New Years Eve--Times Square...we survived...

So. I'm working at the Dramatists Guild of America, and the office overlooks Times Square, and so, Deepti and I were able to watch the New Year come in from the office.

On our way...



Deepti was video taping everything, so, I am photographing her videotaping...in the elevator...



Our view out the window, towards North...



And across the street...



And of the ball...



Which changes color....



See.



For all the 12 year old girls out there...The Jonas Brothers and Ryan Seacrest....



And at the one hour mark...we celebrate New Years in Nova Scotia...



Yep. Seriously.



And for the Baby Boomers...Dick Clark...



A cop doing his job...hanging out...



Deepti keeping it real...



At the 30 minute mark...already sending in the clean up crew...



And finally...













And then we wait a little bit for it to clear out...



And that was the night...back down into the subway, a taco from the taco wagon, and then a freezing walk back home.

Happy 2009, and let's hope it's a better one than 2008...

Speeding towards the big finish

I'm working on a new play. It's a big play and it's not following a...well...a dramatic structure. In a lot of ways, it's more novelistic. It's the stuff that's happening in between two events. Whereas a dramatic thing writes a little faster, we're heading towards a climax, the character may get what they want, etc, etc. This one, this novelistic one, is taking it's time, it's moving slower in it's development.

...but wait, didn't I just say that I'm speeding towards the big finish?

Yes. I have a reading on Sunday, and I want to get this puppy totally written. Even if it's bad, I want it to be done and done.

It's that time of year when you look back AND look forward...

I've written quite a bit this year...I reworked a play in production, I did a draft of an old play, I'm writing a draft of a new play, I wrote a short play, and I wrote a screenplay for a tele-film (coming to a pakistani TV network in your area...) AND, I've co-written stuff with my friend Mozz....he and I worked on a screenplay together...

That's a lot of pages.

Which is good.

So, what about next year. I want to write AT LEAST the amount I've written this year. Not sure what though. I've toyed with only writing comedies. That could be fun. Or just doing adaptations.

Not sure. Must ponder.

Job

Hey!
It's not so bad being a white collar worker!

Now, I just need to figure out a crime!

Tomorrow

FYI. I start a new job tomorrow.
I'm working at the Dramatists Guild in the office.
It's been a little while since I've had an office job, and I've grown rather used to the lifestyle that I've been leading...but, let me tell you, the idea of getting health insurance and a 401K...in these times, it sounds pretty good.
But, then, that means I have to be there. And that's the part I don't like so much.
It's not the work, that'll be interesting. It's definitely the showing up I don't like.
*sigh*

Election Night...

After voting...I went to Rockefeller Center to watch the results.




I brought the wife.




And a few others came along.




The Center was lit up like a big graph...as one got more votes...it went higher...Obama in blue, McCain in Red.




And over the course of the evening...




And it also got a little chilly....





But...it kept climbing higher...




Until finally...





And then...





Ah....victory.

Voting...

I voted.

ELECTION!!!!

Holy crap.
I couldn't sleep last night.
It's like Christmas morning...but you won't know what you got until like Ohio and Florida stop voting.
ARGH.
Now, I guess I had better go stand in a line.