Doing the Happy Dance of Schadenfreude
Today I heard the most delicious gossip. The Fat One, a producer who has been pure evil to me, cried every day on the set of his last movie. He just couldn’t take the pressure. I try and rid myself of the pleasure I feel in the small, petty little lump of coal that is [...]
Ex-Deadbeat
Yep. That’s me! Today, Chase restored my $100,000 line of credit. Ah! It’s so nice to be out of financial quarantine. Maybe I will be able to fix up my house enough to rent it out next year and not be so reliant on Hollywood for my main source of revenue.
Happy Holidays! You’re Fired.
My friend Elle called this morning to ask me for help on getting fired. No. Not on tips on how to get fired, but for advice on how to deal with the production company you’ve given five years of your life to when they decide, two weeks before the holidays, to downsize your entire department. [...]
Not So Secret Santa: Part 2 a.k.a NSSS:2
December 8, 2008 My friend from Bakersfield emailed me today. She’s decided to take me up on my offer and allow me to give her my old VCR and treat her to the postage too. Phew!
The Producer As Future Decamillionaire
Thomas J. Stanley, the best selling author of The Millionaire Next Door was interviewed about what common traits decamillionaires (for those of you who didn’t grow up in the seventies and experience the metric system that means people with at least ten million dollars) have. The number one trait of really rich, self-made people? Integrity. [...]
Maureen 2: Electric Boogaloo
The son-in-law of my recently departed neighbor called me this morning. I have a ridiculously productive kiwi vine that has overtaken my front porch and he was calling for permission to pick some for himself. I was actually really happy that he called me about this. His mother-in-law, bless her, had been a crazy food [...]
Competitive Niceness (A New Low)
I just got a thank you email from my pal in Bakersfield for the SISTER WENDY videos that arrived today! Those guys at the post office are on it. Unfortunately, her VCR now appears to be broken so she won’t be able to watch the videos. And because she’s a nice person and a good [...]
