Monday, August 3, 2009

Limericks

Here's just some random Limericks...a throwback to those rhyming exercises in grade school.

There once was a Maennchen named Lenchen,
who won awards though failed to mention
his family and friends.
So, he made amends
and took them all out to a luncheon.

There once was a girl named Sabine,
who hadn’t a bone that was mean.
‘Til her evil doppelganger
stole her script with a hanger.
What’s next? No one knows. The hit job was clean.

There once was a writer named Mickey.
who found screenwriting to be tricky.
So he enlisted some aid.
No one helped. So he prayed.
Tried again after he had a quickie.

There once was a Doctor named Strange
Had a mind some say was deranged.
When the boards got too heated,
he’d stand his ground and then treated
the assholes to a vicious exchange.

There once was a girl named Palace
who on a visit to Dallas
She declared, “I hate carrots!”
to all the vegan zealots,
and they glared at her with malice.

There once was a boy named kepow.
For breakfast he milked a cow. 
The cereal was still dry.
He sulked and did cry
when he found he'd eaten puppy chow.

There once was a boy named Ben Hausler
who had difficulty finding his trouser.
Then, Gabe with resolution
found the perfect solution:
A pant-seeking trained miniature schnauzer. 


Punchlines
What's the deal with bottled water these days? The fact that they put vitamins in them is really a sign of laziness. I mean really... Is it that hard to pop a multivitamin and gulp it down with regular water?
Hey, those pills are big! You ever try to lift one? It's darned near impossible unless you're Charles Atlas or something.

Sunday, August 2, 2009

Luscious Dumplings

I am beside myself with anticipation for today's culinary adventure. You see, I am finally going to to pay a visit to Luscious Dumplings in San Gabriel. For those who are not aware, I have written a short story about Luscious Dumplings, but the story has nothing to do with the restaurant at all. 

The idea came when I was having dumplings with a group of friends at Din Tai Fung, the dumpling house in Arcadia. Bryan happened to mention that he preferred Luscious Dumplings and while we all filed that recommendation away in our memories, we dwelled instead on how hysterical was the modifier "luscious" to refer to "dumplings." In fact, we thought it bordered on something salacious. I think Iris in fact suggested to me that I ought to write a story about Luscious Dumplings, and I agreed. 

I wanted to try my hand at writing a comedy piece and given my limited training on the craft (read zero), I tried to think of opposites and juxtaposing diametrically different ideas and situations together. I searched my memory for amazing moments in cinema history to glean what were the most riveting and dramatic scenes. The first one that came to mind was the final court room scene in A Few Good Men in which Kaffee thunders away at Jessep on the witness stand. I thought to myself how ironic it would be to hear someone argue vehemently about something as trivial as "luscious dumplings" and thus the idea was born. Check out Luscious Dumplings, my first attempt at parody. Then check out Luscious Dumplings, the restaurant. 

Luscious Dumplings
704 W. Las Tunas Blvd.
San Gabriel, CA 91776
+1-626-282-8695


Punchlines
I took an inventory this morning and have come to conclusion that my most cherished possession is...
...a lock of my first love's hair. Well, not exactly a lock actually. More what you'd call a scalp.  

Saturday, August 1, 2009

PAGE semis

A quick congratulations to the semi-finalists for the 2009 PAGE International Screenwriting Awards which was announced today and in particular the Trigger Street writers represented, including:

"The Axeman of Old New Orleans" by Sotiris Tsacpounidis
"The Raven Society" by Lizz-Ayn Shaarawi 
"The Junior Detectives and the Cities of Gold" by Irin Evers
"Wedding Knight" and "Horror Comic" by Stephen Hoover
"Dead Stop" by John Stancari 
"Shotgun Cinderella" by Alex Hollister
"Alien Boss" by Tim McSmythurs 
"Good People" by Nicholas Horwood


Punchlines
What Bernie Madoff hates most about his new apartment...
...the toilet paper is much too abrasive.