Posted by: haley isleib | May 18, 2013

behind door three…

yesterday at the oregon scbwi conference, this was next to my parking spot:

behind door three...

choose.

why are there three manhole-type covers? in a row? mysterious.

clearly they each lead to entirely different realms. your fate is determined by which you choose. but you have no way of knowing what lies behind (er, under) each portal.

maybe in reality, these don’t lead down to a labyrinth of subterranean tunnels filled with unhappy monsters, or to a storm-battered ledge on an alien mountain, or to the magic shoe closet of a spoiled princelet bent on world domination.

maybe.

 

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Posted by: haley isleib | April 28, 2013

comics, buzzed

stumptown comics fest 2013 is underway. i’m going this afternoon to help at the library’s table, whilst other library friends circulate on a mission to “select” (read: purchase) new titles to add to the library’s collection.

i’ve also re-connected up with long-lost pal jason sacks, who once upon a time introduced me to the world’s toughest milk man. his comics obsession (his word) led him to comics bulletin. he’s the publisher now, and it is awesome, and you should totally check it out.

last week at the library, i attended a session called “comic book buzz” about upcoming or just-out comics from local presses: dark horse, oni, and top shelf. i learned two things i already knew: people involved in comics are funny and smart, and there really is something for everyone in the vast universe of sequential art.

 

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Posted by: haley isleib | March 28, 2013

getting bioshocked

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don’t call me this week, i’m busy

 

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Posted by: haley isleib | March 23, 2013

screenplay contests 2013

i made a copy of my screenplay contest spreadsheet for a couple friends. then i thought, hey, i like you too — i should share with you. so here it is.

fyi, i’ve embedded it above because who doesn’t love a little embedding? but you can click on the link and go to the full-sized spreadsheet: 2013 screenplay contest spreadsheet

no doubt there are more contests i haven’t heard about. the big Awesome is the nicholl fellowship. close to that awesomeness level: austin, page, and big break are a few of the others with the best rep out there on the interwebs.

if you haven’t heard of it, withoutabox is a site where you can discover all sorts of filmish festivals and more. “the world’s largest independent film community,” they say. when you submit your script electronically, lots of times it will go through withoutabox. in case you don’t know what to think about this whole electronic submission thingy, let me assure you that it is fanfrickintastic.

i hearby totally don’t promise to keep this spreadsheet up-to-date.

 

 

 

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Posted by: haley isleib | March 15, 2013

3D-ish

a couple of days ago i popped over to my neighbor’s house for a glass of wine and a mini-concert of her son playing the theme from plants vs. zombies on his violin. the conversation turned to 3D printing at home. and quickly progressed to talk of home-making our own action figures, of ourselves, or of a grandpa, or something. fortunately just before we might have started talking about cape colors, her other son started singing “i believe i can fly.”

i don’t sew.

so i’m thinking 3D printing could make the whole voodoo doll thing a way more precise deal. plus, with 3D printing i think perverts are going to have so so much fun in the next couple of decades, fabricating 3D dolls of whoever they want. (now add robotics for a fuller pic.) i guess i’m happy for them.

but mainly what i want is for 3D printing to hurry up and perfect organ-printing so no one has to wait on a transplant list. like, ever again.

c’mon, science! you can do this.

 

 

 

 

 

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Posted by: haley isleib | March 6, 2013

she flies with her own wings

willamette writers now has alis volat propriis linked on their site. there’s still time for you to enter this year’s contest. so get crackin’. or get kraken. imagine a kraken that can only be placated by you writing an awesome little script for this contest.

worked for me.

 

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Posted by: haley isleib | January 14, 2013

i’ll be speaking at the willamette writers meeting next month

hey!

tuesday 2/5/13 — willamette writers meeting at the old church. i’ll be there, talking about how to chase down inspiration and make it yours.

award for alis

 

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Posted by: haley isleib | September 21, 2012

when life gives you turds, don’t try to make lemonade

secret mottoes? okay, i do have one.

here’s something i learned in the usual way (the hard one): when life gives you turds, don’t try to make lemonade. you know? sometimes looking on the bright side of things, or being super clever, or turning your frown upside down, etc., doesn’t do you any good. you cannot make a refreshing summer beverage out of poo.

when life gives you turds, don’t pick them up. if you have to pick them up for some reason, do not squeeze them.

you’re welcome.

 

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Posted by: haley isleib | August 9, 2012

to be dead

to be dead is to stop believing in the masterpieces we will create tomorrow. ~patrick kavanaugh, poet

i have this book of poetry from way the heck back in college; this is the first line of a poem that i have remembered and returned to over the years. later in the poem things take a turn for the bitter: you know no one loves you for what you have done, but for what you might do.

what’s odd to me now is that it is the later line that has stuck in my head. i went right for the bitterness of the “dead” narrator, clinging to past accomplishments. this last time when i went back to the poem again — the first line hits me. smack. i get it.

to be alive is to love the blank page for its true nature: an opening in the universe that invites you in.

collected poems (norton) by patrick kavanagh

 

 

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Posted by: haley isleib | July 31, 2012

alis volat propriis

she flies with her own wings.

this is the official translation of the oregon state motto. nope, i didn’t know that either. but as i was grappling with the theme for the recent willamette writers filmlab script-to-film contest, i came across the oregon motto. the contest “theme” was kind of ramble-y, “a northwest flavor to the wild wild west…” i mean, question mark? it seemed like they were being super-specific, in a vastly-vague kind of a way. i finally broke down and did some research on this fine state that i’ve been living in.

turns out, alis volat propriis.

and so do i.

 

 

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