This guy.
walk in this world
The Un-Comedy of Comedy Writing /
As my Artist's Date for this week, I attended a writing panel tonight called, How To Write Comedy, or something similar and equally as dry. Anyway, I actually had a good time and here's the practical info I took from it:
1. Write consistently. Like, daily. Preferably first thing in the morning before your judgy mind starts working.
2. Write with a partner.
3. Being blocked is a cue to sac up and just write. Basically a block is synonymous with fear: of failing, of not writing the perfect thing that will never require a re-write. The best way to break it is to write anyway and plan for a zillion edits.
This one hit me since I haven't been able to finish this thing I've been working on for months but I really, really want to and it's depressing because the words won't come out. I'm going to try and be patient and just keep writing around it.
That is all.
Zebra /
Up until tonight I thought I was such a Scrabble badass. Maybe it was my 20% bingo record, or the 98% scoreboard. Whatever -- I owned that bitch. Then I started playing Scrabble Stephen Hawkings Edition. I have barely hobbled through two hands and I've already lost once. Apparently I underestimated my opponent, the iPhone. My self-esteem is duly checked.
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Today is Day 1 of the Master Cleanse, (and Day 3 of a new Artist's Way sequel "Walk In This World" thingy I'm doing with my friends). I should note that I'm defying the advice of my friend and acupuncturist, Margaret, who supports a cleanse for me but advises against the Master variety. No hallucinating or coffee headaches yet, although I nearly clubbed my co-workers who (unknowingly) wouldn't stop talking about pie.
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I just watched a commercial in which a tampon was described as "cute." Sorry. I had to share. It was just too weird.