And I don't mean "oh this was paradise built by the mob!" I was walking thru the casino floor of the Venetian looking at all of these people desperate to give their money to all of these other people who...didn't look like they really cared. Suddenly I wanted to see those stories.
Why do so many people choose to get married in a place called Sin City? Why are they there to celebrate the end of being single, the beginning of holy union and the monotony of the end of their lives all in the same place? Everywhere you turn are Brides and weird couples and solitary old people. I mean when you see the military folks you kinda understand, they want to blow off steam and be as far from "Regulated Order" that their own lives represent.
But what brings everyone else back? And why hasn't anyone documented that question and maybe some answers?
Then there is the other side. The facilitators. The dealers, the cabbies, the limo guys the ARMY OF BARTENDERS and the supply line of sex workers/"advertisers". I know a lot of them train in the area and generally have chosen to be there. You have these dealers who have 17, 18, 19 years listening to jackasses like me ask them what the rules say about hitting that 12 against a possible 16. What are they getting out of life that a postal worker isn't? Why aren't there more Casino Worker killing sprees? Cocktail waitressing is something I always hear sucks? Yet there are a bunch of them? What is holding these people here? It isn't like Los Angeles where you can fool yourself into thinking that you might still be discovered...I mean i suppose that you might marry some rich d00d that youmet when you brought him that Irish coffee during the hottest streak in his life. I suppose.
I have no snappy finisher to this. Just something I was thinking about all weekend, while Vegas was reminding me I was too old to be hanging out there.
But not old enough to be playing slots and kino all day.
I really need to do some writing but I am off to Vegas for the weekend.
I have no real comment to make beyond that. Well I do but it is nothing that I need to say on a public forum.
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...
