London Film and Comic Con 2008

Well things have calmed down a bit now… Low Turnout is wrapped for the school parts, and so should be finished up in the summer, at the mercy of the various casts holiday schedules.

So yes… the London film and comic con. My first ever visit to one of these, and I have to admit I really enjoyed it. While a bit daunting at first, especially after seeing the most fat and depressed joker ever… and also some rather larger members of the stargate team (one through the gate at a time please… no jams) it was actually nice to see the amount of stuff in the place!

Firstly: The huge amount of comics and graphic novels… quite small stalls, but a lot of stuff. I happily picked myself up the Ultimate Galactus trilogy, which is awesome… after reading quite a lot of the ultimate stuff, I’d happily recommend it to anyone who doesn’t really like comics that much. It just moves aside the crap, and puts marvel quite firmly in the real world. It’s especially nice to see these superheros much more realistic view… the X-men and the Ultimates in particular, are quite prepared to kill. Hawkeye puts it brilliantly to the Fantastic Four when telling them to stay behind: “Simple reason. We kill, you don’t.” Because of this, the realistic view of the coming doom of galactus (now a hive-mind group of space ships rather then a big guy in a pink costume) is completely chilling. The resolution, whilst it feels a little rushed, is brilliant… I won’t ruin anything, but it’ll happily prove that super heroes aren’t just for kids.

I also picked up Batman: The Long Halloween, which I haven’t really started yet… but so far is brilliantly noir, and very dark. Talking of Batman, I finished “Hush”, and its completely brilliant. It’s so well written, you’d be forgiven for thinking its a one off rather than part of the monthly series, plus its now catapulted Catwoman into one of my favorate characters. Shows what good writing (and drop dead gorgeous drawing) can do for a comic. It never lets up, and its pretty much one fantastic turn after the other. Go pick it up now! Read Superman: Red Son also… it’s very interesting, and has some very good bits, but it definitely sags in the middle. However its completely worth it for the ending alone. It’s absolutely mind boggling.

Anyway, back to the con. After getting over the ridiculous amounts of people dressed as storm troopers, and so on, it was quite nice to see the amount of different things on display. Lots of replica weapons, lots of rare dvds, lots of plain weird stuff that you really wouldn’t find anywhere else. You’d walk from a stall that looked like a gun cabinet from the future, to a stall that looked like a boot sale.

We also, that is me Tim and Justin, went to three of the talks, to kill some time. The first of these was the Indiana Jones talk, featuring of all things Karen Allen, and after getting over some sound issues, it was pretty damn interesting. Karen was brilliant once she got into it, also brilliantly shooting down the nerds complaints of the fridge and monkey scenes: “It’s just and Indiana Jones movie”.

The second talk was the “Aliens” talk. A bit of a weird group of people, it was basically Newt and her family, plus the woman who dies in the beginning of it. While that awkwardness passed (it was their first con too) it went along smoothly enough, especially the previous child actors memories of the film. It was also a little bit fun to watch them try and defend against a relentless uber-nerd, and watching someone in a fantastic alien costume attempt to make himself heard on the microphone.

The third was by far the best. Peter Davison, the fifth doctor himself. I must admit, I actually went up and asked a question on this one. Asking about his rather “odd” costume, it was nice to hear his honest opinion on it. He wasn’t patronising, was completely charming, and told a good story, especially about the reason for the celery on the lapel. The whole talk was brilliant, and everyone seemed quite disappointed to see it finish. It was also nice to see someone with such a love for the show, in its previous and current incarnation, and who was so happy to speak at length about it. All in all, fantastic bloke.

Then of course… we met Mr Tom ska. And mina who refuses to be seen on camera, explaining why no photos will have her there. He’s just as manic as you’d expect, and he also likes Firefly, which puts him straight into my good books. Wandering around the con with them was pretty damn fun, and we soon exited for some food (ginger nuts ftw!) and some films! Films I say!

I have to say the actual filming was pretty short, especially considering me and Tim had to get moving. But we got one short done… which is odd to say the least, and a one that was… even more odd. To be honest, what do you really expect!

It was fantastic fun meeting them, and I hope we meet again. Check out Justin’s blog for some pictures, including me next to the TARDIS, and me and Tom Ska trying to open up the ark of the covenant. No faces were melted.

For now I will leave you with these videos, and also the safe knowledge, that normal service will resume as of now. Just need to finish the Caspian review, then watch and write the Dark Knight.

