August 2003

I'm tired of this amphibian now

August 14, 2003

What I wouldn't give to get rid of this cough. Or at least to find a cough supressant that actually supressed coughs, rather than just making your phlegm taste even more disgusting. Yet again I spent an hour or so lying there coughing last night until exhaustion overcame me. I really am fed up of […]

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Just a general update, really

August 14, 2003

So, here I am down in Dorset, but blogging almost as per usual on a wee laptop with a dial-up connection that runs like a three legged dog. Oh, how I shall miss broadband when I move back here at the end of the month. It’s an interminable wait for pages to load when I’m […]

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This cough has legs

August 13, 2003

Another hellish night, coughing for two hours solid before the mucous retreated and allowed me to sleep. This cough is really winding me up now, so much so that I’ve actually gone out and bought some cough medicine, something I rarely do. I hate cough medicine with a vengeance, and always have done. I put […]

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The list gets ever longer

August 13, 2003

Things I should have done today but didn’t: 1. Write a letter 2. Reply to several emails (sorry if you’re someone I owe a reply to) 3. Rewrite my business plan and cashflow 4. Apply for a handful of jobs I found online yesterday 5. Look for more jobs online today 6. Put my CV […]

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Funny little thread that lead me round in circles

August 13, 2003

I love Pirates of the Caribbean. I love the way that Johnny Depp becomes Keith Richards The Pirate, mad glint in his eye and only still upright by accident. And I love the fact that there’s not a single American accent in the whole film, despite it being based on a Disney ride. So I […]

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First rewrite complete

August 12, 2003

Just finished the first rewrite of my first draft of my first screenplay. Yay! I'll be putting it up for limited review on Zoetrope tomorrow, when I've proofed it again. Being impatient, I have already sent it to two friends for comment. Nervous times. What if it's crap? Ah, it won't be. But then, it […]

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Froggy update

August 12, 2003

Voice now almost back to normal, however lurgy has now developed into a killer cough that the Marlborough Man would have been proud of. Kept me up til 3am last night, until exhaustion finally won out over mucous. So feeling none to bright this morning. I hate these summer colds. They go on forever…

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The job hunt proceeds

August 12, 2003

I really hate looking for jobs. It’s a demoralising and depressing task. I have this bad tendency to trawl through the job web sites, print out a sheaf of possibilities, then put them on the desk and forget them. I really must learn to actually apply for jobs, rather than just think about applying for […]

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Workshopping the script

August 12, 2003

OK, so the script is up on Zoetrope, and I have a half dozen people who’ve kindly said they’ll help me workshop it. I’ve been lurking on the site all morning, hoping for people to stick their heads above the parapets and offer to take a look. It’s a little nerve-wracking, really. One never knows […]

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Frogs legs in a delicate white wine sauce

August 11, 2003

Well, the voice is staging a comeback, so it seems that I’m not going to break my own personal record of days spent croaking. At the moment it’s all husky – quite sexy really. Oh, if only I had someone here whose knees I could melt with this velvet voice of mine (whilst it lasts). […]

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Toad in the hole, anyone?

August 10, 2003

Still blazingly hot. Still have no voice. Still croaking like a well full of toads. But closer to getting Act 2 sorted out in my head. And once that's done, the rewrite will be easypeasy.

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Back in Reading

August 10, 2003

So far, the voice shows no sign of returning, but it has only been two days. The longest I've been without a voice was I think nine days. Or maybe it was 11. It was a while ago and my memory is as hazy as my voice is unreliable. Those who know me in real […]

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A small colony of frogs

August 9, 2003

Well, here I am in Arundel with my friends K and S. Temperature is several degrees below what it is in Reading, so it feels nice and cool. Just perfect for my summer cold which has now developed into a hefty cough. And I have no voice. Just the odd croak and wheeze. I mean, […]

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A day of three films

August 9, 2003

Well, as I've lost my voice utterly and completely now, and can do no more than whisper hoarsly and gesticulate, and as it's been astoundingly hot and really quite uncomfortable even in the shade (quite contrary to my prediction this morning), Kate and I did the only thing we could possibly do. We went to […]

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Another day of slowly coming to the boil

August 8, 2003

Sheesh, it's hot. Nice to have so much sunshine, but it's really way too hot for me. I have the urge to siesta all day… Anyways, I'm off to Arundel tonight to see my friend Kate. Normal service will be resumed as soon as I can figure out what normal is.

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