I have to say, these morning shifts make me a little nuts. but only because there are so many little things I do in the morning — including posting to the blog. And I hate it when I feel pressed for time.

Anyway.

Another gorgeous day here today, so I’m sure my angst-y mood will subside, once I’m driving those backroads to town, under a beautiful blue sky.

And the client I have today — even though it’s a long shift, he’s very, very easy to take care of.

And speaking of clients! Yes! I did take my favorite 94-year-old Japanese client back to the Peony Bistro yesterday for Japanese food (and we popped in at the Nature Preserve again after lunch), and yet again, our fortune cookies were sort of uncanny. Even though his was a little “in hindsight,” it summed up his former professional life perfectly. (He had 2 degrees — one in Christian Ministry, and one from NYU Engineering School and that one took him all over the world and made him a very wealthy man). And mine was , actually, sort of spot on, considering the things that are always on my mind right now.

His is at the top:

And what was also interesting is that I could hear the women in the booth behind us, talking about their fortune cookies, and one woman said: “It’s like this fortune was meant for me! This happened last time I was here.”

Too funny.

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Okay.

Nick Cave sent out a Red Hand File that was very intriguing — ostensibly, it was about Flea, from the Red Hot Chili Peppers. He said, in part:

“I remember being genuinely moved by his words and thinking what a classy guy Flea was, and feeling on some subterranean level that I was unable to fully grasp at that point in my life, that Flea was a human being of an entirely different calibre, indeed, of a higher order.”

You can read it in full here.

What struck me most about this particular Red Hand File, is that I used to work for Gus Van Sant, Sr. in his home office, about 10 years ago. Filing and just helping out. I worked for him for a few years, until he retired and moved away.

At that point, he was the Business Manager of his son’s film production company and I learned a lot about the business end of the movie business.

Gus, Sr. was a really beautiful soul (he died a couple years ago). I just loved working for him. And one day, while I was filing, there was a handwritten letter in the stack of papers, and it was from Flea. And it was just a beautiful letter to Gus, Sr., thanking him for something that he had done for Flea.

I said, “Is this the Flea from Red Hot Chili Peppers?”

And Gus , Sr. said, “Yes. Surprisingly, he’s really quite a great guy.”

I was impressed by that, because Gus ,Sr. had a habit of always speaking honestly to me about everything and everyone.

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Okay.

In the spirit of being incredibly pressed for time —

Peitor and I have finally started hearing back from people in LA who are reading our TV Pilot script to give us advice. It has taken forever to get people’s responses, but now we are getting them and it is clear that we need to revise the script — take out quite a few scenes and save them for other episodes. Not a huge deal.

HOWEVER — Peitor goes to Series Mania in Lille, France, in 9 days(!!) and for 8 of those days (!!) I have to work!!!

Arrrrrggghhh!

So I just feel really frustrated right now.

But I still gotta scoot.

So have a great Thursday, wherever you are n the world!!

Thanks for visting.

I love you guys. See ya!

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Remember this great song??? My 94-year-old Japanese client and I were playing it yesterday!!

Wayne Newton, 1963. His HUGE hit — “Danke Schoen”. Enjoy, gang.