Is That You In Your Avatar? Edition 15: Baby, It's Cold Outside! — Page 118

#2926

re: Is That You In Your Avatar Edition 15: Baby, It's Cold Outside!

Posted: 1/18/08 at 6:46pm

I would've known this if I could tolerate the textbook. Alex Epstein is a pompous jackass who thinks he knows everything there is to know about TV writing to the point at which he actually criticizes pretty much every other TV writer in the textbook. It's less a reference and more a high-and-mighty commentary on American television. So none of us read that far.

Thank GOD a large portion of the final was on an episode of The West Wing. I definitely got all those questions right.

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"I can't figure out what kind of life this is, comedy or tragedy, I just know it's showbiz. And what if I don't agree with the lines I have to read? They don't pay me enough, the way I see it."

#2927

re: Is That You In Your Avatar Edition 15: Baby, It's Cold Outside!

Posted: 1/18/08 at 6:51pm

It's odd that your teacher's taught you TV writing. Getting a gig with a TV series is probably the hardest part of the industry and getting there involves not just talent, but a lot of networking.

I really don't know if I'd teach screenwriting with a text book. I can't think of any I've read that would teach anything, except how do something. I've learned the "why" through practice and reading other scripts.

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"Writing is like prostitution. First, you do it for love, then you do it for a few friends, and finally you do it for money." ~ Moliere

#2928

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Posted: 1/18/08 at 6:55pm

I loved pop culture class at my school. It was so much better than math and I really enjoyed it! It was obviously my only favorite subject in school, next to Chorus.

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R.I.P. Laurann 1987-2005

#2929

re: Is That You In Your Avatar Edition 15: Baby, It's Cold Outside!

Posted: 1/18/08 at 6:58pm

This is hilarious!

http://break.com/index/belly-dancer-hilarious-accident.html

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"Writing is like prostitution. First, you do it for love, then you do it for a few friends, and finally you do it for money." ~ Moliere

#2930

re: Is That You In Your Avatar Edition 15: Baby, It's Cold Outside!

Posted: 1/18/08 at 7:06pm

Oh, Epstein had a whole CHAPTER on networking! We take two years of playwriting and two of screenwriting, sophomore year we write film scripts and senior year we study TV writing. I don't think anyone in my class is actually planning on writing TV. My teacher hated my script, anyway.

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"I can't figure out what kind of life this is, comedy or tragedy, I just know it's showbiz. And what if I don't agree with the lines I have to read? They don't pay me enough, the way I see it."

#2931

re: Is That You In Your Avatar Edition 15: Baby, It's Cold Outside!

Posted: 1/18/08 at 7:10pm

I'd love to read your work.

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"Writing is like prostitution. First, you do it for love, then you do it for a few friends, and finally you do it for money." ~ Moliere

#2932

re: Is That You In Your Avatar Edition 15: Baby, It's Cold Outside!

Posted: 1/18/08 at 7:13pm

I took Creative Writing, and the final was yesterday. What a joke that was! Six essay questions about editing our own work.

I'm still kind of in shock over that math exam, though. Luckily, I had Forensics right after, and it was a two page, fill-in-the-blank open notebook test. Phew!

#2933

re: Is That You In Your Avatar Edition 15: Baby, It's Cold Outside!

Posted: 1/18/08 at 7:14pm

My high school sucked.

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"Writing is like prostitution. First, you do it for love, then you do it for a few friends, and finally you do it for money." ~ Moliere

#2934

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Posted: 1/18/08 at 7:16pm

Our high school is really...odd. Maybe I would have been better off in a more "normal" environment, as my mother puts it. We don't have forensic classes, though! That must be really nifty.

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"I can't figure out what kind of life this is, comedy or tragedy, I just know it's showbiz. And what if I don't agree with the lines I have to read? They don't pay me enough, the way I see it."

#2935

re: Is That You In Your Avatar Edition 15: Baby, It's Cold Outside!

Posted: 1/18/08 at 7:17pm

My school was odd, too! I should have joined art classes, since I love to draw.

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R.I.P. Laurann 1987-2005

#2936

re: Is That You In Your Avatar Edition 15: Baby, It's Cold Outside!

Posted: 1/18/08 at 7:18pm

I always wish I could have gone to an arts school!


Forensics is cool, though. An easy grade, but still really interesting. We've done hair, tire tracks, foot prints, and fibers. Next is blood spatter analysis.

#2937

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Posted: 1/18/08 at 7:20pm

Gigi, you would have looooved our musical theater program. If you're ever down in pittsburgh, you HAVE to come and check out one of our productions. There really is some amazing skill and talent here.

