( pl. same) an edible predatory freshwater whitefish that is related to the salmon. It lives in Eurasian and North American lakes close to the Arctic Circle. • Stenodus leucichthys, family Salmonidae.
Wow! Tonight while at my local writing haunt I was talking to one of the only published authors I know about a concept I came up with for a book. It's an idea that I've had brewing in the cranium for a while now and I've recently started thinking about serving up. Anyway, he seemed really intrigued by it. So much so, that he actually felt compelled to drive back to his home and grab a book of his to loan me. He felt that there were many elements between this book and my idea and thought that I would benefit from reading it. I don't know about you, but to me, that's a pretty good endorsement. Thanks Mike!
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I work for a brand new Web 2.0 startup these days. While sometimes the job can have tedious days I've found that I tend to enjoy my time at work. I spend most of my day surfing the internet researching subjects and my specialty happens to be the News. I love being up to date on current events and we definitely do that. In fact we're so up to date and ahead of things that we tend to find stories and news that most people don't even know about. To counteract this we've decided to begin producing short videos on certain topics that we feel are getting relatively low coverage in the traditional media. We'll also pepper in, here and there, some more light-hearted, yet topical pieces a la The Daily Show. Stay tuned!
I've been reading up a lot about the WGA strike and what it means to me. As many of you know, I've moved to LA to try and "make it" as a writer in the entertainment industry. Gaining membership to the exclusive club that is the Writers Guild of America is essential in the future of my career. So, while I may not be a guild member the strike still greatly affects me. Essentially the strike stops dead in its tracks any scripts or screenplays that I've written on spec and have sent in for consideration. In fact, the build up to the impending strike started affecting this aspect of my writing nearly a month ago. Producers basically stopped taking or reading any new screenplays since the strike would render any negotiation pointless.
On a different note, the strike means that hundreds of jobs held by guild writers will be empty while the strike is on. Nevertheless, It would be career suicide to try and take advantage of this. Were I to break the picket line and write as a "scab" I would eliminate my chance of ever getting into the Guild as I would be "Blacklisted" and denied entry. To be completely honest, I don't think that I could live with myself were I to write as a scab. Essentially I would be thumbing my nose at my colleagues. While I am not yet a WGA member, I have no doubt in my mind that I will soon be one. So any benefits I were to recieve from being a WGA member would be complete BS if I were to get away with scab writing. I wouldn't deserve any of the benefits gained by those writers who put their jobs and livelihoods on the line for what was right.
So through my research into the strike and the reasons behind it, I found this great video:
The Park La Brea apartments are, for the most part, really great. They're clean and well maintained. Not all of the appliances are of the newest and greatest quality, but they do the trick. However, out of all these things, PLB has the shittiest water-pipes I've ever seen! Since I've been here (a little over a year now) my sink has clogged up over five times and the dishwasher has overflowed twice! Tonight just that happened and I thought I'd write a little post since I'm up waiting for the service man to come and unclog the drain. I guess if you're gonna have shitty plumbing, having a 24-hour serviceman helps!
wanted to shoot myself for being there so early and also for not inviting anyone to come along.
wishing that I smoked so that I would have something to do while waiting for show to start.
Wild Youth: Awesome performance. Grade school age band, rocked the house and impressed everyone. Balsy too, played Roscoe. Amazing vocalist... she should stay within bluesy, rock style... perfect for her voice.
Maria Taylor: nothing too amazing. Pretty cute lead singer. Middle of the road chick rock. Wynonna Rider with a Cat Power twist. Apparently one half of Azure Ray. I wasn't terribly impressed.
Midlake: Awesome. So impressive live. Their previous album is so Radiohead it's scary. Tim Smith is America's Thom Yorke and as soon as people start understanding that they'll understand why Midlake is so fucking difficult to categorize. Very clear that every person in the band is a highly skilled musician. Eric Pulido is awesome to watch play... three different instruments in a single song??? Wall of Sound. Fills a venue like Henry Fonda Theater... built for amphitheaters. Refreshingly honest, well engineered, talented... good fucking music.
Giovanni Ribisi. Danny Masterson. Clarke Duke. Hipster central. I feel so in the know!