Too… much… stuff!

So yeah, this weeks been a bit of a bitch.

Rushing of my arse to get school work done, as I suddenly realised just how much of it I had to get done. On top of that we’re still rushing to get low turnout finished… and it looks hopefully like we’re going to succeed! But all of that combined meant that when I thought “ah time to do a blog”, I just had to be doing something else instead. I have actually got a lot of stuff to put up here… I saw Prince Caspian a bit ago (its alright… better than the first film) and of course I was at the London film and comic con yesterday, where we met with Tom Ska, which was great fun. I spent far too much money, and we also met Peter Davison, who is such a charming bloke its unbelievable. The actual event was a lot better than I thought it would be, and its definitely an experience, even if I don’t think I’ll be getting myself a stormtrooper costume any time soon.

I’m seeing The Dark Knight on wendsday, and so I’m ridiculously excited about that. I’ll try and write a proper blog about yesterday later, but now I’ve got too much politics to do. Isn’t life fun?

Yours wearily

David

Oh Hai there! Long tim no cee!

Well I’m back… and with me I bring the fact that I’ve discovered lolzcats.

I have to admit, it made me laugh a lot more then I’m brave enough to admit. I do wish my cat did stuff like that.

Anyway, I haven’t posted here for a while, admittedly I’ve been a bit busy, and also a bit lazy… but hey I’m back, and that’s what counts! NonStandard has been chugging along nicely… Justin showed me an updated form of the website that is so much nicer… I want him to upload it now, it looks completely fantastic. Very professional, and also containing sneaky coming soon posters, of our one minute long film, and of our doctor who spoof.

The one minute film is pretty different from anything we’ve ever done. It’s not a comedy, its all serious, and is… all in all pretty unique. It’s going to be interesting to shoot, as we need to do it at night, and have someone shot, and we’re also going to have to do some pretty interesting lighting and make-up… but the result itself should be pretty special. It will definitely be a nice variant to the NonStandard film library, and it will also be our first competition entry. We need to get that done soonish, but hey, how long can a minute long film take to do?

*sods law queues up to take place*

The Doctor Who spoof is a bit longer, and also something we’re all looking forward to doing. It’s our first attempt at dabbling in CGI, We get to really mess around with some costumes, and its Doctor-frigging who! It’s a spoof, but in the same way The Curse of Fatal Death, which was written by Who scribe Stephen Moffat when the show was off the air. It’s a parody whilst also playing tribute, not a satirical sketch. Curse of Fatal Death is completely hilarious, well worth searching up on youtube, and in tribute to that, our parody is called “The Curse of Marital Bonds” which should give some hints as of the plot…

Speaking of Doctor Who, the finale was completely brilliant. Absolute fanwank, but very good, very watchable fanwank. We got ya daleks, we got EVERY PREVIOUS CHARACTER, we got ya davros, we got ya spin off characters. So what if the plot had a few little holes in it? Take out your brain and happily giggle for an hour, you deserve it. Also, you got DALEKS SPEAKING GERMAN!

On a serious note, the Donna story was brilliantly tragic, even more so then Rose’s… I suppose to be honest they were trying to close that chapter, ready for the new turn of series 5, under Mr Moffat… which will be hopefully as gut bustingly brilliant as we all hope it will be!

Back to NonStandard, Low Turnout is coming up to its closing weeks, just as we come up to our closing weeks off school… It’s going to be tight to get it finished, especially considering Adam’s best attempts to scupper it! Hopefully it will be finished, and then we can release it throughout the summer, as NonStandards first proper series… its an exciting thought I have to say. But to do that we’re going to have to really get our arses in gear.

Also, talking about our films, Wayne and Liam came out a while a go. Frankly its a sketch desigined for me and Justin to do, which is why I wrote it for us. It was very fun to do, and also very easy considering Justins house itself is like a mini-forbidden planet store. We’re quite happy with it, as we’ve had a lot of good feedback, plus it was really fun to do!

All in all, that little piece of work was the easiest bit of writing I’ve had in a while. It pretty much wrote itself, which probably says quite a bit about me and Justin. Ah well, life goes on.

Drawing this to a close, go read Watchmen. It blew my mind. I also read A clockwork orange recently, and didn’t really find it lived up to its reputation. I’ve got a feeling the huge controversy of the film helped its reputation, but that’s just my opinion. Just started on Ubik, by Phillip K. Dick, and that’s really good.

