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my wife is published in a few medical journals...does that count. i have that going for me at least.

― thebingo (thebingo), Wednesday, 21 February 2007 14:26 (seventeen years ago) link

Professional TV writer yo! Only 2 scripts, neither made, but that's by the by.

― It's Teatime in Buttercup Land (Maaarghk C), Wednesday, 21 February 2007 14:28 (seventeen years ago) link

Making a living by writing is a hard living. kudos to any who do it.

i've had some articles and stuff published before but I'm aiming for a book, preferably fiction. Not an easy or short term task but I think it's doable before I die. Not like wanting to be a rock star or model or something.

― Ms Misery (MsMisery), Wednesday, 21 February 2007 14:29 (seventeen years ago) link

i've always fantasized about writing a screenplay, but no one wants to see American Pie all over again.

― thebingo (thebingo), Wednesday, 21 February 2007 14:33 (seventeen years ago) link

i have been published 3 times. i might manage to get more if i would actually write these days.

― maunders (maunders), Wednesday, 21 February 2007 14:34 (seventeen years ago) link

Tep - wow, a 250K novel?!

Yeah, it's big. Starts in the 50s when the protagonist is 13, goes up to the 2010s or so when he has grandkids. I'm 80K or so in right now, in the mid-1960s. Multiple viewpoints, the works. This is my big one.

I've just been doing this so long now, though, and made it such a focus, that I don't really know how to not write. Anything's easy/easier if you do it all the time.

― Tep (ktepi), Wednesday, 21 February 2007 14:49 (seventeen years ago) link

I like American Pie. And that kind of film is $$$$ at the BO, Chris. If you write it, I'll read it.

― It's Teatime in Buttercup Land (Maaarghk C), Wednesday, 21 February 2007 14:49 (seventeen years ago) link

-- re: impressive/terrifying/etc., really it's like age. I remember vividly when 14 sounded old and mature to me, because that's how old my babysitters were. I remember when 21 sounded sort of complete, and when 30 sounded old. But you get there and find out you're not a superhero and everything is spectacularly normal.

― Tep (ktepi), Wednesday, 21 February 2007 14:51 (seventeen years ago) link

high today in Austin, 81. ack!

― Ms Misery (MsMisery), Wednesday, 21 February 2007 14:53 (seventeen years ago) link

I feel completely lazy compared to everyone else. I had a poem published once. (I always liked writing poems because it's easy to finish them.)

81?! It is in the high 30s and low 40s in Minnesota and honestly, after that last couple of weeks, it feels tropical. I'd take 81 for a day, though.

― Sara Robinson-Coolidge (Sara R-C), Wednesday, 21 February 2007 15:08 (seventeen years ago) link

I don't mind 81 so much but in Feb, it worries me. I dread boiling and baking for months ahead.

Poems are hard to me! Fewer words are harder to write since you have to be so much more careful with them.

― Ms Misery (MsMisery), Wednesday, 21 February 2007 15:24 (seventeen years ago) link

I wrote a check yeterday.

― Michael White (Miguelito), Wednesday, 21 February 2007 15:33 (seventeen years ago) link

checks are so archaic! I only ever write checks to two people anymore.

― Ms Misery (MsMisery), Wednesday, 21 February 2007 15:41 (seventeen years ago) link

Not to worry Sam; most of my poems suck. I wasn't so much careful with words as just needing to vent a lot of anger and hurt. I rarely write them anymore.

The only thing I wrote yesterday was answers to a physiology quiz. Answers I did not know, btw. (Thankfully, the prof drops our two lowest quiz scores. But I'd better improve by next week.)

― Sara Robinson-Coolidge (Sara R-C), Wednesday, 21 February 2007 15:42 (seventeen years ago) link

I've just wrote about 15 pages of policy and procedure documentation as well as client SLAs. urgh, why are my co-workers so lazy? Everybody blows stuff like this off until it absolutely has to been and I just bust it out out of frustration.

― Ms Misery (MsMisery), Wednesday, 21 February 2007 15:53 (seventeen years ago) link

i had to go shopping for work yesterday. it was rad! i spent $298! on FOOD thats just going to be photographed and then hopefully eaten, by me.

