tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52211072024-02-20T09:00:39.656-05:00Nonsensical UtteringsWhat does this journal offer? A glimpse into my life. And what will I do on my journal? To quote the classic cartoon, Rabbit of Seville, "Yell & Scream & Rant & Rave"Rocky & Mugsy's Mollhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03638010023649792098noreply@blogger.comBlogger55125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5221107.post-64327345680148466452010-11-27T23:00:00.000-05:002010-11-27T23:00:08.649-05:00Saturday night. Babysitting for the sis.
The sky is more dark here - the air more crisp.
By my apartment, the sky glows at night. The air is damp with the moisture from the river. The city beckons from my home. It's steady heartbeat drumming back and forth on the PATH train.
I'm watching television. "In Her Shoes" One of those typically girly movies I tend to get sucked into. Even Rocky & Mugsy's Mollhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03638010023649792098noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5221107.post-17801381939650947002008-08-13T23:49:00.002-04:002008-08-13T23:55:55.882-04:00Unmistakable – when you walked into a roomUnforgettable – with a laugh you made your ownUndeniable – the passion to live your dreamUnbelievable - to be blessed in knowing youJesse was frequently in my thoughts even though we weren’t in constant contact. I was thinking of him more often the last few months – between his big basketball game – his impending move – and text messages about his Rocky & Mugsy's Mollhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03638010023649792098noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5221107.post-66143372013578675412008-08-13T23:46:00.003-04:002008-08-14T00:04:42.866-04:00In Loving Memory Jesse came into our lives on a sunny day near the beginning of spring a few years back. He stepped off the elevator on the 4th floor at Grand St, resume in hand, hoping to land a gig. His bravado made an impression and luckily we had an opening. Jesse worked with us thru three projects – two features and a tv show.I remember the first day I introduced myself to him. He was Rocky & Mugsy's Mollhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03638010023649792098noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5221107.post-91238639397192935132008-07-10T18:48:00.006-04:002008-08-13T23:58:20.086-04:00Seems I'm down to posting once or twice a year. It isn't for lack of effort - I definitely visit my blog more often - hoping to write something. It isn't for lack of material - God knows there's been plenty of drama going on between now and last November. It is more this - at this juncture in my life I'm tired of complaining because i feel that is what my life has been reduced to - complainingRocky & Mugsy's Mollhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03638010023649792098noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5221107.post-22890473562113197502007-11-08T14:54:00.000-05:002007-11-08T15:34:42.904-05:00Here's the lowdown on what's gone on since April:The crazy pilot I mentioned in my last post got picked up for eight episodes. The series portion was just as insane as the pilot but spread out over about five months - more than five hours sleep was a rare thing during that time. We managed to crank out five episodes before various factors shut us down - about a week BEFORE the writer's strike.Rocky & Mugsy's Mollhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03638010023649792098noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5221107.post-40598992333275253372007-04-27T20:17:00.000-04:002007-04-27T22:04:10.171-04:00Never say it can't get worse cause sure as shit it will certainly get worse - usually in ways you couldn't even imagine.I didn't do this fatal flaw on Tuesday but what I didn't know was that someone else had tempted fate for me......Couple weeks ago, the writer on one of the pilots I worked on emailed to ask me for a working draft of the script. Seems they were planning on doing some re-shoots.IRocky & Mugsy's Mollhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03638010023649792098noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5221107.post-54921401274142721182007-04-10T00:04:00.000-04:002007-04-10T00:13:50.315-04:00Done!I did it! I did it! I did it! I wrote a spec all by myself!Finished - polished - handed in.Gave it to former boss man, writer/producer on the show and director of development at the creator's production company.Now I gotta keep my ass in gear and get the SECOND spec done and the spec for one of the two pilots that will hopefully get picked up.Trying to figure out which one to work on Rocky & Mugsy's Mollhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03638010023649792098noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5221107.post-80320178151688300582007-03-28T21:12:00.000-04:002007-03-28T21:16:11.893-04:00Finally working on my script... again! I have high hopes to finish not only the first spec but a second one as well. Boss man's new assistant and I get along great. I have no problem training him or responding to all his questions. But it just irks me that he gets to do things; I was not allowed to do when I was an assistant. Plus he has a built in database - me - of information on how to doRocky & Mugsy's Mollhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03638010023649792098noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5221107.post-89942579199027334292007-02-20T12:40:00.000-05:002007-02-20T13:31:03.792-05:00Some things just never change.Done with the movie. It was a long haul but in the end I was glad for the experience. I feel like I can handle almost anything after the marathon of torture we all endured on that set.The director turned out to be two faced. I killed myself for him but like most people in his position, he either didn't appreciate it or couldn't care less. Once we moved into post Rocky & Mugsy's Mollhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03638010023649792098noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5221107.post-1163090567899844402006-11-09T11:41:00.000-05:002006-11-09T11:52:32.056-05:00Is It Over Yet? - A RantNope - still got one more month to go of hell on this movie. Working on this project has been like one long nightmare and I'll be glad when it is all done and in the can.I don't have much that's good to say about this current job other than I'm employed and can thus keep the roof over my head and my animals fed and happy. What sucks is at the end of all this - instead ofRocky & Mugsy's Mollhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03638010023649792098noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5221107.post-1159033639379901072006-09-23T13:43:00.000-04:002006-09-23T13:47:19.396-04:00I wrote this in an email to a dear friend today and I think it sums up my life since I last wrote on blogger pretty well so I decided to post it:Just so you don't think i dropped off the face of the earth and into an abyss. Oh wait....I have! I'm working at least 70-80 hours a week on this new movie. I'm bringing work home to do on the weekends. I'm getting paid shit and while everyone respects Rocky & Mugsy's Mollhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03638010023649792098noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5221107.post-1155156389985049672006-08-09T16:40:00.000-04:002006-08-09T16:50:11.590-04:00Yes today is National Underwear Day.And in honor of the day, I've decided to put my underwear on inside out.In fact, I was so ENTHUSED about this holiday, I practiced this feat last week.Ahh the joys of flea brain.In other news, our wrap party is tonite. My sis got us a free hotel room so we can party till late in the nite and not have to worry about getting home. Oddly enough, it is the same Rocky & Mugsy's Mollhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03638010023649792098noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5221107.post-1153522388463661392006-07-21T18:41:00.000-04:002006-07-21T18:53:08.473-04:00Going going gone.It really was too good to be true.I asked if the rumors about my being kicked out of my new fancy office were true.I was told maybe possibly however they liked me where I was and didn't want to move me. If they had to, they'd let me know and put me back where I was or in a cubicle area.The new director/writer on this new movie and the exec producer apparently threw a tizzy over Rocky & Mugsy's Mollhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03638010023649792098noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5221107.post-1152639882794575222006-07-11T13:29:00.000-04:002006-07-11T13:44:42.826-04:00So much for my own office.Boss man popped in unannounced today. First time he's been in the office and off set in at least a month - maybe longer.Didn't know I'd been moved. Silly me, I thought he'd been part of the decision to put me here.And said they may need to move me - again. Probably back to where I was previously residing I would imagine.Sigh.Plus I FINALLY got my head outta my ass andRocky & Mugsy's Mollhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03638010023649792098noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5221107.post-1151010641727937082006-06-22T16:36:00.000-04:002006-06-22T17:10:41.766-04:00Exceedingly painfully horrifically slow at work these days. No looming clearance issues. No million re-writes of script pages. No tasks from boss man to rush over. I've got absolutely NADA to do. Which should be great - I should have that script basically done by now - right? Right? Right? ...........................well........haha.........ummm..........no. My mental funk and block is Rocky & Mugsy's Mollhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03638010023649792098noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5221107.post-1150300323874673942006-06-14T11:46:00.000-04:002006-06-14T11:52:03.890-04:00Back from our second & final hiatus. I actually got some time off for a pleasant change. Granted I ended up working from home, but better to be at home than having to commute and work outta the office.My new apartment needs some major help. It'll be all good as I used to say way back when - just gonna take a bit longer to get there.Still working on my script - I haven't actually looked at it Rocky & Mugsy's Mollhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03638010023649792098noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5221107.post-1149198273144527282006-06-01T16:38:00.000-04:002006-06-01T17:44:33.206-04:00Ikea is the devil. I've been in the store before - three times just to browse and get ideas and once with my sister when she bought some knick knacks.Tuesday