Tuesday, March 31, 2009
100 Pages
This website, http://www.scriptfrenzy.org/ is hosting a challenge to everyone who signs up to write 100 pages of script during the month of April. I can do that, right? Any ideas?
Monday, March 23, 2009
Because You Left
Friday was my first time back to Philly since moving out on January 31st. I've been very anxious for a trip, because I love Philly so dear. And as you may recall, one of the shows I was working on was canceled, hence why I could stay in Philly for 3 days.
I was amazed at how much things have changed in just the short time I've been gone. Brian re-decorated the house, people have new and exciting things going on in their lives, Adam and Ciana are now working for the Dharma Intuitive. It's crazy.
I arrived Friday night for Brian's party in the house were I last lived before leaving. The party started at 8:00, so being the casually late person I am, I was the first to arrive at 8:15. But soon others arrived, including, but not limited to: Sara Finne, Marybeth, Caitlin Carney-Jones, Stu and Mark Downing. Alan and Amber also came! It was a great time. It was too bad that Jenn was not there, but her band, Love City, is on tour right now.
Other good news, Marybeth and Leslie Nichols have started a video production company called Junkdrawer Media, Ink. Their website is very awesome: www.junkdrawermedia.com
Saturday, I hungout with Kelly B. for a bit. We walked around and she picked out a new pair of shoes for me at Payless. They were $22! She left to go watch some kids and soon I caught up with Ciana and then were joined by Alan, Amber and Adam (the A Squad) for dinner in Chinatown. Dinner was a good time.
Next, there was pre-gaming at Amber's apartment and we headed to The Barbary. This local Philly band called The Lemon Treasure played, and they are now my favorite band ever. We even tricked one of the girls in the band to get a picture with us in the photo booth.
Sunday, me, Alan and Amber made breakfast and watched The State on VHS. The State is hilarious. I can't believe I have never seen it before. Oh Michael Ian Black. You ARE ashamed of being jewish.
Overall, it was a really great time, and I'm glad I got to see a lot of people in Philly. I also spent a lot of time being drunk, for good or bad. (probably bad)
I was amazed at how much things have changed in just the short time I've been gone. Brian re-decorated the house, people have new and exciting things going on in their lives, Adam and Ciana are now working for the Dharma Intuitive. It's crazy.
I arrived Friday night for Brian's party in the house were I last lived before leaving. The party started at 8:00, so being the casually late person I am, I was the first to arrive at 8:15. But soon others arrived, including, but not limited to: Sara Finne, Marybeth, Caitlin Carney-Jones, Stu and Mark Downing. Alan and Amber also came! It was a great time. It was too bad that Jenn was not there, but her band, Love City, is on tour right now.
Other good news, Marybeth and Leslie Nichols have started a video production company called Junkdrawer Media, Ink. Their website is very awesome: www.junkdrawermedia.com
Saturday, I hungout with Kelly B. for a bit. We walked around and she picked out a new pair of shoes for me at Payless. They were $22! She left to go watch some kids and soon I caught up with Ciana and then were joined by Alan, Amber and Adam (the A Squad) for dinner in Chinatown. Dinner was a good time.
Next, there was pre-gaming at Amber's apartment and we headed to The Barbary. This local Philly band called The Lemon Treasure played, and they are now my favorite band ever. We even tricked one of the girls in the band to get a picture with us in the photo booth.
Sunday, me, Alan and Amber made breakfast and watched The State on VHS. The State is hilarious. I can't believe I have never seen it before. Oh Michael Ian Black. You ARE ashamed of being jewish.
Overall, it was a really great time, and I'm glad I got to see a lot of people in Philly. I also spent a lot of time being drunk, for good or bad. (probably bad)
One Man Show
[Author's note: as expected, I didn't come up with an idea for a movie or tv show. oops.]
Tonight, Jordan and I went to a show at The Upright Citizen's Brigade Theater, or UCB. First, we're preeeeetty sure we saw Zach Galifianakis in attendance. That was pretty cool. We saw two performances. The 2nd performance I'm sorry to say was not really funny and consisted of a few people doing about 9 short sketches.
But the first performance was amazing. It was presented as this crazy, celebrity lady having recently died and everyone in the audience was attending her funeral. A portion of her video will would be played on the screen and then she would talk about a person close to her. Then this girl (who had played the celebrity on the tape) would come out and play the character. Some of the characters she played were a 9 year old niece, a blind cousin, a lawyer, and Gloria Estefan. It was funny and I loved how the video was mixed into the performance.
I think I may have realized two things tonight. 1) I want to marry this girl. 2) I would love to do something like this myself one day. It's been a long time since those high school musical days.
I remember after my first year of Bloom when I realized I hated it there, I had seriously thought about dropping out and moving to Chicago to take classes at Second City. Things have certainly worked out very well for me, so I guess I made the right decision. I could take classes in improve or sketch writing at the UCB, Jordan has taken a couple.
