THINGS ARE PICKING UP!

Just a short blog this week. Thinks are starting to pick up for me personally as the town starts to stabilize. I finished up my “Jump Street” assignment and am now commenced to start writing my pilot for the Sci-Fi channel. I also hope to be going out with a spec here in the next few weeks. Last, but not least, I’m chasing a couple really cool assignments.

Basically, I’m just trying to get back into the swing of things.

While things do seem to be getting back to normal, there still seems to be a weird vibe in the air. I think maybe it has to do with the possible actor’s strike. Speaking of which, I really hope they can sort things out. The actors were really great to us and I’d support them no matter what happens, but wow – it’d be a tough pill for the town to swallow if they went on strike.

Not to mention how the below the line people would take it. They were hit so hard for the WGA strike — I can’t imagine what it would be like for them to go through it all over again. Guess we all have to keep our fingers crossed.

And while I do feel like they will work things out, it is still putting the brakes on a lot of projects that might otherwise be rolling right now.

So, I think the town is proceeding cautiously. But in that cautious state, there is some movement…

– Assignments that were commenced before the strike are starting to be turned in. So there is a frail-looking man, mid-seventies. Tiredly spooning a bowl of soup. His sister ALICE watches TV nearby. In her lap, a Pomeranian cleans itself. Windeman scowls:

NATHAN
Alice, please…?

Alice stares at him. Uncomprehending.

NATHAN

Your dog, Alice. It and my appetite are mutually exclusive.

ALICE
What’s wrong with the dog?

 

NATHAN
It’s simple. He’s been licking his asshole for three straight hours. I
submit to you that there’s nothing there worth more than an hour’s
attention, and I should think whatever he’s attempting to dislodge is either
gone for good or there to stay.

*Wouldn’t you agree*?