I'm just saying, if I was part of the Arizona Cardinals or the Pittsburgh Steelers (Especially the STEELERS), I'd feel a little dissed, disrespected, and possibly angry about how the week before the SuperBowl, neither of the team is on the Cover of Sports Illustrated.
No Sports Illustrated has decided to put Lebron James on the Cover entitled "THE POWER OR LEBRON." I feel sick... Excuse me...
29.1.09
28.1.09
Things I Like # 01
Neko Case has a new album coming out in March.
Don't know who Neko Case is?
Uh, she is a singer of songs and she has one of the most amazing voices, like ever. Her voice sounds old, but it sounds new too.
Here is a link to her new single "People Got A Lot of Nerve." There is a free download of it as well here, and it helps some kind of Animal Society, which you know is a good thing.
http://www.antilabelblog.com/?p=1301
Also on that front, of things I like. I like the most recent "Battlestar Gallactica" episodes, as well as the "Lost" ones. And I don't care what David Holland says about how "I would trade the entire run of "Chuck" to get more "Veronica Mars," I would not trade "Chuck" for that. I would trade "Chuck" for say, remaking about "Veronica Mars Season 3" into something worth watching, but like Daniel Faraday from "Lost" keeps saying, "you can't change the past, what happened, happened," and so, unless I am Desmond or Bishop (From the X-MEN) there is no going back and remaking that terrible terrible Season of "Veronica Mars." (Although seasons 1&2 are like the best thing ever.)
Don't know who Neko Case is?
Uh, she is a singer of songs and she has one of the most amazing voices, like ever. Her voice sounds old, but it sounds new too.
Here is a link to her new single "People Got A Lot of Nerve." There is a free download of it as well here, and it helps some kind of Animal Society, which you know is a good thing.
http://www.antilabelblog.com/?p=1301
Also on that front, of things I like. I like the most recent "Battlestar Gallactica" episodes, as well as the "Lost" ones. And I don't care what David Holland says about how "I would trade the entire run of "Chuck" to get more "Veronica Mars," I would not trade "Chuck" for that. I would trade "Chuck" for say, remaking about "Veronica Mars Season 3" into something worth watching, but like Daniel Faraday from "Lost" keeps saying, "you can't change the past, what happened, happened," and so, unless I am Desmond or Bishop (From the X-MEN) there is no going back and remaking that terrible terrible Season of "Veronica Mars." (Although seasons 1&2 are like the best thing ever.)
Random Conversation #05
Will, Mike, and a random lady ride a lift up the Tahoe mountain.
Will, covered in snow from falling and flipping over a mogul, said, "You know, I think sometimes we need to fall down to learn."
Random Lady, "I think you might regret that."
Mike laughs.
Minutes pass.
Will, "Alright, let me try that again. Sometimes I think that we have to attempt to go down a slightly more challenging ski slope, which might incur a fall, so that we can learn how not to fall."
Mike shakes his head.
Random Lady, "Okay, I think that makes more sense, taking the harder slope, will let you know what you are and aren't good at."
Will, "Yeah, exactly."
Will, covered in snow from falling and flipping over a mogul, said, "You know, I think sometimes we need to fall down to learn."
Random Lady, "I think you might regret that."
Mike laughs.
Minutes pass.
Will, "Alright, let me try that again. Sometimes I think that we have to attempt to go down a slightly more challenging ski slope, which might incur a fall, so that we can learn how not to fall."
Mike shakes his head.
Random Lady, "Okay, I think that makes more sense, taking the harder slope, will let you know what you are and aren't good at."
Will, "Yeah, exactly."
Random Quote #013
Arizona Cardinal, Edgerrin James, ex University of Miami Player, was asked if he likes being the underdog.
His response, "It doesn't matter,'' he said. "I'm an African American. I'm always the underdog.''
Hmm, He should try being Half-Asian.
His response, "It doesn't matter,'' he said. "I'm an African American. I'm always the underdog.''
Hmm, He should try being Half-Asian.
22.1.09
And the Nominees are!
Hey Friends,
So check it out..... the Oscar Nominations are in...
http://carpetbagger.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/22/and-the-nominees-are/
If you don't know the list check it out before I go off here...
GOING OFF:
Now look, I love the Oscar's. I remember them vividly as a child. I remember them as vividly as I remember watching Entertainment Tonight. (I probably should take that back.)
Anyway, as I've gotten to take a close look at the Oscar Nominees this year, I've come to a few conclusions.
1. Miramax & The Weinstein Company still have it. They can still hustle and show off their movies to no end and get a hell of a lot of nominations.
2. Great scenes get you nominated as an actor, maybe not great movies though. (See above for how those films get nominated.)
3. The Oscars love giving all the technical awards to Blockbusters, but hate giving Blockbusters the Best Picture awards, unless it's an Epic. (You know the films I'm talking about.) I will not rant about The Dark Knight not being nominated. I will not. Best Cinematography, art direction, editing, makeup, sound editing... (I swear the minute Christopher Nolan makes a serious dramatic artsy fartsy movie for Miramax or the Weinstein Company, that is as good as The Dark Knight, he will win every fracking award there is... Everyone 1!)
