11:20 AM Paul: anyway you want it that's the way you need it!
Michael: She loves to laugh
Paul: she loves to sing
Michael: SHE LOVES ELEVEN THINGS!
She loves to move
Paul: she loves to groove
Michael: SHE LOVES ELEVEN THINGS
Paul: oh, all night!
11:21 AM Michael: ps i know that's not how it goes but hot damn it should
Paul: i know
i know
Michael: all night
Paul: so good
Michael: indeed
11:22 AM so i'll give you a final decision about this weekend tomorrow
Paul: word up
11:23 AM Michael: but as always, i appreciate your most gracious hospitality
11:25 AM how are things going with your own private film making?
Paul: i'm going to try to build a dolly/jib arm rig this weekend. i've got this idea for a short, but i need to have this rig to make it happen. it'll probably take a few tries to get it right.
11:26 AM Michael: cool, what happens in the short that requires the rig?
11:29 AM Paul: well, it's this idea i have where there are three frames on screen at once, and the film takes place simultaneously on all three frames, just from different angles/P.O.V.s. and the shots will all be kind of fluid. i want to actually make 3 films like this, all like five minutes long. the first one is going to kind of just be straight forward narrative, the second i hope will be more....i guess avante garde would be the word, more like mixing film and ballet or something. i don't know if i'll ever actually pull any of it off, but i want to try.
11:30 AM Michael: that's an interesting idea
11:31 AM Paul: it's a bit gimmicky, i know
Michael: you know what narratives you want to use already?
Paul: i've got an idea for the first one, but it's vague. more like there are certain shots i want to use and so i need to write the story around that
Michael: it's only gimmicky if it's just there for the sake of being there, if you make good use of the 3 screens as far as adding to the execution of the story is concerned, then it's terrific
11:32 AM Paul: i hope i can do just that
11:33 AM Michael: for example, if one of your characters has epilepsy just so she can sound more well-rounded, even though it's a shallow attempt to cull pity from the audience for a trait that has nothing whatsoever to do with the rest of the film and is just left there to dangle like a piece of meat in front of emo kids wanting to feel like they're watching their lives on screen, THEN it would be gimmicky
11:35 AM Paul: mmm, well let's hope no one ever makes a film like that
...
11:36 AM Michael: who would, paul? who would?
Paul: someone...who is the voice of our generation?
Michael: only he
but seriously paul, i like the idea
11:38 AM it sounds like it would take awhile to edit though
11:40 AM Paul: yeah, it would take a while to shoot, too. i'll probably have to plan out precise movements and timing
11:41 AM Michael: do you have 3 cameras?
11:42 AM Paul: no, but the way i see the film, the frames will move and stop at the same time. at least mostly.
11:43 AM Michael: i see, i get what you mean by precise movement and timing then
11:44 AM Paul: yeah
and spacing of the frames
sometimes all three frames next to each other will form one anamorphic wide screen shot.
11:45 AM Michael: that's awesome
Paul: it could be
Michael: like one of those multi-picture panoramas, right?
Paul: more or less, yeah
11:46 AM Michael: fancy dancing
Paul: we'll see. i hope to shoot the first one in june or july, but there are bound to be complications
Michael: naturally
there always are
i dont think i've seen any films you've made since college
Paul: i've only made little skits and crap
11:47 AM Michael: ok, cuz you've made some great stuff
what was the movie with the dumpster baby?
11:48 AM i cant remember it exactly there was something hilarious
and i think there was a robot
and andrew
11:49 AM this may have been a dream i had
11:50 AM either way, it was funny
and i thought your zombie movie from senior year was a lot better than you gave it credit for
Paul: the dumpster movie was about babies coming from dumpsters
11:51 AM and the robot movie was called "robot fantastic" and two robots face off in a dance fight on the banks of the river charles
Michael: hahahahaha
Paul: i actually was sitting in a bar/cafe the other night
and this kid comes up to me who i kind of recognize
and he goes
11:52 AM "did you go to BU?"
and i'm like "yeah"
"were you in COM?"
