Jonathan ,'Lies My Parents Told Me'
[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, The Inside and Drive), this is where Buffistas come to anoint themselves in the bloodbath.
So I had a half-formed idea this morning while waking up, and I don't know if it would be dumb, but I thought I'd mention it anyway.
How popular are the terms "yarn" and "skein" outside the pages of Variety? I thought maybe someone could come up with a little thing with yarn to put in the bags, like a pin or somesuch, that the writers could keep as a reminder of fan solidarity?
Yes, I'm fully aware that I'm a giant dork.
Count me in to contribute. I love this solidarity.
"yarn" and "skein" outside the pages of Variety?
Not very. I cannot STAND how often they use "skein." I think it has become a self-parody at this point.
Suffice it to say, I think you have a cute idea though. :-)
OK, now I like Ray Romano:
In Los Angeles, Ray Romano took bagels, fruit and orange juice to strikers outside the landmark gate at Paramount Studios. He said Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, who relied on writers for memorable lines during his movie career, should help get stalled contract talks restarted.
“‘I’ll be back’ — somebody wrote that. He didn’t make that up,” Romano said.
Alright I signed the silly petition. Even though I think on-line petitions are close to usueless. But then I saw there are already over 33000 signitures and I thought, "well that is something."
Yeah, Laga, I love that thing. The number keeps growing at an incredible rate. I don't know that it will mean anything to anyone in a position of power, but it's still a bold statement.
I hope it gets to 100,000, and whoever created the petition pays for it to hand delivered to somebody (petitiononline let you do that - it's not that expensive, I had them do it once).
But did you read through some of the signatures? You would have to go through and eliminate the "i have hemorrhoids" ones. That was just on the page that I signed. I don't know about any others.
Oh, that sucks. All of the signatures I saw were on-topic.
I had to do that with the petition I got delivered. Towards the end the petition trolls appeared, the people who hate the idea but sign it anyway to get a comment in. Fun.