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Oh hi second dose of Moderna. I feel like an achy ball of weird pain right now. I couldn’t sleep because my pinched nerve and injection site were throbbing just enough to keep me awake. Don’t get me wrong, I’m thrilled to be having these second shot symptoms. But I do have a pitch meeting today and kind of wish I weren’t feeling so crapola this morning.


My writing partner had a full on SPAZ ATTACK in preparing for this pitch meeting. Our producer told him yesterday, “don’t over think it.” HA HA HA HA HA! Oh my god it’s been a nightmare. Normally, preparing for a pitch should take about 20 hours in total. 15 hours of writing and five hours of rehearsing. We’ve easily spent 100 hours working on this because my writing partner hasn’t pitched in five years. He was off directing a series, which, good for him. And pitching is no big deal but he’s high strung about everything so the neurosis was off the charts. We’d finish a draft of the pitch, then he’d stay up all night rewriting it and in some cases undoing the work we’d done. I’d have to spend the next day taming the crazy tangential comments and weird run-ons all the while pushing him into a narcissistic rage. Directors — can’t live with ‘em, hope they get replaced by robots. Our producer read the draft I talked my writing partner into letting me send. Anyhow, he called up, thank god, while my writing partner was having a shit fit and told us how great the pitch was and that we’d done a perfect job. All mania stopped at that point and we were able to lock the document.


There’s a student who is not a happy camper at school and she’s going around trying to get some of our best faculty fired. Already 6 faculty members quit last year after this class of students made life difficult. One of the students went on social media to accuse a teacher of being everything wrong in the world — so she quit. What the students don’t quite understand is because the way the school is set up, the faculty are all working professionals. None of them are teaching because they need the money. It’s really nuts when someone doesn’t take notes, never improves as a writer, then blames the faculty for their lack of progress. Her deal is she wants to take these big, complicated ideas that would work as an article in the Atlantic or a five-part documentary on the BBC and expects them to work as film and TV ideas. Film and TV shows work because of emotional catharsis, not intellectual introspection. But you go right ahead, none of us know what we’re talking about. I’ve gotten to the point where I don’t want to teach anymore because it is starting to feel like concierge service.


Well I’m a gripey and miserable cat this morning. What else am I unhappy about? I don’t like the new couch my husband bought. How’s that for luxury problems. I really wanted to like it but I kind of knew it was not going to be the best option. It’s this company Floyd out of Detroit that makes this very attractive looking flat pack stuff. It’s like expensive IKEA. I like the way the couch looks — and if I were a younger person maybe I’d be fine with the fact that the couch fails at couching. I feel like I’m being rejected by the couch. The cushions are pushing me out of the seat. It takes an act of will to remain seated — like I have to brace against the couch to not fall out of it. And then the chaise part — one has to remain balanced perfectly on a rounded cushion or be sent rolling to the floor. I do imagine though that with a couch this uncomfortable it will remain pristine looking for a long time due to lack of use.

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April 7, 2021

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April 7, 2021

I’m sorry, but you made me laugh.  It’s the way you put it.  I’m glad your presentation went well, no thanks to your partner.  And your sofa!!  I had a sofa which didn’t like me before.  It was hell.

April 8, 2021

I hope there is a place in your home you DO enjoy sitting.  Your description made me laugh.

I was sick for about 24 hours after my 2nd Moderna shot.  Then I was fine again!  Hope you are, too.