"yeah"
"you made that film with those robots, right? I remember seeing that. it was pretty cool."
that's my first fan, mike
11:53 AM Michael: dude, you're famous
look at you
Paul: so famous
11:54 AM Michael: you should have said "Can't you people leave me alone?! I'm just trying to have dinner with my family! Is there no respect for privacy anymore?"
Paul: hahahahah
i will never do that. mostly because i will never be recognized again.
Michael: that's a good reason
11:55 AM yes well, i'll own robot fantastic and alaric and all the rest one day on Paul Cannon: The Early Collection DVD set, but of course by then it wont be dvd's we use but a chip that's driven into your brain
11:56 AM Paul: of course. and when that day comes, i'll buy you something nice.
11:57 AM Michael: a clock radio?
12:09 PM Paul: also genius
alright, now i have real work to do
i'll catch ya
12:10 PM Michael: me too, me too
cheers
Saturday, October 25, 2008
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Tuesday - 2/13/07
4:59 PM Michael: please entertain me
Paul: i just farted
Michael: that's HILARIOUS
Paul: yes
it's my new brand of comedy
i call it
socialism
Michael: i think it'll catch on
5:00 PM ok i have a film snob gripe that i can register to you, who knows so much more about movies than i do
Paul: ha
ok
5:01 PM Michael: the other day i was at dinner with some people and we were talking about movies and this girl goes "yeah i really follow movies. i'm a real film buff"
so i mentioned something about seeing The Apartment recently and she'd never heard of it
so then i say, oh it's a Billy Wilder movie and she had never heard of him
5:02 PM Paul: what?
WHAT?
Michael: and i'm just thinking to myself - angrily and loudly, i might add (yes i thought it loudly) - how ridiculous this person is
yes WHAT indeed
5:03 PM Paul: i mean, i don't think i've ever seen it either, but to not know who billy wilder is is to say "i don't know shit about film except what was made after mighty ducks 1"
Michael: hahaha
yeah, the apartment wasn't the issue
it's the claiming to be a film buff and not knowing billy wilder
5:04 PM if it's any help, she also had never heard of sunset boulevard when i tried to give context to the name billy wilder
Paul: oh come on
Michael: AND when i mentioned pan's labyrinth and said it was a guillermo del toro film, her response was "i loved him in traffic"
Paul: hahahahahahahahahahaha
that's amazing
Michael: no joke
Paul: did you just laugh?
5:05 PM Michael: yes, and i'm glad i can tell that to you, who fully appreciates it
and why it pissed me off
Paul: that's unbelievable
a film buff
ha
Michael: pathetic
5:06 PM that's like if i said i was a political science expert but had never heard of the constitution
Paul: hahaha
Michael: Madison? no that name doesn't ring a bell
Paul: it's like if you said you're really knowledgeable of egyptian history and hadn't heard of cleopatra
5:07 PM "Sphynx"? is that some sort of newfangled energy elixir?
Michael: EXACTLY
oh and also bad was that i told this story to another group of friends and they also didn't know who billy wilder was
5:08 PM Paul: well, it's ok not to know who he is, but not when you say you're a film buff
Michael: i agree
5:09 PM it's still frustrating that no one our age who isn't obsessed with old movies knows who the director of double indemnity, stalag 17, sunset blvd., the apartment, some like hot and sabrina is
Paul: true
Michael: btw, if you haven't seen Double Indemnity, do so
5:10 PM i saw it about 5 weeks ago for the first time
Paul: i have been meaning to for the longest time
hey, why don't you come to ny and get hammered this weekend?
Michael: maybe i will
it's really tempting
5:11 PM i'll seriously consider it
Paul: we've got a lot of people coming to visit, so we'll add on one more
Michael: i'll let you know
thanks
Paul: word
it'd be sweet
Michael: did you get to meet del toro when you worked on Pan's?
