Posts made in May, 2012

Day 152: Be Gentle

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Day 152:  Be Gentle

Day 152.  If by doing prep work on my script to begin writing pages I meant juicing, cooking, three hour phone calls with my sister, compulsively checking Facebook, my emails and my voicemails, then I’m right on track!  UGH.  What is my deal?  I woke up this morning angry at myself because I can’t seem to crack open the script.  Eye Doc Sis says I’m still tired, I need a longer break after the editing crusade.  Maybe.  I don’t know.  I hope to figure it out and in the process get my head back in the game of finishing my screenplay.  In the meantime, I plan to calm down and be gentle with myself.  If I still haven’t gotten in a writing state of mind by tomorrow, well,...

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Day 151: And so, it begins…

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Day 151:  And so, it begins…

Day 151.  When I was editing, all I could think about was writing.  Now that I have no more editing to do, all I can think is, “holy shit!  I have no excuse not to be writing!”  And so, it begins—my writing crusade.  On Day 85, I signed up for Script Frenzy.  That really did give me a nice kick in the pants and created a lot of productivity on the script but the editing crusade took precedence over it in the end.  One crusade at a time was the lesson learned.  Ahem.  I can only imagine how many similar lessons I’ll be learning the rest of this year.  Oh well.  Not going to focus on my mistakes.  Onward! The reality is, I must impose a deadline on myself in order to...

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Day 150: Quiet.

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Day 150:  Quiet.

Day 150. From the frenzy of the final days of the crusade to the excitement of the trip to Dublin to the intensity of the first week back to the lovely holiday weekend comes quiet—slow, still, quiet.  After exhaustion is met with sleep, nutrition, long walks and mindless TV, what next?  The urge to step back into 100 miles a minute is strong.  The urge to stay grounded, to organize, to refocus, to create new game plans and to prepare for what’s next is stronger. What is next?  Many things.  But specifically, for me, writing is next.  Number one on my list for today is, “Plan Writing Schedule.”  I have a screenplay to finish. As for the documentary, Dan the Amazing...

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Day 149: Sleep and Giving Thanks

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Day 149:  Sleep and Giving Thanks

Day 149.  I just woke up from a delightful 10 hours of slumber.  I did another, “go back to sleep,” to myself at 4am.  Thank god.  Feels good.  Needed it. I dreamt of a plane crash.  We were stranded in a body of water, and somehow, we managed to fly out from under it and land on an island.  No, I didn’t recently watch Lost.  All I could think when I was safely out of the plane and on dry land was how happy and lucky I felt to be alive. Reminds me of the significance of Memorial Day today.  How lucky am I that I can live safely and comfortably here in America?  I give thanks for all the service men and women, past and present, alive and fallen, who make that...

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Day 148: Am I always expanding?

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Day 148:  Am I always expanding?

Day 148. Pretty much disconnected from everything yesterday.  After sleeping a lot more the last couple of nights, it seems that I am actually more tired now—delayed travel fatigue?  I did make it to a friend’s moving sale and scored two adorable candles and a couple coffee mugs for the bargain price of two bucks.  It was good to see some lady pals and catch up on their goings on and what I consider their exciting expansion. Expansion. Such a nice word.  Such an interesting concept.  Dictionary.com’s definition of expansion is: 1. the act or process of expanding. 2.the state or quality of being expanded. 3.the amount or degree of expanding. 4.an expanded, dilated, or...

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Day 147: Weekend Mutiny

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Day 147:  Weekend Mutiny

Day 147.  I’m rested.  I’m acclimated.  I’m ready.  Where to start?  I need to get organized, make multiple plans for various crusades and clean up the house.  I want to stay in my pajamas, eat something barbequed and watch movies.  I’ve been going non-stop since I returned from the trip.  I’m happy with what got done and moved forward this past week.  So, you know what?  I’m not pushing myself this Memorial Day weekend.  In fact, I’m calling a weekend mutiny.  I’m not going to force anything to get done or be done or to happen.  If something happens, great.  If nothing happens, that’s great, too.  Whatever happens, happens—and whatever does or doesn’t...

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Day 146: Creating to Completion

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Day 146:  Creating to Completion

Day 146.  I wake up at 2:39am to pee.  I passed out at a little after 8pm last night.  I think about staying up for a minute then crawl back in bed and command myself, “sleep some more!”  And sleep, I did—another almost three hours.  Woo hoo!  Awake at 5:30am is back to normal for me.  I needed the extra zzzz’s.  Big day ahead. I’m heading to Santa Monica in a few hours to meet Screenwriter Monica and Director Brenda for a script session.  I’m ready to dial that project in and make this rewrite as productive as possible.  I mean, hello, I want to make a movie already!  I was a tad frustrated yesterday.  I mean, sheesh, not one of the projects or their teams are ready to...

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Day 145: Digging In, Going Deep

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Day 145:  Digging In, Going Deep

Day 145.  I was up at 3:37am this morning.  A little later than yesterday.  So that’s good.  I was going to try and go back to sleep but this time I couldn’t stop thinking about Screenwriter Monica’s new pages for the first act.  I stayed up and finished writing extensive notes—for the first time—on the new pages and her script in general.  I emailed them to her and Director Brenda in preparation for our meeting on Friday.  The thing that strikes me most this morning is I realize I can’t just phone in the script development process.  And that’s what I’ve been doing.  Mainly because I was so slammed with finishing the documentary editing.  But now that...

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Day 144: More Dreams

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Day 144:  More Dreams

Day 144.  I wake up at 3:18am, a little after 11am Dublin/London time—the time I usually woke up on my trip.  Can you say early schedule?  It’s a little insane and I’m sure I’ll slowly shift to a more reasonable hour as I acclimate back to LA time, but right now, I love it.  I can’t see anything out the bedroom French doors.  The day is a black canvas at this point—anything is possible.  I lie still, listening.  The window is open.  The hum of the next-door neighbor’s air conditioner kicks on.  I hear birds start to softly chirp.  I’m not the only one awake.  Uh-mazing Romantic Partner’s breath is even and deep.  I wonder what he’s dreaming? I dreamt that I...

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Day 143: Loving the adventure

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Day 143:  Loving the adventure

Day 143. I did not sleep a thousand hours, more like six.  Woke up at 4am with crazy eyes and psycho energy.  Tried to fall back asleep but it didn’t happen.  Gave up and bounced out of bed at 5am.  There’s much to do this morning!  Organize, pay bills, make lists, read pages, write pages, try and finally take a proper shit—apparently constipation is a symptom of jet lag. I meet with a director today about the second project and there’s a meeting with Director Brenda and Screenwriter Monica about the first project on Friday.  The rewrite for that one is full steam ahead.  Screenwriter Monica just emailed a new first act last night.  Can’t...

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