word to your mothers, myspacers!

First of all, I'd like to wish everybody out there in Myspace land a happy and fruitful thanksgiving.  It was just a mere, like, I don't know, hundred years ago that our forefathers brought forth upon this land a new nation, conceived in liberty, except for those unfortunate tanned suckers who gave us turkeys one year instead of watching us starve.  So in the spirit of that fine day for white folk, I am going to list all the good stuff I am thankful for in the past year, and let you know how each of them has been working out and how the future looks and all that.  I know the literally dozens (well, two dozen) that regularly read this blog and its embarrasingly sporadic updates will be super scintillated by all of this.  Read on, if you dare!

I am thankful for... getting back to LA.  Even though I kind of hate the place, but its ok, since I kind of hate every other place a little bit more.  I am one of those loveable curmudgeons, aren't I?  Anyway, things have markedly improved since a rough period following my brother's lameass desertion of his roommate duties.  For two months, I did little else with my money but pay rent and eat buffalo wings.  Now I have a new roommate that pays bills and everything.

I am thankful for... my new roommate, Sonja.  Give Sonja some mad propz.  She's good people.

I am thankful for... my movie career, such as it is.  We entered this year with a new script and Andre the Butcher on the shelf.  Things were pretty promising.  We come to the end of the year... pretty much in the same place.  Still, despite some dead ends and meetings and money that never materialized, we made a lot of progress.  Phil and I signed with a literary agent, we managed to get our script out to some pretty famous people, many of which haven't told us no yet.  I got to talk some street jive with Method Man's agent.  That was pretty cool.

I am thankful for... my agent Barry Perelman.  He never neglects to take time out of his busy day to field a call from me and tell me what a pathetic know nothing jerk I am, as far as the movie business is concerned.  Seriously, he is awesome.  He plays hardball and never lets us forget that the people in the enterainment biz also play hardball.  L'chaim!

I am thankful for... the dumb biyatch that hit my car on the 101 yesterday.  Not really, though.  That actually sucked.

I am thankful for... Phil's wife inviting me over for Thanksgiving dinner.  I was afraid I was going to be stuck with day old KFC mashed potatoes and my 20th viewing of The Departed as my holiday company.

I am thankful for... getting just enough vacation time to spend christmas in florida with my family and Florida pals.  You know who you are.  You must make out with me.  No, not you.  Her.  Sorry, about the mixed signals, pal.

And so thats it.  I am thankful for all of you people, the ones I know well, the ones I know a little, the ones I know not at all, and the ones I think are actually robots trying to get me to accidentally download porn.  With a writer's strike and the holiday season now upon us, its not too likely anything grand will happen before the end of the year, though we do have the script out to some pretty big producers right now.

Go to www.ricepowerproductions.com and see that the new concept art for the new film has replaced the old Andre page.  After that go eat some turkey and unbutton your pants, my fellow obese americans.

L'chaim!