But I think doing a one man show is something I would want to do. I have thought about doing stand-up, but I don't think I'd be good at telling straight-up jokes, where as telling stories is something I can be good at.
Did this entry have a point?
Tonight, Jordan and I went to a show at The Upright Citizen's Brigade Theater, or UCB. First, we're preeeeetty sure we saw Zach Galifianakis in attendance. That was pretty cool. We saw two performances. The 2nd performance I'm sorry to say was not really funny and consisted of a few people doing about 9 short sketches.
But the first performance was amazing. It was presented as this crazy, celebrity lady having recently died and everyone in the audience was attending her funeral. A portion of her video will would be played on the screen and then she would talk about a person close to her. Then this girl (who had played the celebrity on the tape) would come out and play the character. Some of the characters she played were a 9 year old niece, a blind cousin, a lawyer, and Gloria Estefan. It was funny and I loved how the video was mixed into the performance.
I think I may have realized two things tonight. 1) I want to marry this girl. 2) I would love to do something like this myself one day. It's been a long time since those high school musical days.
I remember after my first year of Bloom when I realized I hated it there, I had seriously thought about dropping out and moving to Chicago to take classes at Second City. Things have certainly worked out very well for me, so I guess I made the right decision. I could take classes in improve or sketch writing at the UCB, Jordan has taken a couple.
But I think doing a one man show is something I would want to do. I have thought about doing stand-up, but I don't think I'd be good at telling straight-up jokes, where as telling stories is something I can be good at.
Did this entry have a point?
Thursday, March 19, 2009
The Highs and Lows of Being Number One.
The show I work on got canceled on Monday. Oops. Luckily my company has a couple other shows in production, so I still have work, but this does suck.
Sunday, Jordan and I went to the A. C. Newmen show. You should know, since I had never heard of A. C. Newmen, singer of The New Pornographers, that I made several jokes to Jordan, including revolving around Newmen from Seinfeld, Pornography, and singing that "Music in You" song by The New Radicals. Well done.
Before the show, we went to Katz deli and bought really expensive, but really delicious sandwiches. I, of course, got the Reuben. It was fantastic, and they give you a lot of pickles on the side. The best part though, was seeing an asian girl who looked a lot like Lindsay from Freaks and Geeks, including a green jacket! We nick-named her "Asian Lindsay".
The opening band for A. C. Newmen was Dent May. They were really good, a lot of energy. Newmen joked that the bands they get to open for them always end up becoming really popular really fast, case in point the last band that opened for them was Vampire Weekend. So keep an eye on these Dent May kids. Maybe look them up on MySpace if you can even bring yourself to log-on to that anymore.
I hate to talk about TV again, but I will. Last weeks episodes of 30 Rock and The Office were fantastic. I was impressed. Dollhouse has been getting better. Friday's episode promises to be the best episode of the series ever. And LOST has been all over the place this season, but there has been some really great episodes.
Okay, let me try this. The next time I write a blog entry, it will have to be about an idea for a TV show or movie. Okay, let's see what I can come up with.
Sunday, Jordan and I went to the A. C. Newmen show. You should know, since I had never heard of A. C. Newmen, singer of The New Pornographers, that I made several jokes to Jordan, including revolving around Newmen from Seinfeld, Pornography, and singing that "Music in You" song by The New Radicals. Well done.
Before the show, we went to Katz deli and bought really expensive, but really delicious sandwiches. I, of course, got the Reuben. It was fantastic, and they give you a lot of pickles on the side. The best part though, was seeing an asian girl who looked a lot like Lindsay from Freaks and Geeks, including a green jacket! We nick-named her "Asian Lindsay".
The opening band for A. C. Newmen was Dent May. They were really good, a lot of energy. Newmen joked that the bands they get to open for them always end up becoming really popular really fast, case in point the last band that opened for them was Vampire Weekend. So keep an eye on these Dent May kids. Maybe look them up on MySpace if you can even bring yourself to log-on to that anymore.
I hate to talk about TV again, but I will. Last weeks episodes of 30 Rock and The Office were fantastic. I was impressed. Dollhouse has been getting better. Friday's episode promises to be the best episode of the series ever. And LOST has been all over the place this season, but there has been some really great episodes.
Okay, let me try this. The next time I write a blog entry, it will have to be about an idea for a TV show or movie. Okay, let's see what I can come up with.
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
I'm gonna get drunnnnnk.
Running around Times Square at 3, 4, and 5 in the morning, as I do, you see some interesting thing. I'll skip the story of the guy I saw masturbating one Sunday night on the subway train and tell you about what I saw Thursday night.
I got out of work and headed to 7-11 to get a blueberry muffin. (side track: the blueberry muffins at 7-11 are surprisingly good and cheaper here then at Dunkin Donuts, where I usually get my muffins.) As I neared the entrance I saw a crazy guy go inside. I got my muffin and payed for it. As I left the counter, the crazy guy, who was under 30, long hair, homeless, and wearing a sombrero, approached the counter with hands full of beer. (I still can't get over the fact you can buy beer anywhere here.)