was my first experience actually purchasing a product from them and what a fucking nightmare. It took at least three hours to make a purchase - THREE HOURS!Totally insane.It didn't help that basically every associate talked to me as thoughRocky & Mugsy's Mollhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03638010023649792098noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5221107.post-1147977849989618772006-05-18T14:18:00.000-04:002006-06-01T17:48:35.946-04:00Another huge fight. Another night of tears. Another day of fighting off these depressive and dark thoughts.I feel like I'm spinning out of control.I feel utterly alone.I hope its all just a short melodramatic blip on my radar that will soon pass away.But I know it just keeps getting worse.The sadness.The sheer despair that food nor sleep can wear away.I'm not alone. I have friends. I have my Rocky & Mugsy's Mollhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03638010023649792098noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5221107.post-1146945929185749602006-05-06T16:03:00.000-04:002006-05-06T16:05:29.196-04:00I've been published. I wish I could feel more excited. I should be esctatic. But all that's sticking with me as of this exact moment is for all the well wishes and congrats and great comments I've gotten - I had to call my own family to see if they'd bothered to even read the email I sent with the link to where my story resides and to find out not only that they had bothered but were too busy Rocky & Mugsy's Mollhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03638010023649792098noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5221107.post-1146698561279612252006-05-03T19:18:00.000-04:002006-05-03T19:22:41.280-04:00Still working on the spec script - halfway thru Act Two.I'm considering entering some stories I've written into the Writer's Digest contest. I need to get back into the writing groove.Also I'm moving!Can't wait - I'm so sick of where I live right now. I had been looking into buying a condo - what a fiasco that was - give me another couple of years and a serious raise - then I'll consider it Rocky & Mugsy's Mollhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03638010023649792098noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5221107.post-1146698315492616802006-05-03T19:15:00.000-04:002006-05-06T11:23:31.243-04:00Some days, like today, I feel bad about how much I bitch about my boss.Considering all things he's a very nice guy.He lets me be. He doesn't hound me about my work. He trusts me to complete the tasks I have before me.All in all not a bad guy.He even extended my pay on the movie for four weeks.It could be much worse. I'll try to remember all this the next time he talks to me like I'm an idiot Rocky & Mugsy's Mollhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03638010023649792098noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5221107.post-1145641528758505242006-04-21T12:11:00.000-04:002006-05-05T15:41:46.906-04:00Dong, Shlong, Tits & AssDon't get too excited. I haven't decided to make this into a x-rated blog. One of the joys of my job is that I deal with clearances and standards & practices concerns when it comes to our scripts.Yes I act as the script police.And on the show I work for, we reference porn in almost every episode. The show's got a lotta horny men in it, what can I say. In fact I deal Rocky & Mugsy's Mollhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03638010023649792098noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5221107.post-1145376815299289332006-04-18T12:09:00.000-04:002006-04-18T12:13:35.313-04:00Brainstorming some ideas. Hope to have at least an outline by the end of this week. At least. Everyone says I should use my free time at work to write, but I end up getting distracted. Once distracted, the train my ideas were on usually derails. Never to be righted again.So it will be a challenge. But a good challenge. I need a goal. I need a deadline. Otherwise I simply flounder about Rocky & Mugsy's Mollhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03638010023649792098noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5221107.post-1145330351140449652006-04-17T23:06:00.000-04:002006-05-06T11:21:00.140-04:00Filming's been pushed till Friday. This is because the 2nd script (we shoot two at at time) didn't arrive until late last night and needs some work. Not to mention, even if it was in perfect condition, trying to prep an hour long show in oh about two days is basically impossible.Our 1st AD (Assistant Director) was literally moaning all day while breaking down the script and trying to schedule Rocky & Mugsy's Mollhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03638010023649792098noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5221107.post-1144707989665956512006-04-10T18:14:00.000-04:002006-04-10T18:29:07.843-04:00Thanks to all the visitors who took the time to read my story. I haven't written fiction in quite some time and I hope this story provides enough impetus to allow me to finish some other pieces I have at home.The tv show stopped filming on Friday. We're on a short hiatus. The crew gets time off on these hiatuses - I however don't get to reap this benefit. This is because while we aren't Rocky & Mugsy's Mollhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03638010023649792098noreply@blogger.com0