keeping it real

I don't actually use that expression but I just picked it as a category to file my last LAist post in, and it made me laugh. It reminds me of something you would say in a yearbook signature: "Stay sweet! Keep it real!" Anyway, I have finished the screenplay I've been posting excerpts from! :D The first draft, that is. My friend who reviews scripts for a screenplay competition read it and gave me some pointers as far as tightening up the plot arc, and establishing a few things better in the beginning, so that they make sense when they come up later. Nothing I didn't actually suspect already, lol. I have issues with plot structure; it's why I normally write short stories.

This is a cool article on Thurston Moore:
http://www.villagevoice.com/music/0738,odonnell,77824,22.html
I've never been a big Sonic Youth fan (I listened to more punk in high school, so I only heard their singles on the radio), but everything I've ever read about Thurston makes me think he's such a cool guy. So I need to get "Daydream Nation", eh? That I will. Here is a list of what I want for Christmas:

Band of Horses's Cease To Begin
St. Vincent's Marry Me
Interpol's Our Love To Admire
Sonic Youth's Daydream Nation
The Pixies' Surfer Rosa
Feist's The Reminder
Beirut's The Flying Club Cup
Carina Round's Slow Motion Addict
Earlimart's Mentor Dementor

Cheers!