This weekend I mostly watched films. I managed to get 2 loads of washing done, and I tidied the flat a bit. Sadly, other than that, I achieved nothing. However, there was plenty of time to reflect, and I've decided to become remarkably stupid, yet good-natured. This way, I'll become the head of a large shrimping corporation, and I'll be able to mow lawns forever. Hopefully, they'll also award me the Congressional Medal of Hono(u)r for being able to pick things up and run with them while being napalmed.
The alternative is getting a job as a school teacher and teaching nice jazz to 7 year olds, and winning the 'battle of the combos' competition. They could make a film about it, 'School of Jazz', they'd call it.
I think I need to draw inspiration from somewhere other than Hollywood films. The problem is, the only other films we have are Almodovar films, so if that's where I want to go, I'll end up a cross-dressing lunatic with an unsigned film script, a penchant for buggery, a shady childhood and an unrequited lust for my closest female friend, despite the fact that she and I are pursuing the same man. And a much more convincing Spanish accent than I currently have.
Schoolteacher it is. Wish me luck.
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What, you're too lazy to come up with an unsigned film script?
Michelle
http://syntaxfree.org/blog
Ha! Do you have any idea how much women's clothing costs in my size? It's almost impossible to get a bra to fit me - for what I hope is an obvious reason. And don't think I haven't tried to write a film script, but where do you start? It's all been done, and some of it has been done several times. I had this great idea for a film about a neurotic sex-obsessed Jewish guy, who lived in New York, but it turns out someone else had already covered it, so no-one was interested! Curse you, Allen, curse you!
How about a neurotic sex-obsessed Catholic guy who lives in London? Write what you know, they always say...
Michelle
http://syntaxfree.org/blog
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