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Greetings from a Cultural Hell
« on: August 15, 2010, 12:20:29 PM »
Hi all...

Found your little fort rather by accident, but I wish I'd done so earlier! In any event, 45 year-old male, born in Chicago, raised in SoCal, and am presently employed in the film industry.

I came for the DUmping Ground, staying to kneecap il Douche.  :cheersmate:
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Re: Greetings from a Cultural Hell
« Reply #1 on: August 15, 2010, 12:31:28 PM »
CA escapee here as well.  God knows how you're doing it in that shithole.

Are you famous/notorious enough that you are invited to attend the Wednesday Morning Club?  Any of your work with which we of the unwashed may be familiar?

My closest brush with fame was talking to one of the screenwriters of K-19 The Widowmaker.  He found out through some friends of my ex that I was a submariner and asked me a few questions, what I knew of the history of the story, what was possible on a boat, what wasn't.  That and I was a contestant on Win Ben Stein's Money about 10 years ago (after Jimmy Kimmel left.)
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Re: Greetings from a Cultural Hell
« Reply #2 on: August 15, 2010, 12:33:43 PM »
Welcome to CC glad you found us!  :cheersmate:
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Re: Greetings from a Cultural Hell
« Reply #3 on: August 15, 2010, 12:35:00 PM »
Quote from: HollywoodNeoCon on August 15, 2010, 12:20:29 PM
I came for the DUmping Ground, staying to kneecap il Douche.  :cheersmate:

Welcome.  I came here for the dick and fart jokes, and stayed for the food. :rofl:
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Re: Greetings from a Cultural Hell
« Reply #4 on: August 15, 2010, 01:00:38 PM »
Quote from: NHSparky on August 15, 2010, 12:31:28 PM
CA escapee here as well.  God knows how you're doing it in that shithole.

Are you famous/notorious enough that you are invited to attend the Wednesday Morning Club?  Any of your work with which we of the unwashed may be familiar?

Never heard of the "Wednesday Morning Club," but we Hollywood conservatives manage to gather together sporadically, so I'm sure I'll eventually run across it.

As for my work, I've been pretty fortunate as of late. I'm a little hesitant to give too many specifics, so suffice to say my writing partner and I are at work on season 5 of one of those original series you find on one of the premium cable channels.
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Re: Greetings from a Cultural Hell
« Reply #5 on: August 15, 2010, 06:06:27 PM »
Welcome to the Cave if you like beer you will fit right in
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Re: Greetings from a Cultural Hell
« Reply #6 on: August 15, 2010, 06:10:18 PM »
Welcome to CC!

I am Jessica and I live next door to you... kind of... in Las Vegas.
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Re: Greetings from a Cultural Hell
« Reply #7 on: August 15, 2010, 06:35:10 PM »
Welcome.  I'm north of you, up in the Bay Area.  Always nice to see another Californian :-)
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Re: Greetings from a Cultural Hell
« Reply #8 on: August 15, 2010, 07:29:58 PM »
Do you know Barbra Streisand?
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Re: Greetings from a Cultural Hell
« Reply #9 on: August 15, 2010, 07:36:58 PM »
Welcome!

(running original cable shows through my head trying to figure out which one has been on for 4 seasons.... :lmao:)
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Re: Greetings from a Cultural Hell
« Reply #10 on: August 15, 2010, 08:34:24 PM »
Quote from: franksolich on August 15, 2010, 07:29:58 PM
Do you know Barbra Streisand?

