May 17, 2004
10:53am Monday

WHAT'S THE USE WITHOUT INVENTION IN YOUR MIND

My apologies for the absence - I've been swamped with work, and when it's offered I gotta take it. Last week I did dialogue for this and this. I'm linking to them instead of talking about them because they're both being shipped around town under ridiculous code names and since I once again care about not being fired after going through that period of "go ahead! fire me!" I'm back to being careful.

It's funny watching Tom Hanks, Nona Gaye, and Peter Scolari run around in motion capture suits.

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Gwenyth Paltrow just had a baby that weighed nearly ten pounds. She's gonna be sore for years, man. And poor little Apple Martini, I mean Apple Martin, she's in for it. I read that mother Gwyneth has been taking parenting lessons from Kate Moss.

How do these girls with nary a stitch of extra fat on them and no hips even bear children? I do not know.

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I'm in movie mode again. My interest in moviewatching has been reinvigorated. With that comes the decision that I have a script or two left in me before I give up, and I know attitudinally that that sounds lame, like maybe I should give up now already if I'm not in it for the long haul, but one has to be practical. So the movie part I want to throw out there to you guys -- what movie or movies do you love that you feel were overlooked or else totally underrated? Here's one of mine: The Thin Red Line. If you've got a journal, it'd be great to hear your thoughts on underrated and favorite movies there, or if you want to email me your suggestions, please do it that way. (I'm dumb and don't know how to link to email so I guess you have to do that from the main page). I'll use your suggestions on Tuesday 2-for-3 DVD days at my local rental shop.

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In house news, we got fresh carpet last week which replaced the old super cheap brown the house came with, and underneath the old carpet and the inch-thick pile of dust were some fairly nice hardwood floors. If we were hip and cool I guess we would have nixed the carpet entirely and just buffed and polished the wood, but poor Paul would never get a moment's rest trying to find his footing. He has enough time skittering around the kitchen on the Pergo.

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I ordered a G5. I am officially out of control.