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The book I’m currently reading is called Foreskin’s Lament: A Memoir by Shalom Auslander.
It’s a black-humour tale about what his childhood in an Orthodox Jewish Family was like and I must say it is indeed pretty funny…and also poignant.
Yeah it’s another short and kind of useless post but I don’t have much else to say…
Since my first “real” (read “4 days”) trip to L.A. will be in September, it’s been a few weeks since I’ve done my research now, and Ken Levine just posted about where to find writers in L.A. (obviously not to give out your spec).
I think I’ll give it a try, though not necessairly to find writers, rather to save money (because it’s obvious writers always go to the cheap place, right?).
Just came across this interesting article about how to write a genre movie in 7 days.
Since I’ll soon be out for about a month without Internet access nor anything else really I think I’ll try it out in the wild!
The big problem against writing anything is probably procrastination, and to be honest I’m a huge procrastinator, so this is gold.
‘Been Thinkin’ ‘Bout the Future…
‘Been lying on my bed awake all night, really.
Sometimes I’m that obsessed.
I was thinking of “what happens next”.
All my life I always planned goals and paths to acheive those goals (no, I’m not a character). Well in reality those goals were only steps to a bigger goal: “The World Wide Jump” (WWJ) of 2010, where Heaven (or is it Hell’A?) and Earth collide. Yeah it’s 2 years away, but a one-way trip from Paris to L.A. is one hell of a ride…
I basically gave myself two options. Either get into graduate school (USC or UCLA for example) or if I don’t get in, do the WWJ, although it will seem even wider.
Option two is basically gonna happen one way or the other, just that with option one the transition will be smoother. That and I’ll have friends (hopefully) in L.A.
Also there’s this “visa” problem I keep hearing about…
Anyhow, in order for either options to happen, several other goals need to also happen.
This fall I’m going to visit both schools and also take the Graduate Record Exam. If I fail at the latter I can always retake it around February 2009. Also in February ’09 I’ll pass the TOEFL exam, and in the summer should complete all my application requirements, which are comprised of numerous things that go from the basics (transcripts, recommendation letters) to the not-so-basic (essays, “creative challenges”).
Parallel to all this I have to get all my visa work going. For instance the 2010 Green Card lottery is this fall and I have to start praying. In case that doesn’t fall through, I have to prepare to alternatives, which are, let’s say, pretty complicated to get.
But why am I rumbling on about all this now?
Well it is merely intended to point out what purpose this blog will hopefully achieve. That is to help other struggling (international) writers out there in their daily, and not-so-daily problems. Additionally, I hope my trial and errors, like in the immigration department, will help show that nothing is impossible when you pour your heart and soul into it.
Classic.
The Middleman is hands down the best new summer show out there.
Don’t forget to check it out on ABC Family Mondays at 10/9c!
Also Javier Grillo-Marxuach has a cool behind-the-scenes blog where you can follow everything about the show (The Middleblog).
