It Hurts to be Horizontal

Witty (or possibly lame) banter between two friends.

Thursday, August 31, 2006

I can relate...

I understand your frustration... You get to a certain point where you think you've done all that you can but they want more. It's similar in art, sometimes people just don't get it, or they get something different than what you're trying to say.

Just tell her to take a flying leap. I start class today so I need to get going.

Just remember what my dad told me once... It's always darkest before you go blind.

xo

Wednesday, August 30, 2006

That's okay---

bitch.

KIDDING! I love YOU more. No, no, I love YOU more.

Just like a comment I heard the other day: "If you're not going to make your script FUNNY, FUNNY you may just need different representation." Spoken to me by Melinda.

Seems she doesn't care much for our script any more and is on the verge of dumping it in the toilet. Who really knows why.

Bitch (her, not you)

Does anyone ever critique your art and say: "Well, I think you should have added more, uh, blue. Yeah. Blue." And you're like: "WHERE? WHERE WOULD I PUT BLUE, you f**king a**hole?"

That's where we're at now: "Make it funny."

But with little, or no, suggestions.

It is very frustrating.

Tuesday, August 29, 2006

I'm sorry

That last post was a bit mean sounding... I was tired.
I love you man!

Monday, August 28, 2006

Uhm...

What?

We don't kneel to pray in church, we just pray. Less wear and tear on the knees.

I would have read your entire post but I got bored.

I have come up with my own title, it is going to be called "I see nothing of substance here". It's what was said to me at my last critique.

Obsessions??

"Tell me what you want, what you really really want."

That should be the song you end with.

I like it, but I also think you need to explore why and how these obsessions occur.

Have you ever been in church and you're kneeling down to pray and the next thing you know you're thinking about a parking meter down on the "Ave" and you suddenly go: "How the hell did I get there?"

Well, when you kneeled down, you saw that the woman in front of you was wearing red hat. It is a nice red hat, but then you remembered that you saw a hat like that at the Lake City Value Village, but you didn't buy it because it was $4.99 and how you really wanted it, but that $4.99 was too much for a used hat that may have had cooties, so instead you bought a DIFFERENT hat, that was yellow - though you're not really into yellow but remembered that when you were walking down the "Ave" you saw a woman with the same hat but it was more of a purple, not a red and that you wondered how much it cost but as you walked past a parking meter you saw that it was "expired" and you figured that the car parked there was going to get a ticket and it would cost more than $4.99.

Strange how the mind works. Isn't it?

What drives people to be obsessed? What was it about that thought process above that, well, you couldn't really stop because you got on the "track" wit h it. Hopefully, as what usually happens, something happens (an organ starts playing, the pastor starts talking, the AC kicks in) whatever it is and you snap out of your train of thought to no where and it all clues in again.

Same thing with obsessions. What takes a relatively NORMAL person, such as yourself, to become driven to accomplish something, or do something, or take certain risks? It obviously has to do with what is going on in your brain. A chemical release that says: "You must pursue this." But why?

That's a thought.

Have a nice day.

Obsessions

Hi, I've got to give a lecture regarding my work and I think it's title is going to have something to do with Obsessions. A lot of my work has to do with obsession. There was my work about coke bottle (Michael THBFC), gelato cups and spoons, obsession with the lack of recycling in Chicago and then this summer other obsessions, my obsession with walking, eating and finding grocery stores... there's also my obsession with television, Weight Watchers etc.

I need to think of the title... I was also thinking I would start the lecture with the Animotion song Obsession...

Any thoughts on the title?

Thursday, August 24, 2006

oops

I uploaded the wrong photo...

Uploading photos works again!


Hi Matt, I hope you had a good anniversary. Maybe you should start your own line of greeting cards?

I was testing the uploading of photos and it works on my browser (Safari) again... This is my Studio without a bunch of photos that were inhabiting the wall. That sounded funny... oh well, I 'll post again once I'm not so tired... Peace out!

Tuesday, August 22, 2006

Anniversary Gripe

In response to your entry - yes, lots going on with the script - but will talk about it later, right now I have a GRIPE!

I went down to Hallmark Cards today to buy an Anniversary Card. You see, it's my 20th Anniversary tomorrow and I feel it is necessary (and expected) to buy an Anniversary Card.

This is my gripe.