Anyway… Must go back to panicking about Low Turnout. Peace out!

David Lamb, Sectary Extraordinaire…

As I am writing this, I myself, am manning the reception desk for a top brand soliciting firm. Matters that decide people’s lives pass through my phone lines, and here I sit, hoping to make my small contribution to the wonderful world of law.

Granted the top brand law firm is a small building on an island, and it’s actually quieter then a monk’s funeral around here, but hey, I’m in the business now people! A legal dynamo, an imperative cog in the machine of this company. I am the law, and all that jazz.

Okay I’m bigging it up a bit. But it has to be said, this is quite a laugh. The people are extremely nice, even when my phone manner is beyond useless:

Caller- “Hello, its Mrs Warton phoning for Mr Layton.”

Me- “Well very good, I’ll just pass you on to his sectary”

Me- “Phil, I’ve got someone on the line who’s name I can’t remember, wanting something or other. Probably to do with something legal.”

Sectary with a lot of patience- “Just pass him through David.”

As you can clearly see, I am the epitome of professionalism. I still need to sort out this whole “remembering whose calling” business, but I think that’s going to go along a lot faster now, especially considering the nice receptionist taught me about this rather useful method. Apparently if I use a “pen” I can write the person’s name down, in order to not look like a complete prat. Aside from being completely useless, I have learnt how to do filing. Like the dreaded photocopying, filing is a horrible torture device used in order to turn innocent little work experience students into mindless drones. Unlike photocopying, filing requires much more moving around and no satisfying whirring noise when the job is complete. Instead it slowly steals your soul, piece by filed piece.

Well today is my last day here, and I have to say it’s been quite an experience. It’s definitely not as busy as I thought it would be, but then again the economy at the moment isn’t exactly favouring it. Apparently the time I’ve spent here has been the quietest it’s been in a while, so that’s just my bad luck. So it’s been a pretty damn good week, you definitely can’t complain about turning your work experience into a holiday!

So that’s it really. I’ve had a bit of an office experience, except without the actual work, pesky thing that. And in 5 minutes my time here ends, and I’ll go hang around for a few hours waiting to go back home. For someone who only got 2 and a half hours sleep last night, that’s a very welcoming thought…

But that’s a story for another blog.

Well off I go then. I don’t think I’ll become a lawyer. If this was a quiet week, imagine what a busy one would be like…

Peace out all

David

Work Experience…

Well, I definitely haven’t been posting much, the reason being the above. You know, in the big letters, above? WORK EXPERIENCE? Well done.

I’m basically working at a solicitors office, at a friend of mines, and this also means a nice week away on Hayling Island! It’s a bit of a double edged sword really… On one hand, a lovely beach and a week away. On the other a pretty uninteresting work experience placement.

Now that’s not really the office’s fault… There just isn’t really much for me to do. Mostly I’ve been up in their loft, trying to sort out all their old filing. If anyone has ever wondered how much filing a solictors office has, the answer is a resounding A LOT. Tonnes of the stuff, piles as tall as me, and it also turns out, when a load of folders are put together, trying to move them is a bit like trying to push your house up a hill.

So when I haven’t been up in the sauna like loft (they should advertise it as that… diversification to the fore point eh?) I’ve been photocopying. A huge amount of photocopying. When I’m done photocopying I’m handed more sheets of paper, in order to do more photocopying. Photocopy. WRRRH.

Hmmm. Warm photocopy’s make everything so much better.

Sorry about that. Anyway, if the job’s not that great, it doesn’t actually matter to much, as the people there are completely lovely, being doted over by old ladies is very nice! Staying with Donald and Joe is all good, and it’s also great to go see my other friends. Let’s face it, as work experience places go, I could get a lot worse.

Also, being here is good for the old writing, as I get a lot of time at the office to do it. The script is moving along nicely, and that’s very good considering how much time we’re going to have to film it.

Anyway, back to the office now… maybe I’ll be able to photocopy something.

Using the photocopier.

Warm paper is good.

Peace out, and sorry for the long wait,

David

Dr Jones is back!

