and here endeth the lesson

On the 31st of December, 2005 at 1750 hours, Stupid Writing Man officially finished the current draft of My Baby.

It is done. YAY!

Now the Ape needs to recruit some victims to read the script and tear it to shreds.

... and that was my holiday. I feel like a Australian Traitor as I spent the majority of my holiday indoors writing* rather than at the beach reading... and swimming.

Nonetheless, I've managed to get a decent tan from the time I actually spent in the sun and the (very lucky) fact that I have a pretty decent view of the sun (and a big ass tree) from my front window, and that's where I sit when typing.

Tomorrow (well today) I go back to work as we start the Big Countdown: the 13 week sprint to final**. That's what I love about production, its just so fatalistic. You have no choice but to get there.

More to come in the next few days.

Have a great year everyone - harmony and prosperity to you all.

* Oh, and I watched like 10 episodes of Season Four of Six Feet Under in about 5 days.

** It won't be exactly 13 weeks as everyone will try and use as much time as possible to make everything as perfect as it can. It really won't be over until they'll making the first release print. I swear, its going to be just like that documentary 'The End of All Things' on the ROTK:EE DVD - where the entire production is racing to meet delivery. My sleeping-on-the-floor skills are going to come mighty handy Real Soon Now.