5:12 PM Paul: no
course not
though i might meet christopher walken tomorrow
that could be cool
5:13 PM Michael: dude
that would be
Paul: we'll see
Michael: cool
Paul: i might not be around when he is
Michael: to the utmost
you will be
you MUST be
Paul: ok, check this out
Michael: is he doing voice over?
ok
Paul: i just got an e-mail from amazon.com
5:14 PM and it says that the following book is available, and people who have expressed interest in it have also ordered some kant book i once bought or something
"Gotthold Ephraim Lessings Stliche Schriften: Teil 8. Gesammelte Vorreden. Beitr zur Kenntniss der deutschen Sprache. Vom Alter der malerei aus dem Theophilus Presbyter "
what the fuck would i want that for?
5:15 PM Michael: hahaha
christopher walken would understand
5:17 PM my boss is taking a nap behind me
Paul: truly
5:18 PM Michael: i have no work to do bc i need my shit to be edited by the someone else
but i think he doesnt know that
so type-type-typing makes it sound like i'm still doing stuff
5:19 PM Paul: yes, that is the way to go
type away
tell me a tell tale
Michael: ok
5:20 PM once upon a time there was a man named chris walken
and he went to visit his friend the Paul of Cannon
and when he did Paul had a ridiculous photo taken of them
to preserve the hilarity for posterity
the end
what did you think?
5:21 PM it probably could use a love scene
5:23 PM Paul: ha, i wish i could take a photo
5:24 PM but since we're in the biz we have to act all pro and like fame ain't no biggee
Michael: that's true
but it's not tom cruise or some idiotic star like that, it's christopher walken
5:25 PM maybe you can snap something with your camera phone
5:26 PM Paul: that would be sly
5:28 PM i'd then immediately send it to you
5:29 PM Michael: oh man, work dismissed
it's icing outside here
so we're out
5:30 PM Paul: adios son
enjoy the free freedom
Michael: i appreciate the distraction, thanks
Paul: anytime
Michael: have a drink on me
Paul: always
Michael: just go to a bar in new york and charge it to mike
Paul: it rarely works
Michael: they'll know what to do
Paul: unless there's another mike in the bar
5:31 PM Michael: there's seldom another mike in the bar
Paul: ha
an uncommon name
later, kid
Michael: my mother invented it on my birth bed
Paul: hahaha
Michael: bye pops
Paul: i just farted
Michael: that's HILARIOUS
Paul: yes
it's my new brand of comedy
i call it
socialism
Michael: i think it'll catch on
5:00 PM ok i have a film snob gripe that i can register to you, who knows so much more about movies than i do
Paul: ha
ok
5:01 PM Michael: the other day i was at dinner with some people and we were talking about movies and this girl goes "yeah i really follow movies. i'm a real film buff"
so i mentioned something about seeing The Apartment recently and she'd never heard of it
so then i say, oh it's a Billy Wilder movie and she had never heard of him
5:02 PM Paul: what?
WHAT?
Michael: and i'm just thinking to myself - angrily and loudly, i might add (yes i thought it loudly) - how ridiculous this person is
yes WHAT indeed
5:03 PM Paul: i mean, i don't think i've ever seen it either, but to not know who billy wilder is is to say "i don't know shit about film except what was made after mighty ducks 1"
Michael: hahaha
yeah, the apartment wasn't the issue
it's the claiming to be a film buff and not knowing billy wilder
5:04 PM if it's any help, she also had never heard of sunset boulevard when i tried to give context to the name billy wilder
Paul: oh come on
Michael: AND when i mentioned pan's labyrinth and said it was a guillermo del toro film, her response was "i loved him in traffic"
Paul: hahahahahahahahahahaha
that's amazing
Michael: no joke
Paul: did you just laugh?
5:05 PM Michael: yes, and i'm glad i can tell that to you, who fully appreciates it
and why it pissed me off
Paul: that's unbelievable
a film buff
ha
Michael: pathetic
5:06 PM that's like if i said i was a political science expert but had never heard of the constitution
Paul: hahaha
Michael: Madison? no that name doesn't ring a bell
Paul: it's like if you said you're really knowledgeable of egyptian history and hadn't heard of cleopatra
5:07 PM "Sphynx"? is that some sort of newfangled energy elixir?
