Things I Don't Think I'd Be Good At, Part 1

Dealing With Pissy/God Complexed/Diva Actors/Producers, etc

What triggered this? I just heard of a CABLE ACTOR knocking out a rookie stunt man on purpose. He's on cable! And not even one of those super cool cable shows that everyone wants to write for! If you want to read a really awesome awful actor story, head over to Joseph Mallozzi's blog and just search for champaigne or poop or candy. Seriously.

I look at everyone as equals. I can't stand it when people look down on me or anyone else. If I saw someone treating someone else like crap, or worse, if they were treating me like crap, I honestly don't know if I could keep my mouth shut.

Why do people skills seem to go out the window as we head up the ladder?

Thinking vs. Writing

I've been doing a lot of thinking about writing lately, but not much writing. Which is totally useless. It's like thinking about eating lunch and then starving while trying to decide what to eat.

To be completely honest, that initial burst at the start of a writing project is just so hard. Once I'm started and I know my characters, it's easy going (relitively), but those first few days are so tough and it really is hard to motivate myself. On the other hand, I love being in the middle of a project. I just have to keep reminding myself of that fact to get over that initial hump.

I discovered the training tank at Pan Am today. I had been a little scared of it because, well, I'm not a super star swimmer. Actually, I'm neither super or star. But, it wasn't so bad. Some really hot guy gave me his lane once he was winding down and I got to rock my new billion dollar bathing suit. Actually, there were quite a few really hot half dressed men. Who would have thought? :P

311

The City of Winnipeg's new 311 service is retarded. Why? Because, now, you don't actually talk to anyone AT THE PLACE YOU'RE CALLING! All city lines are routed through 311. You have no choice. For instance, I called Seven Oaks pool the other day and got 311. The person that answered gave me info and when I got home, I checked online and found that the info I'd been given was WRONG! I doubt that I'd get wrong info from SOMEONE ACTUALLY AT THE POOL! There's no way these people can know EVERYTHING about every rec center in the city! Talking to someone actually in the building is alawys better. I just called Pan Am Pool and got the 311 line again and I've been on hold for ten minutes to talk to someone who doesn't even work at the pool and know what's going on. What gets me is that you actually have no choice. If you really need to talk to someone at the pool, you'll still get 311.

311 might be good for very basic info, but there's times when you need someone who knows what they're talking about, you know? Someone to explain something or give you more than just basic details.

I can't believe our tax dollars are paying for this!

House

Oh, House, you're killing me!

So, we finally found out where Cameron fits in.

And 13... on the placebo :( My heart just broke!

I think Taub tried to off himself.

My show is good again! Yay!

New episode tonight... New NCIS tomorrow... I'll be at skating. Shall have to tape.

Rolling Down The Highway

I actually quite enjoy my morning commute to work. In AB, my commute was about 10 minutes (if that), and now, I drive almost an hour in each direction. I thought I would hate it. But I actually really enjoy it. I get in the car and get a good 45 minutes to relax and listen to music and get ready to start my day. I used to get to work still half asleep, but now, I get to work ready to start the day.

My headlights seem to be a bit dim. I can't figure it out. They were both switched at the dealership, so they should be the right lights. On the highway in the evening, I thought they were a little dim and then I thought it was just me... Until another car pulled up in the lane beside me and lit up the highway. I can't figure it out... They're not dirty! Oh, and plus now that it's mucky outside, my windshield wipers seem to have decided to not work properly. They'll work fine in 'normal mode', but when I try to clean the windshield, nothing happens. Nothing! It's not like it's out of fluid. Nothing happens. No wipers, no trying to squirt washer fluid. NOTHING!

Today's music video is 'Coalmine' from the Armchair Cynics:

My Day So Far

I went to see BENJAMIN BUTTON this afternoon. It was amazing. That is all.

