1. I'm on my mom's computer. It's very strange. And by strange, I'm pretty sure I mean boring. It's actually kind of nice, because it's such a pain in the ass going to a website that I don't have at my fingertips (ie: facebook) that I often don't bother going there at all. It definitely helps speed the writing process along.


2. I watched Frost/Nixon last night (I also watched Music of the Heart again, go figure) and I loved ittttt. God, I love political dramas. Especially when they just hinge so much on a certain character. Or two characters. Whatever. I love it.


3. And, because this information is highly relevant to all your lives:
   

   Days spent writing: 3
   Pages completed: 4
   Hours spent watching Music of the Heart: 5 (note: never let number of pages completed exceed this)
   Characters: 3
   ScriptNotes: 16
   Biggest challenge: Not watching Prime, knowing it will probably ruin one of my characters if I do.
   Second biggest challenge: Trying to write dialogue that doesn't sound like something out of a Lifetime movie.

1. I think this would be kind of a fabulous time to muse on this year of fandom (I start my fandom years in June because that's when I started fangirling for the first time). I was thinking about how you can have a great year with shitty fandoms and a shitty year with great fandoms, and this is definitely the latter, but the fandoms certainly helped a little. Seriously, check out this epic list.
   

   Gilda Radner June 13, 2008, 11:53 PM - 12:06 AM
   Nora Dunn
   Jane Curtin July 10, 2008, shortly before 5:00 PM
   Helen Mirren August 12, 2008, 8:00 - 11:49 PM
   Dana Delany August 31, 2008, 8 AM - 11 PM
   Natasha Richardson September 23, 2008, 9 AM - 5:53 PM
   Madeline Kahn September 24, 2008, 4:30-9 PM
   Željko Ivanek December 14, 2008, 11 AM - 6:55 PM
   Jill Biden January 20, 2009, 2:03 - 2:07 PM
   Elizabeth Mitchell February 8, 2009, 4:57 - 6:15 PM
   Michael Emerson February 9, 2009, before 6:26 PM
   Cherry Jones March 5, 2009, 7:30-9:30 PM
   Bob Gunton March 13, 2009, 11:30 AM - 6:25 PM
   Lisa Edelstein (specifically Lisa Cuddy) May 3, 2009, 7:48 PM
   Meryl Streep May 17, 2009, 6:37-6:43 PM

   
   God, that is fierce. Also, I pretty much non-fangirled Tina Fey for the entire first semester, so that was pretty rad as well. But seriously, look at it. Gilda Radner, Jane Curtin...awesome use of time. Helen Mirren and Dana Delany were fairly solid time-wasters. I don't really know what happened there with Natasha Richardson (it was kind of ridiculously short and resulted in nothing) but it was nice to have that on there, especially looking back now. Andre, Michael Emerson, Bob Gunton...those fucking weird guys made my year. Lisa Edelstein, that was awesome. It was more about House, and I do that pretty much every year, but I loved it anyway. And Cherry Jones? On 24? So life-owning. And finally, freaking Meryl Streep, just...brilliance all around. Also, so much variety. Three guys. A lesbian. Comedy, drama, some weird combination of both. Film, television, theatre. Politics. Britishness. Slovenianism. I love itttt.


2. I wish I could post more about Meryl, because this would be an awesome thing to have a record of. But this is just one of those fandoms where I can't really express myself that way. Whatever. It's all good. However, I will say that I watched Music of the Heart today and I LOVED IT. SO MUCH. Okay, seriously, I am such a sucker for inspiring teacher movies. Especially ones that involve music or dancing or writing or some form of self-expression. I love them, pretty much unconditionally. So this was incredibly up my alley, especially because of the awesome acting, which is kind of rare for that genre. I wasn't 100% satisfied with the writing, but it was the 90's, so I'll let it slide. But it's just like...Meryl Streep playing the violin and then hugging a bunch of inner-city kids, so it's brilliant all over the place.


3. Oh btw I also watched King of California today...holy shit, that was one of the most surprisingly amazing scripts I have ever seen transformed into a movie. I don't even know, it just seems to be like no movie has ever made me feel that way before. It was indie but also not too indie, like...the plot was really fascinating on its own aside from the relationships, but the relationships were really interesting too. It was a perfect combination because most movies seem to be lacking in at least one of those two areas. So, yeah. I enjoyed it quite a bit.


4. I am definitely going to bed now because it is summer and I can do whatever I want. Also, I'm sending my laptop to get fixed (when you have 2 months to write a full-length screenplay, you generally don't want to be stuck with a computer that has a couple of rarely functioning keys), so I will most likely be updating from my mom's computer the next time you hear from me. I was hoping to go computerless while it was gone (I could use a peaceful week or two), but I'm totally crazy about this script and I need it to go places, so I'm thinking Final Draft and I will be joined at the hip during this time. That, and I will be watching about 600 movies featuring Meryl during that time. I've never spent so much time without watching TV. It feels nice, I think?

averita

Kelsey: I've been Bob Guntonless for so long that his voice makes me squirm, lmao. If that isn't sexual, I don't know what is.
Avery: No need to wonder - it's sexual. LMAO. I wonder if he's done any audio books?
Kelsey: God, I hope not. I DON'T KNOW IF I COULD DEAL WITH AN ORGASM OF THAT LENGTH. lmfao that capslock was an accident but it amused me so I left it that way.
Avery: Capslock has a mind of its own. And who was it, Cameron? That said women can have an hour long orgasm. Clearly she was talking about Bob Gunton.
Kelsey: Let's be honest here. Cameron is ALWAYS talking about Bob Gunton.
Avery: She keeps his frozen sperm.
Kelsey: He drops into the clinic with fake issues once a week to see her secretly. And they're all euphemisms or things like "my penis is on fire."
Avery: She prescribed him Viagra once and he was insulted. She couldn't sit down for a week.
Kelsey: I really want to write Cameron/Bob Gunton fic now. I love/hate you so hard.
Avery:Well, I feel your pain, but you realize you MUST do this now. I deem it necessary to both our existence and the general wellbeing of the universe.
Kelsey: It's so hard knowing that we have so much influence and power for greatness in the world.
Avery: With great power comes great responsibility. In this case, Cameron/Bob Gunton fic.
Kelsey: We could start a religion revolving around it, even.
Avery: Oh man, with Blueberry, and Ben/Locke...and dirty thoughts are TOTALLY allowed at church.
Kelsey: When they do something wrong they have to repent by making a sex vow to Bob Gunton.
Avery: "Hail Cameron, full of Bob..."

roselafleur

Tess: Church of the Later Day Gunton's perchance? Or Guntolicism.
Kelsey: lmfao I love the first one. Especially because "Later Day" sounds like a circumstantial thing for having sex.
Tess: It's like you all do it in the afternoon or evening and with a picture of him beside the bed, blessing the sex with his magic finger.

1. Hey, does anyone have Skype? I want to start using it more. It seemed pretty awesome when the guy used it in You Suck At Photoshop. But none of my friends use it (except for one whose calls I dodge religiously), so it seems kind of pointless staying signed in without anyone to talk to.


2. I am seriously excited for 4 out of the 6 new scripted shows NBC picked up. Like, okay, I hate to watch new shows before I hear good things, but I am seriously considering watching these anyway. Maura Tierney on my TV is excellent at all times, no question. I love the sound of the post-apocalyptic one, just because that is always awesome. And the two comedies sound pretty good. We'll see. The medical dramas sound kind of lame, though. I think people are just trying to replace ER and come up with something edgy, but I don't think that's what people are necessarily looking for right now. They want socially-driven shows like Grey's Anatomy or shows with flawed personalities, like House.


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