A Mystery About A Fridge

It is done. Weighing in at a full 15 pages and not a line less, Fritzy's Fridge has been submitted to the judges a full 5 hours before the deadline.

Now to drink and party all night long and then spend 6 weeks waiting to hear.

Anyone who wants to read the final product, holla.

The Internet Is For Porn (& other stuff too)

I had been planning to do a post about my favorite vlogs for a while, but now that I'm getting around to it, I realized I only have 2. So I'll just pepper them in among some of my other favorite stuff I found floating around the internet today.

(Things are MASSIVELY slow at work. And, yes, mom, I am writing, I actually have a rewrite of a 1st draft of my competition script in the works so don't get your panties in a knot. I'll get it out to anyone who wants to read it tonight.)

Today's Happy Thoughts

• I have a new live recording of Schocholautte and you don't! Well, it's not so much that you don't that makes me happy, as much as it is that I do. It's great. I am also psyched for the 3, count 'em 3, super shows lined up for this weekend. For which we are going to have many guests. Super exciting band stuff!
• OMG you guys! TWOP has totally changed their layout and it's freaking me OUT. Television Without Pity is a website that recaps tv shows (and now apparently, movies ?!?!?) and they have lots of funny writers and I have been following them for ages. They were recently bought by Bravo and a lot of changes have been made. Check 'em out, you're sure to find something there you like. Plus, bonus for you, the layout changes won't freak you out if you've never been there before. (NOTE: give them a little while before you go clicking, apparently the new layout is making them a little buggy.)
• While at TWOP, check out The Week Without Pity, one of my favorite vlogs. It outlines the best, worst, and guilty pleasurest shows of the week, all in about 4 minutes. The dry deadpan humor of djb, the vlogger, is pretty fantastic and he puts together funny images to go with them. It comes out every Friday. Check it out!
• There was a new Zero Punctuation up today. ZP is my other favorite vlog, brought to me by Kris, which will be obvious when you go check it out. Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw "is a British-born, currently Australian-based wirter and gamer with a sweet hat and a chip on his shoulder" who does video game reviews for Escapist Magazine. He talks really fast (hence the title) and is hilarious, even if you know nothing about games. The visual aids in the videos help you get the jokes and his British accent and humor make  you laugh. Check out the archives and then anxiously await a new one every Wednesday.
• Improv Everywhere is just so cool. I know you probably saw their frozen Grand Central stunt or something else online. You should check out all their missions. I highly recommend Best Game Ever.
• Torso Pants are just like t-shirts! 
• I really hope this guy gets somewhere with his career because he's a self-made star and really talented and just a genuinely nice guy.

What ain't no country I ever heard of.

A little treat for LOST fans.

And a classic fave in response.

I'm having a weird day. First thing in the morning I had a stranger diggin' around in my lady parts and now I'm trying to think of ways to calm Kris down out a stress that's usually ascribed to me.

Short Film, Bleacher Seat Sunburn, and My Name In Lights

So, let's see. This was actually a big weekend. 

