I’m sitting at Starbucks at the moment waiting for the arrival of my very generous and helpful friends.  They have volunteered to assist me in my transplant.  Somehow I even convinced one of them to bring the beer.  How’s that for charis ... [read more]

4:17 pm

Posted in life · 9 Comments » ·  tags: beer, fortune, friends, late night/early morning shopping, moving, Pub furniture

Well, I’ve just picked up the keys to my new place.  I’ve been hoping to upgrade apartments for quite a while now, and the opportunity finally presented itself this month.  After many years in my current digs, I was ready for a change.   ... [read more]

2:50 pm

Posted in life · 21 Comments » ·  tags: beer, broke, cat, Eliot P. Manchester, Esq., friends, money, moving, new place

I attended the funeral visitation of my friend Dan Drust today.  He was killed last Sunday in a freak skydiving accident.   I got the call on Monday from his brother in law Matt’s (our collaborator on Project Passage) father.  Dan and I were  ... [read more]

12:47 am

Posted in life · 5 Comments » ·  tags: Dan Drust, funeral, killed, skydiving, T, visitation

I have to be honest, I greatly envy Patrick’s recent burst of creative productivity.  In a matter of days he’s managed to re-imagine his fledgling script, FTP, into a remarkably interesting, dynamic, gut-wrenching odyssey.  It has taken o ... [read more]

5:35 pm

Posted in Stuff, collaborators, life · 31 Comments » ·  tags: comedy, dark comedy, for travis preston, FTP, sucks, tragedy

It’s evening and it’s nice out. That’s a plus. I’m sitting at Starbucks with the laptop out for the first time in ages - and thankfully no one is here (yet) to drag me into (often needed distracting) conversation. I can remem ... [read more]

9:30 pm

Posted in life · 6 Comments » ·  tags: for travis preston, suck, work

What a long four years this has been for me.  Sometimes I can’t even remember what I was doing before this project.  Most of the time I worry because I have no idea what I will do after this project -   especially if it crashes and burns for  ... [read more]

1:27 am

Posted in life, script · 14 Comments » ·  tags: bills, broke, Johnny Cash, money, scared, stressed, time, train

It’s been so long since I’ve been to the site, that my cookie for WordPress extinguished itself (I had to log in for the first time since February). The summer is setting fast - with the days flickering by like the broken resemblance of li ... [read more]

1:22 am

Posted in life, planning, script · 89 Comments » ·  tags: myst, myst movie, the book of atrus, the book of ti'ana, work

I have this recurring dream… For more years than I can count I’ve had (frequently) a dream in which I meet my untimely demise in an airplane. It isn’t exactly the same every time. I’ve been on every airline. I’ve worn  ... [read more]

8:02 pm

Posted in life, script · 18 Comments » ·  tags: corn, death, dream, failure, m.s., plane

I went to a fantastic outdoor screening at a friend’s house last night.  He had organized a “Big Lebowski” party complete with White Russians and Sioux City Sarsapari ... [read more]

7:37 pm

Posted in life · 18 Comments »