First! My wife is not my friend, or even my BEST friend. My Best Friend is the person I complain to about my wife! Wives are WELL BEYOND friends. They're in a completely different category. My friends don't have to see me sitting on the toilet or shaving my back hair, but they also don't have really hot romantic monkey sex with me.

Second! Why are all the cards about ME? Like: "You've taught me about love." or "You've made me so happy." or "You complete me." What the F**K? Okay. No one "completes me." I'm not some jigsaw puzzle missing a piece that you suddenly fill when you said "I Will" at the altar. And why is it ALWAYS about me? Just once I would like to see a card that says: "I love you. I want to make YOU happy. I want to show YOU the world that I see. I want to take YOU to heights that you have never been to. I want to prove to YOU how much I love YOU by being there for YOU when you need a hand to hold, or a kiss on the cheek." Huh? Where ARE THESE CARDS?

Third! How expensive IS paper!? You mean to tell me that a card on plain cardstock with some pretty picture costs me $3.99? How much did it cost for Hallmark to hire some hack to come up with five sentences of love poetry only to slap it onto a card in a 14 pt. font. 10 cents? 5 cents? Sure as heck not the $3.99

That being said, I hope to have a wonderful anniversary tomorrow. I love my wife and, I assume, she loves me.

Ahhhh, love...

Thanks

I just hate it when people don't follow through on what they say...
What's going on with the script? Any news?

Monday, August 21, 2006

What is wrong with people?

This is in response to your e-mail.

What surprises me is that you look up to someone. You have a relationship with someone and, usually, what you find in that person is an honesty, a trutfulness, a beauty, a passion - SOMETHING that pulls you towards them like an out-of-control magnet heading towards something metal (how's THAT for a visual).

But then, as attractive and passionate and romantic as the relationship was, it ends - for whatever reason - and then you quickly learn that the passionate, romantic, trutful, honest, moral person that you invested time, energy and love into - is a paper tiger of false hopes, dreams and passion. They end up being a spineless nothing that can't even pick up the phone and say "hi."

It's not like you're asking for a loan. You just want to chat. But they don't have the guts. How F**KING PATHETIC!

Oh, by the way, I'm back from vacation.

Thursday, August 17, 2006

Since Matt's Gone...

I haven't felt much like being horizontal... well, that's not completely true. I would like to be horizontal - but not in the blogging way.

Matt, when you get back let's discuss assholes who don't even knowledge someone's existence (or phone message). I'm sure you know who I'm talking about... They didn't even bother sending me an email. If they were really my friend they would have done at least that. I better not meet this person in a dark alley or I'll beat the crap out of them.

Okay, I feel a bit better... Sort of.

Friday, August 11, 2006

On vacation...from witty banter

I will be at Lake Wenatchee being eaten alive by mosquitos!

I will return on Saturday the 19th and will, hopefully, blog soon after that.

It was great seeing you, Jen. I miss you lots!

Back in the saddle again...

I don't know what that means but I thought I'd say it anyway. I'm back in Chicago, crampy and hot (but not as hot as I was before). I'm hot in the other way too!

Let's get back to the witty banter.

Okay, I have no witty banter to give...

Thursday, August 10, 2006

Lunch with Matt and Bryan


Hi, I'm the cute one on the left, Matt's the cute one on the right and Bryan is the other one in the middle!

I'm off to the airport to go back to Chicago... looking forward to that terror level orange!

Tuesday, August 08, 2006

Lunch Today!

Matt! We get to see each other today. I'm uber-excited! I have butterflies in my stomach. Or maybe it's gas.

Friday, August 04, 2006

Sorry

I'm not blogging more - but I have a life (hahahahaha).

Actually, I've been busting my left nut trying to get a script done and out the door to Melinda.

It's been fun!

Really...I'll blog more in the future.

Life as a single girl.

So I'm not sure what the title of this post has to do with anything, but hey... At least I'm posting something (better than my friend Matt is doing).

Matt and I are having lunch with our friend Bryan on Tuesday (hopefully they'll pay!).

I'm going to order the lobster - I bet you didn't know that they have lobster at Wendy's did ya?

Tuesday, August 01, 2006

Sounds Like Fun.

The Eurythmics concert was in 84. It was the summer before my Senior year in High School and I went with Trevor! I'm busy, but I'm here. Look for pictures of my dog and luggage on the rant.
xo