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Among the Regular Normal People Again!

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…And by that I mean that, yes, I bought a new TV!

Well, a new flat screen HD TV, because my 23 year-old digital TV works just fine, but you can’t watch anything on it besides DVDs and videos….

Not mine, because I would never, ever, EVER be watching any kind of sport, but mine looks just like this. And still works.

Anyway, I got the new flat screen TV just in time for my CUE Streaming and my 4,000 channels to start up tomorrow.

I will put it in the kitchen, to replace the one in there right now that no longer works, because God knows, a TV in the bedroom is the kiss of death…

Okay.

This just in from Johnny Depp’s IN.2 production company — I love this photo!!

Happy Birthday, Johnny Depp! I have lost track of how old he is, but it could just be his 60th birthday today. I’m not positive. But happy, happy, happy!!

Johnny Depp typing on quite possibly his 60th birthday.

And in other birthday news–

My long-time friend and business partner, Peitor Angell, also has a birthday today! I have no clue how old he is anymore, either; I only know that he’s always been a few years older than me, so I’m guessing that is still the case.

And as some weird, strange, unbelievably frustrating twist of fate would have it — his plane landed in France at 6am this morning. He got to the care facility where his mom was allegedly “dying at any moment” and there she was, alert and sitting up in a wheelchair, completely misdiagnosed. It was only a respiratory infection that is now under control….

I mean, Jesus. What the heck do you say (or text) to someone about that kind of news? I was speechless. He was ready to go on a much-needed vacation to lovely Lake Louise, in Canada, when he had to drop everything and rush back to France because his mom was allegedly not going to live through the night, etc.

Lovely Lake Louise, in Alberta, Canada

But the good news, of course, is that she didn’t die on his birthday… (see yesterday’s post).

This is sort of “reporting on the war” but I could not not post this:

“Hiroshima Revisited: The Evidence that Napalm and Mustard Gas Helped Fake the Nuclear Bombings” by Michael Palmer

It was not “just” fire bombings on Nagasaki and Hiroshima, it was far more complex, thought-out , evil, and just plain sickening. (And the usual — when certain scientists in the 1950s began to figure out that something was amiss with those nuclear bombs, they died in convenient plane crashes…)

It just astounds me, the degree of lying that goes into all of this evil, including the helpful lies from people like Einstein.

You can also download a free 351-page PDF HERE.

One thing I have noticed over the years, is that the fireflies start to come out right around — if not exactly on — Johnny Depp’s birthday. So I will keep my eyes peeled this evening, for those tiny wonderful lights, flickering in the grass.

All righty.

There are no rewrites to do right at this moment. I’m going to try to just focus on one of my own works-in-progress today.

But first —

Yes, that’s correct! I’m going to have these guys drive me to town so that I can pick up my new TV. (Rumor has it that the Internet blackout is coming this weekend, and other rumors have it that CUE Streaming will work during the Internet blackout…. but who really knows.)

And Simon Parkes just this minute sent out a new update that I will listen to as I make that trip into town. Here’s hoping he does not have yet another announcement that changes my life — for instance, that the White Hats want us to re-engage in the war effort. We’ll see, gang.

Meanwhile, off I go.

Have a great Friday, wherever you are in the world!

Thanks for visiting.

I love you guys. See ya!

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Meanwhile, I leave you with another great one from Ultra Lounge: Bossa Nova Ville! Billy May & His Orchestra’s, “The Look of Love”. Enjoy!!!!!

A Good Day So Far!

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Another splendid day here in the Hinterlands!

Oddly enough, is makes it easier to sit at my desk when the weather is so beautiful. I have 3 really tall, wide-open windows in my room. So much air. So much sun. So many birds singing!

Okay. This happened the other day. From Johnny Depp on Instagram. Here’s hoping he gets back to perfect really soon:

I thought this was just beautiful. It brought tears to my eyes–

The Restaurant of Mistaken Orders (2 mins):

And, yes, this next one falls under “posting about the war”… however, I really appreciated what he had to say so I wanted to share it. I’m kinda feeling like boycotting these American brands for their provocative advertising is only hurting the workers — which is what they want. The overlords are the criminals, not the advertising campaigns. Wouldn’t it be great if we could use our spirits to find a better way to react to all this?