Michael: EXACTLY
oh and also bad was that i told this story to another group of friends and they also didn't know who billy wilder was
5:08 PM Paul: well, it's ok not to know who he is, but not when you say you're a film buff
Michael: i agree
5:09 PM it's still frustrating that no one our age who isn't obsessed with old movies knows who the director of double indemnity, stalag 17, sunset blvd., the apartment, some like hot and sabrina is
Paul: true
Michael: btw, if you haven't seen Double Indemnity, do so
5:10 PM i saw it about 5 weeks ago for the first time
Paul: i have been meaning to for the longest time
hey, why don't you come to ny and get hammered this weekend?
Michael: maybe i will
it's really tempting
5:11 PM i'll seriously consider it
Paul: we've got a lot of people coming to visit, so we'll add on one more
Michael: i'll let you know
thanks
Paul: word
it'd be sweet
Michael: did you get to meet del toro when you worked on Pan's?
5:12 PM Paul: no
course not
though i might meet christopher walken tomorrow
that could be cool
5:13 PM Michael: dude
that would be
Paul: we'll see
Michael: cool
Paul: i might not be around when he is
Michael: to the utmost
you will be
you MUST be
Paul: ok, check this out
Michael: is he doing voice over?
ok
Paul: i just got an e-mail from amazon.com
5:14 PM and it says that the following book is available, and people who have expressed interest in it have also ordered some kant book i once bought or something
"Gotthold Ephraim Lessings Stliche Schriften: Teil 8. Gesammelte Vorreden. Beitr zur Kenntniss der deutschen Sprache. Vom Alter der malerei aus dem Theophilus Presbyter "
what the fuck would i want that for?
5:15 PM Michael: hahaha
christopher walken would understand
5:17 PM my boss is taking a nap behind me
Paul: truly
5:18 PM Michael: i have no work to do bc i need my shit to be edited by the someone else
but i think he doesnt know that
so type-type-typing makes it sound like i'm still doing stuff
5:19 PM Paul: yes, that is the way to go
type away
tell me a tell tale
Michael: ok
5:20 PM once upon a time there was a man named chris walken
and he went to visit his friend the Paul of Cannon
and when he did Paul had a ridiculous photo taken of them
to preserve the hilarity for posterity
the end
what did you think?
5:21 PM it probably could use a love scene
5:23 PM Paul: ha, i wish i could take a photo
5:24 PM but since we're in the biz we have to act all pro and like fame ain't no biggee
Michael: that's true
but it's not tom cruise or some idiotic star like that, it's christopher walken
5:25 PM maybe you can snap something with your camera phone
5:26 PM Paul: that would be sly
5:28 PM i'd then immediately send it to you
5:29 PM Michael: oh man, work dismissed
it's icing outside here
so we're out
5:30 PM Paul: adios son
enjoy the free freedom
Michael: i appreciate the distraction, thanks
Paul: anytime
Michael: have a drink on me
Paul: always
Michael: just go to a bar in new york and charge it to mike
Paul: it rarely works
Michael: they'll know what to do
Paul: unless there's another mike in the bar
5:31 PM Michael: there's seldom another mike in the bar
Paul: ha
an uncommon name
later, kid
Michael: my mother invented it on my birth bed
Paul: hahaha
Michael: bye pops
Thursday - 2/8/07
1:53 PM Michael: fuck, i had more to tell you and then you left and now i cant remember what it was
Friday, October 17, 2008
Tuesday - 2/6/07
11:50 AM Paul: why? why mike? why?
Michael: i don't know, who among us can say
Paul: mmmm. indeed.
11:51 AM Michael: and now the onward track of downward spiraling
Paul: fuckin a.
11:52 AM how's life?
11:53 AM Michael: it's alright
i'm not one to complain
new job's real good
Paul: awesome
Michael: how are you?
how's the newest of all lines?
Paul: eh, totally shitty. more or less.
it's alright, i guess
[LATER THAT SAME DAY]
4:22 PM Paul: you should come visit me
4:27 PM Michael: i know i should
BUT
i think it would be even easier for me if you visited me
Paul: i know, i should. i just can't get up the motivation to get on that fuckin bus.
4:28 PM Michael: i understand
what if i came to new york and tied you up, put you in a sack and dragged you on a bus to dc, would that be helpful?
