ATTACK OF THE REAL LIFE!

ATTACK OF THE REAL LIFE! (First posted Sep 13 08)
With the best of intentions, as always, I designed this blog to be set forth at regular (read: SHORT) intervals. Maybe two or three days between entries.
As you can tell, that hasn't happened... thanks to that unpredictable item called {dramatic fanfare} Real Life.
The need for activities that have nothing to do with writing, or blogging, or any sort of creative impulse at all... deplorable, but unavoidable.
I have a completed short screenplay - 25 pages - that I think I'm going to try to make soon. I'm working on another one that may be going feature length. I've been applying for extra jobs and crew jobs here in the Detroit area. I've also been looking for "real work".
Things are going such that I'm doing a difficult balancing act... if things go off-kilter, you'll know. {The noise will cue you, for one thing.}
Cheers!
Al B.

Truth - at 30i

Truth - at 30i (First posted Aug 17 08)
"There comes a time in the affairs of man, my dear Blubber, when one
must take the bull by the tail and face the situation."
William Claude Dukinfield (better known as W.C. Fields)
Said situation is the health - or lack thereof - of my wife, Megan, and
me. Without going into details, which I'm obligated not to do under both
the HIPAA law and the marriage vows we took, I'll merely say it sucks.
I am, and I can, however, keep doing what I can to fan the banked embers
of whatever creativity I have left. I'm editing footage, writing a
couple of screenplays, and looking for work.
There is also this blog, such as it is.
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Thanks to an interview with Indy Mogul,
I've learned of a project that came about a little over a month ago from
Joss Whedon, the brain behind Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Firefly,
and the movie version Serenity. It's called Dr. Horrible's Sing Along Blog, a three-episode web series starring Neil Patrick Harris, Nathan Fillion, and Felicia Day. I watched it, and it was pretty damn good. I also learned of Felicia Day's other projects, such as her web series The Guild, and her being a producer on Kim Evey's Gorgeous Tiny Chicken Machine Show. The Guild was something I mostly liked; the Gorgeous Tiny Chicken Machine just left me cold. Peter John Ross and George Caleodis did better with Uncle Pete's Play Time, which can be seen on Sonnyboo.com, among other places.
Those are my opinions. If you don't like them, I have others. (To misquote Groucho Marx.)

Cheers!
Al B.