Where I get off my butt and get back to writing.

So i have done almost a full year of not blogging.  I have to admit that my last blog kinda put me off the whole thing.  I still miss Rory.

Enough about that, though. 

So nowadays I have a crazy 2 year old.  I am writing pitches

Wait. 

I was writing pitches.  Then some d00d busted my car window at high noon and stole all my writing notes and my laptop.  I am sad to lose the laptop but it is devastating to lose my writing notes.  i had one of those 3 subject spiral binders with notes about everything from learning basic japanese to scheduling and producing TV movies to sketched out ideas for animated and kids shows.  No back ups for handwriting.  I guess I could start scanning pages after I write on them and then i would have backups in iPhoto.

I have gotten into some other pretty cool music, mostly thanks to NPR's All Songs Considered and My man Han

St Vincent's "Actor" is getting good play on my iPod as is Silversun Pickups and Autolux which inspired me to write two different tv show ideas.

Writing is weird.  Trying to see if I can really write for comics.  Working up some pitches now.  Then throwing out some emails and see if I can land me some of those fancy meetings at San Diego Comicon.  Taking a class at UCLA by Nunzio Defilippis on how to write comics.  I never felt comfortable with the format and I hope this helps me out. I haven't forgotten my TV writing but I hate talking about TV ideas on the Internerd.

Guess that is a good start.  Going to Vegas this weekend, which should be full of stories I will never re-tell until my deathbed.  heh.

Check out:
MUSIC
"The Strangers" - St Vincent
"God Is Love"  - Eleni mandell
"TIA" - K'Naan
"Here Comes Everybody" - Autolux ( I know this is an old track but I just got to it.)

TV
Southland - NBC - I can't sayitis great but I am surprised how much I love following the stories of the beat cops.  If the detectives disappeared (maybe not Regina King) I would not be sad.

The Unusuals - Argh more cops.  I think ABC felt burned by all their quirky shows and are hammering out the weirdness of this show.  But dammit the cast is so good I have to give it a chance.

Harper's Island. - CBS - I have no idea how this got on but it is such a faithful homage to 80s slasher movies and so goofy it is fun that I can't stop watching.  It's either the mother or everyone is killing everyone.

Reading
getting Things Done - I am all unorganized.  I find that when i follwo a chapters advice I feel a sense of relief.  then I mess everything up again and the anxiety returns.

the Road, No 1 Ladies Detective and Audacity of Hope - Books that have been sitting on my beloved Kindle for a while that i thought I should finally read.  Weirdly they all kinda flow together into a big meta story...