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What Lies Ahead

‘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.

Yet another boring blog? (let's hope not)

Yes I’m lazy. No I’m not lazy enough to not do a blog about my wonderful life adventures.
Is it unfortunate? Let’s hope not.

But before I even begin to talk (or rather write) about me now, let us talk about me then.
And by “then”, I mean a short biography of what my life has been. And by “us” I actually mean me.
Yes it’s a blog, about me, deal with it (or please write a nice comment).

So who am I?
I’m Spider-man.
I’m a frenglish guy who currently resides in France.
That’s a problem mainly because what I want to do is write for TV.
I want to be a TV Writer.
I hear what you’re saying right now, and my answer is: hell no, not French TV. It would take hours, nay days, to explain my despise towards the so-called programs here.
Actually, now that I think of it, I believe I can sum that up in three words: Rip-off, Dubbing, Useless.
Fortunately, I won’t indulge in a post-long detailed explanation on that (perhaps another time) because it’s 1AM.

Okay so back to business. I’m frenglish, that means half French, half English (or rather British here). My dad is from Newcastle and my mom from Paris.

Long story short, I love TV. I don’t just love TV, I live for TV.
That and writing.
In English.
I just don’t like to write in French, and I don’t really to know how to “really write” in French, if you catch my drift.

I lived almost all my life in France, save for a year in NYC. So you can see just the level of difficulty I’m confronted with to go to the U.S., to stay there especially, to work there.
Immigration here I come. (better not say that here, you don’t know who’s reading)

Anyhow, if all goes to plan in 5-year time I should be in L.A. for good.

Resistance is futile. I’m determined. I’m prepared. I’ll be back.

Also don’t forget to check out all my BBFs on the right. Truely awesome blogs full of advices on the biz and more importantly life.

Before I sign off, some maths are in order:
In this post we had 5 “Me”s + 25 “I”s = lots of moi.
Indeed, this blog is the true definition of blog (a shared on-line journal where people can post diary entries about their personal experiences).
Let’s really hope my life is not that boring.

Flashback/Flashforward Edit: As for the actual purpose of this blog, please refer to this post.