💥EPIC RANT!!! BUD LIGHT, TARGET, NORTH FACE… WHY ARE THESE COMPANIES DOING THIS?, WELL HERE’S WHY (3 mins):

https://www.bitchute.com/video/oomJuyMtTCrq/

And, yes, I did sign up for CUE Streaming! I have no working smart TV right now and no working fire stick. I do not really like television, yet I love Amazon Prime but I hate watching it on my tiny phone…

Still I signed up for CUE: 4000 channels for $60 a month, no contract. Yes, 4000 channels to watch on my tiny phone…

If you follow Phil, then you know this CUE thing was a HUGE brouhaha the last couple of days. (And if you missed him last night — expect tribunals in June and military to start popping up all over America.)

And that’s it for the war effort!

If you missed my post from Memorial Day — I gave some very serious thought to some advice Simon Parkes gave over the weekend, and I have disengaged from posting about the war. I’m still following it, just not posting about it. There are too many psy-ops out there, too much noise, most of it created by White Hats to force people to wake-up. It is nearly impossible to find any actual news anymore. So I’m shifting my energy and my focus.

However.

Being a digital soldier for LT. General Michael Flynn was probably the most important work I ever did with my life and these last couple of years were probably the best years of my life. I helped a lot of people find the information that would help them stay alive. It felt incredible.

But it was also dangerous in the beginning — going up against the [DS] when I was a public personality; an internationally known writer. They really harassed me and often scared the shit out of me. And all of it, of course, killed my career. It was very lonely. All of it. I lost family, friends, colleagues. Basically, 2 people stood by me through everything — my ex-husband, Wayne, in NYC, and my best friend Valerie, in Brooklyn.

Gratitude doesn’t even come close to covering how I feel for them.

And, after 3 years, it is time to move forward again.

Readers of the blog know that I am now hard at work on re-writes of the current play that I’m doing with Sandra Caldwell, The Guide to Being Fabulous. It’s premiering in Toronto at Soulpepper Theatre in October and rehearsals begin in September.

Yesterday, the DORA Award nominations were announced in Toronto (DORA is sort of like the Tony Awards or Obie Awards, but for Canada). And Soulpepper Theatre received 18 nominations (!!) for the various plays they produced last year, and the director of our upcoming play, Weyni Mengesha, was nominated for outstanding director.

So the pressure is on, gang!!! Sandra and I need to kick some happy ass and pull out all the stops with The Guide to Being Fabulous! A one-woman musical about her incredible life. We are in some truly remarkable company with Soulpepper and have some great big, entertaining shoes to fill.

Sandra in pink! And trans for over 40 years.

For those of you who don’t keep up with my writing career– Sandra and I are production partners in original theatrical works. So far, we have a total of 4 original plays in various stages of development. Our production company is based in NYC, and is sort of called “Blood on the Floor Entertainment” but we’re not 100% sold on that…. we’d prefer, you know, to not have all that blood on the floor.

Anyway. So that’s what I’m doing this week — nailing the re-writes for Act One. And I’m going to get back at it right this minute.

If you’ve been following the lessons on Jeremiah that I’ve been posting here, here is episode 23–

Ross K. Nichols – A Blinding Vision – The World and Words of the Prophet Jeremiah (Episode 23) (35 mins):

Have a wonderful Wednesday, wherever you are in the world!!

Thanks for visting.

I love you guys. See ya!

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I just love this photo of Nick Cave. So emotional. It’s from last weekend, at the Hay Literary Festival:

And I leave you with this! Let’s celebrate 1975!!! Enjoy, gang!!!!!

Still Alive!

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I know; you’d never know it by how long it’s been since I’ve posted here!

BTW, thanks to everyone who sent comments to Iris re: her new book of flash fiction (post below), and also to those of you who bought it! She is a great writer. (And a good friend of mine.) Even if you don’t buy her book, you can find a whole lot of her flash fiction (and poetry) all over the Internet.

