The View Up Here

This gem came across my email today in one of the many listservs I'm on. I've got the first two down pat, but still working on that last bit. The last couple of weeks have been whirl-windy. I finished my newest script last Monday (what a rush that was - 3 weeks flat!), cleaned my house on Tuesday, had an overnight guest on Wednesday (Rachel from Back East), then she left Thursday morning and that very same night I drove to LAX to pick up the husband. He spent a week here, and we had a glorious time at Disneyland, driving around all my new haunts (Crazy Russian Grocery Store, Starbucks down the street, and of course, St. Jude's church on Sunday). I also took him to the Griffith Park Observatory, and while it was closed, it was a clear enough day for him to get the full effect of the view in every direction (including the Hollywood sign). Monday we took care of our taxes (ugh...don't even... ugh) and Tuesday we took a train up to Ventura for the day. I've decided w...

My roommate is in England for three weeks for the centenary of the ill-fated Scott Polar expedition, Terra Nova, whose history she is utterly captivated by. Captain Scott's doomed polar expedition remembered. Above, January 1912: (standing L-R) Captain Lawrence Oates, Captain Robert Falcon Scott, Petty Officer Edgar Evans, (seated (L-R) Lieutenant Henry Bowers and Edward Wilson posing at the South Pole in front of flags including the Norwegian flag planted by Roald Amundsen. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthpicturegalleries/8950890/100-year-anniversary-exhibition-of-Captain-Scotts-Antarctic-polar-expedition.html The event was a blow to Edwardian British pride, but took a backseat to the more glamorous sinking of the Titanic (not to take away from that tragedy). My roommate wants to write a graphic novel about the story (she's an artist and animator at Disney, so no slouch). Me, I think it can be a film, the main character being the guy who survived and carried around...