Hell No, I Ain't Happy!

Apple-poller-jeez if I seemed a mite ungrateful in my last entry. I am VERY thankful for everyone who made it to my reading on Wednesday, especially all the long-time friends.

And—thanks to someone in the audience—I might get another reading of the play done at a regional theater in the near future. And I'm now determined to get a real production of it up eventually.

AND... an agent who's been courting me just dangled some VERY intriguing potential screenwriting gigs in front of me...

All of which buoys my spirits.

But the greatest thing is, it's 4:28 AM EST on Friday and I've just finished the latest draft of my screenplay AND read it through. And I think it's kinda cool!

Of course, I'll wake up around 10 or 11 and exploit the three-hour difference between the coasts to do a few more hours of polishing before I send it to the suits. But I really think I hit their major notes. And I did it all in less than a month (most of it this past week), which is like sooo good for me.

It may lead to some trouble if I gain a reputation for being "fast", though. Because I am really not a fast writer, by nature. Working as a "professional writer" this past year, I kind of feel like a kid who's been bumped up to the Advanced Placement class, because of his good grades... but the pace of the new class is a little faster than he's used to, and he's got to struggle to keep up.

"Sellout..." muttered the Gay Horse.

"You said that already," observed Malice.

"I hate you," said the Gay Horse.

R-Rated Shuffled 5:
1. "Cyclops", Marilyn Manson
2. "The Awful Truth", Carole King
3. "The Way You Move", Outkast
4. "B.S.A.", Brian Jonestown Massacre
5. "24 Hours", The Sounds
PG-13 Bonus:
"With Every Light", Smashing Pumpkins

TGIF Laugh Corner:
Sousaphone Hero
Fewer Boys Being Born