A Slow One

Today was another uneventful day. I went out and picked something to wear to one of the parties in Toronto, because my party clothes are getting raggedy. I found a posting for an assistant stage manager position for a play in NYC on Kinsey. It seemed interesting so I sent my stuff over, but apparently they filled the position minutes after they posted the job. I have to say I'm glad I started using craigslist again... I had basically written off as a hodge-podge of useless postings, which it still is to some extent, but every now and then there's a gem.

Tomorrow it's off to Jersey to visit the friends, then a Yankees game on Saturday. I just want to get to Toronto!

Inauguration, Sans Fanfare

Inaugural post! I think putting this thing together is one of the smarter things I've done in a while. Some people have asked me what my process is when I write, and I don't really have one, I just write everything I'm thinking out, and then try to piece things together. I thought it would be kind of cool to do this whole process out loud for everyone to see. I do a lot of handwritten stuff as well, so I can probably scan some of that stuff in. I'm trying to sort of create a mini-network of my projects, which are so far just 'Arranging Armaan' and 'Let's Misbehave.' Both are very much in progress, with the former actually having a shot at getting completed sometime soon. I get the feeling that 'Misbehave' will be one of those projects I visit a lot throughout the next few years. It's complex and darker, and I think I need more life/writing experience to pull it off.

Next week is the Toronto Film Festival! I ship out on Thursday, where I board a train in NY and don't get up for the next eleven hours or so. It's going to be either excrutiating or really cool... the fest itself is going to be crazy and amazing. I'm going up with my sister who also writes scripts and fiction, and we've only gotten tickets to one gala showing of 'The Last Lear.' No complaints on my end, because it stars some Indian actors whose work I'm really familiar with. There are a bunch of other films I'm really going to push to see, specifically 'Atonement' and 'Lust, Caution.' I'll really take whatever I can get, though. Just to be in that atmosphere will be pretty surreal.

More later...