4. WHAT I WILL RANT ABOUT is the mother^($&*$& Best Animated Film Category. Okay, look, I understand why it is there, but it seriously handicaps GREAT ANIMATED MOVIES that should be nominated for BEST PICTURE, like WALL-E. WALL-E is amazing!!!! A-MA-ZING!!! I mean seriously, GROUNDBREAKING, kind of like The Dark Knight (not ranting about it.) BUT LIKE "WHO DIDN'T LIKE! CRY! TEAR UP! BE AMAZED! at the movie. And hell it feels live action for long bits. Whatever. If voters can say to themselves, oh well WALL-E can get the BEST ANIMATED AWARD, I'm not going to vote for it for BEST PICTURE, they can, oh I'm just not going to say it, but you know what I'm thinking.
So check it out..... the Oscar Nominations are in...
http://carpetbagger.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/22/and-the-nominees-are/
If you don't know the list check it out before I go off here...
GOING OFF:
Now look, I love the Oscar's. I remember them vividly as a child. I remember them as vividly as I remember watching Entertainment Tonight. (I probably should take that back.)
Anyway, as I've gotten to take a close look at the Oscar Nominees this year, I've come to a few conclusions.
1. Miramax & The Weinstein Company still have it. They can still hustle and show off their movies to no end and get a hell of a lot of nominations.
2. Great scenes get you nominated as an actor, maybe not great movies though. (See above for how those films get nominated.)
3. The Oscars love giving all the technical awards to Blockbusters, but hate giving Blockbusters the Best Picture awards, unless it's an Epic. (You know the films I'm talking about.) I will not rant about The Dark Knight not being nominated. I will not. Best Cinematography, art direction, editing, makeup, sound editing... (I swear the minute Christopher Nolan makes a serious dramatic artsy fartsy movie for Miramax or the Weinstein Company, that is as good as The Dark Knight, he will win every fracking award there is... Everyone 1!)
4. WHAT I WILL RANT ABOUT is the mother^($&*$& Best Animated Film Category. Okay, look, I understand why it is there, but it seriously handicaps GREAT ANIMATED MOVIES that should be nominated for BEST PICTURE, like WALL-E. WALL-E is amazing!!!! A-MA-ZING!!! I mean seriously, GROUNDBREAKING, kind of like The Dark Knight (not ranting about it.) BUT LIKE "WHO DIDN'T LIKE! CRY! TEAR UP! BE AMAZED! at the movie. And hell it feels live action for long bits. Whatever. If voters can say to themselves, oh well WALL-E can get the BEST ANIMATED AWARD, I'm not going to vote for it for BEST PICTURE, they can, oh I'm just not going to say it, but you know what I'm thinking.
21.1.09
Biography Titles?
Okay, so I think I stumbled upon my own Biography title, "Fuck this, I'll find my own path."
What do you think your Biography's would be called?
What do you think your Biography's would be called?
20.1.09
Super Bowl Hype
After watching the Arizona Cardinals miraculously beat the Philadelphia Eagles, this thought popped into my head.
Oh My God, if they Win the Super Bowl this is like "Slumdog Millionaire".
And then I had this thought.
Oh My God, if they lose the Super Bowl this is like "Major League."
Now in the later scenario, we've already seen the whole movie, and them losing would be like what happened between "Major League 1" and "Major League 2."
Just saying.
Oh My God, if they Win the Super Bowl this is like "Slumdog Millionaire".
And then I had this thought.
Oh My God, if they lose the Super Bowl this is like "Major League."
Now in the later scenario, we've already seen the whole movie, and them losing would be like what happened between "Major League 1" and "Major League 2."
Just saying.
Vacation Update
Vacation to me is being able to watch as many TV shows as possible without someone coming in to ask you to do something.
Vacation to me is being able to do yoga whenever I want to and then soaking in a spa hot tub.
The only thing that could make this vacation better would be to NOT have a stuffy nose... and if that police officer hadn't been fucking with me, although he didn't give me a ticket, so that's nice.
Okay gotta go pick up Mike from the airport.
Laters!
Vacation to me is being able to do yoga whenever I want to and then soaking in a spa hot tub.
The only thing that could make this vacation better would be to NOT have a stuffy nose... and if that police officer hadn't been fucking with me, although he didn't give me a ticket, so that's nice.
Okay gotta go pick up Mike from the airport.
Laters!
15.1.09
What is it about "Pop"
I think that many of my readers, er, friends, know that I'm kind of a pretty big U2 fan, like BIGGGG FANNN!!! I like U2 better then Star Wars.
So like in the Year of 1997, U2, after triumphantly taking over the world with Achtung Baby!, decided to do something way different, the decided to update their sound, which for them wasn't all that different, I meant they did that when they made "The Joshua Tree" or when they made "Achtung Baby" and then their experimental album that had The Edge rapping, you know "Zooropa."
What they did was put out an album that they had no idea if it was even good, or as their drummer Larry Mullen, keeps saying "was not done." (He really needs to stop rambling on about finishing it.") They put out an album that had NO SAFE songs on it, nothing anthemic, radio friendly, MTV friendly, nada. Now, maybe this was out of hubris. They had just become the biggest thing since sliced bread, would call the UN during concerts, Bono wasn't even sure if he was Bono anymore, or the Fly, or McPhisto, and The Edge had their last big hit, but damn it was a great music video. And if it wasn't hubris, it was U2, it was just a bunch of guys trying not to do what they had done before, so they jumped onto Electronica, made that they new idea to wrap their minds around with an album that was most definetely not U2 ish. Oh and they named it "Pop."
