“If you do not understand, or cannot read, all directions, cautions and warnings, do not use this product.” This is an example of what our litigious society has created. A fishing lure whose packaging reads “harmful if swallowed”?? M-LAW’s Wacky Warning Labels
April 13, 2004 – 12:17 pm
As usual, the meeting at Piller|Segan went far better than it played out in my imagination beforehand. The office is over on Santa Monica, just near Orange, which has to be one of the weirdest intersections in Hollywood. I don’t know what it is about it, but if I worked at the Shakey’s pizza there, […]
April 13, 2004 – 10:13 am
In about an hour I have a meeting at Michael Piller’s company. Actually, They’ve teamed up with Lloyd Segan’s company and currently produce, among other things, The Dead Zone on TV. This is another meeting set up by Edgar based on the strength of Blood & Dust. I’m bone tired right now, so I’d probably […]
Summer’s dog, Maggie, during a recent visit to Rocket:
Yes, I’m back at Rocket. For now. I don’t know how long I’ll stay. I’d been planning to drop a resume off at Amoeba (home of two other Rocket expats) but I’ve been feeling so crappy, the drive to do so has been weak. So for now, I’m working hard (practically every day, in fact) […]
At last, I’m feeling better. It’s been a week and a half of congested lungs, wracking coughs and sleepless nights. Although the weather hasn’t opened up into the brilliant blue skies and balmy breezes I expected, just the mere improvement of health has been enough to lift my spirits. I’m spending the day in full […]
Anyway, the meeting on Friday with Mosaic Entertainment Group was terrific. The place is on Sunset Boulevard, right at the western end of the Strip. I pulled my rattletrap Honda Accord into the lot and parked it among the gleaming Mercedes and Lexi (a study in contrast that never fails to amuse me) and headed […]
I was in Los Feliz the other day. I wanted to stop by Wacko to replenish my dwindling incense supply, but they were out of it. Not wanting to waste the opportunity, and feeling rather famished, I stopped by Yuca’s for a couple tacos. I gave my name as “Will” and waited and watched a […]
Still feeling terrible. I feel as if I’m not eating well, but that can’t be right. I eat nothing but salads and vitamins and eggs and almonds, which I’m getting quite sick of, frankly. I guess I’m just what’s commonly known as “under the weather.” Rent’s due tomorrow. I have $32 in my checking account. […]
Actually, that’s kinda grandiose. It’s not so much an aftermath as it is a “Day After.” I spent the weekend doing nothing. In the morning, I wrote. in the evening I hung out. On Saturday I stopped by Rocket to drop something off for Sara’s friend Michael. I ended up chatting at length with the […]
So I was called into a meeting yesterday. I had been waiting for this to happen. Indeed, it was overdue. I was to sit down with both of the owners and discuss details of recent events. Since I had hours to kill before the meeting, and an enormous tension skating about under my skin, I […]
Since I established this paltry website a year ago I’ve had a music section. Long neglected, it merely sported a “coming soon” image. Finally, I’ve finally decided to start using it. I’ve uploaded my first “mini-mix” to test the waters of streaming audio. It’s just five tracks, which is about the max I want to […]
Just talked to Jeff. Sara had agreed to cover my shift today. Because I didn’t want her to miss her flamenco class, I told her I’d work the first half of the shift. When I relayed this to Jeff, he said they had a new guy coming in so I didn’t have to work. That […]
March 24, 2004 – 10:44 pm
I seem to have incurred Bonehead’s wrath. He’s at it again, banging his scepter about and crying thief. It all started with this. It’s a warning notice. I was written up for two laughably minor charges. Here’s how it happened: Bonehead approached me with four movies he wanted to rent. I dutifully rang up his […]
March 19, 2004 – 11:39 pm
Tomorrow is Melisande’s wedding. I’m doing my usual last-minute preparation for the DJ gig by digging through cd’s, ripping tracks I can see myself playing, gathrering music and burning cd’s. It’s amazing how much music I have, and how poorly I can distill it into something useful. Here’s a list of what I actually burned. […]
