Category Archives: stories

Extras Gig #2: Cold Case

(Picking up on my extras stories…) The second extras assignment I got was for the show “Cold Case.” Fittingly, the thing I remember most about this experience was that it was freezing. It was also wet and muddy- sometimes dangerously so (lights and their power generators and cables don’t mix well with “wet”). How a [...]

Changes!

“Greetings from California. I’ve been very busy. Am having a great time trying to make it as a writer in LA. It’s just as easy as everyone thinks it is. I’ve been working the room at a lot of Hollywood parties.” –Brian Griffin, Family Guy Yep, so here I am: Los Angeles. City of Dreams. [...]

“I Was a Film School Reject”

These may be words that come out of my mouth someday in an interview with Filmmaker magazine or Inside the Actor’s Studio.  I’ll say those words right after James Lipton asks me what my favorite swear word is… I have officially received the “best of luck in all of your endeavors” letter from the film [...]

War of the Worlds 2.0

Hope everyone had a Happy Halloween! If you didn’t notice, my last two blog posts were a little… unusual.  While stargazing is a favorite pastime of mine, a few of the things I wrote about were… shall we say… “slanted” for entertainment purposes.  Hey, at least I’m telling you.  Hollywood never extends you that courtesy [...]

Flee? Not Me!

Exciting stuff today! Turns out last night was the perfect night to look at the stars! Check out this atmospheric weirdness: And: What is all this stuff? It’s NOT a meteor shower, I can tell you that. The quadrantids? I wish they were that cool! Not only that, but the first two burnt up like [...]

Planetary Stargazing

I have to say, it is always a pleasure to look at the planets when stargazing. They are sometimes shockingly bright. Venus is so striking that it is often called in as a UFO when it is at its brightest. Even if you don’t have a telescope, the planets “stand out” in their way in [...]

The Toaster Incident

No, this is not a Battlestar Gallactica post. Once upon a time, I fell in love with a boy.  This was my freshman year in college and I was a bit naive.  He was an RA and the “contrary” type, so he decided to organize a group spring break trip to Canada, rather than follow [...]

Comic-Con Wrapup: Sunday Success!

I was completely trashed by Sunday. I could feel the fever coming on and the muscle relaxers had created… undesirable… digestive problems, but still, I soldiered on. Today was the day I’d get my Dharma Initiative test. It was now or never. Besides, my flight didn’t leave until 7pm. I got up early, scoped the [...]