So what does Pop have going against it. Why is it that people are always like, blag, "Pop"? Well, hmmm... maybe it was Discoteque, sigh.......... Oh Discoteque, so much fun.... so stupid. The music video... even stupider... like really stupid. (some people liked it.) Like, if they had released a better more U2 esque single first, maybe that would've made starting the album off with Discoteque more forgivable. And there are quite a few great songs on this album.
Well, okay Will, what is so great about this album --- Well it was the last U2 album that I felt was completely solid through and through. Look, "All That you Can't Leave Behind," I'm just not that thrilled with. I love Beautiful Day. I really like Stuck in A Moment. Elevation annoys me. I like the sentiment of Kite more then the actual song and Walk On, well it tried too hard, and then there is the rest of the CD which is better as background music. Then there is "How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb." I think its a better album then "All That you Can't Leave Behind," and yes I still like Vertigo, yes it's stupid, but it's Stupid AWESOME!!! And yes I think the second half of the album gets a little not so great, but I really think it would have been better if it had been Sequenced better. So for number 2.
"POP" is almost perfectly sequenced. It just flows really well. They had that going. That was their thing, and I think the unequality of the music on their last two CD'S, (Great songs, not so great songs, whoa WTF is Bono thinking songs, all mixed together) has really weakened their sequencing. But "POP" is strong.
Which is why it's so great. It's STRONG! It's way deeper then Discoteque made it look. It's like BONO got all fucked and saw that the world was all fucked up and then was like DUDE, (as in Jesus) WTF? And he made a whole CD. The songs fluctuate between messages of personal & worldly. Most of it diseased. Self Corruption. World Corruption. And then IT ENDS WITH BONO PLEADING (PLEASE) AND BEGGING JESUS TO COME BACK AND DO SOMETHING (WAKE UP DEAD MAN.) And they called this "POP".
So yeah, this is U2's WTF? album. But it's important. It's a statement. It's cohesive, strange, wonderful, powerful, and filled with wonky U2 experiments. It's well written, well performed (even if they don't like it, or were actually able to perform the songs live in their disastrous POP-MART tour) meaningful, and great to sing along to. It was challenging for them to make, and it should have been, because their last two albums seem like they were U2 on auto-pilot, which is still pretty damn good, but what made up for the albums, were their awesome tours.
So "POP" it's good. It's 12 years later good. And we'll see what U2 can still do in 2 months, when "No Line on the Horizon" drops.
So like in the Year of 1997, U2, after triumphantly taking over the world with Achtung Baby!, decided to do something way different, the decided to update their sound, which for them wasn't all that different, I meant they did that when they made "The Joshua Tree" or when they made "Achtung Baby" and then their experimental album that had The Edge rapping, you know "Zooropa."
What they did was put out an album that they had no idea if it was even good, or as their drummer Larry Mullen, keeps saying "was not done." (He really needs to stop rambling on about finishing it.") They put out an album that had NO SAFE songs on it, nothing anthemic, radio friendly, MTV friendly, nada. Now, maybe this was out of hubris. They had just become the biggest thing since sliced bread, would call the UN during concerts, Bono wasn't even sure if he was Bono anymore, or the Fly, or McPhisto, and The Edge had their last big hit, but damn it was a great music video. And if it wasn't hubris, it was U2, it was just a bunch of guys trying not to do what they had done before, so they jumped onto Electronica, made that they new idea to wrap their minds around with an album that was most definetely not U2 ish. Oh and they named it "Pop."
So what does Pop have going against it. Why is it that people are always like, blag, "Pop"? Well, hmmm... maybe it was Discoteque, sigh.......... Oh Discoteque, so much fun.... so stupid. The music video... even stupider... like really stupid. (some people liked it.) Like, if they had released a better more U2 esque single first, maybe that would've made starting the album off with Discoteque more forgivable. And there are quite a few great songs on this album.
Well, okay Will, what is so great about this album --- Well it was the last U2 album that I felt was completely solid through and through. Look, "All That you Can't Leave Behind," I'm just not that thrilled with. I love Beautiful Day. I really like Stuck in A Moment. Elevation annoys me. I like the sentiment of Kite more then the actual song and Walk On, well it tried too hard, and then there is the rest of the CD which is better as background music. Then there is "How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb." I think its a better album then "All That you Can't Leave Behind," and yes I still like Vertigo, yes it's stupid, but it's Stupid AWESOME!!! And yes I think the second half of the album gets a little not so great, but I really think it would have been better if it had been Sequenced better. So for number 2.
"POP" is almost perfectly sequenced. It just flows really well. They had that going. That was their thing, and I think the unequality of the music on their last two CD'S, (Great songs, not so great songs, whoa WTF is Bono thinking songs, all mixed together) has really weakened their sequencing. But "POP" is strong.
Which is why it's so great. It's STRONG! It's way deeper then Discoteque made it look. It's like BONO got all fucked and saw that the world was all fucked up and then was like DUDE, (as in Jesus) WTF? And he made a whole CD. The songs fluctuate between messages of personal & worldly. Most of it diseased. Self Corruption. World Corruption. And then IT ENDS WITH BONO PLEADING (PLEASE) AND BEGGING JESUS TO COME BACK AND DO SOMETHING (WAKE UP DEAD MAN.) And they called this "POP".