Well, the new Indiana Jones film is out…

In my opinion, go see it. Opinion of those I have spoken to seem to vary, but I loved it. I’m going to say exactly why, hopefully avoiding any major spoilers as I go…

Well to put it simply, it feels like an Indiana Jones film! It’s a proper sequel to one of the best trilogies ever made. Whether you find it a worthy sequel is down to your own opinion, but I will happily say that I find this superior to Temple of Doom. The overall feel of the film is so joyful, so unabashedly old fashioned, and so fun, that it’s just impossible not to enjoy the story.

And the story itself is a very interesting one… what is obviously known is that the film is set 19 years on from Indys last adventure,(the same as the length of actual years since the last film was released)  The last Crusade, and as such is set in 1957. No more Nazi’s people! No more do the classic film villains get another stab at ham-fisted glory! No, its now the ruskies chance at glory, and to be honest, their just like the Nazi’s were, so no problems there. If it ain’t broke don’t fix it!

As an actual note, its fun to see how the film adepts to the 20 year change. Russians reflect the fear of Communism in the 1950’s society, the nuclear age is shown in a way that will surprise those who see it, (and for those who have heard of it, yes IT IS that, and no, it doesn’t actually feel as ridiculous as it sounds) and gives the film a different kind of feel. The hilarious b-movies of the time are also given precedence, and shown in the different type of story compared to the previous films. The surprising thing is, despite being different in these ways the film feels very much like an Indiana Jones flick. This in part due to the direction itself, and of course due to the character himself.

Harrison Ford brandishes the bullwhip as if he had finished last crusade yesterday. A bold comment, but watching the film, you never sit there feeling that Ford is too old for the role, or that Indy is too old to be doing his stuff. In fact the film wields this expertly, bringing Indiana’s age when it needs to be, creating some very humorous moments, as well as some poignant ones, particularly for fans of the series. As for Ford himself, he’s clearly having a whale of a time, and fits into the role again perfectly. Personally I think Jones is Fords best and most definitive role (despite how brilliant Solo is) and this film cements it, even 20 odd years on. It’s the same old Indiana alright, just a little older and wiser… but not too much. That wouldn’t be any fun now would it?

Ray Winstone’s character is perfectly serviceable, but personally I think more could have been made more of him, particularly the history between him and Jones. Instead, he fits into a comic relief sort of role. Winstone does very well with it, but it’s a little bit of a missed opportunity. The same is true of Cate Blanchetts Russian villain. She seems to be a bit of a mash up of evil, displaying psychic powers at the beginning of the film that are never used again, and generally spends most of the film being stereotypically nasty. The nasty she does is good however, its just like Winestone, you get the feeling it could be slightly better.

Karen Allen is back as Marion Ravenwood, and this provides a nice link back to Raiders of the lost ark, although there’s another one of these hidden cleverly at the beginning of the film, which gave a few giggles to those who realised it. Allen is fantastic in the role, again the spark that existed between Indy and Marion is back (a spark that was never properly repeated in the subsequent films) and as strong as ever, and it’s most definitely one of the things that brings back nostalgic memories, and helps keep the Indy vibe going. It’s especially nice to have Marion back, as it completely turns the usual Jones “damsel romance” and gives a far more entertaining performance from the two actors because of it.

Shia LaBeouf was a highly scrutinised choice when it was announced he would be Indy’s primary sidekick for the film, but to be honest I think in terms of supporting characters he’s the films greatest asset. The banter between Jones and “Mutt” is brilliant, and LaBeouf also really helps bring the era into light, portraying brilliantly a “greaser” the complete opposite to Indiana’s sophisticated, educated side. Mutt as a character plays into the films better storyline, and is frankly brilliant to watch.

The films story successfully adds new styles, while also keeping itself squarely whithin the simple Indiana Jones story formula. While many have complained about the ending, I enjoyed it, and thought the story could have been expanded further. Whilst more could have been expanded on, such as Ray Winstones role, and Indiana’s relationship with his government, explained after the opening of the movie, the simple fact is that this is one of the funnest movies your likely to see all summer. It stays true to the spirit of the old films, and successfully carries on the torch.

It’s not the best movie so far this year (Iron Man hold that particular mantle for me) but it still deserves to be seen. Dr Jones is back.

After all, don’t you want to here that theme music boom out of cinema speakers once again?… 

Lazy David!

Well yeah I’ve been pretty damn lazy of late, the simple reason being I’ve been incredibly busy. Revising for my last exam, which I had today, and wasn’t particularly enjoyable, writing scripts, and so on and so forth. Essentially, the weight of my shoulders means I can now start doing this properly again. So I’m now going to write a load of posts, the ones I’ve been meaning to write, but just couldn’t get round to, for the last week or so.

