People think everyone making TV and movies is rich. They just do. The publicity stunts don't help, people interpret it as spoiled writers playing at having a strike. We may know that is not the case, and most of fandom knows that is not the case, but Joe Average TV viewer does not. The AMPTP is doing a very good job of spinning these things in their favor by making the WGA look childish.
Simon: You are my beautiful sister. River: I threw up on your bed. Simon: Yep. Definitely my sister.
'War Stories'
The Minearverse 5: Closer to the Earth, Further from the Ax
[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.
NoiseDesign - Dec 17, 2007 6:57:25 am PST #9038 of 10001
Our wings are not tired
victor infante - Dec 17, 2007 7:21:10 am PST #9039 of 10001
To understand what happened at the diner, we shall use Mr. Papaya! This is upsetting because he's the friendliest of fruits.
Just moved on the wire: "Jay Leno and Conan O’Brien’s late-night shows will return to the air with fresh episodes on January 2 after two months of repeats due to the writers’ strike, the network said Monday."
Tamara - Dec 17, 2007 8:21:04 am PST #9040 of 10001
You know, we could experiment and cancel football.
This is the crafts thread. Right? Can anyone tell me the best fabric store in Hollywood/West Hollywood? Mom wants to recover the seats on my dining room chairs and who am I to argue with her.
Allyson - Dec 17, 2007 8:24:53 am PST #9041 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
I'm working on something, Polter-Cow. It's difficult because every three words the phrase "fucking pencils!" keeps finding its way onto the page.
Which, while satisfying, won't help.
Also waiting for a callback from the Work Stoppage Relief Fund people so I can see about doing a tally.
Then I just need to:
Set up dates for collection
Work out a plan for raffle
Convince people to mail me signed scripts for raffle
Publicize the fundraiser
Hope it all goes well
Allyson - Dec 17, 2007 8:49:18 am PST #9042 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
I keep thinking the easiest thing would be an eBay auction, but I like the idea of a more egalitarian contest.
Ginger - Dec 17, 2007 8:51:48 am PST #9043 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Could you do both, Allyson?
Polter-Cow - Dec 17, 2007 8:53:09 am PST #9044 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I think asking people to donate and then send you the receipt, just like Sars did for the TN contest, is a perfectly acceptable way of doing things. No matter how much you donate, it's that you donate that matters.
An eBay auction would be kind of prohibitive in a way because, say, if someone were jonesin' for a particular script and someone jumped in with a hundred-dollar mark on it, they would be dissuaded from donating at all. (Of course, the flipside is would someone have put a hundred bucks down if they would have had the same chance of winning the script by putting ten bucks down.)
Allyson - Dec 17, 2007 9:25:58 am PST #9045 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
Would anyone have an issue with me signing the letter:
Allyson Beatrice Buffistas.org
?????
I mean, if it's something we have to vote on, I'll take it away, I just sort of don't know how else to describe me as being fandom's bitch.
brenda m - Dec 17, 2007 9:29:08 am PST #9046 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Works for me.
Laura - Dec 17, 2007 9:29:44 am PST #9047 of 10001
Our wings are not tired.
Allyson Beatrice Buffistas.org aka fandom's bitch
could work