• Thursday night was another hit rock and roll show, kicking off Schocholautte's month long residency at the Trash Bar. Always a good time and I expect many more to come.
• Friday there was very little to be done at work. I came in. I dicked around while awaiting some files to come in. The files came and the little work that needed to be done got done. At which point my boss was like "Well, no point in paying you to sit here and stare out the window, why dontcha go home?" Don't hafta tell me twice so I hightailed it out and had lunch with my mom and then got our long overdue laundry done at the mom-dramat, where the banana bread is fresh-baked and you can revel in a Tivo'd Masterpiece version of Jane Austen's Emma.
• There's this thing I did on a whim in the middle of the week, last week, and that thing was to sign up for the NYC Midnight Madness Screenwriting competition. My class is just about over and I'm kind of all about short films right now so why not another kick in the ass to get writing? A coworker asked "what's the prize?" and my answer is, I don't really care. So at any rate, Friday at midnight, my assignment arrived: A mystery about a refrigerator, in 15 pages, in a week. Anyone who wants to read, give a shout. Of course, there would have to be something to read first ("hey maybe you should be writing that instead of blogging!" I know, shut up).
• Saturday I got a long awaited haircut. I don't quite have the Posh Spice look I was hoping for, my hair's not long enough in the front yet. But I do look and feel fresher and prettier.
• Saturday afternoon I accompanied my sister's boyfriend to my first Yankee game of the season. She got him a block of Saturday bleacher seats but she had a big test so I took her place for this game. The Yanks lost and the game kinda dragged but the weather was gorgeous and we had a good time.
• I got back from the game just in time to grab Kris and haul him out for the premiere of that move I worked on a couple of years ago. For the first time ever, I was able to/had to pull a "Does it help me get in if I worked on the film?" I felt guilty, but I was on the crew and I didn't wanna drive an hour and a half and not get in. I spotted tons of people I remembered from working on the shoot, but because of my natural shyness, not being in the mood for introductions and small talk, and not being sure how well I am thought of by these folks, I flew under the radar and kept my head down. We crammed into a gorgeous huge old theater to watch the movie. I have to say, I was majorly impressed. I've read the script, I was there when it was being shot, and I know stuff about what it was based on. All of that, and the not-very-indicative trailer, made me think it would be kind of a mediocre summer rom-com. But it was actually pretty good, with some very good humor and great performances (I knew the actors were good, but I didn't get to spend a lot of time on set so I didn't see much of this). I was awash with memories for the entire screening, pointing out people I knew, crew members who appeared as extras, things that happened behind the scenes, etc. At the end, the list of people who made the movie possible rolled from the bottom of the screen to the top and my name was on it. One of the most amazing experiences of my life. I wish I could have taken a picture of it. I hope this movie makes it to theaters so everyone I know can see it. I also hope it makes it because it is a product of love from a lot of talented people. I complained a lot while working on it and since, but in hindsight, many of my complaints were not the movie's fault. The movie is great. I wish it well. It taught me a lot and it made me happy.
• Yesterday was a lovely sweet and lazy day that I can summarize thusly: sleep late, bacon, writing, House of the Dead, groceries, writing, freakout and breakthrough, tacos, tv, lovin', lying in the dark laughing uncontrollably while your boyfriend quotes The State.

Comedic Interlude II

Peter, one of my gay coworkers, and I are googling I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings looking for an answer to a simple question.

Peter: Oooh! SparkleNotes! Oh wait, no. That's SparkNotes.

Me: SparkleNotes is the gay version.

Ba-dum ksh!

These guys make it so easy.

Sweet Dreams Are Made of This

Wasn't that fun? I gather by the non-reaction to yesterday's post that nobody read it, nobody fell for it, nobody thought it was funny or all three. Which is fine, it was clearly meant as a hardy-har-har type of April fool. Will someone please explain that to Kris, who got a little hot under the collar when I showed it to him?

Today's Happy Thought: BED

After a long struggle with money anxiety and morning soreness and stiffness and needing to buy new bedding and vying for enough space for me, Kris, the body pillow and the cat, we finally have a new bed.

It's a big gorgeous queen-sized Beautyrest. It was delivered this morning, not long after Kris and I rolled out of the old bed, giving us a pretty nice side-by-side comparison of how much better the new bed feels. I'd venture a guess that, since Kris is off today, that he hasn't left it yet and I don't blame him. It's probably the nicest thing I've ever bought for my home. The new sheets are gorgeous and comfy and I'm just so happy overall about the whole thing. 

And given how I have been slapping myself awake for the first half of the day, I am going to need it as soon as I get home :)

A secondary happy thought is that, while we weren't looking, the season premiere of Hell's Kitchen snuck right up on us! It's back and deliciously overdramatic and stupid. Ramsay's in fine form and the donkey contestants are...well, donkeys. I like quality programming too, don't get me wrong,  but this show is super-enjoyable.

Oh and YANKEES WIN! THEEEEEEEEEEEE YANKEES WIN!

I'M ENGAGED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

.....Did you really buy that?

Dude. Check a calendar.

Happy April.