So yeah, this is U2's WTF? album. But it's important. It's a statement. It's cohesive, strange, wonderful, powerful, and filled with wonky U2 experiments. It's well written, well performed (even if they don't like it, or were actually able to perform the songs live in their disastrous POP-MART tour) meaningful, and great to sing along to. It was challenging for them to make, and it should have been, because their last two albums seem like they were U2 on auto-pilot, which is still pretty damn good, but what made up for the albums, were their awesome tours.
So "POP" it's good. It's 12 years later good. And we'll see what U2 can still do in 2 months, when "No Line on the Horizon" drops.
14.1.09
Random Thought #014
If Samuel L. Jackson wants too much money to come back for Iron Man 2 & Avengers, I say fuck him, go get Avery Brooks, that dude from Star Trek Deep Space 9. That dude kicked ass.
13.1.09
Notes on the Blog
On Will's last blog
Gabe -What the fuck was that?
Will - I was in a weird place.
Gabe - It was look some wacked out goodbye love letter to herzog.
Will - Yeah, I'm fucked up. I don't know what's wrong with me.
Gabe - Yeah...
Gabe -What the fuck was that?
Will - I was in a weird place.
Gabe - It was look some wacked out goodbye love letter to herzog.
Will - Yeah, I'm fucked up. I don't know what's wrong with me.
Gabe - Yeah...
Not Just a Job
Work is Life? Is this the truth? How many of us spend most of our hours at one place, with one group of people? Do you feel like you have 2 lives, one at work and one at home? Or is your house just a place to sleep? These are just some questions you hear from your friends, your family, songs, movies, TV.
Looking back at 2008, has made me a bit more reflective of the ebb and flow of life and what I've found is an overemphasis of life at work. Outside of it, I don't appear to have much of a life, but in honesty outside of that little mocking voice in my own head, I don't really feel to bad about it. Because what I've found is that so much of my personal development has stemmed from what I've learned at work and from the people I work with, and for all the world I wouldn't take that back.
We can complain about our jobs and our lives and the things that we do each minute of every day, but if we take a moment and look at where we are right now and what it is we are actually doing, it's up to us to make a change and I feel that so long as we are longer new things and reaching towards what it is that we truly want to achieve then our hang ups can disappear, but its on us to let go of them.
I've been known to fight life, to go against the flow, and I'll probably keep doing that, because I keep thinking (Not knowing) that I've done all I can at Herzog & Company, but every time I come back there is something else to learn, some nugget of experience that can be gleamed if I just keep my eyes open. I've done almost every conceivable job at this company (I won't list them off), but every one of them has raised me up a level professionally and personally and each job has had a mentor or teacher, even if they did not know it, and I believe they've made me a better person, because that is absolutely achievable at this company, and as I've heard and seen for my self, most places are not like. For me, Herzog has not been a job, it's been a journey.
So here's a toast to Work Life, to Herzog & Company, to the people I work with, the ones I interact with every day, and the ones that no longer walk those halls. You're all in my thoughts and my heart, because you all have made a difference for me. Thank you.
Looking back at 2008, has made me a bit more reflective of the ebb and flow of life and what I've found is an overemphasis of life at work. Outside of it, I don't appear to have much of a life, but in honesty outside of that little mocking voice in my own head, I don't really feel to bad about it. Because what I've found is that so much of my personal development has stemmed from what I've learned at work and from the people I work with, and for all the world I wouldn't take that back.
We can complain about our jobs and our lives and the things that we do each minute of every day, but if we take a moment and look at where we are right now and what it is we are actually doing, it's up to us to make a change and I feel that so long as we are longer new things and reaching towards what it is that we truly want to achieve then our hang ups can disappear, but its on us to let go of them.
I've been known to fight life, to go against the flow, and I'll probably keep doing that, because I keep thinking (Not knowing) that I've done all I can at Herzog & Company, but every time I come back there is something else to learn, some nugget of experience that can be gleamed if I just keep my eyes open. I've done almost every conceivable job at this company (I won't list them off), but every one of them has raised me up a level professionally and personally and each job has had a mentor or teacher, even if they did not know it, and I believe they've made me a better person, because that is absolutely achievable at this company, and as I've heard and seen for my self, most places are not like. For me, Herzog has not been a job, it's been a journey.
So here's a toast to Work Life, to Herzog & Company, to the people I work with, the ones I interact with every day, and the ones that no longer walk those halls. You're all in my thoughts and my heart, because you all have made a difference for me. Thank you.
10.1.09
Previously on Will
PREVIOUSLY ON WILL:
Will begins a blog.
Will decides he is going to take the writing world by storm, he planned to work for free, take classes, and write, write, write.
He gets sick a lot in January, decides regularly getting sick is a good way to lose weight.
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THE VERY SPECIAL SKI ADVENTURE:
Will & Mike stayed at Tahoe resort. Will had a spa tub in his batch They got to experience the joy of staying right next to a lift that leads to ski slopes. They were amazed and they were very, very tired.
Mike leaves, Will gets a hot stone massage and talks with the Masseuse about life. She tells him not to lose the light inside.
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Will begins investing in an IRA, because he wants tax breaks. Later that year the stock market would fall like dominos, and enable the first halfie president. And Will said, “ahhh shit.”
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Will begins work on writing, writing, and more writing. Gets about half way through a new script. Then his computer dies. He loses all of that work. Devastated, he tries to not let on. Shows brave face.
