Category Archives: 30 Before 30

#20 Write a Movie Script: Almost There!

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Skye and I won ScriptFrenzy! Yay!

Pictured right is Skye standing at the summit and pulling my unwilling ass to the top. She is the reason we won, and the reason we are almost finished with this script. She wrote most of the pages for the month, did a lot of the plotting legwork, and tirelessly encouraged me, even though I am really annoying and lame and can barely squeeze out a few pages every 3 days. In short, she is awesome.

We’re putting the finishing touches on the script this week, and I think we’re on track to wrap it up shortly here.

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#1 Learn to Play a Musical Instrument: DONE!

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Yes, folks, I’m checking this one off, mostly because I successfully taught my niece and nephew how to play one song and a few chords on the ukulele this weekend while camping, and if I can teach it, that means I can play it, right? Ok, so my 10-year-old niece was actually better at it than I am, but still. I know some chords, so we’re calling it good.

My ukulele skills pale in comparison (literally) to my brother-in-law's campfire building skills.

Some more highlights from the weekend:

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Gossip Girls

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Girls gossip. We just do. It’s part of conversation. But it’s kind of evil.

I was reminded of that today when some stuff I’d said made its way around. It wasn’t necessarily bad stuff, but it was stuff I hadn’t thought of getting back around to the person I’d said it about. It could easily have been something Very Bad, and then I would have to feel awful and regret ever saying it in the first place– to anyone.

So, I think I’m starting my 30 In My 30s List a few weeks early. (Haven’t given much thought to my 30 In My 30s List, but that will happen later.) This coming month, May, is going to be my month of gossip-less-ness. I’m going to work hard only to say things I wouldn’t mind the subject hearing from my own mouth. That includes movie stars, companies, etc. and includes anything I post on Twitter or Facebook or my blog.

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