I won’t go into detail about all that has been going on here. Nothing terrible; just intense. Pace never stopping.  But last night, I got a great night’s sleep, and today I feel energized again. So, onward.

First and foremost: Here’s where I’m going either Tuesday or Wednesday of this coming week!

I can’t wait! I haven’t been to an actual movie theater in months. Nearly a year, in fact.

Loyal readers of this lofty blog no doubt recall that I am a huge fan of Johnny Depp‘s. And one thing I really love about him is that he doesn’t bleach his teeth. And I’m not talking about his hideous Jack Sparrow teeth, but just his regular old teeth — just like movie stars  from days of yore who simply had teeth.

Once, a few years ago, I tried watching the much-acclaimed movie, Mud, starring Matthew McConaughey.  From the start, it reminded me, for some odd reason, of Tender Mercies (which I liked a lot better), but I stuck with it, until McConaughey, a hermit on a deserted island in the middle of (sort of) nowhere, hiding from the law, etc., opens his mouth and reveals a set of stunningly blinding, bright, white teeth.

What kind of lone-hermit-fugitive, living on crumbs of food brought to him by a couple of rogue boys,  is that??!! I lost all interest in the film from that moment forward, because I could no longer believe in any of it. It all just became Matthew McConaughey with a set of artificially gleaming teeth. I could not focus on a single other thing, so I gave up watching it. And came away thinking, Wow, Tender Mercies was such a great little movie. Where did the years go?

Anyway!

Yes. I am officially incredibly behind schedule on the theatrical adaptation of my teleplay, Tell My Bones. Only because way too much has been going on in my life (which I’ll discuss in detail at some later date), that I cannot seem to: a.) find enough time to get enough writing done; and b.) concentrate when I do have enough time to get enough writing done.

Just this past week, I went through that ridiculous thing where I took some very decent writing and decided it needed to be revised, yet again, only to discover that I was completely out of my mind! Not the best frame of mind in which to undertake anything! So, now, I gotta go back and re-do the redo-ing! Arrrgh.

I decided that what I must do, if I hope to achieve anything at all with this adaptation, is channel Jean Toomer. So that’s next on my list. Channeling Jean Toomer. If you hear weird incantations and smell strange wafting aromas coming from my corner of the world, that’s what’ll be going on. I’ll be channeling Jean Toomer.

On a similar, less silly note, however; I spoke with Sandra yesterday and in no uncertain terms, she informed me that there will be a staged reading in NYC for one of our other theater projects this coming February or March, and not only must I absolutely attend this time (loyal readers of this lofty blog will no doubt recall that, even though I’d bought 2 brand new dresses, I never made it to NYC this past September to attend the opening night of Charm, in which Sandra had the lead, and to which many  important casting people and theater investors were going, because I was trapped in this “have to buy a new house” nonsense out here in the Hinterlands). And not only am I going to have to absolutely be there this time, I absolutely have to have the revisions of Tell My Bones done and ready to go and right there with me.

An additional arrrgh… and a bit of a grumble, grumble; crap, I’ve got to get this done already!

So I anticipate being completely crazy for the next few months.  But, after THAT, the TV pilot-shopping season begins in L.A., and as most of you know so well by now, my pilot (once known as Cleveland’s Burning but now called Untitled Cleveland Drama) is on the slate to be shopped and all of us involved could not be more excited! So, you know, exhausted as I am, things are looking super-duper UP.

And that said, I gotta scoot and tackle that channeling of Jean Toomer around here. I hope you have a really sublime Saturday, wherever you are and with whatever you’re tackling. I leave you fondly with this . I’m currently playing it nonstop in my swinging little Honda Fit all over the Hinterlands. So sit back, relax, dream, and keep swinging, gang!

http://https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htO8clMHsMc

Thanks for visiting! See ya!

 

Better late than never!

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I know! How many weeks has it been since I last posted here??? (It’s been so long, that I actually don’t know how many weeks it’s been since I last posted here!)

