortable on my filtered blog. Maybe I’ll dredge some of it over here, but since I don’t really know that anyone reads this other than [...]