Wednesday, April 29, 2009

All the other things

Today it took me three hours to return an email. Which either makes me a very caring human being or a complete moron that can't string a sentence together.

So that was the morning.

This afternoon I've been submitting, submitting, submitting which has got all the deadlines out of the way for the next couple of days. It's always at the beginning and end of the month that everyone decides that they want stuff.

Now, it's onto some typing of stuff already written because it can't stay in my notebook, all lovely and perfect, for ever. Unfortunately.

And then it's back to the research that seems to grow and grow.

Monday, April 27, 2009

New

Today, apart from piling on as many layers as humanly possibly to ward off the cold, has also been most productive.

I've started a new play, with the working title Vivisection, for the Kit Denton fellowship. The research is piling up and has to be dealt with quick smart. But as of this afternoon, there is a prologue, scene one and the beginning of scene two.

It's all about medical research and clinical trials on humans but it's mostly about families, or one family.

Now to that research …

Sunday, April 26, 2009

Smile

Things that are amusing me this morning (which is now afternoon):

  • It is a cyclone outside. Things are flying everywhere, there's rain, there's hail, there's nothing nice about it all. Inside, it's all warm and cosy and some guy on the radio is talking about mushrooms and eggplants and good things to cook for winter. Oh, and I just made a sensational cup of coffee and someone is about to make me egg and bacon sandwiches for lunch.
  • I had so much sleep last night I feel 10 years younger. There's a new show on TV called 10 years younger in 10 days. Fuck that. Go get some sleep. End show. Roll credits.
  • I'm reading this. It's doing my head in but in a very amusing way.
  • I'm going to finish a draft of my pilot this afternoon. The pilot is slightly amusing.
  • Did I mention the egg and bacon sandwiches? Oh, it is good to be alive.

Saturday, April 25, 2009

Things to do

Other things:

Websites to check out to waste time, find ideas, marvel at the horror of humanity:

Women's view on news – news totally about women. Actually, it's more like terrible things that happen to women and how it is truly amazing that we have lasted this long.

Mira's List – all about grants and funding for artists. It's basically US focused but she writes fantastic posts on tips for grant writing and whatnot.

Where I am.

Update:

  1. My play Bloody Bride Wife that was going to be the coolest play ever, thus making me coolest playwright ever, has turned out to be a huge steaming pile of shit. What a shame. It's been sent to the corner to work its shit out (and its mixed metaphors) and then we will have some serious counselling sessions.
  2. Lots of spectacular fellowships, opportunities have deadlines soon. This is what is going to be taking up my time in the next couple of weeks. Because I am the sharing type:
    1. Kit Denton Fellowship
    2. Realise your dream

    Don't they all sound wonderful? I think there are more. I'll repost if there are. Yes, I will, little blog. This is not going to work if you constantly bring up the past.

  3. My little play Sophie in the Water, I think, is finished. Now to find a wonderful theatre company to put it on.
  4. I wrote a pilot. I had so much fun I wrote another one. That one is not finished yet.
  5. I'm going to begin a second draft of New Light Shine. Typing up the first draft, I found some really good stuff in there. There is also a lot of shit. Hello, second draft.
  6. There's a whole heap of short plays situated on various points on the scale of shitdom.
  7. In exercises of stating the bleeding obvious, I'm working on too many projects. Like way too many. It's time to do some focussing exercises.


     


 

Breath

In other exciting news, my little play Breath, is getting a production in Minneapolis at this place. Check out their website. Don't they sound like the coolest people alive? I wish I could go see it. Or get drunk in the schmick bar eating some Polish fusion food and feeling like this could just be the life.

Future

Have been working up a storm in screwed cash job, saving pennies, because … I AM GOING TO NEW YORK! In October. It's going to be fab. I just know it.

All suggestions on what I should see, do, eat, drink, worship at the altar of, gratefully accepted.

I have a feeling I'm going to weep when I see Broadway. What a girl.

Turning up on your doorstep

Oh, poor neglected blog. Look at you sitting there in your virtual reality, alone, neglected, wondering if it was you that brought this upon yourself. What did I do? Am I supposed to do something other than sit there and look good? Am I supposed to think for myself? Write my own posts?

Fret not sweet blog. Like a true commitment phobe I am back and this time it is for good. Really. Promise. Swear on my … something really important to me. This time it's going to be different. I'm going to change. I'm going to be everything you want and need. I'll be your soul mate. Promise … Come on. Give us a little smile. We'll have make up sex later. Yes. Promise I won't come first.