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Watching the news today make me feel like I actually have had some life moments that are above ordinary and all lead me to meeting celebrities and very wealthy people. Go figure since while I don't personally have much I find that I am in places and spaces where I get to meet and interact with "the higher ups". Then again they are just ordinary people right? Lilo Brancato was in the news today. He was Cologo (sp) in Chaz Palmeterie's "A Bronx Tale". I met both of them in 1995 when both came to speak to my screenwriting class at FU. It's hard to believe that Brancato had the million to one shot to become a star and basically blew it on drugs. He's now serving ten years in jail on burglary charges. Chaz Palmeterie is an inspiration. A Bronx Tale was his very first screenplay and he basically wrote it after he had been fired as a doorman. He said he started writing that very night. I should take cue.

I put in my bid to win Oprah's Oscar sweepstakes. The winner gets to fly to her after Oscar show! I want to win! Odds are a million to one but you've got to be in it to win it right? I want to win an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay. I have so many life stories to tell. I think they are all interesting. But I wouldn't write to win an award. I write because it's therapeutic and I believe everyone has a story or two to share.

On Nightly News tonight there was a piece about the Pontiac line coming to an end. Looks like another casualty of the car industry woes. I remember most of my 20's spent riding around in my father's Pontiac 6000LE. He held on to Lizzy (you knew it would be a girl's name) for fourteen years. I still miss that car.

Have so much on the brain today. Oscars. Unemployment insurance. Medical coverage. Sleep. Writing. Relationships. Everything. Well..it's the weekend so I'll have plenty of time to talk about it all tomorrow since we know how much I hate weekends.