September Was Television Heaven

Well, OK, in Television Heaven I’m a member of the DGA and I’m directing an episode of television, but barring that eventuality, September really was full of television goodness. Right out of the gate I went to a taping of one of my fav shows, “Accidentally On Purpose” on October 4th. It was both wondrous and fascinating to be in the studio audience. I could observe some things, but not others. It was definitely a good introduction, though.

And then, two major toppers at the end of the month, one on top of each other. I attended a taping of another one of my fav shows, “Big Bang Theory,” with a friend on September 29, and got to go backstage after the taping. I met the director and reconnected with some old friends, which was super cool. I totally resisted accosting Chuck Lorre about my desperate desire for more, more, MORE geeky girls on that show. In my mind I grabbed his lapels, crying “Girls are geeks, too!” or “When I play, I use card protectors!” lol

And I’m going to pull into my September report – both due to timing and theme – the “Accidentally On Purpose” tweet-up on Friday October 2nd. Where I actually did get to finally step out of the audience and observe from behind video village, not to mention meet peeps and generally have a grand ‘ol time. Total bliss.

I also attended one of the most amazing, useful weekend seminars I’ve ever been to in L.A.: The Power Up Writer Producer Television Workshop. It was AMAZING. You can read all about it on Cyndi Greening’s blog Cinematik: Day 1 ; Day 2. Seriously, this month was SO about the TV love. And yeah, I’m not a writer, or a producer, or a lesbian for that matter, but this weekend experience was seriously money well spent for this aspiring television director. Stacey Codikow led the workshop, and she was awesomely inspiring and on and on with the practical take-away. And the women who came to speak to us were just amazing and amazing and amazing again.

Not to be completely full of win, however. As part of The Power Up Writer Producer Television Workshop, there is an opportunity to submit a script and potentially get a meeting with LOST Executive Producer Elizabeth Sarnoff. It’s a great opportunity, and I figured if I was selected I could talk to Elizabeth Sarnoff about whatever I wanted, so even though I haven’t screen-written in an age, I thought I should go for it. But at this point I’ve pretty much blown it. It’s not going to get done. That said, however, I do think I’m still going to sit down and try to do some more screenwriting. I’ve just joined a new creative group, so I have a team to bounce stuff off of, and honestly, they make me want to create things to show them!

The thing about television writing, however, is that my worst nightmare would be to be in the writer’s room while production is going on. I shudder to think of it. This girl wants to be on set!

Now, the biggest news of the month! YOU CAN WATCH MY SPEC WEBISODES ONLINE AT WWW.EARTHFORCE5.COM!!! Yes, they are completed. Honestly, the post process was really challenging and rushed, and so I have frustrations, but on the other hand, the webisodes aren’t dying in post and there is much, much funny goodness. They live! Please check them out and feel free to let me know what you think. I definitely value your honest opinion, always.

And in other big news, I took a six-month gig at Sony working in their awards office. The drive is a beast, but honestly I’m enjoying the audio book thing A LOT. And I love FINALLY working on a lot, and doing something totally new. So far, my favorite part of my job is talking to Academy members on the phone, and I’ll be manning the check-in at various screenings, so do say hi if you run into me!

Miscellaneous goodness filling out my September… I attended BlogHer Food in San Francisco, a Real George performance, and a premiere party for new, most adorable web series (not up on the web yet) “Marisa Rules.”

I am expecting my Sony position to be rather all-encompassing, and I won’t be blogging about my job beyond what I’ve said here, of course, so while this update is admittedly quite an update, the next six months may be a little quieter. I’m really looking forward to just focusing on working hard and enjoying and learning what I can from this new experience. The other thing I’ll be working on through the end of the year is post-production and marketing for still-in-post web series, “Juanita Saves the World,” and doing some writing and sketching. Oh, and I’m moving. To a 1-bedroom apartment just upstairs from where I live now.

Never a dull moment!