March 8, 2003
I got through about 200 pages of Kurt's manuscript notes tonight. He's really good at picking up subtle character inconsistencies. I can't wait to meet with him this week to go over the details.
I thought I'd kicked an old addiction, but no. I'm hooked on the Sixers again. Instead of staying up to watch the games on tv, I log on tp NBA.com to see the box score and as the game progresses, I hit the "refresh" button over and over to see the score change. It's pathetic, but I can't help myself. I actually feel tremendous suspense when the score is close during the 4th quarter. Like coach, Larry Brown, I'm somewhat superstitious, so since the Sixers are on a huge winning streak, I'm afraid to stop the web-fan action. Go Philly!
March 9, 2003
Wouldn'tcha know - I watched the Sixers game on tv today and they lost.
I finished Kurt's notes tonight. I love when other people catch my typos. It's expecially cool when someone catches an error no one else saw. Kurt has a good eye for some of the tricky ones.
I'm rested up AND I found Mecca here in Lancaster. It's called Savemart. A year ago, when Pharmor, the Taj Mahal of discount cosmetics and drugs, closed its doors, I decided I just couldn't be beautiful anymore. But seriously, it sucked. Today, I bought so much marked down hair shine goop, wrinkle cream and bikini wax strips I could barely lift my basket of goodies onto the checkout counter. And, oh, the sample size products! And generic sinus medicine! And shit from infomercials! Now I own those little disks you put under your furniture so you can slide your couch all over the place with zero effort. I'm trying to be pragmatic in my mid-life, pre-birthday crisis. I don't want to throw my back out after all the effort to Zsa Zsa myself up with the wrinkle remover.
March 10, 2003
Let's hope 3 times is lucky for the KISSfiction rockumentary crew. Randy is back and ready to film the final footage. Despite the subfreezing temperature, I took my car for a wash & wax (which seems to be a running theme in the last two diary entries) because my little VW will make a cameo appearance in the movie. We have a goal date of May 2 for completion of the project (NYC KISS Expo, in case you were wondering), and Randy says he hopes to enter the film in a competition. KISS would be so proud.
I got through my first 100 pages of Kurt-inspired changes. He and I went to lunch together to talk about the book, which gave me some great ideas, and a kick in the ass to contact agents again soon. I hope to plan another talk soon so we can look at some of his notes together. Melissa, are you feeling the pressure? What about you, sister/editor?
March 11, 2003
Cut and aaaaaaaaalmost wrap. Documentary interviews are just about over. I felt nostalgic being back with Randy, Kurt and Matt (sans leather pants). We're going to have to have a big fat party to celebrate when the movie is complete. Ramsey came and gave a fantastic interview, but the timing was bad for some other would-be performers. Tomorrow, we'll do a bit more filming at the day job and capture my spankin' clean car for all the world to see.
When I got home, I watched Rock Star on Showtime and tried to catch a glimpse of Leathur. I then listened to Barry Manilow's "Could It Be Magic" because my sister told me it reminded her of my book.
Did Matt actually compare me to Charles Darwin in his interview tonight? Dude, are you trying to kill my Christian market? (I think I'll add more Barry Manilow references and cut down on the bikini wax stuff for a few days to woo them back just in case.)
March 12, 2003
Done? Really? No more cameras? No more boom mics? Somehow we convinced my boss to appear on film, so we got some non-boring day job footage, and that closed the production. Sniff. I gave the College's new safety & security director (who also appeared on film) a KISSfiction business card, and she quickly informed me that it was a stalker's winning lottery ticket. Oops. If I become an ubercelebrity, I guess I'll have to take my digits out of the phone book. Gosh darn those stalkers. They ruin the fun for everyone.
Sister/editor gave me a batch of notes tonight and promises more for the weekend.
I asked Matt yesterday whether he thought my bikini wax references were a little too politically incorrect. In "model by example" mode, he showed me how to really push the envelope in his latest entry. I'm soooo tame.
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