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A Writer's Life12 February 2005

2.12.05 Not So Weekly Stats

Current Location: Redwood City, CA Current Weather: 64F, 17C, sunny Current Reads: Submissions for the Thong Also Rises Movies this week: Million Dollar Baby, Wedding Date Times I snorted laughing while watching the Wedding Date: 1 Times I sang along to the soundtrack of the Wedding Date in the theatre: 2 Pitches rejected: 3 Pitches with potential: 1 New blogs I'm working on launching: 2 Number of people who have thankfully not asked me what they are because I can't talk about it yet anyway: 0 People pitching me to other editors and getting interest: 1 Travel TV shows holding my audition tape on file: 1 Travel companies working on TV pilots to get my tape this week: 2 Number of people I met who've seen Phil Gordon this month: 1 Number of times I watched a portion of Celebrity Poker: 3 Number of friends that think with a stylist Phil Gordon has a shot at being cute: 1 Number of friends who commented on his receding hairline: 2 Number of times I pointed out that at 6'9 not that many people see the top of your head: 1 Number of times my boss punched me in my arm last week: 3 Average number of hugs I give him in a day: 3 Nights I spent at Caesars in Las Vegas: 3 How much I tipped for a $250 haircut at the Caesar's salon: $35 Number of compliments on my hair I've received since: 7 Number of days I laughed while brushing my hair because I couldn't make it look the way I wanted: 2 Valentine's Day presents I sent out: 2 Valentines I should still send out: 4 Number of bosses I suckered into taking me out to lunch on Valentine's Day: 1 Guarrantee there is nothing romantic going on with this boss: 110% Current writing: pitches, bios, Thong blurbs for sales reps, press releases Live poker played: 8 hours Guesstimated amount of money lost learning how to play: $200 Number of poker players a dealer had to tell not to touch me: 1 Number of times a poker player compared me to Annie Duke : 2 Number of poker players that said I smelled like onions: 1 Wifi Girl: McCarren Intl Airport Gadgets Girl: Canon A95 digital camera Next trip: None planned, AHHHH!!!!! (Well, Vegas 3/31 but I need one before then) Requests for me to come to Oregon: 1 Number of family members who called me a snob: 2 Number of attempts to prove said family members were also snobs:2 Success at above attempts: 0 Things in Palo Alto that made me smile: old man driving a classic convertible car, two little boys playing in front of Peet's coffee Last week's stats. What are you up to?

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  • Alex12 February 2005
    My solution to Jen's travel dilemma: Come to London, and see if my mom and brother will fit in her luggage. Where I traveled this weekend: Bournemouth, England (From London) Times I smiled because I was near what resembled the ocean: lost count after 25 Times I thought the Bournemouth surfers are a little nutty: 6 Reasons for said thought: Cold, windy, and little swells. Oh, and the guy without gloves carrying his board, after being in the water. Burrrr Factor: 7.8 Number of seagulls seen busting a move: 1 Witnesses: 2 (other than myself) Are we crazy: No Amusement Rating: 9.2 Deals I got this weekend: Too many to name Times I thought I might be developing a shopping addiction: 5 Times I used said thought to dissuade myself from buying something: 3 Number of dogs seen trying to hide in surf of the English Channel: 1 Amusement Rating: 7 Times we were asked of our origin: 3 Times it lead to a conversation about Bush: 1 Number of crazy bus drivers: 0 Happiness Rating: off the chart Paintings I saw that I got excited about: 4 Who said paintings were by: D.G. Rosseti and Edwin Long Where I saw them: The Russell-Cotes Art Gallery and Museum Success rating of previously stated (see last weeks response to stats) roommate man-war: -3 on her part (haha) 0 on mine (damn it.) Number of contacts by former-romancers: 1 Location of said Romeo: Scotland Best compliment I received from him: He's found a replacement Scottish friend for everyone back home but me. Sweetness Factor: 8.3 Walks I took this week for Jack the Ripper tour with a void moon: 1 Ick Factor: 9.7 Times I thought Jack was a sick ****: lost count after 8 Things I was glad about during said tour: The women were not alive when he mutilated them; I was not one of the women. Drinking game of choice in my flat: King's Cup Times I have played: 0 Upcoming fun planned: Pub-crawling by going to pubs that start with the letter of each in a chosen word (thinking we may start small with 'Alex' or 'Chico'). How we are going to make it work: List of pub names and a tube pass.
  • jai-alai jones14 February 2005
    My week in review: Stories I kinda wrote an outline to, but didn't really come close to completing: 4 Number of times my lame-o writing group cancelled/rescheduled/cancelled our bi-weekly/monthly/annual meeting: 7 Number of my own pieces I found by googling my name that had published without my knowledge: 2 Potential payout from said articles: $100 if I'm lucky Photos of hot swedish models attached to my story: 2 Potential payout from this model connection: only in dreamland Speaking of dreamland, number of times I told people I heard voices in my head and they didn't think I was joking: 3 What were the voices saying?: "kill the neigbors" That isn't funny: sure it is Who are you talking to?: that guy, you know, in my head... Really, don't you think it's time you stop that, what with this being a serious writing-publishing related site and all: leave me alone, i'm short on news How about magazine editor connections given to you by ex-girlfriends: 1 That one?: No, some other one Section of magazine which covers travel: "Sex, Food & God" And of course they want you to write for: free

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