Windy

May 31, 2008 -- Tags: Chicago

My travel plans for the summer are coming into focus. Minneapolis and New York City next month, and in July I’m heading back to Chicago.
What I like about Chicago: Improv. The extremely large McDonald’s. Barack Obama. Millennium Park. How a single slice of pizza there is enough [...]

The Deep Blue Sea

May 30, 2008 -- Tags: Food, Obama

I ate a large steak and it put me into a coma. I don’t eat a lot of red meat anymore and so my body wasn’t used to it. It’s like eating a giant, tasty sleeping pill.

Across the street someone glued an Obama “Hope” poster to some kind of powerbox/traffic light controller; [...]

Sydney

May 27, 2008 -- Tags: Death, Sydney Pollack

Sydney Pollack’s death yesterday is troubling; I’ll miss him.
This is how diverse the guy was: He did a very enjoyable documentary on Frank Gehry in which he explored his own creativity and career; I remember one segment where he mentioned that he felt like a fraud at times, “pretending” [...]

Day Off

May 25, 2008 -- Tags: Day Off, RRoD

I finished the first draft of my project yesterday. I was in the library all day, then moved back home to work some more until it was done. I’m starting rewrites tomorrow, so today I have the day off.
My favorite thing to do on a day off is to do everything I [...]

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May 24, 2008 -- Tags: Thumping Claw 2008, Writing

TC 2008: We had a really great opening last night. I couldn’t enjoy it as much because I’ve got a hard deadline coming up. I was actually putting in pages at the theater on my laptop — until it got too hot for my lap.
I can usually write anywhere due to [...]

Preview

May 23, 2008 -- Tags: Theater-/-Theatre, Thumping Claw 2008, Writing

Theater previews are a great time to kick the tires and take notes to see which parts of the car need fixing.
These are my favorite moments because there’s an audience there, but things are still casual. Also, as a writer, my work’s been done a long time ago so I can sit around [...]