What you need to do is program a virus that will destroy everyone elses project. That way you'll win on so many different levels.

...just kidding.....

A computer virus, hahaha.  That's funny.  I wonder what my teammates will say about that.  Hmmm.

You'll do fine I'm sure Rob.

Any VB questions and I'll ask my friend.

Good luck in the meantime and try not to put toooooooooo much pressure on yourself!

Andy x

That's what this thread is, a repeat of another where people post all there works and tell us about them.

You're right Wes. I don't know if people feel comfortable talking about themselves though? I don't mind, doesn't bother me none....

Quick rundown...

Future stuff ->
Like I said before, I will be travelling round the states at the end of the summer, so until then, I have my goonies event to look forward to. After that, I will be pretty lost without it! It's been the most rewarding thing I have ever worked on in my life and been the main focus for the past year!! I shall suffer from "Post Goonies Event Syndrome", I will.

I could get started on the 25th reunion though, lol!! << not yet, not for another few years>>

I cannot wait to see what it will be like to work in Canada either. I hear a lot of good things about the folks who live there and look forward to seeing the beauty of the country and all it has to offer....

Present stuff ->
I want to remain single and have some FUN and just meet as many people as possible, especially when I travel and then work abroad. I've decided I've had it with relationships, just not worth it for me now, but that's a good thing though. Too much too young and got my fingers burnt too. But as the saying goes, I will be stronger for it. So it ain't all bad afterall.

Learnt more about myself this past year than I thought I ever would. I know now the person I want to be and I am happy with that. I also feel as though my life has been on hold for too long and I just know I'm ready for the next chapter to begin... I just love knowing that anything can happen now and I don't know what to expect... I'm at a big crossroads in my life and well, I can go in any direction I please and that freedom to do so is what gives me hope.

Dating isn't on my list of priorities either!! Had one bad experience years ago and well... I don't think I could trust another again so well now anyways. I would probably bombard the guy with too many questions and freak him out, lol!!! I often talk too much though when I'm nervous, so I would make a lousy date anyway  

Would still like one date, a proper one though, just to see if it's what it's cracked up to be. You know, get dressed up and answer the door to a nice looking man... flowers... kiss on the cheek... a girl can dream, right?


Past stuff ->
Believe it or not, I went to a convent school for girls!! Haha! It was brilliant. Some of my teachers were nuns and they just kicked ass!! Very cool people. Not overly religious even though it was a catholic school, yet I am Greek Orthodox, weird. The convent used to be a boarding school and had a very real Harry Potter feel about it all. Loved it!!!!

Have visited a fair bit of the states already, did a big 8000 mile roadtrip of the west coast with my ex in 2003 and saw so many things I will never forget. Highly recommend taking to the open road in your own little car - a hire car is even better, you crash it, you get a new one, lol!! So much freedom and spontaneity there.

Had a strict upbringing, never looked at a boy till I was... um... late teens I think, or more like my dad wouldn't let me, lol! So, been a bit sheltered in that department... hopefully travelling will bring me out of myself more now.

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So that's me, in a nutshell, hope more people can open up here, otherwise the thread is wasted and I'm the only one rambling on..... ...   ... "hello, anybody home?.. think McFly think..!"

Andy x

PS - So far this year I learnt that you never really know anyone but yourself and the only person I can trust is myself.

When something is too good to be true, better believe that. When you believe in love/someone you get screwed over, not just a bit, but a lot.

You don't get anywhere being nice all the time. A**holes always get what they want and don't care who they hurt along the way.

Well, what can I say. I've been trolling the site for a while, reading stuff like "The Lunchroom" a lot, among some other scripts.

My name is Jason Gulati, I'm 19, and I drink a lot of beer. I'm a journalism major at the University of Missouri.  I'm home from college right now, and it is boring as hell. But on the flipside, it's given me plenty of time to revise my screenplays and touch up on new ideas. I've written screenplays since I was a freshman in high school, though I still haven't written that many. I'm mostly a comedy writer, I can't see myself writing anything else at this point.

The first one, entitled "The Bitch War", was an off-the-wall gag about people I didn't like in junior high. It wasn't written to entertain anyone besides a few friends, and got me into a lot of trouble... that's what I get for using real names. The second one was meant for a larger audience, it was a comical teen romance called "Thinking of Sara". Probably my first legitimate attempt at screenwriting.

Unfortunately, these two are gone due to a series of freak computer accidents. In the future, I plan to re-write these. In the meantime, here's what I've got on my plate:

Beginnings (working title) - a comedy series about six teens starting high school together in Spokane, Washington. Two episodes completed, a third in the works.

Untitled Mockumentary - man, I've never been good with titles. This is supposed to be a mockumentary comedy, a series about life in college, some of it based on true stories. I'm still hashing out the pilot.

so basically, all I have that's complete are two episodes of Beginnings, the second of which I still need to polish up a lot. I'll submit the pilot, it still needs work but it's been through a couple drafts.

well, I'm excited to hear what you guys think and hope I get around to meeting you all.

I know I've done this all before.  But hey.  I'm feeling happy.

