The Goonies Maestro |
Yesterday I had the opportunity to have a meeting with one of the most prolific filmmakers in history, Richard Donner, director of all four original "Superman" films, "The Omen" (the original one), al...
Posted by Ian on Wed, 31 Jan 2007 02:13:00 PST |
Myspace on the decline? |
Alas, it's inevitable that all things reach an apex and then decline. Empires rise and fall. The most successful businesses eventually become antiquities also. There are a few stalwarts that have mana...
Posted by Ian on Tue, 23 Jan 2007 09:21:00 PST |
Minnesota stuff |
Just arrived in my home state of Minnesota and was stunned to see no snow on the ground. What a ripoff! Minnesota with no snow on the ground is even more ugly than Los Angeles, because at least LA has...
Posted by Ian on Tue, 19 Dec 2006 09:38:00 PST |
A Clique is a Clique |
I went to a party over the weekend that was supposed to be a Burning Man-esque crowd of thoughtful, open-minded artsy types. I've never been to Burning Man, so I don't know if it's the same type of at...
Posted by Ian on Tue, 05 Dec 2006 10:51:00 PST |
A momentary lapse of, like, being smart, and stuff |
Quickly followed by a "Doh!"This usually happens when I'm in a crowd of people, and drinking. Wasn't a major catastrophe, just one of those things where you think to yourself afterwards, "wow, that wa...
Posted by Ian on Thu, 30 Nov 2006 09:55:00 PST |
The Walking Dead |
I wish I were talking about Halloween. Unfortunately I'm not. This was more terrifying than the ghouls and monsters the likes of H.P. Lovecraft's or Steven King's twisted imaginations. This was far mo...
Posted by Ian on Fri, 03 Nov 2006 10:26:00 PST |
Where's the glory? |
Been a while since my last blog. I just finished the first draft of my latest script, "The Year Zero", set in Cambodia circa the 1970s, and it's probably the best of the dozen or so feature screenplay...
Posted by Ian on Thu, 02 Nov 2006 09:39:00 PST |
Confidence vs. Arrogance |
It's important to be confident in business, relationships and life in general. There's a fine line between confidence and arrogance though, and cross that line and you can go from likeable to annoying...
Posted by Ian on Tue, 10 Oct 2006 11:13:00 PST |
Survey Says |
I see many people posting bulletins where there's a list of fill-in-the-blanks things about themselves, and you're supposed to repost it with your own answers. I have no problem with this (except for ...
Posted by Ian on Fri, 06 Oct 2006 11:59:00 PST |
But I'm just doing my job&! |
"Don't blame me, I'm just doing my job.."What precedes this statement is usually an action where one person is doing something harmful, aggravating or rude to someone else. It's the lamest excuse in t...
Posted by Ian on Sat, 30 Sep 2006 09:51:00 PST |