Yes, it’s all about more & more re-writes over here. Some of the best news ever, though, is that the “final” draft of the one-woman musical I’ve been working on with the NYC-based actress, Sandra Caldwell, is finally complete!! After how many years??? (About 3 or 4.)

I put “final” in quotes because this means it is only the final version of the draft we are willing to send out and let other industry people read. I’m sure it will see other drafts before it finally hits the stage. We are extremely excited about this script/play/musical, and even more-better news is on its way, but I can’t discuss it publicly yet.

Stay tuned to this oft-unposted-to blog for all the current news on that un-discussable topic!! Yay! (Seriously, though, it is GREAT news.)

I think I mentioned (many moons ago, when I last posted here), that I am currently taking the Shonda Rhimes TV Writing Masterclass, while I begin the revisions of my TV pilot, The Tea Cozy Murder Club: A Murder at Parsons Ridge. That’s partly why I haven’t had much free time to post here. The other part is that I also began re-writing my memoirs for upcoming publication by the gang at  SomethingDark.eu. Too many things needing my complete attention. But it’s all good! For a change…

And to those of you who are loyal readers of this lofty blog — may I say that I actually remembered to make a copy of the first draft of the Tea Cozy Murder Club script BEFORE I began re-writing it!! You have no idea how smart this makes me feel!

In non-writing but extremely exhausting news, I also finally managed (with the help of friends & family) to clear out my self-storage unit over the past weekend, and so now all 95% of my life that was in storage 30 miles away, is now here with me, packed in a quite unwieldy manner in the basement.

So now I can say that I am 100% completely living in the Hinterlands. And still loving it, gang.

But on that happy note, I have to get back to work here. I have one more hour left of my daily writing time, so I need to get back at it.

Thanks for visiting. I hope you have a wonderful Wednesday wherever it finds you and with whatever you’re doing. (Oh, I also want to go ON RECORD that I firmly support Johnny Depp‘s right to buy 15,000 cotton balls a day.  He earned it, folks.)

Okay! See ya!

(Honestly. You can find everything on the Internet!!)

 

 

 

Happy Surprise

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Loyal readers of this lofty blog no doubt recall that while I am a fan of Johnny Depp‘s movies, I’m not a fan of the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise, except for the first film in the series.

However, I just saw this new trailer for Dead Men Tell No Tales and I really loved it! So here’s hoping, gang!

All right! I can’t tarry here too long today, gang, so I will only ask this one  Riverdale question:

Have any of the writers of this show ever spent time together in the same room???

Doesn’t it feel as if they just make this sh*t up as they go along; none of the writers knowing what the other writers are writing from week to week?  (Okay, two questions!)

Not that it isn’t incredibly fun; not that I’m going to stop watching it, but when I am watching it, I keep thinking that the reason we didn’t see a particular plot point coming is because it wasn’t, in fact, coming until just a mere moment ago!! Surprise!

Okey-dokey!! Gotta scoot, gang! Thanks for visiting and here’s a little something to kick off your weekend! See ya!

Okey-dokey! It’s finally that time!

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I got the email from Bohemia Group last night, alerting me that the live table read for my movie-length TV pilot, The Tea Cozy Murder Club: A Murder at Parsons Ridge will be held Tuesday night, Feb. 21st, at a venue called Geeky Teas & Games in Burbank, California.

Bohemia Group is the same production company that is helping me develop my TV pilot script for Cleveland’s Burning (also less popularly known as “Untitled Cleveland Drama”).

I’m so excited about the table read for Tea Cozy Murder Club because it will be a chance for me to hear professional actors (!!) reading the script. (Yes, they read it out loud! They don’t just sit around a table and read it quietly amongst themselves…) (ha ha)

Anyway, this is a chance for me to get feedback on the characters as well as the overall pacing of the script. Then I will get input on suggestions for revisions (not from the actors).

Why, yes! This does in fact mean that not only am I now knee deep in re-writes for Cleveland’s Burning, I will soon have notes for re-writes for Tea Cozy Murder Club on my desk, as well!

