SIP(Story In Progress)

I'm starting a story in progress which will be a first person study of a hypochondriac and Aireophobe (that's fear of open spaces I believe - I hope... oh, here's an interesting site with an extensive list of phobias which I didn't even know existed. Good Lord, I didn't some of the stupid stuff people are afraid of. Looks like half the world needs a shrink of some type or another...unless they have a Shrinkophobia.)

It's nearly impossible to actually want to check your mail nowadays. If you do decide you want to, you've usually put on shoes, walked to the elevator, got in, waited to sail down 11 flights, got out, marched through a cold lobby, fumbled for your key, put it in, use good energy turning it, and finally opened your mailbox for nothing. What a waste of time. They should have mial chutes like luandry chutes for buildings more than 2 stories tall. Some of us don't like to waste time checking mail only to be welcomed by a big fat bill or overdue notice or plain old junkmail or worse - someone else's bills, over due notices or junkmail. It's pesky, annoying and just plain mean. How do these post-men get away with it? Putting the wrong mail in someone's box? Don't they screen these guys before they're assigned a mail-truck? Seems like any Joe can man one of those babies now-a-days. Well, it's not a perfect world. In a perfect world, people won't have to interact with people on a daily basis. All our food will be served to us by automated response machines, our clothes will be shipped cheap via suber fast air mail and dropped through chutes in our ceilings and hung on racks by auto-bots, our houses will be fully maintenanced by Artifical Intelligence who only speak when spoken to. And all cars come with drivers that helpfully ensure one's interaction with the outside world is kept to a minimum. Wouldn't that be great. Still, I'm living in a dream world for now.

Commont alle vouz?

If it's misspelled...sue me. So, a lots happened over the weeks and I havn't used this blog very often. I more of a thinker than a write down what I'm thinkin' thinker. That's why I forget stuff a lot. :P Recently, as certain readers may know, I've gotten involved with a virtual series project called Stargate:Horizon, which is a virtual spinoff of Stargate, duh. I've signed on as a writer and I'm working on an episode which...I can't spoiler-ize so, I'm not saying anything yet. :D Ah, what fun. Secrets are the spice of life. I'm working with a friendly and compatible crew, which I've always dreamed on. It's good, I think, that we all have something in common in this thing. It makes thinsg easier, us being sci fi buffs and all. The characters for the show are very appealing and since we just got a huger audience via gateworld, business has been - needless to say - booming. Over what was it last, 12000 hits on the scripts? 18000? Heck, I lost track. All I can say to the readers is, keep at it guys. And speak out, let us know what you think. Honesty is the best policy.

Now, on to other aspects of my boring life, I'm working on several screenplays but GW keeps distracting me. Curses! This one script has me up at night, it's working title is Children of the River which I believe i spoke of in great detail in a previous blog. I have the character and he's fleshing himself out but I need peace and quiet in order to write. There's also a series idea in my head, it's coming...it's coming... I've been seeing a male protagonist all this time but maybe he's female now? I dunno...we'll have to see. It's a trip coming up with something original and everytime I lok at Yahoo Movies and check out what's going on or WGA and see who's selling what or Simply Scripts to see who's writing what, I'm always shocked at the lack of originality in the stories out there. Is it just me? Am I just a story snob? I dunno. But It helps looking at that stuff and saying "Lord, I can write something better than that!"

There's few movies I evern bother to see in the theatre anymore. I was going to see Mr and Mrs. Smith, which mom swear came from my idea called Mr and Mrs Jane and John Doe (I know it's cheesy, shut up and stop snickering) which was about the same thing only A.J's leg wasn't planned to be up in the screen every five minutes and Brad Pitt was nowhere to be seen. Ugh. Not that I don't like the guy but...he bores me. Even in Se7en, he bored me. But the beard was pretty anyway. So, I missed that flick - I remember A.J said on actors studio that it's a movie about marriage - I think about my similar idea...was it about marriage?...It could have been. A movie like that could be a symbol for the tumoltous idea of marriage...but I was thinking something between James Bond, 1984 and The Bourne Identity. Anyway...

There's The Island which is coming out soon. S. Johansonn ain't my favorite actress. She creeps me out for some reason. I heard she wanted to do a topless scene when the flick is PG 13. what a doofus. My god, talent and originality has been reduced to how many nekkid scenes one does or how many times one says f***. I HATE the F word. It's crass, stupid, and despite what some writers seem to think it does NOT brand one as a sophisticated connisouer of literature. What is F***? A crass word - that Q. Tarantino apparantly loves. If someone says F***, am I supposed to bow and say, "All hail the writer."? Heck no! It's actually embarrasing to me - and If I've EVER said it, I swear, i wasn't in my right mind. I especialy hate it when writers say it because they seem to think it maks them cool or something. Blaaah.

Speaking of Tarantino, Kill The Bride. When? Why wait for the kid to grow up? get another actress. He'd better not blow it either. I'll speculate on "Kill The Bride" tomorrow because I'm tired and this laptop screen is killing me. In the meantime, I'll buzz GW and check up on SGH, gotta read the scripts, get to know the characters. I know Chase pretty well since...well, he's on SG1, lol. Grant...I've never seen 24 unfortuntly. I'll have to watch it one day when mom's not looking or something...yeah, or something..*sneaky smile* Sivea...is that the girl from Batgirl or whatever that show was called? It was on for like five minutes, but I could swear that's her. I'll check on the others later, I'm so beat. Nite all. I'll part tonight with my fav line from Midsummer Nights Dream.

"If we shadows have offended,

Think but this, and all is mended,

That you have but slumber'd here

While these visions did appear.

And this weak and idle theme,

No more yielding but a dream,

Gentles, do not reprehend:if you pardon, we will mend:

And, as I am an honest Puck,

If we have unearned luck

Now to 'scape the serpent's tongue,

We will make amends ere long;

Else the Puck a liar call;

So, good night unto you all.

Give me your hands, if we be friends,

And Robin shall restore amends."