4:29 PM Paul: only if you also sedated me with alcohol. or drugs. whichever works for you.
4:30 PM Michael: of course, you and i both know i'm WAY too lazy to buy a sack
Paul: truly. tooooo lazy
4:31 PM Michael: you should come for president's day weekend
i think that's feb. 17-19
Paul: macdawg's actually coming up here that weekend
4:32 PM Michael: fuck
always one step ahead
4:34 PM alright, come down next weekend and get the drop on macdawg
4:36 PM look, i'm not going to stop putting pressure on you to come to dc, but i'll probably be in new york sometime before the end of march
Paul: don't stop, mike, never stop.
that's your new name
4:37 PM mike "never stop" dubz
Michael: i don't know, who among us can say
Paul: mmmm. indeed.
11:51 AM Michael: and now the onward track of downward spiraling
Paul: fuckin a.
11:52 AM how's life?
11:53 AM Michael: it's alright
i'm not one to complain
new job's real good
Paul: awesome
Michael: how are you?
how's the newest of all lines?
Paul: eh, totally shitty. more or less.
it's alright, i guess
[LATER THAT SAME DAY]
4:22 PM Paul: you should come visit me
4:27 PM Michael: i know i should
BUT
i think it would be even easier for me if you visited me
Paul: i know, i should. i just can't get up the motivation to get on that fuckin bus.
4:28 PM Michael: i understand
what if i came to new york and tied you up, put you in a sack and dragged you on a bus to dc, would that be helpful?
4:29 PM Paul: only if you also sedated me with alcohol. or drugs. whichever works for you.
4:30 PM Michael: of course, you and i both know i'm WAY too lazy to buy a sack
Paul: truly. tooooo lazy
4:31 PM Michael: you should come for president's day weekend
i think that's feb. 17-19
Paul: macdawg's actually coming up here that weekend
4:32 PM Michael: fuck
always one step ahead
4:34 PM alright, come down next weekend and get the drop on macdawg
4:36 PM look, i'm not going to stop putting pressure on you to come to dc, but i'll probably be in new york sometime before the end of march
Paul: don't stop, mike, never stop.
that's your new name
4:37 PM mike "never stop" dubz
Monday, October 13, 2008
Thursday - 2/1/07
12:41 PM Paul: weeeeeehhhhh
Michael: WWWWWWHHHHHEEEEEEEEEEEEHHHHHHHHH
Paul: how's the new job?
12:42 PM Michael: really good
interesting, real responsibility
how's work?
Paul: meh. it's alright.
12:43 PM Michael: any interesting films worth mentioning?
12:44 PM Paul: king of kong, which we bought at slamdance. it's apparently amazing. it's about people who are obsessed with donkey kong.
12:46 PM Michael: brb
Michael: WWWWWWHHHHHEEEEEEEEEEEEHHHHHHHHH
Paul: how's the new job?
12:42 PM Michael: really good
interesting, real responsibility
how's work?
Paul: meh. it's alright.
12:43 PM Michael: any interesting films worth mentioning?
12:44 PM Paul: king of kong, which we bought at slamdance. it's apparently amazing. it's about people who are obsessed with donkey kong.
12:46 PM Michael: brb
Tuesday - 1/30/07
7:03 PM Paul: it'd be even funnier if it said "fancy dancing warhol"
7:06 PM Michael: it might be, yes, but that's not what i say
7:07 PM "FANCY DANCING! (pronounced Foncy Doncing)" he exclaimed as he walked into the corpse-filled room
Paul: i've heard you say it, and i've always liked it
7:12 PM what if you said "foncy doncing waaawhaaul"
7:06 PM Michael: it might be, yes, but that's not what i say
7:07 PM "FANCY DANCING! (pronounced Foncy Doncing)" he exclaimed as he walked into the corpse-filled room
Paul: i've heard you say it, and i've always liked it
7:12 PM what if you said "foncy doncing waaawhaaul"
Friday, October 10, 2008
Friday - 1/26/07
2:48 PM Michael: what's up PC?
2:49 PM Paul: gonna get lunch in like five. what up?
