transition part 2

I've seen a lot of bloggers come and go. Remember that surge a while back when everybody you knew suddenly had a blog? (Everyone I knew anyway.) And there were some vastly entertaining posts, great stories, cool new points of view, and then one by one they all stopped writing. At the same time of course, new people are constantly popping up. And some people do stick around. I got so many blogs right now on my google reader I can't keep up.


I feel myself fizzling out right now like so many bloggers before me. Mostly I just link to other people's stuff now. My readership is down. There are other things to do. Things like facebook and youtube. Also, I feel like my writing here has become less vital. I am disenchanted with theater. I haven't been involved in a show in over a year (though some of my plays are happening in various places). But I feel like I have nothing more to say really about theater except that I'm not enough a part of it and I'm frustrated my plays aren't getting done more by larger theaters. but that gets tiring to read and tiring for me to write. So I've been only half here on the blog this past year or so.


And I've stopped sharing my writing so much. Which is something that kept me coming to the blog. But this is partially because I've been working on TV and film stuff and wasn't sure it was a good idea to share that stuff. I mean, who wants to read my 30 Rock spec really? And the screenplay should be shrouded in secrecy as should the pilot stuff I'm working on now. Because it's still evolving and I don't want to say it's this and have it be that.


Which is all just to say that if this blog is to continue, it will have to change. Maybe from now on, it will be a blog that is solely photos of donkeys.

I don't know. Maybe I'll start reporting on the Minneapolis theater scene. Maybe I'll spend next year writing that novel and that's all you'll hear about. Maybe I'll only write about TV and/or film. (If that is even allowed) It's really hard to say. stay tuned. or, you know, watch youtube instead. I'll have a youtube video or two coming out soon.

your tool for the coming november

What is true and what is lies:

http://www.factcheck.org/

transition

K is at this moment driving across the country to our home base for a year--Minneapolis. Our cat is riding shotgun in her '91 honda station wagon. The apartment is very quiet without them. Work is also very quiet right now. The new guy we hired is doing all the work I would normally do. I'm working on my pilot pitch. I have to say, I'm getting kind of excited about it. I hope someone will pay me to write it. I've also figured out how to revise a lot of things that need revising. I wonder when I'll get to that. Soon, I hope. So much to do. Here's a song for you: The world's about to end You're my only friend There's not much more we can carry And the light go down on this bombed-out town I don't know how much more we can carry So I look at you We've done all we can do and I say to you Let's get married Let's get married Let's get married The morning sun creeps in over our loss or win There's not much more we can carry But I grab your hand and we cross the sand I don't know how much more we can carry And I look at you There's much more we can do Let's get married Let's get married Let's get married

US terrorist watchlist now has more than 1,000,000 names

http://www.boingboing.net/2008/07/15/us-terrorist-watchli-1.html

two more about working in the arts and making a living

http://parabasis.typepad.com/blog/2008/07/rehtfa-i-making-a-living.html

http://www.avltheatre.com/forte/2008/07/featured_post_writers_need_act.html

vow of poverty?

Lots of theatrosphere talk about making a living making art. Mark has
a nice post here:

http://mrexcitement.blogspot.com/2008/07/in-defense-of-artistic-director.html

you on facebook?

Join my blog network here:

http://apps.facebook.com/blognetworks/blogpage.php?blogid=13186

Ken Levine's take on Musicals

http://kenlevine.blogspot.com/2008/07/what-i-learned-on-my-first-musical.html

Theater: Only a few make living from stage alone--Denver

http://www.denverpost.com/ci_9843952

Many good friends of mine, all super-talented individuals are involved in this new show: http://www.hateallyourfriends.com/ James points us to this interview of Larry and Jacob, the writer and director. Larry was the best man at my wedding. For our ceremony, I asked him to give a speech on friendship. I thought it was funny that the person I asked to represent me as my friend and speak on friendship now has a play going up called "What to Do When You Hate All Your Friends." I'm very excited to see it.

Pilot's butter knife confiscated in airport

http://www.salon.com/tech/col/smith/2008/07/11/askthepilot283/print.html

h/t http://www.boingboing.net/

WTF Obama!!!

I want change, but not the Orwellian kind

http://www.boingboing.net/2008/07/09/senate-approves-warr.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/10/washington/10fisa.html?hp

rising food prices

boinboing led me to this--multiple articles from National Geographic
on the food crisis

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/food_crisis.html

Hal Brooks: Letter to a Young Director

http://halbrooks.blogspot.com/2008/06/letter-to-young-director-part-one.html

The 2nd Indie Theater Convocation

I'm not going to be able to make this (this Sat0 If you go, please
give me a report

http://nytheatre.blogspot.com/2008/07/more-on-convocation.html

a few wedding photos here:

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2157546&l=2a380&id=122789

baby!

congrats to Sheila and Soph!!

h/t daisey

Pretty Theft Word Cloud

h/t Jason

surplus on Jollyship

I loved this if you remember. Go see it if you can.

http://fishunderwater.blogspot.com/2008/06/ten-more-second-chances.html

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more mojo

http://www.mojotheatre.com/

Daisey responds to American Theater article

http://www.mikedaisey.com/2008/07/response-to-how-theatre-saved-america.sht

attention playwrights! Public Theater Emrging Writer Group

http://www.publictheater.org/content/view/88/155/

Katrina theater project

http://www.katrinathekword.com/

how it is

I had a nice but short vacation. We went camping in the Catskills and came back with smoke in our hair and a cooler full of water. Tomorrow I go back to work for two weeks. Then I'm off for two weeks. During that time I have a quick retreat at Bennington College with my play Incendiary which I'm working on with the LAByrinth folks. I also have to I have to pack up whatever in the house Kristen hasn't already packed for our big move to Minneapolis. (for a year. She got the Jerome, you see.) I plan to be back as much as possible and if things go well I'll be jetting off to a bunch of other places during the year as well. Also on monday I have to pitch my TV idea to my agent. wish me luck. I'm kind of terrified of the whole pitching thing. I like to just write things. So I'm back at work for two weeks, off for two weeks, must vacate my apt, go back to work for two days and then fly to MN. Anyone recommend good theaters in MN?

yesterday and today

Here is the first of our photos--this one taken by Stephanie Fisher. I'm off to go camping with my wife. See you when I return.

these folks have a blog

http://packawallop.wordpress.com/

Look for the short film I did with them soon.

I'm getting married today!

Hilarious

I Am Totally Crushin' on Young McCain

http://www.236.com/blog/w/drew_grant/i_am_totally_crushin_on_young_1_7249.php

good ways to start emails

--hello beneficiary --ATTENTION:HONORABLE BENEFICIARY. --Dear Friend, --Greeting's to you and your entire family! (note the apostrophe) --I know you must be surprised to hear from me. --CONGRATULATIONS YOU HAVE WON --From the Desk of________ I mean any email coming from an African Banker is one I am sure to respond to. Also, any email that starts talking about my penis immediately. I mean what better way to get someone's attention? Bill Gates emails me a lot. So does Al Gore, though those might actually be from Al Gore. On the internet there are a lot of people who have money who want to share it with me. I have not found this to be true in my day to day life thus far. Why is the internet so different from real life? It's a mystery.