I got that job I wanted! woohoo I'm so excited. I'll be Vault Manager for a post production company and this is the step right below Assistant editor which is the next stage in my career path. if you want to know why I was nervous about getting it, read about my day yesterday in my Bob entry leading...

The shooting yesterday in Joplin Missouri was at my little sister's middle school. A school I went to when it used to be the Jr. High. Luckily, my mom and dad were off work yesterday for columbus day and they took Katie out of school so that they could visit colleges in Arkansas with my other little...

it just occurred to me that my day has been so interesting and funny that I should enumerate it's amazing turns. I woke up early, turned on cnn, remembered I'd seen last night about the nuke thing and groaned that I'd hear nothing else on NPR, so I reminded myself to take my nano so I could listen t...

Petra, fvck them. You had a good time, don't let them cause you to feel awkward, make them feel awkward instead. More confidence and attitude, throw it right back in their face.

Bob,


man oh man do I want that job, boy I hope I get it. Cross your fingers.

my copies not at my apartment in LA it's back at my parents house in Missouri.

Great review Craig, I'm going to repost my full review from HTF: The Departed - ***½ Every bit as powerful and good a film as Gangs of New York and the Aviator. I've not seen any of the Infernal Affairs films. A note on spoilers. I will discuss who is good cop and bad cop, I won't reveal major plot...

Empire of the Sun - visual poetry. Agony and Ecstasy of growing up. A Matter of Life and Death - visual perfection. Greatest love story ever. The Apartment - Best dialogue ever. Second greatest love story The Princess Bride - So damned Funny, never gets old Casablanca - dialogue, visuals, love story...

yeah, it's a discworld book, it's the third Tiffany Aching book, tangentially related to Granny Weatherwax. first Tiffany Aching book was the Wee Free Men, in which Tiffany has to befriend and betrick the Nac Mac Feegle which are wonderfully vile little blue men, (they're like smurfs that do nothing...

Post whatever it is you're reading for now.

I finished two books lately:

The Darkness that Comes Before - by R. Scott Bakker
Wintersmith - by Terry Pratchett

Both were good, Wintersmith was great!

Glad someone else saw Harvey, I hoped you liked it!

My mother used to say me, "Elwood," she always used to call me Elwood, "Elwood, in this world you can be oh so smart or oh so pleasant." Now for years I was smart. I recommend pleasant.

fairy tales eh?

Thirteen Clocks by James Thurber

I don't remember much about it but I know I loved it way back when I"d like to reread it. That's the book where I learned words like 'fortnight'

voting is fine with me too

Empire of the Sun
Lawrence of Arabia (in 70mm)
A Matter of Life and Death
The Apartment
How Green Was My Valley

Seven Samurai
Empire Strikes Back
The Godfather
To Kill a Mockingbird
Almost Famous
Shawshank Redemption

see but I watch all the old movies to. Just suggest one movie a week and people watch it if they can? I could do that. The problem is very few people watched the movies last time. and I owe Fris and some others copies of A Matter of Life and Death (I found the copies finally!) but now I've lost pms ...

OSC is working on a second draft of his new script for Radiant. It's a high priority project at Radiant and for WB, both want to see it made. It's unlikely to be seen as a summer tentpole film because book adaptations starring children and genre adaptations have done much better over the thanksgivin...