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Will chats with Lindsey, his boss/friend at Herzog, “So do you think I have any work to do in March? Lindsey responds, “I don’t think you do.” Will says, “Okay, I think I’ll get an internship.” Lindsey says, “ohhhhhh kkkkaaaayyyy. You know you’ve tried this before.” Will responds, “uh huh, but this time it’s going to be different.” Lindsey chuckles.
Will begins his internship. It’s hard, but he’s learning, he’s adapting, and he’s slightly miserable.
Will gives a hitchhiking girl a ride, “So do you want a ten dollar fuck.” Will realizes this is a prostitute, looks out through the windshield, and says “Ahhh, hell no!”
At the middle of the second week of the internship, Will gets a call from his mom, turns out her teeth are rotting. Will looks around the production company, all sneaky like, and says, “How much is this going to cost?”
Will quits his internship and is back at work at Herzog.
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A VERY SPECIAL LAS VEGAS ADVENTURE:
Two weeks earlier, Will looks at Hutson and Tracy and says, “Who wants to go to Vegas?”
NOW 4:45 AM. Will is in a Taxi cab saying, “Sorry sir, but I’m not interested in going to the brothel.” “But the girls are hot, clean, any kind of girl you want.” “No thanks.” CRASH! The taxi cab is hit, and the car runs off. Leaving Will stuck in that damn taxi for another hour. He tries to remember, that he had such a great time, watching people gamble, chilling, eating a good meal, hanging at the club where the girls danced in cages. He tries to hold on to that happy feeling. Passes out in the cab.
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Will takes a career step, does his first interview. He interviews an Academy Award winning Production Designer. He’s totally nervous. Jumping about. Sits down and begins the interview. He can hardly talk. He knows the loggers are going to hear him. Starts to panic. Then HIS PHONE GOES OFF. The sound guy looks over at the camera guy and says “I can’t believe this is happening.”
A TIME FOR A CHANGE: 2 PARTS
PART 1: Will is moved like a Chess Piece by Lindsey into the role of Bay producer for the DEMANDING DISNEY CLIENT GUY. Will buys candles. Hangs out with Josh Rosenfield. Handles it quite well. Frightens client with his “I look forward to feedback” positive attitude. Bored, Will embraces the role, starts iChatting.
PART 2: Will tells Gabe one not so special morning, “Dude, I have to leave this place. I have to move. You coming with me?” Gabe says, “Nawwww….”
One week later, Gabe says, “Okay, where are we moving?”
Will and Gabe find a place in cool area Los Feliz, guarded by Russian mobsters. Will begins his second job as Interior Decorator. Will overworks himself into such a tired state that his eyes become permanently blood shot. Begins to get angry and irrational. Decision making takes a hit. And he buys a HONDA FIT.
Excerpt from Gabe, Will & Honda salesmen negotiation session.
Gabe – I think we can get it lower.
Salesman – That’s not going to happen. Sorry.
Gabe - I don’t think you’re very interested in selling a car.
Salesman – Look you guys seems like good people, and I like talking to you, so here’s what I’m going to do, I’m going to give you like 10 minutes to work out a number that you think will work for both parties. When I come back, I’ll look at it and if it doesn’t work out for us, then we’ll shake hands and part ways.
He gets up and walks off. Gabe is floored.
Gabe – Who the fuck is this guy?
Will – Whoa…
Will finally finishes the apartment, throws a big party, everyone gets drunk on Hypnotiq and Hennessy, and then they get a free water bottle for coming.
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Will takes Tracy to see The Old 97’s in concert. They were awesome. He ran into some of Rachel’s friends at the concert and proceeds to jump around. Oh and earlier that night Rachel called Will to tell him that if he got fat he’d be really really ugly. Will thinks, “No shit, Sherlock.”
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A VERY SPECIAL EAST COAST TRIP:
Will goes back to the East Coast. Realizes his childhood is coming to an end. Looks out and sees the endings everywhere, and wonders where are all the beginnings. He visited Teal, saw a family, saw a baby, wondered if baby and family were in the future for him. Was this the new beginning?
Will went to his 10 year high school reunion. Everyone looks older, but nobody thinks older, even when they were talking about their kids. You put that many people together and you get mental time travel.
Will comes back to California, chats with Teal about the experience of the 10 year reunion. They talk about the highs and lows of life, all the underlying sadness in so many people, and how dreams are crushed and lives are ruined and yet people try to put on a brave face, and amidst all of this she says, “You know, Beej, you’re just going to have admit it, you’re life ain’t so bad.” “I guess so.”
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Will meets Sarah Palin on the television. Is horrified, shocked, and appalled, joins the fight against the Republicans. Calls Joe Lieberman a Punk Bastard.
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On a not so sunny day in California, just an ordinary day, Will gets an ICHAT from Sandrine, “Do you want to go to Singapore?” Will responds, “Sure, why not.”
THE ASIAN ADVENTURE:
2 WEEKS LATER:
Will runs through the streets of Little India, following an Indian Band called “Swarathma.” His CameraMan Chris yells at him, “What’s going on? What happened to the plan?” Will looks at him and says, “Fuck the plan, we’re adapting.” Chris tilts his head to the side and thinks, “Crazy American, here we go again.” Will says, “Shoot everything.” The band plays music for a growing audience. Runs around. Causes problems. Do their own interview with Singaporean Indians, and Will thinks, “This is the best work day of my life.”