Much love

David

Sweeny Todd

A musical horror done with Johny Depp and Tim Burton.

Well if anyone was going to do that, it was going to be them wasn’t it! Honestly, its a kind of merge I’d never really thought about. And on watching it, I can honestly say it’s the best horror film I’ve seen for a very, very long time.

(Note this may tie into the fact I generally don’t like horror films)

But anyway, it’s a very unique film, and one that really should be watched. It’s got one of the most memorable montage scenes in movie history, everyone sings perfectly well, and Helen Bonham Carter completely steals the show. The film uses the audience expectations brilliantly, every time Sweeny picks up a razor, you’re almost stuck rigid waiting to see if a throat is going to get given an extremely close shave… And when it finally does happen, it will still shock you.

Depp performs brilliantly, and for those that hated him for “Pirates”, this is so different you won’t notice. The performance is fantastic, and the film is so watchable, you’ll be completely engrossed until the fantastic finale. In the first few minutes, the film seems odd… a strange mix. But stick with it, because it becomes an experience like no other.

Absoloutely neccesary viewing, no matter who you are.

Nuff said.

English Exam, Oh my, oh my!

Son of a gun, well that was better then a kick in the teeth wasn’t it!

Today, as many would probably know, was the English literature AS exam. English exams are always a strange kettle of fish in my opinion: You CAN revise for them. Anyone who goes “You can’t” frankly isn’t going to do brilliantly. You can revise for them by practising essays, practising your writing style, reading the texts, but there is an elusiveness about an English exam that isn’t present in others, even the big essay ones such as history: you can never be 100% sure what could be asked of you in one of these. History, if you’ve revised everything well, you should be completely prepared to answer every question they throw at you, that’s the basics of that one. The challenge is being able to write it all down, and write it all down WELL in the amazingly small amount of time they give you.

But that’s History. In English, they can throw complete curve-balls at you. They can suddenly make you think of the text in ways you never have before. This makes revising for these exams not only completely nerve racking, but for me, also kinda exciting. I find the revision for this subject the hardest, and I consider this my best subject, being a writer and all. But there’s also a kind of heady excitement, and that’s because, and this is just me speaking for myself of course; that English exams are a different kind of challenge. You get to put your view over about the texts you’ve been studying, and if you haven’t been studying hard enough, your not going to do it well. You revise, you keep the nerves, and unless the exam is evil, you come out feeling pretty happy with yourself.

My exam, luckily, was only half evil.

In a cruel twist, the unit that I was worried about (Spies, by Michael Frayn, something I spent the past few days doing hours of revision for) was actually pretty nice. They asked about fatherhood… now that’s already brilliant, because in any novel involving a father, there are already dozens of ideas and conclusions that stem from it… add that to a novel that essentially is about growing up, and its a dream question, specifically a WONDERFUL question for a closed book exam.

For anyone who did the exam, my answer to “Examine how Frayn Presents Fathers and Fatherhood in the novel”, essentially revolved around my idea that Stephen and Keith both turn into their fathers. Keith pretty much straight away (duh, “old bean”) and Stephen by the end of the novel, in one of my favourite scenes of the book, where the old grandpappy Stephen explains the events of his brother dying, and how his brother, in the moments of death, mistake Stefan for their father. It’s beautifully done, and one of the stand out bits of the novel… A lot of people complain about this novel, but to be honest I like it. The writing at points is masterful, showing Frayns brilliant use of the subtle. My only complaint is that the actual story isn’t taken further… the actual events could be taken further, into far more interesting places as seen through the eyes of a child. Other than that, its a great book, much better when read closely on a second pass through.

But I digress. That essay went brilliantly, and confident that the hardest part was over, I moved on to the second text, the lovely “A Woman of No Importance” written by the fantastic Oscar Wilde. As Victorian plays go, this is actually quite fun, especially the brilliant language (Shine on Illingworth, you crazy dandy!) and the clever (ish) plot. I enjoyed it, and also considered it hands down my best shot in the exam. Obviously my script writing hobbies have paid off when it comes to learning plays. *cough*.

Then of course I look at the question. I ignore the extract questions, (as I always do. My experience with English exams has only taught me to only ever take the open ended route, and choose the theme question. If you’ve done the revision you should be able to make a move on it, and not have to rely on the exam throwing you a bone.) and see that the question itself, is actually quite limited in what you can do, and actually because of that, quite tough.

