26 October 2007

Top 10 Things For Screenwriters To Do During the Looming WGA Strike

10. Picket at a place with good coffee, shaded patio, free wifi access, and validated parking.

9. Put finishing touches on that big-screen ALF spec

8. Go shopping for new sweatpants and ironic t-shirts

7. Order the assistant to polish the heads of your Acco #5s

6. Meet for a 2:30 coffee date with writer friends and commiserate that your managers just don't work hard enough

5. Clean your trackballs

4. Answer reader mail on your website, www.jessicabieldiscussesplatowhilenaked.com

3. Hang out at the Apple Store and look cool with the other short fat bald white guys

2. Memorize the menu at Pollo Loco in prep for the big job interview

and the number one thing for screenwriters to do during the looming WGA strike...

1. HALO and porn
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6 comments:

japhy99 said...

Oh, my trackballs are already quite clean, thank you.

MaryAn Batchellor said...

I protest that #1 should be #1/2 and #1/2 because they cannot be done simultaneously -- or can they?

Cathy Fielding said...

Well, at least you put HALO before porn!

aggiebrett said...

Japhy--
--of course they are.

Maryan--
-- that was rhetorical, right?

Cathy--
-- only alphabetically.
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greebs said...

WHY DOES THAT JESSICA BIEL LINK NOT WORK?

Just kidding...sort of.

Patrick J. Rodio said...

Fuck ALF. Let's get a new Small Wonder off the ground.