I’ve been off the blog for a while as you can see by the last dates. There was a whole lot of crap going on last year that I was mired in that it took me away from blogging. Also among that crap was a lot of personal family crap that I really couldn’t write about on a public forum, especially dealing with a court date (long story short: I filed to have my child support reduced because I left my job at WGBH for three PT jobs two of which fell through; that didn’t go over well with the court or Sophia’s mom). However my best friend and webmaster told me that more and more people are reading my blog as of late. So I figured the best way to catch people up on my life as well as reboot my blog is to post this Facebook entry (yes, I’m on FB; everyone is. But NO I won’t be on Twitter. I’d like to have a life where I’m not micro-blogging it). This was from January 1, 2010. Hopefully I’ll have more and regular updates soon. TTYL!
David
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Last night a friend of mine had me and friends write a list of the good things that happened or we did all year long. Despite this being a complete clusterfuck of a day for 365 consecutive days, there were some pretty positive things that happened throughout the year.
Where needed, I added some commentary.
Left a job that had slashed my salary and put me on probation for other work (Yeah I know this is what killed me in court, but I have no regrets about leaving a job that was trying to break me for objecting to them trying to solve their deficit problems on the backs of workers)
Completed another full-length screenplay (number 11, though I thought it was number 12. This one was for a TV movie—see number 4 below)
Started preproduction/editing of a video gaming pilot for TV/web
Became the president of a writing/development company (a non-salaried position)
Reconnected with A&D schoolmates (some of which I never really knew back then)
Drew Sophia’s portrait (first drawing I’ve done in a long time and it came out GREAT)
Took Sophia to Thanksgiving with my mom’s family
Went to Thanksgiving with my mom’s family for the first time in 8 years (though might be less if my count of screenplays is any indication)
Took Sophia to Puerto Rico (including the rain forest in el Yunque)
Wrote treatment for short film (to be completed in 2010)
Got a script out to Wes Studi (still waiting to hear from him)
Mailed out query letters to at least 4 production companies (being conservative, see my counting issues above)
Made some close friends for Sophia
Survived
Remained functional despite overwhelming desire to crawl under desk in fetal position and cry
Got a job when I needed it most (a couple of times actually, but one or two that stuck)
Took Sophia to NYC several times
Took Sophia to Museum of Natural History
Took Sophia to the Bronx Zoo
Took Sophia to Coney Island
Went with Sophia and friends to Ringling Brothers circus
Went with Sophia and friends to Edaville USA (look it up—it’s a trip!)
Went with Sophia to her first baseball game (minor league team for NY Mets–Go Cyclones!)
Watched Sophia graduate kindergarten
Stood up for myself more
Continue to stand up for myself
Got back into therapy (VERY last week of end of the year)
Was an extra in several Boston filmed movies
Was an extra in a movie in a working prison with Christian Bale (The Fighter coming to theaters in 2010)
Reconnected with a good friend
Maintained a sense of humor
Delivered a sermon on classism (twice)
Moderated a discussion on classism
Taught fifth graders for the first time
Increased my Math SAT score by 140 points
Wrote half-page of a short story that’s been hard to write
Got job with Census Bureau (this was the PT job I got last year that allowed me to leave WGBH and the only job of the three that didn’t fall through. Honestly the job really saved my ass)