Success! I finally have access to my yahoo email! And it only took me an entire afternoon and approximately one hundred letter and number combinations to get it! Let's celebrate with a pic of my mother's dog in silly outfits! My other objected not so much to the fact they looked silly, but the fact…
April 5, 2011: Joe’s School of Language!
I was in the kitchen, packing away the dog food, when I heard Akemi, in the next room, drop three successive f-bombs as she struggled with her laptop. Sweet, polite, demure, soft-spoken Akemi! "Where did you learn that?"I asked/admonished. "Joe's school of language,"she informed me without missing a beat. And then, redirecting her attention back…
April 2, 2011: Hey, maybe Toronto isn’t so bad after all. I mean, I could really – no, wait. I stand corrected. It IS so bad after all.
Today, the sun came up, the temperature rose and, for the very first time, I thought there was a chance I could actually starting liking Toronto. Following my first early morning workout in ages, I took the dogs for a stroll, showered up, dressed, then headed out to explore the city. We drove around, picked…
March 30, 2011: They et green grapes. They all five got the howlin’ skitters.
What a great start to my day. I walked into the production offices this morning to discover THIS tasty-looking treat... Another day of spinning. We're hoping to send everyone off with one story before we break to write. We're averaging about two to two and a half days an episode meaning we'll be finishing up…
March 28, 2011: Toasty warm on your numbened fingers through the plastic of the poopy bag. Heavenly!
So, yesterday's dog transport went surprisingly smoothly. My awesome dogs-sitter, Christine, was kind enough to offer me a lift to the airport. Once there, I met up with Leah and, dog carriers in hand, we fairly breezed through check-in and security with minimal whining. Bubba and Lulu were pretty good too. With plenty of time…
March 25, 2011: I’m going to have to start living out of my office.
Today marked the end of our my first week in Toronto, and it was a productive one. Amid the madness of the pre-production process, we managed to break two stories (episodes 4 and 5)! I also managed to put on five pounds. The shape of things to come? I've got to stop doing less burritos…
March 24, 2011: Hey, Phil, have you seen my headless, armless dummy? Oh. Here is is!
Moving to a new place always requires a bit of a readjustment. Many of the aspects of your last home that you grew to know and love may be different, if not altogether non-existent, in your new home. Things like roominess, grass, or a comfortable bed. Sure, you can focus on the negatives - "It's…
March 15, 2011: Things are picking up! Trailers! We we so excited! Stewie! And some Ghosts of Manhattan discussion!
Well, things are starting to pick up. I've secured a car rental for the first couple of weeks I'll be in Toronto while I wait for my Q7 to be shipped over. No house as of yet and since we're cutting it kind of close, I've decided to rent a pet-friendly condo while I'm hunting.…
March 6, 2011: The dogs entertain! We eat! I need to hire Frank Martin!
Today, Akemi had some friends over to the house. I'd like to say "We entertained" but, in truth, the dogs did most of the entertaining. We enjoyed a leisurely home cooked lunch. I didn't have time to make ice cream, so I picked up some desserts from that always-busy cake and pastry place in the…
March 5, 2011: Dog fitness! The Vancouver farewell tour continues! “Greetings to you the lucky finder of this Golden Ticket, from Mr. Willy Wonka!! Present this ticket at the restaurant gates at eight thirty on the evening of the ninth day of March and do not be late!” Also, some mailbag!
With two weeks to go be our (probable) move to Toronto, I'm no closer to: a) finding somewhere to stay, b) finding something to drive, or c) figuring out how I'm going to get my dogs there. Ashleigh was kind enough to volunteer (herself and a friend who may or may not know she's been…
February 28, 2011: Back to square one…
Okay, I'm about to lose it. After days of exhaustive online research, I finally found: a) a suitable doggy daycare in Toronto and b) a couple of potential neighborhoods within reasonable driving distance of the studio. Progress! Until today when I realized that I was looking at the wrong studio. To be more precise, the…
February 24, 2011: Nicely formatted. Your grammar is beyond reproach. As for the rest of it – well, you may want to cancel that weekend trip.
With the first drafts of both scripts out, I woke up this morning prepared to do something different, only to spend the day doing something not so different after all. Rob dropped me an email to inform me he'd spoken to a couple of the production's participants. They had a few notes. But, Rob assured…
February 22, 2011: Well, I guess these scripts aren’t gonna rewrite themselves!
Went through several more of the boxes sitting in my crawlspace, threw it more stuff, came across more forgotten treasure: For lunch today - Alex got back to me today and provided some excellent feedback. I started work on implementing the notes on both scripts with an aim to putting out the next draft…
February 21, 2011: Script and bible work! My Vegas line-up! My dieting dogs! And WHY are WE capitalizing RANDOM words?!
I'm simultaneously exhausted and wound up, ready for bed yet hankering to finish work on the half dozen tasks I've been hopping between all day. Because of a minor hand injury I sustained yesterday, I was unable to hit the weights this morning so I skipped my work-out and focused on writing that series bible.…
February 10, 2011: Zipping along! Diet dogs and ruff exercise regimen! February book of the month club reminder!
While our finalizing and closing our deal has been a long, complicated, and laborious process, this script has been just the opposite. I got another nice little run going again today and hit the 41 page mark. Some fun exchanges, a couple of surprises, and two novel action sequences later, and I'm looking at putting…