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Vodka and pole dancers

Mel and I went out with Dean and Elizabeth tonight. We started out at PF Changs and ended up at Cheetahs, a strip joint on Hollywood. We actually had a blast.

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An executive calls…

Michelle Weis from New Line just called to tell me how much they enjoyed my Mask II pitch and that Toby should be back Friday and they hope to get me in to tell him a story the following week. I guess I made the cut.
By the way…that is a first. I’ve never had an exec call to tell me I did a good job on anything. Course, they never call to say you suck either so I guess it’s a good trade off.
I’ve also been playing around with the idea of starting an internet site for writers. I’ve spoken with Dean about it and he likes the idea. It will be a place for Essays on the art of screenplays as well as Behind-the-scenes from the writer’s pov.

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They love me they really love me

Nicole called. Michelle and Kent loved it. Michelle told Nicole that they are still taking pitches but that once Toby (New Head of New Line) returned next Friday they were taking the three top ideas to him. Michelle couldn’t promise that I would be one of them, but Nicole gathered from her excitement that it was a good possibility.

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Mask II pitch

I think I did a good job with the pitch. I met with Michelle and Kent Alterman. We chatted a bit about my being from Kentucky (Kent’s originally from KY) as well as Jason X. Then I said, “You guys mind if I walk around and rant some?” They didn’t so I did.
The pitch lasted about 10 minutes. They stopped me several times times to ask questions and seemed very excited. I left the meeting feeling pretty good.

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Die Fucker

I spent the day working on the Mask II pitch.
Spent the last hour playing Quake II with Dean. We literally just finished. And I just got an email from him. It simply states, “Die Fucker”.
My guess is it will be a few days before we chat again.