The Good News Is...

So, the good news is, umm, well the good news is one of my projects is making some headway.  I actually have someone with connections interested in a television show idea, and he has some ideas for it of his own, which is fantastic to me.  If someone says to me "I like what you've got, here's how we make it better," I'm all for that, because I know I'm in no way going to nail it on my own (at least not at this time).  So yeah, hooray for that!

A new friend has hooked me up with SGU season 1 DVDs, which is awesome.  I haven't watched them yet, but have a couple of weeks before season 1.5 starts up, so I'll be doing that in my downtime I believe.

I'm working on a webcomic that involves squirrels, because we all know how much I love squirrels (and if you don't know, I love them a lot).  I apparently don't love them enough to draw cartoon versions of them though, at least not yet.  It's a work in progress.

I should know my work fate by Wednesday.  That's when the network will either order more episodes of the show we did a pilot for, or pass on it, and leave us show-less.  Crossing fingers for a pickup, as I've decided I'm going to talk to the show-runner and ask about trying my hand at producing a segment or pitching stories or something along the producing realm.  It's a clip show, and not really want I want to do, but it's also producing, and well, I'm going to have to re-verify at Comic-Con next year, so I need a more recent producing credit to my IMDb profile.  Plus, I need a new credit to change my IMDb profile to "J. Chris Tucker" instead of "Jonathan Tucker (II)".

Oh hey! Tomorrow is free pasty day at Starbucks, and free cone day at Ben & Jerry's.  I'll definitely get a free pastry, but we'll have to see about the cone...

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And then... he slept.

Backwards and Forwards

What a difference a week can make.  A week ago I was working on a spec script (well, coming up with an idea for one at least) so that I could pursue a writing/producing career.  It wasn't going well, and it took a conversation with a friend to finally convince me that writing is not what I want to do, even though I've known this forever.  Ideal job is producing a late-night talk show.  So that is what I will work for, although I don't know how long it will take.  I'm impatient, so I'd love for it to be sooner rather than later, but things can't be rushed I guess.

Which means, come May and Scotland, I'm not changing my life around like I'd been planning.  I'm not quitting my job and I'm not moving out of my apartment.  Simply, I'm staying put until such a time that there is better timing to leave (like having another job lined up).

That isn't to say it couldn't change by May.  At work, we delivered the cut of a pilot we're working on, and will be waiting until the middle of next week to find out if the network wants to pick it up or not.  If they do, great, there's a few more months of work.  If not, well, all we have are projects in development, and maybe I'll still get laid off by/before May.  If that happens, then I'll come back from Scotland, offload everything I own, and move to Vancouver.  Fingers crossed?

Indecision, BE GONE!

Indecision surrounds me.

In the next two months, I have to decide what's going to happen next for me.  Am I going to give my job, my apartment, my financial security, simply because I find myself at a crossroads?  Or will I instead keep both my job and my apartment, and just put off the inevitable change?

At the moment, I'm leaning towards the latter.  However, a lot is going to rest on what happens at work in the next couple of weeks.  There's a lot in the air that should be settled by then, and will affect the stability of my current job.  So my indecision on that front shall continue, and that's okay!

I'm going to write a TV spec script or two, in an effort to change my future path more towards what I actually want to do professionally.  Currently I'm planning on a sitcom, but there's a lot of indecision there as well.  Not sure which sitcom to spec, and which story idea to go with.  Also stuck between writing a sitcom or a drama, or maybe a dramedy.  In all honesty, I'm not really enthusiastic about writing a spec at all, but it seems to be necessary if I want to produce anything scripted.


Does deciding to quit being indecisive work?