Michael: nothing, just wanted to see how you were
you should get lunch
bye
Paul: ha
Michael: ha
Paul: in like five, i will.
how're you?
Michael: i'm alright
2:50 PM Paul: right on
2:51 PM Michael: start new job on monday
Paul: solid
Michael: anyway, go eat i'll wait you out
Paul: yes, food. food food food.
Michael: oh, and come to DC
Paul: someday
Michael: you never will
bah
Paul: haha
2:52 PM someday
Michael: that will be a glorious day
cheers
Paul: if you had lots of alcohol and hot women, i'd be there in like five seconds
Michael: i have alcohol, and i can make Big M wear a bikini
Paul: gross
2:52 PM Michael: you said it
2:49 PM Paul: gonna get lunch in like five. what up?
Michael: nothing, just wanted to see how you were
you should get lunch
bye
Paul: ha
Michael: ha
Paul: in like five, i will.
how're you?
Michael: i'm alright
2:50 PM Paul: right on
2:51 PM Michael: start new job on monday
Paul: solid
Michael: anyway, go eat i'll wait you out
Paul: yes, food. food food food.
Michael: oh, and come to DC
Paul: someday
Michael: you never will
bah
Paul: haha
2:52 PM someday
Michael: that will be a glorious day
cheers
Paul: if you had lots of alcohol and hot women, i'd be there in like five seconds
Michael: i have alcohol, and i can make Big M wear a bikini
Paul: gross
2:52 PM Michael: you said it
Monday, October 6, 2008
Saturday - 1/13/07
4:39 AM Paul: are you awake still?!
4:40 AM guess not. alas.
Michael: ahoy
how goes it?
4:42 AM you still there?
4:43 AM Paul: i am
and drunk
and alone
and lonely
and drunk
did i mention
Michael: yes you did
Paul: that i drank probably a liter of whiskey tonight
cause i did
Michael: that's a sad tale you weave
4:44 AM haha
Paul: oh mike
Michael: geez
you must be drunk. good for you
4:40 AM guess not. alas.
Michael: ahoy
how goes it?
4:42 AM you still there?
4:43 AM Paul: i am
and drunk
and alone
and lonely
and drunk
did i mention
Michael: yes you did
Paul: that i drank probably a liter of whiskey tonight
cause i did
Michael: that's a sad tale you weave
4:44 AM haha
Paul: oh mike
Michael: geez
you must be drunk. good for you
Thursday, October 2, 2008
Friday - 1/12/07
1:52 PM Paul: great interview
Michael: i know, i can't believe he responded so quickly
Paul: must not have much going on?
Michael: that or he must have enjoyed being the authority
1:53 PM Paul: yeah
Michael: questions 6 and 8 were the same but phrased differently and he gave 2 dif answers
1:54 PM Paul: i think he made a distinction between the two
Michael: possibly
1:55 PM i think you need to write a short post
Paul: maybe this weekend, yeah
1:56 PM i'm just kind of not feeling so amusing
Michael: no need to over think it
understandable
[REDACTED]
2:00 PM Michael: how're you doing today?
2:01 PM Paul: fucking shitty. yesterday i was ok for most of the day, but today i'm just a fucking mess. holding it together at work, but i'm just going to fall apart when i get home.
2:02 PM Michael: that's rough, do you have weekend plans?
2:03 PM Paul: wallowing
Michael: ha, i hear ya
you've got mlk day so 50% more wallowing than on a normal weekend
[REDACTED]
Michael: not to feed into your guilt here, but from what you've told me it seems possible
Paul: i'm fucking dying over here
[REDACTED]
2:15 PM Paul: and of course that's fucking scary. but i'm the one who's fucked.
2:16 PM Michael: yeah i think that may have been what happened
[REDACTED]
2:19 PM Michael: you're right
[REDACTED]
2:23 PM Michael: true.