But, hey! I’d rather have this kinda problem, right?

For those of you new to Marilyn’s Room, this is the logline and the synopsis for the pilot script:

The Tea Cozy Murder Club:

The members of a small town book club that delights in solving cozy old whodunits suddenly find themselves with a very real not-so-cozy murder to solve. Murder She Wrote meets the Golden Girls.

The Tea Cozy Murder Club: A Murder at Parsons Ridge (Halloween):

Halloween approaches and the days are growing colder; as the leaves are changing to gold and orange, an actual murder takes place at the College at Parsons Ridge. A single, attractive, yet very unpopular teacher is found dead at the foot of her stairs. She is in stocking feet and had clearly been drinking wine alone, so it is assumed she slipped down the stairs and broke her neck in the fall. The members of the Tea Cozy Murder Club are not so sure it’s an accident – they believe it is murder. With the help of Mona’s daughter, Natalie, who is a rookie officer at the local police station, and her boyfriend, Blair Overfield, the man who owns the local inn (an historical inn that is allegedly haunted), the women of the book club decide to put their sleuthing skills to work and solve the murder themselves.

Also, later today, I will be getting editing notes on my revisions to most of Act One of Cleveland’s Burning from the lovely and talented poet/writer/New Yorker, Iris N. Schwartz! I am very eager to hear her feedback. She edited the first draft of the script a couple years ago…

Okay, gang! Enjoy this merry Valentine’s Day, wherever you are and whatever you’re doing! (And here’s my very favorite Valentine from yesteryear!!):

c - 1993 Greg Gorman
c – 1993 Greg Gorman

Thanks for visiting!! Love ya!!

Yes, I’m Happy

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We’re adjusting to life without Bunny and Fluffy and finding that life does, indeed, go on.

The shrine to Bunny, Fluffy, and Buster on top of my dresser.
The shrine to Bunny, Fluffy, and Buster on top of my dresser.

And we are adjusting to a much smaller living space (discovering that we actually like the smaller space better!) and adjusting to the endless, endless, ENDLESS driving in order to get anywhere.

In case I wasn’t clear before — I am only renting this faraway house until I find a townhouse I want to buy back in “town,”  as it were. So the endless driving won’t go on forever.

I am in the process of trying to streamline my schedule in order to settle back into writing again. I’m still a bit discombobulated by the many changes in my life — all during the last several months. The fact that I will have to move again in the not-too-distant future keeps me from really feeling settled in, but we’re getting there.

Also, just FYI, by “we” I mean myself and 8 cats…  (The cats who will soon be earning their keep by being featured prominently in my upcoming mystery book, The Miracle Cats and the Case of the Purloined Passport.)

So. Speaking of mysteries…Two of my favorite worlds are colliding! Johnny Depp is slated to appear in yet another remake of Agatha Christy‘s Murder on the Orient Express!!

I’m guessing that with both Oscar-winning Judi Dench and oft-nominated-though-never-Oscar-winning Johnny Depp in the cast, their budget for creating a really splendid re-creation of the Orient Express train will undoubtedly be through the roof!! (YES! Diagram that sentence if you feel foolhardy enough!)

Also, at least in the tabloid gossip, Johnny Depp is rumored to be re-attached to his ex-common-law-wife, Vanessa Paradis. I have no idea of this is even partially true, gang, but I, for one, think it would be so great if it were true! For reasons I cannot reveal here, I am a Certified Expert on the number of times Johnny Depp has smiled in his entire life — the number is 5, by the way. And 4 of those times occurred while he was with Vanessa.

(Do you recall this photo?? This was the 2nd known  time he smiled in his entire life…)

2nd known time Johnny Depp smiled in his entire life
2nd known time Johnny Depp smiled in his entire life

 

We shall see, right, gang? Meanwhile, life goes on… Have a terrific November 10th wherever you are, whatever you’re doing — and, most importantly these days, to wherever you might be driving!!

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See ya, folks, and thanks for visiting!