Friday, May 19, 2006

Guess Who's Back?

While I'm sure many didn't notice the brief hiatus, a quick explanation. I've spent the last three weeks in one hotel room or another. To quickly break it down:

May 2-13: Working insane hours for day job in a Niagara Falls casino. Worried about the state of society, if this is any indication of what Johnny Citizen does with his time. Fact: There are extra large seats in the casino to compensate for the gargantuan caboose of your typical gambler. For those who can't picture this, imagine a tacky, warped-legged loveseat built for one. And they're situated around the slots by the buffet. Coincidence?

Having no windows or clocks, the casino is like some sort of deranged fantasy land for infants, where bells and whistles and lights and pictures all collaborate in a chaotic medley destined to drive you criminally insane. Yet, it isn't infants who flock to this place, rather low-class carcinogenic chimneys and wealthy walruses looking for a young lass to slip the pink panther to (btw, these girls gather around the tables and the bar around midnight, and while they aren't professional companions, after watching them gyrate on liver-spotted asian men with large chip stacks and doubtfully much else, why split hairs?).

While working with casino staff and catering to casino guests, its painfully obvious that I can't NOT use this in a script. I plan to channel my 'experience' into a feature - more on this after I catch up on the many projects I've been neglecting.

May 14-18: In Arizona for a wedding. HOT doesn't begin to describe it. Having not vacationed in almost two years, I figured I was due to sit by the pool and drink for a few days, so that's what I did. Got a tan, hit happy hour every day, and tried not to think of all of the important life things I was neglecting (which, of course, have hit me like a pimp's backhand now that I'm home).

So, got laundry and writing on the go this long weekend. I hope everyone who's going out of town drives safely and takes in some sun of their own.

Will update again soon, honest...