Ahh Mistress Irony, you cruel bitch.

So the text I was confident now dashes up, kicks me in the balls and rubs my face in the dirt for doing little revision on it. Dandy bastard.

But I set off on it anyway. I managed to quickly (after having a quick look at the texts) find some useful ideas, and used them to write what I think was a pretty mediocre essay, but I’m hoping it ticked all the right boxes. Sadly it wasn’t anything particularly special. Sorry Mr Wilde.

For those interested, it was “Explain the purpose of the presentation of the relationship between Hester and Gerald”. I generally used the “hope for the next” generation idea a lot in the conclusion, talked a little about how it works as a plot point and twist, and then waxed lyrical about the strange three way relationship that develops between Hester, Gerald, and Mrs Arbuthnot. Although I was extremely tempted, I stayed away from the Freudian ideas that could be bought in here. I decided more to focus on how this tied in to the idea for change, but no, it wasn’t a fantastic essay.

Then Larkin came up. I never try to worry too much about poetry exams. I like poetry, I can read it, and I can make conclusions out of it, and this usually carries itself very nicely in exams. But even I didn’t expect such a dream of a question to come up.

“Larkin originally considered calling his anthology The Long Slide, examine whether this would be an appropriate title or not”.

HOLY MOTHER OF GOD THAT IS BEAUTIFUL.

Ahem. If I may explain a bit about Larkins anthology, High Windows. It is a collection of poems by an extremely intelligent man, which range from absolutely miserable, to pessimistic, to grouchy, and then a few, that contain such rays of optimism. I really would recommend having a look. However, my personal favourite poems include the two that show these amazing little bits of optimism, particularly “Solar” which is quite simply beautiful. After reading them, its the ones like those that stick with me.

So upon seeing the presumption that Larkin’s book is only gloomy and pessimistic, I practically started jumping up and down with indignation…. “SOLAR” SHOWS SUCH AWE INSPIRING OPTIMISM AND BEAUTY! “THE EXPLOSION” OFFERS AN AFTERLIFE, AN AMAZING RAY OF OPTIMISM AS THE CLOSING POEM OF THE BOOK! IT’S NOT ALL GLOOMY! IT’S NOT A LONG SLIDE!

Needless to say prospective English students: If you get this feeling when you look at a question, the actual complete want to prove your point, and prove it well, your going to really enjoy doing the question. And I REALLY enjoyed doing that question. Of course you have to point out both sides of the argument… but if there’s one thing I love being able to do in an essay is prove a point I feel passionately about, backing it up with evidence I know is good. I honestly think it was one of the best pieces of exam work I’ve ever done.

Of course, I have to wait until August to find out if the examiners agree. If I’ve fucked up, a re-think would be in order I think…

So there you go. That’s my English Exam. I’ve got a politics one on Friday, which promises to be far more evil (in practises, I consistently only get a borderline B) and simply put those exams are complete Satan spawn. So I’m off to revise!

To everyone else who had the English exam… Hope you did well, and it could of been worse!

Peace out!

The First day of actual freedom

Well at last today, I got to sleep in! No exam, no anything, I just got to pretty much relax. By relax, I of course mean try and push forward on the lovely spoof script. What’s great about it, is when you get onto something, get into it, It just works so much… smoother. You don’t get the “blank page” syndrome, where you sit there staring at the screen, you just write away, and the nice thing about shorts is that you can really take the story all over the place. I’m having quite a bit of a laugh writing this, and I’m hoping to finish it tonight.

What should be funnier than writing that, should be shooting the thing. There is a lot of fun stuff to do, and, in a first for us, some special effects! Some admittedly poor special effects, but that fits in with the spoofs subject anyway. I’m really looking forward to how this will turn out.

I should really be revising a lot more this week, but today I just couldnt help myself. After next week, I shall expect days of self-discipline, where I will literally sit and write until I just fall asleep. It doesn’t help that more silly ideas for other things pop up before you’ve finished any other project. And then you spend a while thinking about those, and eventually your spread wider then a fat persons butt cheeks.

Ah well. I am going to make myself finish this tonight. Then we can just polish it down, and get all excited about getting together costumes, (yes, you heard) and a filming schedule.

Off to script-writey land!

David