Well, dear readers, you won’t believe it – I can barely believe it myself and yet I must because it is true – here I thought I had my first of two count them two glorious days off. I thought I would relax and catch up on my writing and just be a lazy loafer. But, no, I will not be able to do those things until after three o’clock because first the cleaning lady will be here and she will give me the Evil Eye until I leave. Then I have a 9:30 breakfast meeting, then an 11:00 recording session (finishing touches on the Jeepers Creepers tracks), then a lunch meeting at 12:30. Then, finally, I will be free to be you and me. Isn’t that exciting? Isn’t that just too too?
Now, you’ve got some reading to do, dear readers – the latest Juliana’s Journal entry, plus our newest Unseemly Interview – and then you’ve got some postin’ to do. Also, our Unseemly Live Chat will be tomorrow at six o’clock Pacific Mean Daylight Savings Time and you simply must be there.
Yesterday, I shot all day in the Oaks of Sherman, at an Optometrist’s office. I had fun, but there is one person on the production team who is sort of annoying me – I’m apparently not the only one annoyed by this person. This season, for the first time, this person has been allowed to do some field directing, and he’s feeling a bit too territorial and he’s making things a bit too weird for me, because he doesn’t like that I’m there. However, I do know the executive producer specifically wanted me there to specifically do all the things that the host of the show is involved in. Therefore, this person had better knock it off or we shall just have to bitch-slap him from here to eternity and back again.
Well, I have a splendidly splendid idea – why don’t we all click on the Unseemly Button at the exact same time whilst singing the hits of The Mormon Tabernacle Choir?
Last night I began watching the motion picture entitled Anastasia on DVD. Well, that’s not the title of the picture – Anastasia on DVD is a rather silly title, don’t you think. Although, I suppose, it could be the sequel to Anastasia on VHS. In any case, I began watching the DVD of Anastasia. Well, it’s not exactly Anastasia’s DVD, it’s my DVD because I bought it. What the hell am I talking about? Anyway, I’m enjoying it – a lovely transfer, great music by Alfred Newman, and a wonderful cast. More later.
Oh, and my green envelope arrived so I am a happy camper. The green envelopes that come periodically are from the Writer’s Guild, and they contain lovely little things called residuals – in this case, residuals from the motion picture entertainment entitled The Faculty. The fact is, that for the last year these little residuals have been quite little, but yesterday’s little missive was the result of a little audit done by the DGA, the WGA and SAG. All I can tell you is that the little missive was lovely indeed and totally unexpected and both David Wechter and I danced a jig upon receiving it.
Well, dear readers, I must take the day, I must do the things I do, I must breakfast, I must lunch, I must record, I must do some banking and shopping, and then I must write. Today’s topic of discussion: What is the best thing you’ve ever received in the mail? What is the best item you’ve ever ordered over the phone or over the Internet? Do you like doing mail order? I’ll list a few to get the ball rolling – I got this here laptop via mail and by ordering it over the phone, and for the most part it’s been grand. As a young boy I got a Chop-o-matic via the mail (it’s in Benjamin Kritzer if you’d like to read about it) – I’ve also gotten a few CDs via the mail, and a lot of books. I order from book catalogs and it’s always lovely when those boxes arrive. But one of the best non-money things that’s ever arrived was my J.C. Leyendecker Saturday Evening Post cover painting. That was a very special arrival. Your turn.