Thursday, July 01, 2004
Meanwhile, back in Joensuu our hero dodges fireball after fireball spit from the angry, drooling mouth of the dragon. Singed by the heat, he moves quickly to the castle where the secret of the kingdom is protected by this beast of fire and fury. Scuttling underneath the outstretched legs of the enormous reptile, he lifts his blade and slashes at the soft underbelly of his menacing foe. Screams of pain ring in his ears as shouts of joy can be heard from the townsfolk in the background. "The beast is slain!"
This about sums up my day here at the office. There is not a whole helluva lot going on right now. I'm taking a break from the Vampire story and moving on to something a little less consuming. This weekend will mark the first weekend that K and I are in Joensuu since May 1, but alas we will have guests. So, as it stands, London follows this weekend and then Pori Jazz the following weekend where we will get to see Stevie Wonder. After that Karoliina will remain in Turku for a couple of weeks and then I will join her in Helsinki for a weekend before we return home on the 1st of August or Elokuu. That means, if my math is correct, we will not be in Joensuu alone together from May 1 until August 8 - so much for a relaxing summer. OK sure, we've traveled and seen all our friends, but man. I long for the day when we will be in Helsinki and traveling around Finland won't be nearly as time consuming and as expensive. Hopefully that day will come sooner than later - hence the work on the vampire story.
I am hoping to have a 7-10 page treatment ready to give to a production company and once I get a letter of interest from them, I can take both documents to the Finnish Film Foundation and get a grant to write the script full-time. I just have to complete the treatment, and since it takes me a long time to pitch in words - as there are so many details to the story (a good thing, mind you) - it will take a while to write well. But I should have ample time on my hands. And since the weather is still cold and wet it's not like I'll be spending all my time at the beach, which happens to be a five minute walk from our door.
Although, I will admit that yesterday I was a big fan of the cold and wet. It kept the bugs away and created a nice breeze which filled our house with cool air for the first time in weeks (I was going to say months, but it really is weeks. I shouldn't lie). Speaking of cool air, we won't be getting much of that in London. Apparently K realized that the reviews of the hotel that she got for us has rooms and suites and the suites have a/c whereas the rooms do not. Oh well, it's not like we're living with a/c now so I think we'll manage.
Apparently the hotel is in an excellent neighborhood, right near Kensington and Hyde Park. Admittedly, my London geography is novice at best, but I think I know that those are two cool places. And the more cool places the merrier because I aín't doing no shopping there. Done spent way too much cash in the US and I's got to be saving the dough. Word.
hb out
This about sums up my day here at the office. There is not a whole helluva lot going on right now. I'm taking a break from the Vampire story and moving on to something a little less consuming. This weekend will mark the first weekend that K and I are in Joensuu since May 1, but alas we will have guests. So, as it stands, London follows this weekend and then Pori Jazz the following weekend where we will get to see Stevie Wonder. After that Karoliina will remain in Turku for a couple of weeks and then I will join her in Helsinki for a weekend before we return home on the 1st of August or Elokuu. That means, if my math is correct, we will not be in Joensuu alone together from May 1 until August 8 - so much for a relaxing summer. OK sure, we've traveled and seen all our friends, but man. I long for the day when we will be in Helsinki and traveling around Finland won't be nearly as time consuming and as expensive. Hopefully that day will come sooner than later - hence the work on the vampire story.
I am hoping to have a 7-10 page treatment ready to give to a production company and once I get a letter of interest from them, I can take both documents to the Finnish Film Foundation and get a grant to write the script full-time. I just have to complete the treatment, and since it takes me a long time to pitch in words - as there are so many details to the story (a good thing, mind you) - it will take a while to write well. But I should have ample time on my hands. And since the weather is still cold and wet it's not like I'll be spending all my time at the beach, which happens to be a five minute walk from our door.
Although, I will admit that yesterday I was a big fan of the cold and wet. It kept the bugs away and created a nice breeze which filled our house with cool air for the first time in weeks (I was going to say months, but it really is weeks. I shouldn't lie). Speaking of cool air, we won't be getting much of that in London. Apparently K realized that the reviews of the hotel that she got for us has rooms and suites and the suites have a/c whereas the rooms do not. Oh well, it's not like we're living with a/c now so I think we'll manage.
Apparently the hotel is in an excellent neighborhood, right near Kensington and Hyde Park. Admittedly, my London geography is novice at best, but I think I know that those are two cool places. And the more cool places the merrier because I aín't doing no shopping there. Done spent way too much cash in the US and I's got to be saving the dough. Word.
hb out
// posted by Howard @ 1:38 PM 