[REDACTED]
2:26 PM Michael: that's what i would say
Paul: which is soooo difficult
[REDACTED]
2:32 PM Michael: well done
[REDACTED]
2:33 PM Michael: but that's an excellent decision
[REDACTED]
2:39 PM Michael: right, well if you come to chicago i'll give you all the commiserating you can handle
Paul: yeah. i appreciate it
2:41 PM Michael: look, there's no way that this weekend is going to be bearable, regardless of whom you're with. if you're alone, take the time to think things over, see where you are, have a nice, refreshing wallow, and in the end the private introspection will do you good, and you'll vent with friends later in the week. you call me anytime as well if you so desire
2:42 PM Paul: yeah, that's good advice. i'm also going to drink the flask of whiskey i bought.
2:43 PM Michael: whiskey will cool the pain to sooth it, then warm it to relax it away
of course, that could have been icyhot
2:44 PM Paul: and put me in a sour, sour mood, i'm sure. or at least accentuate my sour mood that i already have. but whatever. just gotta keep my phone away from me.
Michael: hell yes you do
2:46 PM lock your phone a box which can only be opened by passing a breathalyzer
Paul: that's a genius idea
Michael: don't be snide, regicide.
Paul: i think they created a phone that can only be dialed if you're sober, so you can't drunk dial. or dui - dial under the influence
2:47 PM regicate
regication
i like yours, actually. well played.
Michael: thanks, i spent all week on it
Paul: hahaha
2:48 PM Michael: the most productive week of the year so far
i start my new job on jan. 29
2:49 PM Paul: you get the one you wanted?
Michael: yup
Paul: congrats
make us both filthy stinking rich
2:50 PM Michael: thanks, i will
certainly filthy and stinking at least
Paul: yes, that's the easiest part of that equation
you might even be able to make us itch, but no "r"
Michael: haha
2:51 PM terrible
you should take off work and come to dc
2:52 PM OR
go on a weekend
Paul: ooooo
a "weekend"
one of thoooose
Michael: it's a new device i invented
2:53 PM it has great taste and is less filling
2:54 PM Paul: yeah, i'll probably make my way down there soonish. i'm getting busy with film stuff, but i'll make the time. maybe the last weekend of january.
unless it's fucking freezing
Michael: that would be a good choice actually
what film stuff are you up to?
2:56 PM Paul: location scouting and casting for the first 15 pages of purpler rain. alex and connor and jon might want me to play the lead, a 13 year old girl who think she's a 50 year old man. because, they say, it would be even funnier that everybody thinks i'm 13, which i am clearly not. i don't know how i feel about it.
2:57 PM Michael: yeah, i don't know about that either
Paul: yeah. that's what i'm saying.
2:58 PM Michael: i feel what you're saying
and you hear what i'm feeling
Paul: and we're both blind as bats
2:59 PM Michael: let the world see our blind example and shine upon it the light of a billion listening eyes
3:00 PM Paul: that is so frightening, and i don't even know why
Michael: because it haunts the memories of our forgotten dreams
3:02 PM Paul: you're creepy
3:03 PM Michael: not as creepy as this one kid i know, creepy mary chom-choms
"chom" means creepy in russian
3:04 PM Paul: does it? cause that would be so ridiculous. tchoms.
Michael: the translation is "creepy mary creepy, creepy"
3:05 PM Paul: right, i'm gonna get some lunch
an apple
or something
Michael: you're greedy
3:07 PM alright, take it easy
Paul: is that what "my last name means in gaelic?
Michael: hahaha
Paul: greedy paul, greedy greedy
Michael: i think so
Paul: have a safe trip to chicago. maybe i'll catch you later on here
Michael: thanks, maybe
Michael: i know, i can't believe he responded so quickly
Paul: must not have much going on?
Michael: that or he must have enjoyed being the authority
1:53 PM Paul: yeah
Michael: questions 6 and 8 were the same but phrased differently and he gave 2 dif answers
1:54 PM Paul: i think he made a distinction between the two
Michael: possibly
1:55 PM i think you need to write a short post
Paul: maybe this weekend, yeah
1:56 PM i'm just kind of not feeling so amusing
Michael: no need to over think it
understandable
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2:00 PM Michael: how're you doing today?
2:01 PM Paul: fucking shitty. yesterday i was ok for most of the day, but today i'm just a fucking mess. holding it together at work, but i'm just going to fall apart when i get home.
2:02 PM Michael: that's rough, do you have weekend plans?