― maunders (maunders), Wednesday, 21 February 2007 16:03 (seventeen years ago) link

Sam, Charlie Louvin was a member of The Louvin Brothers, and he's a bit of a country legend. He sang lots of old-timey gospel, bluegrass and straight up country. Well, he still does (hence his interview last night). Hearing him talk about this (one of the more famous Louvin Bros. albums) was fantastic:

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000002U45.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

And then he told me blonde jokes. Charlie Louvin is a CARD!

― molly mummenschanz (molly d), Wednesday, 21 February 2007 16:25 (seventeen years ago) link

Louvin Bros. are famous for their harmonizing, right?

― Michael White (Miguelito), Wednesday, 21 February 2007 16:53 (seventeen years ago) link

Yup! Ira (who has since passed away) had a high tenor voice, a la Bill Monroe. Charlie was telling stories about Bill Monroe and I almost passed out.

― molly mummenschanz (molly d), Wednesday, 21 February 2007 16:55 (seventeen years ago) link

Between Sam and maunders, I know whose job I want.

I'm clueless about Charlie Louvin (and country music in general), but he sounds pretty fun!

― Sara Robinson-Coolidge (Sara R-C), Wednesday, 21 February 2007 16:55 (seventeen years ago) link

I'm pretty sure I saw an 'American Experience' type doc that mentioned the Louvins.

― Michael White (Miguelito), Wednesday, 21 February 2007 17:00 (seventeen years ago) link

I also easily get crushes on little old men. His new album is out ("wherever records are sold"), and it has folks like Jeff Tweedy, Elvis Costello and Will Oldham (whose name he couldn't remember -- adorable!) making guest appearances.

I just got my hair cut and spent way too much money on product. Having curly hair is a bitch.

― molly mummenschanz (molly d), Wednesday, 21 February 2007 17:02 (seventeen years ago) link

i just got to make sure a famous designers trust account was looking good. it must be nice to have 25 million dollars in a trust.

― thebingo (thebingo), Wednesday, 21 February 2007 17:06 (seventeen years ago) link

Musn't it, Chris?

Vienna

Prague

My upcoming trip is looking kinda rough.

― Michael White (Miguelito), Wednesday, 21 February 2007 17:09 (seventeen years ago) link

i've also had numerous baseball players accounts, an american idols account and one famous attorney with a penchant for rhyming.

― thebingo (thebingo), Wednesday, 21 February 2007 17:10 (seventeen years ago) link

it must also be nice to have a schmuck like me look it over to make sure its all in good order....

― thebingo (thebingo), Wednesday, 21 February 2007 17:12 (seventeen years ago) link

I wonder if gynecologists ever feel that way?

― Michael White (Miguelito), Wednesday, 21 February 2007 17:14 (seventeen years ago) link

The Louvin Brothers

ahh, duh. I knew the name was familiar. I actually used to date a guy whose brother duo patterened themselves largely on the louvin bros. eons ago.

― Ms Misery (MsMisery), Wednesday, 21 February 2007 17:15 (seventeen years ago) link

Michael, rough indeed! Those sure aren't hostels.

I once created a file for one of the biggest Bollywood film stars. He had great press shots of himself. I wanted to keep them and hang them all over my cube.

― molly mummenschanz (molly d), Wednesday, 21 February 2007 17:16 (seventeen years ago) link

Everyone has cooler jobs than I do! (Of course, when you don't really have a job...)

― Sara Robinson-Coolidge (Sara R-C), Wednesday, 21 February 2007 19:45 (seventeen years ago) link

i'll trade you!

― Ms Misery (MsMisery), Wednesday, 21 February 2007 19:47 (seventeen years ago) link

I beg to differ, Sara.

― luna (luna), Wednesday, 21 February 2007 19:53 (seventeen years ago) link

Good point luna - I meant a paid job.

(Kids are a huge, relentless job and don't let anyone tell you any different!)

Sam, we should trade for a day! (Today would be good; it's even 45 degrees out here, so the weather wouldn't scare you off in 5 minutes.)

― Sara Robinson-Coolidge (Sara R-C), Wednesday, 21 February 2007 20:00 (seventeen years ago) link

It still stands - I get paid for this suck ass bullshit demeaning demoralizing dealing with men who are crying babies nonsense, but let me tell you, it's not a cooler job than anyone's.

― luna (luna), Wednesday, 21 February 2007 20:12 (seventeen years ago) link

Okay, yours doesn't sound that good; I admit it.

― Sara Robinson-Coolidge (Sara R-C), Wednesday, 21 February 2007 20:29 (seventeen years ago) link

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