new battery, new headphones... now to recharge my own. refresher for a new lease on life? (what does that really mean)

what a day.

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the lesson is not always not to bond or connect deeply with something. maybe i just need to find out how much i want it or if there's something i might want (NEED) more

i love that thanks to wb & wb studio tour, i know that the same place of the "hart of dixie" mobile woody allen festival is the jeff barnes missile command ceremony!

so you know

http://openmikes.org/

http://chucklemonkey.com/

http://www.avclub.com/articles/give-me-a-ring-sometimesams-women,64754/

Keith Phipps: In a recent AVQA about TV theme songs, I wrote something about WKRP In Cincinnati that's no less true of Cheers when I called it a a show "about people who end up together while they wait for their dreams to come true, or put them on hold, or just give up on them altogether."



what do we want to reveal about our character this week and then find a story that fits that -glen mazzara 3:30 on jen grisanti's podcast

jason says:
November 10, 2011 at 10:18 am
Ever since 2×22, the writers are telling the same story, finishing it off what will now be 6 different ways. The only thing that has changed in all of this, is the B plot is becoming more defined, but the A plot is sort of stuck in high gear.

A Plot: The normal guy becomes a hero.
B Plot: The normal girl is found in a hero.

http://chuckthisblog.wordpress.com/2011/11/08/bringing-up-morgan-chuck-vs-the-bearded-bandit/#comment-57204


http://scriptshadow.blogspot.com/2011/11/article-i-hate-dialogue.html
http://www.brianvirtue.org/2011/10/systems-theory-and-friedman-summaries

http://tamarindandthyme.wordpress.com/2011/11/13/taiwanese-beef-noodle-soup/

but chuck 503 did introduce me to hotel lights, which is the perfect winding-down-the-week music.

i don't really know how to say where i am right now (literally, existentially) without using the word lucky. i'm really lucky and the editorial team is SO nice

the gospel according to jigsaw puzzles. 11/11/10

- sometimes looking at the pieces you have help you see what holes you can fill.

- you can’t just dwell on one piece you’re missing because there’s so many others that need to be completed/found.

- some are the pieces are really boring but all of them are essential.

- if you don’t focus on the whole picture, not just individual pieces - anything less is paralysis.

- trust that the pieces fit the way they’re supposed to, not the way you want them to.

- celebrate when a piece does fit.

- sort the relevant pieces together so when it’s time for them to come together, there they are.

- not only look at what’s actually on the piece, see how it is shaped so you know how it fits. that is, boundaries and edges matter.

- some people start with the corner pieces and others start with where they are. love them anyway.

- step back and take a breather. instinct is to move closer to find the next piece, but that rarely ever happens. sometimes things are just sitting aside waiting for me to fit them together.

- she said that it’s great that we’re doing this as opposed to watching tv...and turning our brains to mush :)

humblebrag: i wrote a money grab machine into my parks script. i'm going to be sad today and then ultimately choose to be flattered..


alan: "Outside of Leslie's usual struggles with impulse control, this was less overtly comic than the other stories, but it was one that was necessary for where these characters have been, where they're going and just who they are. Leslie wanted to think that Ben would just sit out there waiting for her until she won or lost the election - and I imagine he'll ultimately wind up available around then, even if he isn't for the next few episodes - but life is messier than that. As Ron tells Leslie, big events don't happen very often, the world doesn't end in a hail of volcanic breath from a reasonable god named Zorp, and you go about your life and see what happens." http://www.hitfix.com/blogs/whats-alan-watching/posts/parks-and-recreation-end-of-the-world-lenny-bruce-is-not-afraid



mcgee: "Coming from the writing staff of Parks And Recreation, Emily Kapnek knows about the value of world-building when it comes to comedies. Having a non-specific suburbia is fine for a single episode but would hurt this show in the long run. Populating the show not only with specific characters, but specific rules endemic to their specific locale, is what turned Parks from an initially semi-forgettable show into the premier piece of comedic television that it is. It’s not that anything in either Parks or Suburgatory is revelatory or subversive. The devil for both is in the details. And “The Barbecue” started us down the path towards specificity in this world." http://www.avclub.com/articles/the-barbecue,62671/

you are good, all the time.

thanks to d for reminding me of the world of adventure we open ourselves up to when we just ask and stay connected (/spiritually healthy) to jesus [just like going on campus without an agenda and praying to be surprised!], and to k for providing a place to be connected as a family. i just had to articulate my theology in a way i haven't before and have a chance to piece together and process everything i've been absorbing. (she said "kingdom"! i love talking about the kingdom! :D)


also, conversations where we can artfully dance into what we believe are great, but where they end in "i need to just pray" are so much better.



finally.
love who they are, not who you think they should be.