last minute class opening

 

This class was full but —

There is a last minute seat opening in The November 7 class [which starts tomorrow] :

Beating the Second Act Slump : 6 Week Workshop begins Saturday November 7th. This is an online 6 week advanced course on screenplay structure taught by yours truly Max Adams. Subjects include breaking the first 30 pages into two acts; Understanding set up; The 15 page escalation; Achieving story climax; Correcting the second act Field model; And more importantly — Beating the Second Act Slump.

 

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Course fee is $240. Course length is 6 weeks. Seating is limited. For course sign up email : courses @ seemaxrun.com

You must type out the above email address without the spaces —

We are trying to outwit spam bandits.

 

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:::more info:::

 

halloween 2009 : part i

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

the day after the festivities

 

 

 

halloween frenzy

 

Attention —

The rest of the weekend will be spent Halloween carousing. If I am not back by Monday send the Saint Bernards. That is all.

 

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[okay that is not a saint bernard but it is a very cute dog and i just like the photo]

 

where the art work comes from :
that is from ojoyous1

wordpress help sucks

 

So WordPress every time I try to look at comments tells me I don’t have any comments. In the old days, you could just ignore this a couple days and it would straighten out. But lately it is every time and this has been going on months. [Which is why I am not responding to anyone sorry about that.]

I get annoyed at this. Of course I have comments. Not just on my blog, but like other places I would like to check in on?

Oh no, according to WordPress, I just have no comments.

I try to get help by, you know, hitting the WordPress help link. I am immediately hit with a page of different scenarios I might need help with. No help. No contact info. Just, Yay! This huge fucking list.

I wade through that. I find something that is help 24/7. I think, Well, that might work, I could actually talk to a human being? Maybe it is chat or something.

I click it.

It’s another fucking list page, with a hundred things to choose from that might be my problem.

None of them of course are my problem.

WordPress, your help sucks.

 

mike’s very strange 34 questions thingy

 

 

1. What was the last thing you put in your mouth?
My foot.

2. Where was your profile picture taken?
Where all covert action should be taken in an alley.

3. Can you play Guitar Hero?
Oh fuck no. I am too busy playing Tetrizz.

 

 

4. Name someone who made you laugh today.
Kristy Johansson.

5. How late did you stay up last night and why?
Very very late & why not?

6. If you could move somewhere else, would you?
France is looking good.

7. Ever been kissed under fireworks?
When I kiss it is fireworks.

8. Which of your FB friends lives closest to you?
My lawyer says not to answer internet proximity questions.

9. Do you believe ex’s can be friends?
The historical record says no Alex.

10. How do you feel about Dr Pepper?
I prefer David Tennant.

11. When was the last time you cried really hard?
Delicate flowers do not “cry really hard.” Mascara!

12. Who took your profile picture?
You are kind of obsessed with this photo thing aren’t you?

13. Who was the last person you took a picture of?
More photo questions. How many distant photos of me do you have in that basement shrine again?

14. Was yesterday better than today?
The day is young and I am hopeful.

15. Can you live a day without TV?
Scientific research indicates human life requires hydration, sustenance,and an ambient temperature. When electronic devices enter the picture I will let you know.

16. Are you upset about anything?
Not yet but this questionnaire is not over.

17. Do you think relationships are ever really worth it?
You are totally outside taking photos aren’t you?

18. Are you a bad influence?
I am a shining beacon or virtuosity. Fresh!

19. Night out or night in?
Do I have male company? That will make a huge difference you know.

20. What items could you not go without during the day?
I am going with pants and liquid beverages.

21. Who was the last person you visited in the hospital?
The majority of my hospital visits are unexpected and involve nurses ineptly sticking me with sharp objects and threatening helicopter rides if I do not cooperate.

22. What does the last text message in your inbox say?
“There is a guy outside your window with a zoom lens.”

23. How do you feel about your life right now?
I do not feel “about” life. I feel life.

24. Do you hate any one?
Everyone I ever hated is dead.

25. If we were to look in your facebook inbox, what would we find?
Many messages from shockingly attractive men.

26. Say you were given a drug test right now, would you pass?
How many drugs do I have to take to pass this test?

27. Has anyone ever called you perfect before?
Doy. But does pillow talk count?

28. What song is stuck in your head?
Nothing is stuck in my head. That is a pre-existing condition you know.

29. Someone knocks on your window at 2:00 a.m., who do you want it to be?
I am a little worried about being on a floor above street level, did someone just go vampire or something?

30. Do you want to have grandkids before you’re 50?
Grandkids? I do not even have kids. Jeez.

31. Name something you have to do tomorrow.
Battle Satan, save human kind, choose the right shoes, nothing big.

32. Do you think too much or too little?
I think just right Goldilocks.

33. Do you smile a lot?
Define “a lot” Camera Boy.

34. Best thing you ate in the last 24 hours.
I chewed through a couple Republicans, does that count?

 

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[note, this quiz originated on fb with some ridiculous name like "the honesty quiz" bwahahahhaha]

 

feng shui pumpkin!

 

Finally!

A pumpkin for me. Yay!

[Seriously, are these not the coolest pumpkins you have ever seen? I know my obsession with black and white can get a little out of hand but these are too cool I must have a pumpkin this year and paint it yay!]

 

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[They call one of those "wood grain" pumpkin but they cannot fool me that is zebra pumpkin yay!]

 

where those faboo pumpkins came from :
country living can you believe it?

[okay normally i do not read country living
but my amazingly stylish friend myriana
found those there she is style on the hoof]

this is freaking hilarious

 

This is from —

Colin Nissan at Timothy McSweeney

 

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IT’S DECORATIVE
GOURD SEASON,
MOTHERFUCKERS

I don’t know about you, but I can’t wait to get my hands on some fucking gourds and arrange them in a horn-shaped basket on my dining room table. That shit is going to look so seasonal. I’m about to head up to the attic right now to find that wicker fucker, dust it off, and jam it with an insanely ornate assortment of shellacked vegetables. When my guests come over it’s gonna be like, BLAMMO! Check out my shellacked decorative vegetables, assholes. Guess what season it is — fucking fall. There’s a nip in the air and my house is full of mutant fucking squash —

 

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:::continue reading:::

 

where the art work comes from :
that is from ski 9

far sight

 

Sometimes I feel seriously alone. I see things other people don’t. Won’t. Don’t want to. Or just can’t. And saying something won’t work. I’ve tried that before. It never works. I mean. How many people want to hear something they don’t want to Hear? [Answer: Zero.] So I sit watching. Alone.

 

a stiletto halloween

 

Stil is coming to visit —

For Halloween.

Yay!

 

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Halloween is so going to rock.

 

where the art work comes from :
that is all i wanted for christmas by edward olive romantic