And he sang: "I'm gonna get drunk in 10 minutes because I'm homeless and then I'm gonna get stoned cause I got dollars". As the other people in the store laughed and the clerk proclaimed "I'm from India", the man told them to check out his sign, as he ran to grab the cardboard sign he laid near the entrance.
I left the store and a few feet later I saw a girl sitting on the ground, head down, and a splatter of vomit next to her. I thought about asking her if she was okay, but I didn't. I wish I had. There are crazy , drunk, homeless people out there...
I got out of work and headed to 7-11 to get a blueberry muffin. (side track: the blueberry muffins at 7-11 are surprisingly good and cheaper here then at Dunkin Donuts, where I usually get my muffins.) As I neared the entrance I saw a crazy guy go inside. I got my muffin and payed for it. As I left the counter, the crazy guy, who was under 30, long hair, homeless, and wearing a sombrero, approached the counter with hands full of beer. (I still can't get over the fact you can buy beer anywhere here.)
And he sang: "I'm gonna get drunk in 10 minutes because I'm homeless and then I'm gonna get stoned cause I got dollars". As the other people in the store laughed and the clerk proclaimed "I'm from India", the man told them to check out his sign, as he ran to grab the cardboard sign he laid near the entrance.
I left the store and a few feet later I saw a girl sitting on the ground, head down, and a splatter of vomit next to her. I thought about asking her if she was okay, but I didn't. I wish I had. There are crazy , drunk, homeless people out there...
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Your World Is Gonna Change Nothing
Tuesday, Jordan and I went to Other Music so I could buy the new Bishop Allen album and then Bishop Allen played a free show there! It was great and I liked hearing the new songs. I think this was the 6th time I've seen Bishop Allen. Always a good time.
I'm thinking my new blog can very easily turn into me writing fanboy reviews of things. Let's talk about the new BA album. It's pretty good, I like it. I think the internet has been giving it a B and I'd say that's probably want I give it. After 2 listens, nothing quite sticks out, or is stuck in my head as I would hope, particularly like "Middle Management" from the last album. But the songs are good and I'm sure this will quickly grow on me. I guess my complaints would be all the songs are short, nothing over 4 minutes, and since the last album only came out in August of 2007, maybe they could have spent a little more time on it, but it's still great and I enjoy it.
In other music news, I finally got around to listening to the Okkervil River mix Catie gave me. I liked their last album, The Stage Names , a lot. After listening to the mix, I've come to the conclusion that I love their upbeat, rocking songs a lot. "Singer Songwriter" from their new album The Stand Ins is easily one of my favorite new songs. But their slower songs I am not that into. One of the songs on the mix was really slow and dreadful and I was not into it at all.
In other fun news, Jordan invited me to Hoboken St. Patrick's Day on Saturday. It was a fun time. Kurt woke us up at 10 am and then we started drinking. Nothing like a Rolling Rock before breakfast. Then we recounted tales that involved all of us saving each others lives at some point.
Maybe I will write some more reviews on stuff like Watchmen and Dollhouse. Maybe.
I've been in a bad habit lately of wasting too much of my day. Today I didn't get out of bed til well after 4 pm. ick. Although, in my defense, I usually don't go to bed til 6...7... or 8 am.
I guess that's it. Oh, and I ate 6 slices of pizza tonight.
I'm thinking my new blog can very easily turn into me writing fanboy reviews of things. Let's talk about the new BA album. It's pretty good, I like it. I think the internet has been giving it a B and I'd say that's probably want I give it. After 2 listens, nothing quite sticks out, or is stuck in my head as I would hope, particularly like "Middle Management" from the last album. But the songs are good and I'm sure this will quickly grow on me. I guess my complaints would be all the songs are short, nothing over 4 minutes, and since the last album only came out in August of 2007, maybe they could have spent a little more time on it, but it's still great and I enjoy it.
In other music news, I finally got around to listening to the Okkervil River mix Catie gave me. I liked their last album, The Stage Names , a lot. After listening to the mix, I've come to the conclusion that I love their upbeat, rocking songs a lot. "Singer Songwriter" from their new album The Stand Ins is easily one of my favorite new songs. But their slower songs I am not that into. One of the songs on the mix was really slow and dreadful and I was not into it at all.
In other fun news, Jordan invited me to Hoboken St. Patrick's Day on Saturday. It was a fun time. Kurt woke us up at 10 am and then we started drinking. Nothing like a Rolling Rock before breakfast. Then we recounted tales that involved all of us saving each others lives at some point.
Maybe I will write some more reviews on stuff like Watchmen and Dollhouse. Maybe.
I've been in a bad habit lately of wasting too much of my day. Today I didn't get out of bed til well after 4 pm. ick. Although, in my defense, I usually don't go to bed til 6...7... or 8 am.
I guess that's it. Oh, and I ate 6 slices of pizza tonight.
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