Skitterbox at 2009-01-12 17:24:00:
ordinary day - ahaha! every time i'm driving along in real life and things seem so sunshine (especially if a bunch of us laugh and then sigh), I always say, "if this was a movie, we would probably die now." :)
Scott at 2009-01-12 17:32:00:
Skitterbox, that's awesome! Sometimes my life seems like it's nothing more than a reference point an endless stream of movies playing in my brain.

Dropped by your blog today. Saw you had a rough day. What's your doctorate in? Hey, at least you're not ABD (All But Dissertation).
Alissa at 2009-01-12 19:49:00:
The cliche of that rich people are jerks and poor folk are good has been around along time, but I see this all the time, especially in romantic comedies, where the girl has to choose between guy A who is rich and a jerk and guy B who is poor and the salt of the earth. At the very end of course she realizes guy B's the guy she has always been searching for. I would like to point out for the record that I have dated several poor guys who are jerks. That said, I should point out that I am poor and most of the time am not a jerk.
Scott at 2009-01-12 20:21:00:
Alissa, in all those 80s and 90s teen comedies and rom-coms, how many times was the preppie jock the jerk BF?
Alissa at 2009-01-13 12:00:00:
Maybe if more preppie jock guys grew up to become screenwriters movies would look a whole lot different.

Scott, thanks for this great blog. I just discovered it and have found it wonderfully informative as I toy with the idea of attempting to write some screenplays.
Skitterbox at 2009-01-13 16:34:00:
Scott, my phd is in clinical psychology. i'm do forensic assessments right now.
Scott at 2009-01-13 16:54:00:
Skitterbox, I often joke that writers need to 'armchair psychologists,' observing and interpreting our characters' External World actions tied to the Internal World intentions. Do you think your background in clinical psychology benefits your writing?

BTW, two of my best friends did post-grad work at the Jung Institute. One still works as a therapist, the other consults doing what I guess can best be described as 'corporate psychology,' analyzing psychological interplay and 'health' of corporate execs, structures, lines of communication, etc.

Lob me an email if you want to continue a dialogue offline.

scottdistillery@gmail.com
5quickquestions at 2009-01-21 11:57:00:
Haha, that is awesome. Check out Roger’s response to the 5QuickQuestions:

http://5quickquestions.wordpress.com/2009/01/20/7-roger-ebert/

Thanks again Roger!
heririson at 2009-01-29 02:57:00:
Are you a wife having certain habits on bed. Just like feeling in the movie . Possession (2009) what really explain and shows from time to time how the sex changed a women. It also for me just a sex tape covered with nothing story. Make me feel sorry for the lady because she is the only straggle in the hole movie. If you still to see the movie better to watch I found it m self on www.80millionmoviesfree.com movie is filled with lot of views of life. Don’t know what really to gather from it.