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Surrender

The Sexy Olga has been making some tweaks to the site. The biggest issue comes to this journal’s comments. Too many ads for poker and sex toys. Don’t get me wrong, I’m a huge fan of both but advertise on your own dime, not mine. Basically we’re setting it up so that a person wishing to comment will have to register. I know it’s a hassle but once I’ve okay’d you then you can post comments all day long and you can get as nasty or saintly as you like.
Goldstein and I have been jumping the hurdles in the game of pitching our little one hour procedural. We still have another Fox pitch coming. Guess we’re slowly climbing the ladder to get to whoever will finally have the power to say yes.
But, I think it’s worth all the headache. We have the entire first season mapped out and half of season two. I can’t help but think this will be a blast.
“Scarecrow” goes into production next month. Goldstein is working with the writer who did the latest draft. It’s been an odd little journey for the little script. I wrote the first two drafts for Revolution. Stuart Beatty wrote a draft based on Garner’s notes. Then it went into turnaround. Raimi’s Ghost House grabbed it. Eventually the Pang brothers were brought in to direct. Then they wrote their own version. And finally this latest writer. He told Goldstein that he’d read all previous versions and it was decided that the best story was the original. So the previous two versions were tossed and his rewrite was a polish of the original.
It means little in the scheme of things. But it made me feel good that they wanted to go back to my original story. It doesn’t happen very often.
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Mel and I dropped in for Tommy Jane’s 36th birthday party and had a hoot. What an fun crowd. From Pee Wee Herman to Rob Zombie to Lawrence Kasdan.
This was actually the first time I’ve had the chance to actually sit on a couch and talk with my agent about…nothing. Perhaps my favorite part of the evening. Mel and Nicole clearly hit it off. Who knew they both loved boxing?
Mel and I learned early in life to befriend the caterers. Smart move on our part. We sat there on Mrs. Arquette’s couch as our new best friend caterers brought us plate after plate of finger foods. And all the Margaritas you could drink.
Speaking of Margarita…what happens when you cross half a dozen saucy drinks, one digital camera and Melanie?
Well, this is what happens.
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Steve’s Chin.
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Jonathan’s legs.
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Too close.
Finally I jerked the camera from her and took the pic myself.
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Niles, Hensleigh and Farmer.
Niles was excited about his little project with Rob Zombie. The first issue comes out next week. Hensleigh and I talked “Riddle Me This” as well as his crazy schedule.
All in all it was a great little evening. Mel and I eventually stumbled out to the car and tried not to pass out as our driver rambled on and on about the rappers he normally drives. Half way home I started deducting 5 dollars from his tip every time he said “Snoop Dog”. Once we pulled up to the house he owed me two-hundred fifteen dollars.
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Warcraft is still going strong. I noticed our friend and local LA resident, Vaygus, had reached level 42 so I asked the little gnome if he’d bought a steed. You see you can buy a steed at level 40.
He said he had not. That he was still about 30 gold away but that he was enjoying the process of saving the cash.
“Then you should ignore the 30 gold I’m sending you.”
So, that day Vaygus got his robotic chicken.
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Played my priest to level 35 so that I could max his tailoring skill. Now he’s making 16 slot bags. It seems mundane but it’s very exciting in a geeky sort of way.
On the work front, the Tiger Hill meetings went great. Clive Barker is now a part of Demonik. Now agents and lawyers are doing their thing. I’m not sure what my involvement will be at this point. It was clear that the Developers wanted very little Todd Farmer in their life. They hated the idea that Hollywood was stepping on their video game toes. But now they have very little say. The question is, will Barker want my involvement? If so, it will be fun. If not then I’ll cash the check and take a nap.
John Carpenter also signed on for Psychopath. His agent said he’s never said yes in a meeting before. Carpenter’s contracts are finished. Now we all sit down and discuss the next step. So, more to come on that.
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Ravane joined our little guild. That’s him on the left. Me on the right. Standing in the Dwarven City of Ironforge.
I’ve started rewriting “Past Tense” and I’m loving it. Nicole says I need to change the name. I like the name.
Agents sent me a script to consider rewriting. Ugh. This piece of drivel didn’t even have a decent idea behind it. I just didn’t get it. It was like reading an instructional manual through the reflection in toilet water. Not only would it be a page one rewrite…it needs a page one concept. If I’m gonna do that much work then I’ll just create my own everything and double my money. Why in the world would they buy a script like this in the first place?
Baffles me. Dean and I never sold Thunder yet this turd got bought? How? Am I in the freaking Twilight Zone?
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Ravane and I discovered the Crystal Caverns. Now, you gotta understand that we weren’t supposed to be there. Officially, the area has not yet been opened to the public. There’s a wall covering the archway where you enter. We should not have been able to get in. But we did. :)
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And the truth is, I need the discovery. I love exploring new places.
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And once this place goes live it will clearly be like no other.
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Bless her heart. Ain’t she just the cutest thang?
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As all Odd things must come to an end…I call this the “We quit the Guild” party. Primo left first. Then guild chat started up and someone must have said something about Primo which pissed Purity off. So she quit. Then I jumped ship. Later Benski left. Ravane will leave as soon as he logs in and finds out what happened and I suspect at least six others.
Nothing against the guild. Hate that it had to go down this way. But it’s a game. Games are meant to be fun. And we weren’t having fun. Nothing more than different styles of play.
Best in all that you do Guardians of Goldshire.

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