I spent a good couple hours going through that pile of misc. CDs we all have and labelling them. I found some neat stuff... and some awful stuff... such as some old high school writing :P

In keeping with my music posts, here's a link for you. I had to use a link because there were no good embed-able vids of this one. The only one I could find was some sort of mashup of anime and a different version of the song. Anyways, my choice for today is Ingram Hill's Almost Perfect. I love this song. Love it. This version is better, too, and it was number one on the countdown I programmed for, oh, ever... At that station, we did a great job of finding things that other stations might not play that were good. Some stations try and fail by playing crap. This one isn't totally unknown, but I haven't heard it spun in a while and not at all in MB or AB. It's kinda country but not... which is good because I usually hate country!

EDIT: Since I can't embed the song I wanted to, here's a cover of 'With You'. I hate the Chris Brown version, but somehow, this one works for me.


I signed up for skating this week. I start next Tuesday. I have to go all the way out to the complete opposite side of the city! If you drew a map of Winnipeg and plotted both my house and the arena, they would be pretty much as far apart as possible while still being inside the perimiter. It's actually kind of ridiculous.

My parents are going to Ottawa this week, leaving me to look after my teenage brother. My other brother is going to nab him for the weekend, but it'll be up to me to get him to school and make sure he doesn't starve to death for most of the week. Wish me luck.

Music

So I think I'm going to start posting a couple music vids a week. I'll try for things that people might not have heard (or at least might have forgot about), but I also love the predictable poppy stuff, so whatever :P

The "A Walk To Remember" soundtrack is actually pretty awesome because Switchfoot did like the whole thing. Here's one of my favs of theirs (off of another album, though):

Saps Unite!

I've decided to start another major project and get it done pretty quickly. I have the time, so why not?

Over the last year and a bit, I've speced quite a bit and I've also written several shorts, and of course, my baby -- my feature.

Writing a feature was so different than specing a TV show. I always thought I'd love to write for TV (and I still would), but I really enjoyed spinning a story in my head and creating new characters and plotting and then taking it from begining to end.

So, my new project is going to be a feature. I don't need another spec at this time.

When I write, I have the gift of being a somewhat of a crazy writer. I write a ton and I write quickly. When I don't write, I don't write. Hopefully I'll be able to get a draft out before I start school again.

I've embraced my inner romantic... I've tried other genres, but somehow, although I'm the most unromantic person in life, I seem to gravitate to it when I write. Maybe I'm not dating the right people :P

So, I'm writing a romance. I've been listening to a lot of my favorite love songs for inspiration. Here's what's in my media player right now:

BNL -- Call and Answer
Blue Rodeo -- Five Days in May
Blue Rodeo -- Lost Together
Garth Brooks -- Shameless (Don't laugh!)
Beatles -- In My Life
Beatles -- Blackbird
Lauren Hill -- Can't Take My Eyes Off You
Association -- Never My Love
Lenny Kravitz -- It Ain't Over Till It's Over

Yes, in the new year, I've resolved to be sappy :P

Baby It's Cold Outside

It's freaking cold. Nostril sticking together, eye lash freezing, grown men wearing snow pants to the store, school bus cancelling, big tough truck not starting COLD!

Ironically, it should be 2 by Sunday. Huh.

I haven't been posting much lately... to say things have been rough would be an understatement. It's hard to explain... I don't feel like I've made/am making wrong decisions. I just feel... worried. I feel that I'm not working towards a career right now in my job. At school, I'm working towards a career, but at work? Not so much. It's a lot more distressing than I thought it would be.

On the other hand, I sort of like going into work every day, doing my job, and leaving without worries. Part of me feels really guilty about loving that.

I had a really stressful job. I worked evening and weekends all the time because I couldn't get everything done during office hours. There were times when I hated that job. Hated it. But, part of me sort of misses the importance of it, you know?

Reading back over most of this, it sort of doesn't make sense. I think that's because the whole situation doesn't make f-n sense! The reasons I'm feeling so... distressed are pretty muddled and... hard to pinpoint and because of that, I have a hard time describing it. So, in that sense, this post not making sense really does make sense.

I've never reacted to something like this before. I usually meet challenge head on and just do what needs to be done. I make a decision, run with it, and that's it. It's very foreign to me to be so comsumed by worry and doubt. I'm not quite sure how to deal with it.