Amidst the chaos of the SUTASI shoot, Will remains calm and collected. He and his awesome team take the artists and bands out into Singapore to get video footage of them having fun, playing music, and generally getting an insight into who they are. He attributes his clear focused mind to his steady diet of cappuccinos, and baths, and getting a good 7 to 8 hours of sleep every night, oh and being half asian.
Liked by the crew and the bands, treated like one of the popular kids, he befriends everyone. He is inspired and awed by his Production Coordinator, ex model, but totally professional and fun Melanie, he sees a world of work that he could have, if he had the courage to give up writing and decided to start his own company. He also learns to appreciate the pain and pleasure of foot massages.
And generally feeling great, feeling like he’s really hit an peak in his working career and seen what he is really good at, the shoot comes to an end. Will stays in Asia. And going from chaos and fun to being alone in Hong Kong, something dies in Will. He becomes depressed and lonely. One day later he is a little better, sees a big Buddha in the hillside. Gets tons of cheap foot massages and thai massages.
Will goes to Koh Samui Island in Thailand, stays at spa resort in the hillside. Does very little. Talks to people. Tries to get spiritual. He fails. Can’t do it. It turned off. Encounters crazy spiritual people. The extreme side. Will is shocked. Frightened. He does not want to become one of these people. He also can’t feel something inside.
After spending too much time in airports, he finally takes the 17 hour flight back to the United States.
Will returns disillusioned by the experience, disenfranchised by what he finds, lost in the present, upset with his past, his family, his everything, he is driven to drinking copious amounts of wine. Lashes out at everything around him, nicely…. And wonders ---
WHO AM I?
One week later. Will gives up drinking.
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Britney comes back for real, Will’s not impressed, except for the sauna scene.
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Will still feeling angry and dead inside, decides that all this is coming from him wanting to do more with his life. He’s just not doing enough. He wants to do something important, something special, and life isn’t letting him do that. He calls up Rachel and she says, “Oh yeah, you’re going through that Saturn or Jupiter returning thing.” Will looks it up. He seems to have all the symptoms of the astrological condition called “Saturn Returns.” He feels much better, like a weight has been lifted of him, and for once he thinks, “Yes, it is good to be like everyone else.” Because he realizes it makes him feel less lonely.
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A SPECIAL COLLEGE REUNION:
Michelle emailed Will, Rachel & Corey a few months earlier and said they should all get together and hang out. They got together, the got drinks, they ate out, they went to club, danced and acted generally ridiculous. They went to San Diego and they ate desert, hung out in a spa, and everything was the same, and it was… and even thinking “Gosh, wouldn’t it be great if Jorge was here,” was the same.
Later that weekend, Will talks with Michelle and wonders if he should give up his career to help the world. He shakes his head, not sure if he can. Then Michelle makes the mistake of watching “Wanted” with Will. He snickers and thinks, you know, if I could help the world by killing bad guys that would be awesome.
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As the holidays approached, Will and some friends went to see “It’s a Wonderful Life.” He was scared the whole time of this frightening depressing tale. Afterwards, Leanne remarked that the town in the film was like Herzog for Will. “You keep trying to leave, but you just can’t get away.” Will was unsure if she was trying to make him feel better.
A week later, Will watches “The Shawshank Redemption,” and thinks to himself, this is a better analogy for my life, I’m like Andy and I just need to hold onto hope. Will looks life in the eye, pumps his fist and says, “Get buys living, or get busy dying.”
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Will gets a massage, relaxed, he asks God for advice, and a little voice whispers back, “Write.”
Will finishes a draft of Hot Teen Lifeguards.
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Will gets on the plane, thinking about the New Year, thinking about life, and thinking about how he has no idea what the future will bring, he orders a water….
FADE OUT:
NARRATION: Now that we’ve caught you up on Last Season, here’s a sneak peek at the New Season.
SERIES OF SHOTS:
Will runs up to the top of Griffith Park looks out and screams, “Ahhh, hell no!!!”
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Will runs in a marathon, barely makes it across the finish line.
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On the roof of Herzog, Hutson looks over at Will and say, “Dude, now you’ve got the juice.”
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Will has meetings, work meetings, life meetings, relationship meetings, and everyone looks younger then they really are.
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Will makes out with a mysterious girl.
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Will runs from a bear.
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In the darkness, a match is lit, illuminating Will as he lights a cigar. He looks out and says, “Okay God, what’s next?”
Darkness.
And Will’s close friends & family walk away from the camera, talking, “When is he going to just get real.” “This whole self mythologizing gets really annoying.” “He really just needs to move back to the East coast.” “Maybe he should go to church.” “Why doesn’t he just go see a psychic.” “He really just needs to man up, everyone goes through this shit.” “People really don’t like the third person talk, constantly.” “I don’t know, maybe this will be the year that Will…”
Will begins a blog.
Will decides he is going to take the writing world by storm, he planned to work for free, take classes, and write, write, write.
He gets sick a lot in January, decides regularly getting sick is a good way to lose weight.
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THE VERY SPECIAL SKI ADVENTURE:
Will & Mike stayed at Tahoe resort. Will had a spa tub in his batch They got to experience the joy of staying right next to a lift that leads to ski slopes. They were amazed and they were very, very tired.
Mike leaves, Will gets a hot stone massage and talks with the Masseuse about life. She tells him not to lose the light inside.