Lesley, 26, script development intern.  Wow... a lottttaa crap out there, let me tell you.  And in my paid gig, I half do a bunch of clerical nonsense for a marketing company that sends test audiences to free movie screenings, half watch the flicks myself every now and again before they come out (and still get paid).  LOL, but (from what I can remember) I saw "Monster in Law", "The Perfect Man" and most recently, "Land of the Dead", so I guess it's a job perk.  A free movie's a free movie.  Queen of the "been there and done that".  Balt thinks he's "in yo face"?  Yeah, I ain't gonna disagree from all that up there and on the last page, but I would say I'm a more of different spin on that.  Again, call it life experience.  But I never held back on anything I ever wanted to say.  Not my kind of thing.

I've got a couple of shorts up on this site.  They've pretty much been forgotten, but it's nice to see an email every now and again from someone showing interest.  Hey, thanks.  What I've really been working on (and now I actually have an honest to God deadline of the end of the month because I have recently garnered interest from higher ups in it) is a feature length near and dear to my heart because it's based on an experience I went through last summer.  Embellished a bit of course.  So that's currently in its fourth draft.

But yeah, aside from mixing with Hollywood types now and again - a few hits, a few misses, you know how it goes - I'm still trying to find my way, same as everyone else.  I've got a good feeling though.

Side note:  Rob, you are too awesome for words and ya know this.  Thanks for keeping up with me even though I wasn't around much of the time.  Always was thinking of you though!  Lately, I've also been getting to know Andy, who I strongly feel is a really positive girl with a good head on her shoulders.  Hon, whatever don't kill you...

And that's about enough of that.  Thanks for the vent session.    

[EDIT]  I deleted a lot of this post.  But don't worry, you can still see some of the best parts of this post as quoted in other posts.  I delete posts for personal reasons.  And I may never explain.  Sometimes it should be pretty obvious why I deleted a particular post.  

Lesley, your job sounds too cool. I know it's probably hard work and not very rewarding, but still, at least you are making a real headstart in the biz - well done hon!!

We're the same age, lol! Though I'll beat ya to 27 as I remember you're a february gal....5th I believe?! If I'm right, I have a damn good memory, if I do say so myself. If I'm wrong, how embarrassing!

Hope to see you on the boards more  

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Alan... only 24! Wow, you seem older, in a good way. Pass on my thanks to Sasorkat too - he's been a real gem to get to know.

4 siblings, eh?!! How do you have time to write with so many people around you???

Fortunately for me, I came out of university without debt, I was very, very lucky, but I have friends who will be paying their loans of for many years to come. This will sound stupid, but try to not let the fear of debt get you too down. I'm not saying don't be weary of it, by all means do what you're doing, you have the right attitude and at least you're aware of the pitfalls of these collection agencies. I just think you have enough positivity and belief in you to still achieve the goals and dreams you have set for yourself, no matter what anyone else says or thinks of you - screw them!!

University doesn't have to be the 'be all and end all' of everything, trust me. I flunked the first 2 years of my course, but then I had no interest in them to begin with - mental note, don't bother doing stuff which you couldn't care less about, what's the point?! I graduated with ok results, but my heart wasn't in it and it showed. I admire you for being proactive with your interests and attitude to read up on stuff which you know will benefit you. I am quite lazy in that dept, I'd rather ask someone than have to pick up a huge text book!!

Best wishes

Quoted from Andy Petrou Alan... only 24! Wow, you seem older, in a good way. Pass on my thanks to Sasorkat too - he's been a real gem to get to know.

SasorKat should get his own talk show.

Quoted from Andy Petrou 4 siblings, eh?!! How do you have time to write with so many people around you???

Well ... I got used to having six siblings around me, but two of them moved.  I write when everything's quiet, between the hours of 1am, to 4am.  But other than that, ignorance is the key.

Quoted from Andy Petrou Fortunately for me, I came out of university without debt, I was very, very lucky, but I have friends who will be paying their loans of for many years to come. This will sound stupid, but try to not let the fear of debt get you too down. I'm not saying don't be weary of it, by all means do what you're doing, you have the right attitude and at least you're aware of the pitfalls of these collection agencies. I just think you have enough positivity and belief in you to still achieve the goals and dreams you have set for yourself, no matter what anyone else says or thinks of you - screw them!!

Tell that to my dad when he's pun ... never-mind.

Quoted from Andy Petrou University doesn't have to be the 'be all and end all' of everything, trust me. I flunked the first 2 years of my course, but then I had no interest in them to begin with - mental note, don't bother doing stuff which you couldn't care less about, what's the point?! I graduated with ok results, but my heart wasn't in it and it showed. I admire you for being proactive with your interests and attitude to read up on stuff which you know will benefit you. I am quite lazy in that dept, I'd rather ask someone than have to pick up a huge text book!!

Oh.

Quoted from Alan_Holman SasorKat should get his own talk show.

YAY! I think he could give Oprah a run for her money... all $125 million of it!!

Quoted from Alan_Holman Well ... I got used to having six siblings around me, but two of them moved.  I write when everything's quiet, between the hours of 1am, to 4am.  But other than that, ignorance is the key.

6!! Good Lord!! I can never stay up that late anymore... my old age is setting in, lol. I wrote my script mostly while at work can you believe?! Then continued as soon as I got home, but never been able to write late.

You'd stay up that late if you had proper motivation ... or absolutely none.

Oh my God, Andy.  How did you remember my birthday?  You stalkin' me or something, girl?

Haha! The 5th was a significant date for me, and I remembered your birthday happened on it too!!lol... no .. not stalking you  

Well then, it's all good.