All right. I've decided what my goals are with writing Sully and Claire , better known as the serial killer play. 1. Write at least one character with a speech pattern that's absolutely not my own without...very, very creepy. I started off using "princess," but that sounded mocking, and he's not mocking her - he actually is fond of her. I'm using "love" now, but it sounds too British. So, any thoughts

I just realized that I never posted the finalized draft of All the Moon is Dark . Well, it's not technically finalized, but I guess it's as close as it's gonna get. The entire script won't fit into one...If you jump, I will break your fall Lift you up and fly away with you Into the night If you need to fall apart I can mend your broken heart If you need to crash, then crash and burn You're not alone

If you don't read leorathesane (and why don'tcha? Huh? Huh?), you'll have missed this brilliant gem . Definitely the best gift I've ever received for that holiday I don't celebrate because I'm neither Irish nor Catholic. And if you have no idea why that's a cool gift, I refer you back to this year's 24-Hour Play Project . Anyway, my wife rules. Still. That is all.

...I made videos of the interior rooms of the old house, more for me and the boys than for anyone else, but if I get ambitious, I might post them.  Gotta keep the stalkers happy.  *waves at the stalkers* playwrighting.  Arriving late and leaving early and not contibuting while you're there is not going to get a play written.  (It's a fabulous premise this semester, but I'm not writing it.  Completely fabulous...

 I find people watching fascinating. Odd, because I don't like people, on the whole. I've been sitting in the lobby of a large hotel in downtown Austin, TX, sucking the free wireless signal, drinking...stories, some Caliga (Poor Pansy! I can't believe what I've done to the girl), and I even dusted off my book and edited  the first chapter-again- half-heartedly.  :)  A good morning, all in all

The four greatest phrases heard in my playwrighting class (who are big lurking lurkers who lurk, Jake)  yesterday: *  "Lucky charms were created by hobos; that's why they smell like weed." *  "You can find naked people everywhere!" *  "Become a lesbian nun." *  "Foxtrot for Jesus!" *sigh*  There was a lot of laughing and not much writing that went on yesterday.  Thank God for Google docs.  ...

...Pharohs.  I really do like that song.  It's a classic, and it's perfect for the fic I recorded.  It's actually part of the fic I recorded. (Little Red Riding Hood by StrangerWithMy Face) Anyway. Playwrighting went well last night.  It appears as if we have a premise.  We'll finish the plot outline and cast of characters next week, hopefully, and then begin some actual dialogue.  Thank God.   ...

It started like this: "The theme of Izzy Icarus Fell Off the World is that everyone has something to say even if they say it differently!" That was in my head the whole time I was writing it, and that's...wordy post. Maybe a short one before I leave and then a comprehensive one when I get back, I promise! (Even if there are a grand total of, what, three people reading this?) Space Cadet Aliza, signing off. :

Since I last mentioned taking up writing again, I wrote a short one act that ended horribly abruptly and without development for one character. After that, I started writing another short one act that... Laine: Hey, we used to talk. All the time. Deep things, right? Duff: I guess. Seems to me like it was always about some stupid shit. Laine: Right… Duff: Why, is that what this is about. Stupid shit?

...I had a meeting with the powers that be about the ALT Academy, where I teach.  I think it's going to be a good thing...  it turns out that not only will I be teaching Acting 3 & 4, as well as Playwrighting (they had actually misspelled 'playwrighting' on the class list that went out to everyone :P), but I will also be doing guest spots several times in Junior and Senior companies.  That makes...