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Will begins investing in an IRA, because he wants tax breaks. Later that year the stock market would fall like dominos, and enable the first halfie president. And Will said, “ahhh shit.”
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Will begins work on writing, writing, and more writing. Gets about half way through a new script. Then his computer dies. He loses all of that work. Devastated, he tries to not let on. Shows brave face.
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Will chats with Lindsey, his boss/friend at Herzog, “So do you think I have any work to do in March? Lindsey responds, “I don’t think you do.” Will says, “Okay, I think I’ll get an internship.” Lindsey says, “ohhhhhh kkkkaaaayyyy. You know you’ve tried this before.” Will responds, “uh huh, but this time it’s going to be different.” Lindsey chuckles.
Will begins his internship. It’s hard, but he’s learning, he’s adapting, and he’s slightly miserable.
Will gives a hitchhiking girl a ride, “So do you want a ten dollar fuck.” Will realizes this is a prostitute, looks out through the windshield, and says “Ahhh, hell no!”
At the middle of the second week of the internship, Will gets a call from his mom, turns out her teeth are rotting. Will looks around the production company, all sneaky like, and says, “How much is this going to cost?”
Will quits his internship and is back at work at Herzog.
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A VERY SPECIAL LAS VEGAS ADVENTURE:
Two weeks earlier, Will looks at Hutson and Tracy and says, “Who wants to go to Vegas?”
NOW 4:45 AM. Will is in a Taxi cab saying, “Sorry sir, but I’m not interested in going to the brothel.” “But the girls are hot, clean, any kind of girl you want.” “No thanks.” CRASH! The taxi cab is hit, and the car runs off. Leaving Will stuck in that damn taxi for another hour. He tries to remember, that he had such a great time, watching people gamble, chilling, eating a good meal, hanging at the club where the girls danced in cages. He tries to hold on to that happy feeling. Passes out in the cab.
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Will takes a career step, does his first interview. He interviews an Academy Award winning Production Designer. He’s totally nervous. Jumping about. Sits down and begins the interview. He can hardly talk. He knows the loggers are going to hear him. Starts to panic. Then HIS PHONE GOES OFF. The sound guy looks over at the camera guy and says “I can’t believe this is happening.”
A TIME FOR A CHANGE: 2 PARTS
PART 1: Will is moved like a Chess Piece by Lindsey into the role of Bay producer for the DEMANDING DISNEY CLIENT GUY. Will buys candles. Hangs out with Josh Rosenfield. Handles it quite well. Frightens client with his “I look forward to feedback” positive attitude. Bored, Will embraces the role, starts iChatting.
PART 2: Will tells Gabe one not so special morning, “Dude, I have to leave this place. I have to move. You coming with me?” Gabe says, “Nawwww….”
One week later, Gabe says, “Okay, where are we moving?”
Will and Gabe find a place in cool area Los Feliz, guarded by Russian mobsters. Will begins his second job as Interior Decorator. Will overworks himself into such a tired state that his eyes become permanently blood shot. Begins to get angry and irrational. Decision making takes a hit. And he buys a HONDA FIT.
Excerpt from Gabe, Will & Honda salesmen negotiation session.
Gabe – I think we can get it lower.
Salesman – That’s not going to happen. Sorry.
Gabe - I don’t think you’re very interested in selling a car.
Salesman – Look you guys seems like good people, and I like talking to you, so here’s what I’m going to do, I’m going to give you like 10 minutes to work out a number that you think will work for both parties. When I come back, I’ll look at it and if it doesn’t work out for us, then we’ll shake hands and part ways.
He gets up and walks off. Gabe is floored.
Gabe – Who the fuck is this guy?
Will – Whoa…
Will finally finishes the apartment, throws a big party, everyone gets drunk on Hypnotiq and Hennessy, and then they get a free water bottle for coming.
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Will takes Tracy to see The Old 97’s in concert. They were awesome. He ran into some of Rachel’s friends at the concert and proceeds to jump around. Oh and earlier that night Rachel called Will to tell him that if he got fat he’d be really really ugly. Will thinks, “No shit, Sherlock.”
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A VERY SPECIAL EAST COAST TRIP:
Will goes back to the East Coast. Realizes his childhood is coming to an end. Looks out and sees the endings everywhere, and wonders where are all the beginnings. He visited Teal, saw a family, saw a baby, wondered if baby and family were in the future for him. Was this the new beginning?
Will went to his 10 year high school reunion. Everyone looks older, but nobody thinks older, even when they were talking about their kids. You put that many people together and you get mental time travel.
Will comes back to California, chats with Teal about the experience of the 10 year reunion. They talk about the highs and lows of life, all the underlying sadness in so many people, and how dreams are crushed and lives are ruined and yet people try to put on a brave face, and amidst all of this she says, “You know, Beej, you’re just going to have admit it, you’re life ain’t so bad.” “I guess so.”
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Will meets Sarah Palin on the television. Is horrified, shocked, and appalled, joins the fight against the Republicans. Calls Joe Lieberman a Punk Bastard.
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On a not so sunny day in California, just an ordinary day, Will gets an ICHAT from Sandrine, “Do you want to go to Singapore?” Will responds, “Sure, why not.”
