You have the emotional maturity of a blueberry scone.

Giles ,'Touched'


The Minearverse 4: Support Group for Clumsy People  

[NAFDA] "There will be an occasional happy, so that it might be crushed under the boot of the writer." From Zorro to Angel (including Wonderfalls and The Inside), this is where Buffistas come to anoint themselves in the bloodbath.


Tim Minear - Oct 24, 2005 6:36:49 pm PDT #5353 of 10001
"Don' be e-scared"

I'll keep you updated.


Allyson - Oct 24, 2005 7:37:22 pm PDT #5354 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica

It was the kind where I couldn't sleep until I got it out because I was into it. It was better!

It was the kind where there was a hacking cough and maybe some hallucinations.

If you're going to do movies, I'm going to insist on you getting some live-in help. Someone who can cook for you, do the laundry, and call for an ambulance.


Gris - Oct 24, 2005 7:42:28 pm PDT #5355 of 10001
Hey. New board.

On an up note, as a few here know, I finally finished my draft of "The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress," and the response has been exceedingly strong. What's more, I kinda think I knocked it out of the park.

Fucking hell yeah!

Seriously, though, Moon is in my top five favoritest books ever (up there with East of Eden, The Sound and the Fury, Cryptonomicon, and Ender's game perhaps. Sometimes others threaten to encroach, but these five stay on my shelf and get top billing pretty regularly) and when I first got into Wonderfalls, and was reading about you on timminear.net, I latched onto this as evidence that all was right with the world. So I'm... excited. Very excited. Go Tim.


Kristen - Oct 24, 2005 7:45:36 pm PDT #5356 of 10001

It was the kind where I couldn't sleep until I got it out because I was into it. It was better!

So you're saying there's a good kind of sleep deprivation?


Burrell - Oct 24, 2005 7:47:31 pm PDT #5357 of 10001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!

I don't think I've ever experienced the good kind of staying up for days on end, but I am delighted to hear that you finished the screenplay.

If you're going to do movies, I'm going to insist on you getting some live-in help. Someone who can cook for you, do the laundry, and call for an ambulance.

If my mom were here, she'd say that everybody needs a wife.


Burrell - Oct 24, 2005 7:48:25 pm PDT #5358 of 10001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!

Ha! What a cross post. Clearly Kristen and I cherish the sleep.


Kristen - Oct 24, 2005 8:03:03 pm PDT #5359 of 10001

I do love my sleep. I can push myself to about 60 hours without if I need to but it's not a pretty sight.


DavidS - Oct 24, 2005 8:04:00 pm PDT #5360 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

I can push myself to about 60 hours without

It may not be a pretty sight, but I think I'd like to see this on video.


§ ita § - Oct 24, 2005 8:05:19 pm PDT #5361 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Bless. I think I've pushed myself past 24 maybe once.


Lee - Oct 24, 2005 8:08:03 pm PDT #5362 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

I used to be able to make it to 60, but I think 36 or 40 is probably my limit with no sleep. I can still get by for 2 or 3 weeks with 3 or 4 hours a night.