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The Novelizers

stephenl — Fri, 12 May 2023 17:30:50 GMT

Hey world, I built a brand-new podcast, and if only 10% of my 2.3 M Livejournal followers subscribed, it would be a huge hit!

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-novelizers-with-andy-richter/id1687677838

Shit.

stephenl — Sun, 27 Oct 2019 17:14:04 GMT

Audible just cut my project. A year of work down the drain.

Hopefully they'll give me the rights back and I can pitch it other places. But I'm not optimistic about it selling without them behind it.

What should I do for a living when I grow up?

Hi Livejournal

stephenl — Sat, 28 Sep 2019 22:31:13 GMT

How's everybody doing tonight?

Hellooooo livejournal!

stephenl — Tue, 14 Jul 2015 02:02:01 GMT

How's everybody doing tonight?

Hurray for Livejournal!

stephenl — Tue, 12 Nov 2013 23:54:24 GMT

Livejournal is back!

Noah's Ark!

stephenl — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 01:34:35 GMT

A video I wrote/produced with my brother is on the Funny or Die homepage today.

Marc Maron, Maria Bamford, Jonathan Katz and Fred Stoller star...

Noah's Ark: Episode 1 featuring Marc Maron & Jonathan Katz from Maria Bamford

What if Kurt Cobain lived and Courtney died?

stephenl — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 03:17:10 GMT

Check out "Saving Love," a video I directed for Atom.com

MY NEW BIG THING

stephenl — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 18:09:43 GMT

Ordering lunch every day costs $10. That's $200/month. But packing a sandwich is real hard and also boring.

The solution: frozen meals. They cost $3 or less. They are delicious.

I love my new plan.

What's the catch?

stephenl — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 03:17:40 GMT

Sweet new userpic

stephenl — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 21:31:19 GMT

Hey everybody, look at my sweet new userpic, designed specially to commemorate 10 fabulous years of blogging.

DayQuil

stephenl — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 16:33:15 GMT

How does anyone function on DayQuil? I took a bunch, and I don't feel any less stuffed up, really, but I do feel totally stoned. I'm worried someone is going to ask me a question- I don't think I can be at all comprehensible. What am I doing at work? I should just go home. It's cold out. bloopity doopity doop di doo.

Cold Update

stephenl — Sun, 23 Jan 2011 03:15:07 GMT

I still have a cold.

Crap

stephenl — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 04:13:32 GMT

I forgot I was supposed to be blogging.

I have a cold. I have a day totally filled with meetings tomorrow. Otherwise I'd call in sick.

A Classic LJ post: April 4, 2002

stephenl — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 23:48:08 GMT

Step back in time, if you will. It was a crisp April day in the year 2002 and a young blogger named Tony Zaret was working at USA Networks. On the weekends, he and his friends, unfulfilled with their day jobs, made short comedy sketches and tried to get other people to watch them. Sound familiar?

Ahh, but back in those days, we used video tape.

Golden Four

stephenl — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 23:32:50 GMT

Remember the Golden Four? More like the Olden Four if you ask me. Seriously though, those dudes are really old now.

http://stephenl.livejournal.com/74479.html

2001-2011

stephenl — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 01:59:37 GMT

In honor of the tenth anniversary of this blog, I'm going to blog again for a while.

Who is still on Livejournal? If you're reading this message, please say hi. (this means you).

App

stephenl — Sun, 19 Dec 2010 21:32:52 GMT

Hey the LJ app actually lets you read your friends page now!

hellooooooo livejournal

stephenl — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 14:26:49 GMT

how's everyone doing today?

Hey, my brother and I are trying to sell a TV show. If you know of anyone in "the industry" who could help us out, let me know.

Here's a nice blog post someone wrote about us:

http://animondays.blogspot.com/2010/07/inspiration-city.html

Cruise

stephenl — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 23:37:03 GMT

Just booked a 3-night Carnival cruise to the Bahamas. It's relatively inexpensive, and it will be warm, and it's not something we've ever done together. All our vacations are to shitty-weather places like Glasgow and Iceland (Iceland was pretty nice, actually, but it sounds like it would be cold.) So will we be the only people on the ship our age, without kids? And who will they seat us next to at dinner. Do they try to set you up with other couples they think you'll get along with?

move?

stephenl — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 15:26:08 GMT

After about 13 years (about a third of my life) in my current apartment, I think we may actually be moving*.

*I'm still in a twitter frame of mind. It's going to take some work until I'm able to write a longer post again.

hellloooo livejournal!

stephenl — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:23:59 GMT

how's it going?

Golem

stephenl — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 12:35:44 GMT

I made this video about the Golem:

The Golem from Tablet Magazine on Vimeo.

determine my future

stephenl — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 01:47:48 GMT

So, here's my deal: for seven years I did magazine layout for a real-estate publication. The job was easy, but I hated it. I wanted to do comedy/video instead. I quit that job, then had a long-term freelance job in layout. That gig ended, and I decided to make my move, switch over to video and comedy, whatever it took. Then the economy went to shit.

I've had some good video gigs, but I'm not really making enough money to survive. This week, taxes pretty much wiped me out.

I've been looking/applying for jobs, but without much luck. Most steady jobs in TV require more experience than I have.

Today I found a job in graphic design that looks almost exactly like the job I left. It's even at another real estate publication. I am eminently qualified for it, but it also would be a depressing step backwards. And they say it's entry level, which means it won't pay well. Of course, I could take it, and keep looking for video gigs while I was there, but I've always been lousy at looking for work when I have work. I've got a few leads on other job possibilities in the entertainment industry, but nothing I would even come close to banking on. Do I take this job? Do I keep holding out?

View Poll: job

PS: I have a standing offer, if you get me a job, or tell me about a job that I apply for and get, and they keep me around for a year, I'll give you $500. $1000 if it's awesome.

intolerance

stephenl — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 14:49:36 GMT

Or, if you don't enjoy horrible diarrhea and stomach cramps, here's another option to consider: Don't drink milk.

x-files

stephenl — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 04:01:20 GMT

too exhausted right now, but please remind me to write a post about how the latest X-Files movie is the worst movie ever made. Should have listened to your advice, lunchcat.

Holy shit was that movie bad.