THE ASIAN ADVENTURE:
2 WEEKS LATER:
Will runs through the streets of Little India, following an Indian Band called “Swarathma.” His CameraMan Chris yells at him, “What’s going on? What happened to the plan?” Will looks at him and says, “Fuck the plan, we’re adapting.” Chris tilts his head to the side and thinks, “Crazy American, here we go again.” Will says, “Shoot everything.” The band plays music for a growing audience. Runs around. Causes problems. Do their own interview with Singaporean Indians, and Will thinks, “This is the best work day of my life.”
Amidst the chaos of the SUTASI shoot, Will remains calm and collected. He and his awesome team take the artists and bands out into Singapore to get video footage of them having fun, playing music, and generally getting an insight into who they are. He attributes his clear focused mind to his steady diet of cappuccinos, and baths, and getting a good 7 to 8 hours of sleep every night, oh and being half asian.
Liked by the crew and the bands, treated like one of the popular kids, he befriends everyone. He is inspired and awed by his Production Coordinator, ex model, but totally professional and fun Melanie, he sees a world of work that he could have, if he had the courage to give up writing and decided to start his own company. He also learns to appreciate the pain and pleasure of foot massages.
And generally feeling great, feeling like he’s really hit an peak in his working career and seen what he is really good at, the shoot comes to an end. Will stays in Asia. And going from chaos and fun to being alone in Hong Kong, something dies in Will. He becomes depressed and lonely. One day later he is a little better, sees a big Buddha in the hillside. Gets tons of cheap foot massages and thai massages.
Will goes to Koh Samui Island in Thailand, stays at spa resort in the hillside. Does very little. Talks to people. Tries to get spiritual. He fails. Can’t do it. It turned off. Encounters crazy spiritual people. The extreme side. Will is shocked. Frightened. He does not want to become one of these people. He also can’t feel something inside.
After spending too much time in airports, he finally takes the 17 hour flight back to the United States.
Will returns disillusioned by the experience, disenfranchised by what he finds, lost in the present, upset with his past, his family, his everything, he is driven to drinking copious amounts of wine. Lashes out at everything around him, nicely…. And wonders ---
WHO AM I?
One week later. Will gives up drinking.
-------
Britney comes back for real, Will’s not impressed, except for the sauna scene.
-------
Will still feeling angry and dead inside, decides that all this is coming from him wanting to do more with his life. He’s just not doing enough. He wants to do something important, something special, and life isn’t letting him do that. He calls up Rachel and she says, “Oh yeah, you’re going through that Saturn or Jupiter returning thing.” Will looks it up. He seems to have all the symptoms of the astrological condition called “Saturn Returns.” He feels much better, like a weight has been lifted of him, and for once he thinks, “Yes, it is good to be like everyone else.” Because he realizes it makes him feel less lonely.
-------
A SPECIAL COLLEGE REUNION:
Michelle emailed Will, Rachel & Corey a few months earlier and said they should all get together and hang out. They got together, the got drinks, they ate out, they went to club, danced and acted generally ridiculous. They went to San Diego and they ate desert, hung out in a spa, and everything was the same, and it was… and even thinking “Gosh, wouldn’t it be great if Jorge was here,” was the same.
Later that weekend, Will talks with Michelle and wonders if he should give up his career to help the world. He shakes his head, not sure if he can. Then Michelle makes the mistake of watching “Wanted” with Will. He snickers and thinks, you know, if I could help the world by killing bad guys that would be awesome.
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As the holidays approached, Will and some friends went to see “It’s a Wonderful Life.” He was scared the whole time of this frightening depressing tale. Afterwards, Leanne remarked that the town in the film was like Herzog for Will. “You keep trying to leave, but you just can’t get away.” Will was unsure if she was trying to make him feel better.
A week later, Will watches “The Shawshank Redemption,” and thinks to himself, this is a better analogy for my life, I’m like Andy and I just need to hold onto hope. Will looks life in the eye, pumps his fist and says, “Get buys living, or get busy dying.”
------
Will gets a massage, relaxed, he asks God for advice, and a little voice whispers back, “Write.”
Will finishes a draft of Hot Teen Lifeguards.
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Will gets on the plane, thinking about the New Year, thinking about life, and thinking about how he has no idea what the future will bring, he orders a water….
FADE OUT:
NARRATION: Now that we’ve caught you up on Last Season, here’s a sneak peek at the New Season.
SERIES OF SHOTS:
Will runs up to the top of Griffith Park looks out and screams, “Ahhh, hell no!!!”
-----
Will runs in a marathon, barely makes it across the finish line.
----
On the roof of Herzog, Hutson looks over at Will and say, “Dude, now you’ve got the juice.”
----
Will has meetings, work meetings, life meetings, relationship meetings, and everyone looks younger then they really are.
----
Will makes out with a mysterious girl.
----
Will runs from a bear.
----
In the darkness, a match is lit, illuminating Will as he lights a cigar. He looks out and says, “Okay God, what’s next?”
Darkness.
And Will’s close friends & family walk away from the camera, talking, “When is he going to just get real.” “This whole self mythologizing gets really annoying.” “He really just needs to move back to the East coast.” “Maybe he should go to church.” “Why doesn’t he just go see a psychic.” “He really just needs to man up, everyone goes through this shit.” “People really don’t like the third person talk, constantly.” “I don’t know, maybe this will be the year that Will…”
Coming Soon: Will Season 4
In order to market the new season of "Will", the CW has just announced a special recap episode of "Will: Season 3." It will air on January 10th.
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