Where seeds of thought have room to grow
Category: Film
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Wouldn't you know…I go months without having to go to the doctor, and just when a pandemic is sweeping the world and the news, I get a headache that won't go away and hurts enough for me to go sit in a waiting room full of sick people? Thank goodness no one was coughing. But…
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It's been a long time since I smelled that smell – "new car." The first thing I did was climb into the passenger seat of Tommy's new Hyundai Elantra and breathe in deeply. I'm so happy for him – up until now he's only driven used cars…dented, peeling paint, rattling, often no air-conditioning or radio. He never complained,…
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…my screenplay will either withstand the ripping critiques and emerge an award-winner, or crawl away to the 'to-be-shredded' basket. The few pages I submitted are still way down the line on the reading list, but as they get closer and closer to the front, I'm getting a feeling similar to what it might feel like in…
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It was a beautiful day, and I had a million other things I needed to do, but I knew I wouldn't get another chance anytime soon…so I tossed all responsibility aside and went to the movies. I expected to go alone – Tom doesn't do movie theaters, all my friends were busy, and Kendall and…
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I've procrastinated registering for the spring semester, and this is why: the advanced screenwriting class (which I should take so these first few pages don't just turn into dust, untouched and neglected) is an actual physical class, on a campus with traffic issues, parking issues, desks, as well as a teacher and classmates with faces. Well, that in…
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How quickly resolutions can dissolve once the real world – like work – makes its appearance. I won't go through a boring list of what I did or didn't get done today. Let's just say it's a good thing I resolved to be flexible and not stress about it…too much, anyway. Work is both a…
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Tommy's back in Dallas. He drove Tom's little Capris. While he was here, we ate and ate and ate some more – Tom smoked a turkey, and I made a double batch of cyclops cookies. They're already gone! Santa paid a special return visit and filled our stockings. One of my gifts was the movie "In…
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Christmas Day around here was lazy – centered around family and food. LOTS of food! We always have a traditional, heart-attack-waiting-to-happen breakfast on Christmas morning – bacon, fried eggs, and buttered toast. I ate so much that I still wasn't very hungry when Christmas dinner rolled around: non-traditional smoked brisket, chicken, and sausage. Of course, that…
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It's done. As of 9pm tonight, I completed twenty pages of my first screenplay ever. Next time you go see a movie, never EVER think writing it would be easy. I know, after this semester, I'll never see a movie with the same eyes as I did before. Writing this screenplay is something I've dreamed of…
Long Hollow 