Yeah. I banged never met her.  :evillaugh:
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Re: Greetings from a Cultural Hell
« Reply #11 on: August 15, 2010, 08:36:27 PM »
Quote from: Celtic Rose on August 15, 2010, 06:35:10 PM
Welcome.  I'm north of you, up in the Bay Area.  Always nice to see another Californian :-)

Same here, Rose! I spent a lot of time in Concord/Walnut Creek when I was a kid. Marched with a drum & bugle corps up there. I LOVE NoCal, especially in the summer!!!!! :lmao:
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Re: Greetings from a Cultural Hell
« Reply #12 on: August 16, 2010, 08:03:20 AM »
Quote from: HollywoodNeoCon on August 15, 2010, 08:36:27 PM
Same here, Rose! I spent a lot of time in Concord/Walnut Creek when I was a kid. Marched with a drum & bugle corps up there. I LOVE NoCal, especially in the summer!!!!! :lmao:

The Blue Devils?   Brother was a drum major in HS, haven't missed a DCI in years....until this one.  I live right by the competition site in Dallas. 

Welcome! :cheersmate:
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Re: Greetings from a Cultural Hell
« Reply #13 on: August 16, 2010, 09:33:13 AM »
Quote from: IassaFTots on August 16, 2010, 08:03:20 AM
The Blue Devils?   Brother was a drum major in HS, haven't missed a DCI in years....until this one.  I live right by the competition site in Dallas. 

Welcome! :cheersmate:

Hell yeah!!! I marched 1980-86!!!!  :hyper:

My dad and little brother were both Cavaliers, and my mom marched Skokie Indians. Guess you could say it runs in the family!

The girlfriend and I are planning on making Nats next year...gonna make a week of it!  :cheersmate:
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Re: Greetings from a Cultural Hell
« Reply #14 on: August 16, 2010, 10:27:27 AM »
Quote from: HollywoodNeoCon on August 15, 2010, 01:00:38 PM
As for my work, I've been pretty fortunate as of late. I'm a little hesitant to give too many specifics, so suffice to say my writing partner and I are at work on season 5 of one of those original series you find on one of the premium cable channels.

Welcome from the "right" side of the country!!  :bwah: (Can't keep a straight face for long writing that  :-))

Would you be annoyed if I hazard a guess on the series?  I won't do so unless you let me know it's OK.  However, if it IS the show I'm thinking about, my husband and I have watched all 4 seasons and LOVE it -- never miss it!  We can't wait for Season 5 to start, considering how the finale of Season 4 ended . . .
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Re: Greetings from a Cultural Hell
« Reply #15 on: August 16, 2010, 10:35:12 AM »
Quote from: HollywoodNeoCon on August 16, 2010, 09:33:13 AM
Hell yeah!!! I marched 1980-86!!!!  :hyper:

My dad and little brother were both Cavaliers, and my mom marched Skokie Indians. Guess you could say it runs in the family!

The girlfriend and I are planning on making Nats next year...gonna make a week of it!  :cheersmate:

AWESOME!!!!!!!!!  I have always been a fan, my brother wanted so bad to get into a corps, but it just didn't work out.  But he goes every year.  Last year, I was able to score him box seat tickets, as I ran into a dude that was the treasurer of that event.  Man o Pete, he felt like a rockstar!  The only think I don't like about DCI is that the competition is in the summer, and it is too dang hot!!
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Re: Greetings from a Cultural Hell
« Reply #16 on: August 16, 2010, 10:38:53 AM »
Welcome. We moved from Dallas to SoCalifornia last year. I don't like it. We had to move or my husband would lose his job.
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Re: Greetings from a Cultural Hell
« Reply #17 on: August 16, 2010, 12:01:02 PM »
Sent a message.  I'm probably wrong, but what the hell.
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Re: Greetings from a Cultural Hell
« Reply #18 on: August 16, 2010, 12:07:03 PM »
Quote from: njpines on August 16, 2010, 10:27:27 AM
Welcome from the "right" side of the country!!  :bwah: (Can't keep a straight face for long writing that  :-))

Would you be annoyed if I hazard a guess on the series?  I won't do so unless you let me know it's OK.  However, if it IS the show I'm thinking about, my husband and I have watched all 4 seasons and LOVE it -- never miss it!  We can't wait for Season 5 to start, considering how the finale of Season 4 ended . . .

