High Upon Reading

Woke up in the middle of the night with a terrible bloody nose and blamed it on all the coke. No no no I would never do that, It was all the dehydrating cocoa cola I drank yesterday to stay awake. I've never understood the whole glamor of a drug habit, which I didn't think could be glamorous. Then I concluded the only way it could possibly be glamorous is if your last name is Phillips and you've survived years of drug use with Mick Jagger and the likes, become sober, write a book about it and appear on Oprah.

Yes, if you haven't guessed I'm speaking of Mackenzie Phillips, John Phillips of The Mamas & The Papas' daughter. After watching her honest appearance on Oprah I undoubtedly decided to read her autobiography knowing it was going to be a hefty read. Some of the highlights or should I say low lights of her life were: at age 10 she tried her first sniff of coke. Lost her virginity before age 14 and was raped at age 14. Had sex with Mick Jagger when she was 18. Started a long incestuous relationship with her father at age 19. You name it and the list goes on.

Mackenzie had a lot to tell in the fair amount of pages of her autobiography and I could feel her need to quickly put the painful events on the pages. Some of these moments and especially the painful moments I thought were rushed into sentences and spared important details. I don't mean she had to go into in depth detail about what she did with her father but she could have gone into more detail about what she thought and felt about this abnormal relationship. Overall her stories and life alone are a great reason to pick this book up and urge others to read because I hate to say it under her poor circumstances but its an entertaining read. It goes the deepest and closest I've ever seen or read about the glamorous and horrifying reality of growing up with fame, power and money. And who doesn't want to know the true realities of it when all we get a glimpse of are paparazzi shooting impersonal zoom lens photos of celebrities.

Hollywood Assistants Handbook

So I just finished reading Hollywood Assistant Handbook, not sure if it helped me or hurt me. Knowing already that the film business is cut throat, but I was not prepared for how the book proved just that. Generally the book is very informative with an up to date guide to being an amazing assistant. One thing I am completely certain about is that the book could also be a guide to the best A-List restaurants around town. Some include:

The Grove, Hamasaku, Mastro's Steakhouse, The Grill, Pinkberry Frozen Yogurt, Barneys Beanery, Tom Bergin's, Dan Tana's, El Coyote, Matsuhisa.

The book included how to deal with every type of personality in the business and how to use your reverse psychology to the max., which is what I enjoyed the most. All I suggest is reading the book and throw all the moral values your mother taught you out the window. Not everyone can do this, which proves why so many don't make it in the business.

Ever felt like everyone takes your ideas?

I do. Let me explain my frustration...

After I finished reading the Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles,

I thought I would 'sink my teeth' into the Anita Blake Series since it resembled

my good friend Buffy minus the tan and blond hair.

To my surprise it was entertaining because it featured more than vampires,
and Anita tends to turn down vampires in the relationship department. I guess that means
I can't swoon over a circa Billy Idol, bleach blond Vampire with a stalker fetish *cough Spike cough* Oh well the on edge of your seat predicaments are entertaining enough for me at the moment.

So as I finished her first book in the series: Guilty Pleasures, I realized how great this would be to adapt into a television series. As I contemplated there was this realizing fact that at the time being there is a huge surge of vampire entertainment. I'm not going to name one obvious one that I hope you can eliminate, but there is also another Television series out by the great Alan Ball called True Blood. And if you haven't seen it I highly recommend it.

Looking at this list I decided I would wait until this frenzy died down before I willfully put myself in front of producers to pitch this jaw-dropping idea. Now here comes the beating. To my dismay I came across a concept document that presented this very idea and looking further into it, in complete shock, I found that a network had already agreed to pick it up. After I proceeded to freak out I than calmed down and remembered that I was a humble person. And that I will soon be able to watch another piece of vampire entertainment that... I THOUGHT OF!