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"I can't figure out what kind of life this is, comedy or tragedy, I just know it's showbiz. And what if I don't agree with the lines I have to read? They don't pay me enough, the way I see it."

#2938

re: Is That You In Your Avatar Edition 15: Baby, It's Cold Outside!

Posted: 1/18/08 at 7:22pm

I'd love to at some point! I'm such a musical theater geek. It's baaaaaad.

I just ate my first real meal of the day. I feel huge now.

#2939

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Posted: 1/18/08 at 7:42pm

Sooooo dead.



I am having WAY too much fun browsing these costume gowns. I don't even like prom!

Speaking of costumes, I'm auditioning at Goodspeed next weekend.

#2940

re: Is That You In Your Avatar Edition 15: Baby, It's Cold Outside!

Posted: 1/18/08 at 7:44pm

Epstein supports voluntary euthanasia, so he's all right in my book.

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Salve, Regina, Mater misericordiae
Vita, dulcedo, et spes nostra
Salve, Salve Regina
Ad te clamamus exsules filii Eva
Ad te suspiramus, gementes et flentes
O clemens O pia

#2941

re: Is That You In Your Avatar Edition 15: Baby, It's Cold Outside!

Posted: 1/18/08 at 7:46pm

Our school was a normal school. Math, Science, History, English, blah blah blah...

No forensics, no creative writing, nothing fun.

Which is why I did so badly.

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"Writing is like prostitution. First, you do it for love, then you do it for a few friends, and finally you do it for money." ~ Moliere

#2942

re: Is That You In Your Avatar Edition 15: Baby, It's Cold Outside!

Posted: 1/18/08 at 7:48pm

Godspeed, DGG!

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Salve, Regina, Mater misericordiae
Vita, dulcedo, et spes nostra
Salve, Salve Regina
Ad te clamamus exsules filii Eva
Ad te suspiramus, gementes et flentes
O clemens O pia

#2943

re: Is That You In Your Avatar Edition 15: Baby, It's Cold Outside!

Posted: 1/18/08 at 7:52pm

Staaaaaaageeeeeey....

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"I can't figure out what kind of life this is, comedy or tragedy, I just know it's showbiz. And what if I don't agree with the lines I have to read? They don't pay me enough, the way I see it."

#2944

re: Is That You In Your Avatar Edition 15: Baby, It's Cold Outside!

Posted: 1/18/08 at 7:52pm

STAGEY! Thank you, love.


*looks at more gowns*

#2945

re: Is That You In Your Avatar Edition 15: Baby, It's Cold Outside!

Posted: 1/18/08 at 8:01pm

No short hemlines, DGG. And by that I mean no higher than the ankle.

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Salve, Regina, Mater misericordiae
Vita, dulcedo, et spes nostra
Salve, Salve Regina
Ad te clamamus exsules filii Eva
Ad te suspiramus, gementes et flentes
O clemens O pia

#2946

re: Is That You In Your Avatar Edition 15: Baby, It's Cold Outside!

Posted: 1/18/08 at 8:01pm

I really want to find a great prom dress this year. I loved my one from two years ago to death, and I wear it all the time, but I need something a little more...special this year.

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"I can't figure out what kind of life this is, comedy or tragedy, I just know it's showbiz. And what if I don't agree with the lines I have to read? They don't pay me enough, the way I see it."

#2947

re: Is That You In Your Avatar Edition 15: Baby, It's Cold Outside!

Posted: 1/18/08 at 8:05pm

Which ones meet Stagey's approval?

#2948

re: Is That You In Your Avatar Edition 15: Baby, It's Cold Outside!

Posted: 1/18/08 at 8:08pm

Thank you, this is now officially my prom dress.

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"I can't figure out what kind of life this is, comedy or tragedy, I just know it's showbiz. And what if I don't agree with the lines I have to read? They don't pay me enough, the way I see it."

#2949

re: Is That You In Your Avatar Edition 15: Baby, It's Cold Outside!

Posted: 1/18/08 at 8:09pm

Can't see it! Which one is it?

#2950

re: Is That You In Your Avatar Edition 15: Baby, It's Cold Outside!

Posted: 1/18/08 at 8:12pm

Heh, don't ask me that! I am incapable of describing clothing. It's one of the Follies dresses.

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"I can't figure out what kind of life this is, comedy or tragedy, I just know it's showbiz. And what if I don't agree with the lines I have to read? They don't pay me enough, the way I see it."