My Storytellers Unplugged essay went live this morning. It’s called Are you ready? Well, then, let’s begin, and it talks about what it takes for me to be ready to begin working on a short story.
We watched three more episodes of Six Feet Under. There was one bit of contrived nonsense that was just plain bad writing. David dumps his excess ecstasy pills into the Aspirin bottle he’s handling because he’s afraid of getting caught with them, but there was no real reason for him to do so. He could just as easily have shoved them in his pocket. It just felt false. However, it led to an interesting scenario, especially when everyone in the house seemed to come down with headaches, starting with Clair, who dodged the bullet. Which led to the trippy scene with Mom out on her camping expedition hugging trees. Question: Does Ed Begley Jr. insist that every character he plays is a recycling, battery-car driving, environmentalist? Or does it just seem that way. I’m enjoying seeing a much younger Eric Balfour (Duke from Haven), though his last sighting (leaving a “goodbye” phone message) was ominous. Ileana Douglas was hilarious as the over-sharing, boundary-lacking mortician.
