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Waiting......

This Logo on Sunset Cracks Me Up

It's a waffle running away from whomever took a bite out of his side.
Anthropomorphized food is so appetizing.

On The Paramount Lot, Home of Lord Vishnu's Love Handles, The Movie

Day 6 In Movieland

I am about to start my day here in Hollywood. I have three meetings a day from here until I leave.That's a lot of smiling and talking to strangers for my introverted ass. It also means driving all over the place, which is dicey at best as my driving skills are, um, marginal. Studios and production offices are flung all over this city. So imagine a silver Chrysler 300M rental car drifting and then swerving into lanes, horns honking, fingers flipping, me driving too slow with my blinker on while I wrestle a map of Beverly Hills and you have a good idea of what my day looks like. While you're at it, throw in some spilt ice coffee on my shirt to get the complete visual.

Anyway. I am staying at a really cool hotel. The Standard in Hollywood. It's like the Motel 6 for jet set hipsters. I am sorely out of place. But it's cool nonetheless.

Psychic Cow Meet Psychic Cat At The Santa Monica Promenade

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Reporting Live From Borders, Santa Monica

It's always fun to walk into a bookstore, ask for your novel, see it
proudly displayed in the front of the store, and then get to sign it.
Dream come true, really.

In other news, just left a really wonderful meeting with some producers.
Super nice people. The movie business reminds me of the ad world a bit.
Same sort of people in a way. Creatives trying to make a mark and a
buck.

Day One, Done

I met with studios and independent producers today. I got lost on the Universal lot and the kind-hearted security guards had to practically hold me by the hand to get me to the meeting on time.

After all my meetings, I had lunch with my agent which is always fun. We ate at The Grill down the way from CAA. Joan Collins sat at the booth next to us while my agent and I talked about everything from Milan Kundera to daemons.

The weather was great today. And West Hollywood is Hollyweird as ever. I just walked down to BookSoup on Sunset to sign copies of my book and drop off some finger puppets. BookSoup only had one copy left, but they're going to order more and I am going to sign them when they come in this Monday. Those finger puppets are magic.

I am now hanging out in a lounge chair by the pool at The Standard as some C-list party stumbles along before me. I I am about to go upstairs to my room and watch the coverage on Hurricane Rita and prepare for my meeting tomorrow.

Hold a prayer for Texas and Louisiana.

Stuck At Universal's Gate One

Somebody forgot to call me in a drive-on pass, plus I'm almost an hour
early getting to my meeting. So here I wait. Boy, do I feel fancy.

Greetings From New Orleans

Obviously, I'm not in New Orleans. I'm in L.A. But my buddy, Justin Lundgren ( A New Orleans resident) has put together one of the most kick-ass blogs that I've seen in a long time. The concept behind it is brilliant actually. It was an experiment in found art that was to premiere in a gallery in N.O before Katrinia hit. So Justin turned it into a blog. The pictures are amazing. And the whole site, to me, is another steady reminder that New Orleans is indeed "America's cultural kitchen" and that it should be rebuilt with care and conscience. Enjoy.

Photo by Justin Lundgren at www.greetingsfromneworleans.typepad.com.

Book Tour Virgin Lands in Hollywood

Just got to L.A. for an 8 day trip. Trying to set up The Worthy as a
movie. Stay tuned. I will keep you posted as to how it goes.