Uh oh...my power cord won't go in?

Well,

Computer troubles are rough. Especially when writing coverages of screenplays (on your computer) is your job...
On thursday I had to take my trusty iBook to the mac store...and didn't get her back until this evening.

So here's an update of last week's affairs:

Life was frantic at the Weinstein Co. this last week, mainly because of a certain movie that [TWC] is trying to make.
Though I am not allowed to tell you what the name of this project is (because of a certain contract), I can tell you what the interns were doing...
Mainly it was a rat-race, yet again. On Monday we were again made to "go get coffe/cigarettes/that-naked-fruit-juice-with-the-berries-that-i-like" for our superiors, and it didn't look like anyone would be getting a screenplay to cover.
luckily though, on tuesday, I was offered a coverage (I was the first to get a coverage) of a pretty bad script:
even though it was yet another movie based on a Stephen King novel...
I was happy to get the script anyways, and used the opportunity to attack the cliched style of "the Stephen King movie"

Coverages at the Weinstein Co. are supposed to be 4 pages a piece, with:
1) a log-line

In which I describe the plot in one sentence: "General Jack Ripper takes control of American nukes, and wages war against the Russians, for stealing our 'precious bodily fluids.'"

2) two pages of summary (what happens throughout)

3) two pages of commentary (how much I disliked it)

Luckily, the humor in the criticisms was well-received, and on Wednesday I was given another script to cover. This one was about a major historical figure, and was written extremely well. Even though the script was 150 pages (most scripts are around 100) I found myself turning the pages quite easily. I praised the script in my coverage, and had it done by the end of the day.

On thursday morning my power cord's "nipple" (as it was described at the mac store...)
had come off inside of the mac and "tore the whole place up"

I didn't get to cover any more scripts after that.


So this week is the big premier of Sicko
which is michael moore's latest venture...
so everyone should go out and see it!
that is, when it comes out in theaters.

Today I went to get coffee and lunch because I didn't have my computer.
But in my down time I actually read 2 pretty decent scripts--one about peter pan as a vampire--and a bad one about a world of alien babies with aquaman-like powers.
but again, I can't say much more than that...

hopefully I'll get some coverages tomorrow!
i'll keep you guys updated.

-Sam