it's time to drink champagne and dance on the table

We did a little prep work for the upcoming festivities this weekend. Can you guess the theme? 

what would new girl do?

Um... pretty sure that New Girl should staff the two of us. I know what you're thinking -- that's what all newbie writers tell themselves. But you'd be wrong. Dead wrong.

They should staff us because they keep stealing our spec ideas. We're pretty sure there's someone on staff lurking at the cafes we frequent, furiously scribbling our amazeballs ideas on one of those yellow legal notepads.

Their latest thievery -- Pepperwood -- The guys think Jess has an adult-ed student stalker and Nick comes to her defense -- our idea.

So now when we approach a new spec we ask ourselves only one question -- What Would New Girl Do. If the answer is said spec idea -- we throw it out and start again. Go big or go home.

love and marriage

Where have we been all these months you ask? Getting married. Annie and her hubby Matt (who met while both getting their MFA's at USC in Writing for Screen and Television) tied the knot this past August. Isn't she stunning? 

it can be done

A baby writer (not a huge fan of the term -- but that seems to be the one Hollywood has coined for new writers) and former assistant at Will Farrell and Adam McKay's Gary Sanchez Productions sold her first script (He's Fuckin' Perfect) for, like, a million dollars. BTW, this script was on The Black List (2011). We want to do that. Real bad. Check out the article here.

and the oscar goes to...

 

Get reading people. Check out this great resource by Simply Scripts with the 2011 Best Screenplay nominations.

the girl with the dragon tattoo

Aniseh and I went to see The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo separately this week. BTW, Paul F. Thompkins was at the Vista Theater for my showing. We like to Gchat about stuff. Here are our thoughts:

Ronee: OK, you know I watch a lot of Law & Order SVU -- seriously -- I can't fall asleep without the soothing hum of a violent crime show on my laptop. Law and Order and Unsolved Mysteries are for me what the crash of ocean waves from a sound machine is for a normal person. But holy shit, that rape scene. What I can't get out of my head was when she kicked the metal rod deeper into Bjurman's ass. I for one was like, hell yeah motherfucker -- take that.

Aniseh: Look, I'm no prude. I love a good metal-rod-in-the-butt revenge scene as much as the next person... other than you.

Ronee: Deflecting with sarcasm. Very Aniseh. But seriously... did you like TGWTDT? That reminds me of TGIF, which reminds me of Just The Ten of Us.

Aniseh: WHAT HAPPENED TO THAT FAMILY!

You're welcome Aniseh.

Ronee: I think I just peed my pants.

Aniseh: The little one was so cute. So my main thoughts for the movie... is where was the penis? Wait... for real?

Ronee: Yeah. But not in them. On them. I just went to the bathroom and now I feel wet and I smell like a toddler. Maybe I missed. I should probably incorporate more squats into my workout routine so this doesn't happen again. 

Aniseh: It was probably just your tea.

Ronee: Yeah, probably.   

Aniseh: Seriously, we see all of her butt, va-jayjay, boobies... but no guy's penis.

Ronee: So true. What's that all about?

Aniseh: What better way to depict the true ugliness of rape than a close-up on a penis.

Ronee: I almost just typed lol (which i fucking hate), but then I stopped myself. But the visual was almost that funny. Almost.

Aniseh: Kind of just did.

Ronee: Dammit.

Aniseh: Not meant to be funny. Meant to be very very serious. Insert funny emoticon of a penis.

Ronee: Is that a thing? If so... why do you know how to do that?

Aniseh: 0^0 or something like that.

Ronee: That would make for a really small penis to balls ratio.

Aniseh: I don't have a MFA for nothing you know. Rapers are notorious for having small penises so its perfectly accurate, thank you.

Ronee: I think we're done here. Plus, I need to go put some dry pants on.

redrum

Sometimes you just need a little inspiration. And sometimes that inspiration happens by accident. Today I went to the hotel rumored to have inspired Stephen King's novel The Shining which in turn inspired Stanley Kubrick's film by the same name. 

Enter The Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, Colorado.

The story goes that King was looking for a change of location to write his next novel so he opened up an atlas and the next thing he knew he was living with his wife Tabitha in Boulder, Colorado. At the end of tourist season the King's found themselves the only guests of the hotel. They were served dinner in the dining room. Alone. Creepy? A little. Kick ass inspiration/setting for a psychological horror story? Absolutely.

Although the film wasn't actually shot here on location I could see The Shining all over this place.