Congratulate Me
Today’s post was originally going to include the punchline, “…And then he woke up with a dick in his mouth,” but since I’m the latest recipient of the Brillante Weblog Premio 2008, I decided that sort of humor is beneath me. (For today, anyway.) I’d like to thank Gillian Horvath of Athena TV for handing […]
Cha Cha Cha
I recently heard about a new service, called Cha Cha. It’s pretty cool. Basically, you just call them up, ask a question, and a few minutes later, you get a text message with the answer. An answer, anyway. The way it works is, they pay people 20 cents per answer. Which is great, because humans […]
An Earthquake? In Los Angeles? My Stars!
Yes, I survived the earthquake. I was driving at the time, and I didn’t even realize it had happened until my sister called me to ask if I was okay. Jesus, it was a 5.4. The only reason I wouldn’t be okay is that I got distracted picking up the phone because you called to […]
My New Favorite Blog
I tend to find film criticism either insufferably pedantic, ill informed, or both. I prefer to take my criticism with wit and irony. And possibly pedophilia jokes. I recently found David Bordwell’s blog. His name sounded familiar, and after a bit of googling, I realized I’d read his book Film Art Introduction in film school. […]
Weekend Viewing
Unlike most people, I didn’t go to Dark Knight this weekend. I’ve already seen it on a regular screen, and all the Imax screenings were sold out. Instead, I went to Venice beach. (In my excitement to be outside and away from the office, I called up a friend who lives in Hawaii, which is […]
On an Unrelated Note…
I’ve just been looking at my incoming links (I like to see what people are searching for when they find my site), and two questions sprang to mind. Who’s been searching for “0000001000000110000001000000110000001000000100000010000001,” and, upon doing so, why did they decide The Anonymous Production Assistant Blog must be the site they’re looking for? By the […]
Stealing Ideas
Well, I didn’t get to send anyone to the electric chair. (Or whatever it is they do nowadays. Hang ’em? Shoot ’em? Are we still stoning people?) It’s been a long, boring day, so I’ll keep this post short. I was going through some old e-mails, and I uncovered a dream I had totally forgotten […]
Civic Duty
My posting schedule will be a erratic for a little while, as I will be spending my days sitting in judgment of my fellow man. In a totally socially-endorsed way, too! If you’re in the courthouse tomorrow, I’ll be the angriest of the twelve angry men. I’m just not sure which argument I should make […]
Video Killed the Fi-i-ilm Star
I know lots of people who can’t stand HD. I worked for an AC who would say, “I don’t care what the resolution is, it’s still video.” Really, do you know anybody outside the business who can even tell the difference between HD and film, much less cares? More pertinently, I had professors proclaim there […]
Incoming Links
Hey, Alex Epstein gave me a link! That’s some quality endorsement. Besides being full of amazing advice, Alex has a tendency to link to other great writers, as well. While on the subject of links, Amanda the Aspiring writer posted a link to a TV writer’s group. It sounds like fun, and I definitely plan […]
I Tell Myself This Sometimes
You’re not a very good writer. You’re not smart enough. You don’t know what you’re doing. You don’t construct engaging stories. You don’t know how to build a scene. You don’t build tension, and you don’t release it with comedy relief. You don’t know what’s funny. You don’t create three dimensional characters. You won’t stop […]
A Derivative Post
John August has another one of his Scene Challenges up. The goal is to write a scene where one character explains to another what investment derivatives are. It was a difficult writing problem, since I have no idea what investment derivatives are. I’m #48.