If the one you're thinking of was based upon a series of books regarding a rather "quirky" brand-new single dad who works with his sister, then you're correct, and thank you so much for the kind words.  :bow:

We're also sorry for springing that finale on you, and for making you wait until September 27th before we tell you what happens next.  :evillaugh:
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Re: Greetings from a Cultural Hell
« Reply #19 on: August 16, 2010, 01:29:34 PM »
Quote from: HollywoodNeoCon on August 16, 2010, 12:07:03 PM
If the one you're thinking of was based upon a series of books regarding a rather "quirky" brand-new single dad who works with his sister, then you're correct, and thank you so much for the kind words.  :bow:

We're also sorry for springing that finale on you, and for making you wait until September 27th before we tell you what happens next.  :evillaugh:

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Re: Greetings from a Cultural Hell
« Reply #20 on: August 16, 2010, 01:43:50 PM »
Quote from: BEG on August 16, 2010, 01:29:34 PM
No Way

Yeah.  :) But the head honcho is my writing partner, who originally had the idea for the show and bought the rights. I was just lucky enough to have done some work for him on some other pathetic crap that never managed to get picked up.

It's definitely the best work I've ever had (and probably ever will, judging from the pile of rejection letters I and every other writer collect), and I'm really just happy to be able to contribute something to a show people really dig, ya know?

As for the season finale, I wish to GOD I could say I conceived of that, but the truth is, it's one of the few times he and I really disagreed on something. I'm glad he's the boss, and that he had the final say. My idea would've been absolute garbage in comparison. LOL
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Re: Greetings from a Cultural Hell
« Reply #21 on: August 16, 2010, 01:54:58 PM »
Quote from: HollywoodNeoCon on August 16, 2010, 12:07:03 PM
If the one you're thinking of was based upon a series of books regarding a rather "quirky" brand-new single dad who works with his sister, then you're correct, and thank you so much for the kind words.  :bow:

We're also sorry for springing that finale on you, and for making you wait until September 27th before we tell you what happens next.  :evillaugh:

Holy crap -- that's EXACTLY the one I was thinking of!!  I'm currently running through this past season's episodes on Comcast On Demand.  Season 5 is going to have a LOT of different issues/problems for him to work through so I imagine you've been busy!!  Really looking forward to the new season!!
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Re: Greetings from a Cultural Hell
« Reply #22 on: August 16, 2010, 02:02:29 PM »
I don't watch much TV.  And I don't have any HBO/Showtime type channels.  So this is totally airplane for me....

But the DCI stuff is pretty cool!
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Re: Greetings from a Cultural Hell
« Reply #23 on: August 16, 2010, 02:17:16 PM »
Quote from: IassaFTots on August 16, 2010, 02:02:29 PM
I don't watch much TV.  And I don't have any HBO/Showtime type channels.  So this is totally airplane for me....

But the DCI stuff is pretty cool!

Being a brass player, I can appreciate the DCI stuff.  But I never could understand how folks actually enjoy marching that stuff while simultaneously blowing their brains out. Too much like freakin' work.

Oh, wait. I used to do that stuff for a living.....sorta.
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Re: Greetings from a Cultural Hell
« Reply #24 on: August 16, 2010, 02:21:32 PM »
Quote from: Eupher on August 16, 2010, 02:17:16 PM
Being a brass player, I can appreciate the DCI stuff.  But I never could understand how folks actually enjoy marching that stuff while simultaneously blowing their brains out. Too much like freakin' work.

Oh, wait. I used to do that stuff for a living.....sorta.

My dad was in the rifle line back in the early 60's, and my brother played euphonium, so I'm with ya on the whole "run the length of the football field whilst blowing your lungs out. As a drummer, though, we had it relatively easy!

The girlfriend and I went to the Westwood Cinema a few weeks ago to watch the semi-finals, though, and were just blown away by how athletic the kids doing drum corps these days have to be. No WAY could us burnouts back in the early 80's have pulled off these shows back then!
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