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Saturday, June 15, 2002
OK, so... I'm not allowed to post about Noah anymore since he kind of read yesterday's post. Heh. Although I will say here that things are looking up for him job-wise.
Tonight we are making characters for Cyberpunk 2020, although M____ and H__ won't be here, so I guess we'll give them the crappy characters with broken cybernetic implants or something.
Today I finally mailed out my script to the producer and the agency. I did this at great expense ($30 to make nice copies, $3 for brass fasteners, $7 postage, $5 Starbucks) and at the last possible minute (3:45pm when the post office closes at 4pm). This is actually the way all things in film are done, at great expense and at the last possible minute.
At the post office I put priority mail stickers on express envelopes without thinking about it. Then I waited in line and got the cute clerk, some guy with a frizzy ponytail and glasses, and I was all, hooray, the cute clerk! Then he told me about the express envelopes in a rather abrupt manner and I left the counter to go re-do the stickers and such. I was bummed as I waited in line again, but when I got third from the front, he waved me up to his counter and told me I only really had to wait in line once. So my faith in humanity was restored.
Last night was my friend J___'s birthday. Although still only half as expensive as her last birthday dinner, it was still pricey, and two of her friends left early, leaving only $15 for the check. That $15 maybe covered the cost of their drinks, but certainly not their meals, which were about $11 each. So then the check came and everyone paid up, and we were $36 short. So I overpaid by $10 and everyone else just kept putting in more and more money and we were still short. It was a giant pain, aggrivated by the fact that we didn't all know each other, so it was like the people I didn't know probably thought I was being cheap. I hate that.
Erin Finnegan
@ 2:39 PM
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Thursday, June 13, 2002
I've started having more dreams lately. I'm not sure why, and I can't really remember most of them, but I am definitely having more dreams. I think this is part of my current trend of feeling better. The possibility of really working here, with benefits, makes me feel a lot better. Plus, my stomach hasn't been bothering me as much, and the whole thing with my dad getting a job and being able to go home for the 4th of July has really helped to ease my depression.
Hopefully, today I will mail out my screenplay. This hinges on factors such as: Can I make corrections, print out 100 pages, and make a copy or two before I leave the office? Will I make it to the post office on time? Will those 3 out of 4 copy machines that are broken be repaired before 5pm, or do I have to go to Kinko's? And so forth.
Erin Finnegan
@ 6:56 PM
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Auuuuggg!! Just because I want to live in Antarctica it doesn't mean I'm anti-social!! It means I'm very interested in Antarctica. Stupid quiz:
Noah is taking more training with another temp agency. They also supposedly have a job for him.
Ha! I've also fixed my archive. I rule!!!
Erin Finnegan
@ 3:42 PM
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Monday, June 10, 2002
Right, so my temp agency continues to yank Noah around, telling him there's a job if he passes this exam, but its second shift, and then later saying there is no job, but maybe if he passes the exam, someday in the future that particular law firm might have some weekend work for him. This frustrated Noah to no end.
Meanwhile, at work J___ and I have been playing an improvisational email-based game of D&D. I'm the DM. J___'s character is in a labyrinth imprisons a demon and guards a gate to hell. Since I didn't really write anything ahead of time, and J___ made up the character off the top of his head, it's ridiculous. He is somehow a Starfleet officer who has the hammer of Thor.
I tried to consolidate my student loans, but weird stuff is happening with them. More on this next time.
Erin Finnegan
@ 9:10 PM
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I didn't post yesterday, as I've been kind of busy. Several things happened:
1. I saw "The Dangerous Lives of Alter Boys!" with Hal, ET, Rebecca, Sam, and Noah at a free sneak preview screening. It was a really solid, funny film, and all of us had a good time. Some of the art direction reminded me of the Virgin Suicides, in that it took place in the '70's, but didn't get wrapped up in '70's nostalgia or music from the period. I won't review the film further in order to avoid spoilers, but I will recommend it for summer viewing by all.
2. I talked to the department head at work about a job opening I applied for within the department. There are two openings, and I wanted to make sure I at least got an interview, unlike last time I applied, when HR chucked my resume.
The department head was very nice, and said that temps should have the first crack at openings in the department. He basically said that I should be able to pick which of the openings I want. That's good news for me, but I'm not going to start celebrating yet. Something could still go wrong.
3. My dad offered to front the money to fly me home for the 4th of July weekend, and Noah is going to go with me! Hooray! Home is very boring, but not if I get to show someone else around.
4. An independent producer contacted me about my script! Yay!! That just means she wants to read it, but at this point I'm glad anyone wants to read it at all. I don't know that much about her, but she went to NYU and has worked with Frank Oz for years. Here she is on imdb: http://us.imdb.com/Name?Converse,+Leslie+J.
It's exciting to be contacted by a producer like her, rather than a studio like Miramax, for example, because if Leslie likes my script, it has way more of a chance of being made into an actual movie. Plus an indy producer is far more likely to find a director who "understands my vision" and won't water down the script and turn it into "Van Wilder."
Erin Finnegan
@ 9:10 PM
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