2:03 PM Paul: wallowing
Michael: ha, i hear ya
you've got mlk day so 50% more wallowing than on a normal weekend
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Michael: not to feed into your guilt here, but from what you've told me it seems possible
Paul: i'm fucking dying over here
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2:15 PM Paul: and of course that's fucking scary. but i'm the one who's fucked.
2:16 PM Michael: yeah i think that may have been what happened
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2:19 PM Michael: you're right
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2:23 PM Michael: true.
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2:26 PM Michael: that's what i would say
Paul: which is soooo difficult
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2:32 PM Michael: well done
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2:33 PM Michael: but that's an excellent decision
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2:39 PM Michael: right, well if you come to chicago i'll give you all the commiserating you can handle
Paul: yeah. i appreciate it
2:41 PM Michael: look, there's no way that this weekend is going to be bearable, regardless of whom you're with. if you're alone, take the time to think things over, see where you are, have a nice, refreshing wallow, and in the end the private introspection will do you good, and you'll vent with friends later in the week. you call me anytime as well if you so desire
2:42 PM Paul: yeah, that's good advice. i'm also going to drink the flask of whiskey i bought.
2:43 PM Michael: whiskey will cool the pain to sooth it, then warm it to relax it away
of course, that could have been icyhot
2:44 PM Paul: and put me in a sour, sour mood, i'm sure. or at least accentuate my sour mood that i already have. but whatever. just gotta keep my phone away from me.
Michael: hell yes you do
2:46 PM lock your phone a box which can only be opened by passing a breathalyzer
Paul: that's a genius idea
Michael: don't be snide, regicide.
Paul: i think they created a phone that can only be dialed if you're sober, so you can't drunk dial. or dui - dial under the influence
2:47 PM regicate
regication
i like yours, actually. well played.
Michael: thanks, i spent all week on it
Paul: hahaha
2:48 PM Michael: the most productive week of the year so far
i start my new job on jan. 29
2:49 PM Paul: you get the one you wanted?
Michael: yup
Paul: congrats
make us both filthy stinking rich
2:50 PM Michael: thanks, i will
certainly filthy and stinking at least
Paul: yes, that's the easiest part of that equation
you might even be able to make us itch, but no "r"
Michael: haha
2:51 PM terrible
you should take off work and come to dc
2:52 PM OR
go on a weekend
Paul: ooooo
a "weekend"
one of thoooose
Michael: it's a new device i invented
2:53 PM it has great taste and is less filling
2:54 PM Paul: yeah, i'll probably make my way down there soonish. i'm getting busy with film stuff, but i'll make the time. maybe the last weekend of january.
unless it's fucking freezing
Michael: that would be a good choice actually
what film stuff are you up to?
2:56 PM Paul: location scouting and casting for the first 15 pages of purpler rain. alex and connor and jon might want me to play the lead, a 13 year old girl who think she's a 50 year old man. because, they say, it would be even funnier that everybody thinks i'm 13, which i am clearly not. i don't know how i feel about it.
2:57 PM Michael: yeah, i don't know about that either
Paul: yeah. that's what i'm saying.
2:58 PM Michael: i feel what you're saying
and you hear what i'm feeling
Paul: and we're both blind as bats
2:59 PM Michael: let the world see our blind example and shine upon it the light of a billion listening eyes
3:00 PM Paul: that is so frightening, and i don't even know why
Michael: because it haunts the memories of our forgotten dreams
3:02 PM Paul: you're creepy
3:03 PM Michael: not as creepy as this one kid i know, creepy mary chom-choms
"chom" means creepy in russian
3:04 PM Paul: does it? cause that would be so ridiculous. tchoms.
Michael: the translation is "creepy mary creepy, creepy"
3:05 PM Paul: right, i'm gonna get some lunch
an apple
or something
Michael: you're greedy
3:07 PM alright, take it easy
Paul: is that what "my last name means in gaelic?
Michael: hahaha
Paul: greedy paul, greedy greedy
Michael: i think so
Paul: have a safe trip to chicago. maybe i'll catch you later on here
Michael: thanks, maybe
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