No Words

I really don't want to write anything right now, but I promised myself that I would do this everyday. My friend Monte died today. That's all I have to say about that.

Social Network?

In this day and time if you don't have an account with Facebook, Twitter, or MySpace (or more likely, all three) you don't know what your friends or family are doing, can't network, can't find a date.  These so-called social networks are keeping us further and further apart.  I'll be the first to admit there are definite upsides to these sites.  Just yesterday I found my prom date on Facebook and though hesistant to use it I have accepted Twitter as a necessary evil in my life (although please, people-I don't need to know when you shower, eat or go to work.)  Everytime some of my Facebook friends and I get together we go on and on about how fun it is and promise how we're going to get together and call more often-cut to two months later and none of us have come through.  Why? Because what would we talk about.  Is your friend up for a promotion?  Just wait-they'll post what happened.  How was your cousin's vacation?  Don't worry, you'll get a full report with pictures as soon as they get home, if not during the actual vacation.  Hell, Facebook is so omnipresent that a movie about it's creation was number one at the box office.  A movie about a website, written by one of my writing heroes Aron Sorkin, no less and he doesn't touch anything that isn't culturally relevant.  Mind you, I'm not totally hating on the sites.  Having several friends who live overseas, I love how these sites allow us to communicate in real time without expensive phone bills, but nothing virtual will ever take the place of a few pints down at the pub.

What to write, what to write

Yeah, so all my screenwriting friends recommend writing as much as possible to help me improve as a writer and keep my creativity going.  I've decided (to try) to post a blog entry every day.  I'm not doing a whole lot right now other that job searching and watching House reruns so I don't know what I'll have to say.  I guess I can talk about looking for a job.  After months of slogging through ten medical billing courses I'm looking for the day job.  Besides the economy, I'm dealing with the vicious cycle of being turned down because I lack real world experience but how does one get experience without a job?  At least on the writing front, business is booming.  I'm anxiously awaiting my professional analysis of my screenplay, Mind the Gap.  I've discovered two good writing resources.  The first is an ebook called Making it as a Screenwriter, available for purchase at http://www.meadkerr.com/. The proceeds go to a charity and it was personally recommended to me by James Moran, who doesn't like any screenwriting book so it must be worth a glance.  The second is a website where writers of all sorts can read and critique each others work- http://www.triggerstreet.com/ .  In order to upload my text for reading I must first read four other works, so I have a lot of reading to do. Even though its a ton of work I really like this policy.  Similar exchange sites I have joined have yielded nothing.  Guess I better dive in!  See y'all tomorrow! :D