Status Report for January 23, 2008

I like Tuesdays. I have officially made Tuesday my favorite non-weekend day of the week. Why, you say? Well, Tuesdays are basketball practice days, and basketball practice days mean I get to work on scripts and storyboards for nearly two hours without interruptions or fear of accidentally falling asleep in the middle of something. I take the Bambino to the practice place, then park my butt in the foyer next to the gym. There, it’s just me, some sketchpads, pens and pencils, and nothing but the dull roar of snot-nosed kids running up and down the basketball court. I don’t chit-chat with the other parents, I don’t have dogs chewing on my slippers while my feet are still in the slippers — I’m just enjoying a little slice of creative heaven, right next to a freezing cold, smelly gym…

Anyway, Tuesday night I got a big chunk of dialog written for our Bee Jokes movie. An entire scene’s worth, no less! Call me zany, call me madcap, but I’m actually starting to get excited about this movie again. Very excited.  Lack of sleep, perhaps??? Hmmm, maybe…. I still have another scene left to draft, and then come the rewrites, but I’m feeling a lot more love about this script than its predecessor. And everyone knows I’m all about the love. The trick, of course, is to stop myself from rewriting the script to death. I may have to hire someone to beat me with a cane if I get carried away with my rewrites again. I’m sure I can find more than a couple of willing volunteers…