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Soooo...hi.
Let me explain. The past six months have been a whirlpool full of whirlwind. After a long trip home to New York for Thanksgiving, I took a long trip home to Missouri for Christmas. After that, my writing partner and I completed a pilot script for ABC Studios and the Fox network. After that, we started back at It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, earlier than expected. Most of the fifth season has been written, including our episode, which involves Kitten Mittens. We wrote and turned in a feature film comedy script. Somewhere in the mix I paid off my credit card debt and acquired a girlfriend (unrelated events). I been busy.
The next several months look busy as well. Sonny and I signed on to handle the DVD content for the fourth season (the last one that aired) of Sunny, the DVD content for the fifth season (which will be airing this Septemberish), the DVD content for the upcoming DVD Christmas special (which should drop around...you guessed it!), and, as we did last year, all of the original website and blog content.
Am I complaining? Lord no. A year and a half ago I was so out of my gourd and poor that I was forced to murder and eat a family of four. (Tip: If you're going to murder and eat a family of four, regardless of your sexual orientation, start with the females. It's just a more tender cut of meat.) I still stand by my prediction, made years ago, that the world will end in 2020. And things have only gotten worse since I wrote THIS POST. America is a complete shambles right now and I realize how incredibly lucky I am to have gainful employment (not sure what "gainful" means) in this economy.
But obviously this blog has fallen by the wayside (not sure what "wayside" means). For those of you who had to come here every day only to stare at Mickey Rourke's ugly mug one more time, I'm sorry. As I've explained before, when you spend most of your time writing for money, it's hard to convince yourself to write for pleasure. It's like the fisherman who would rather gouge out an eye than eat some halibut. Or the magician who doesn't feel like doing his tricks during his down time, thank you very much. Or the serial rapist who just wants to cuddle with his wife when he gets home.
But I'm going to work on it. I can't believe it's the end of March and I haven't discussed my favorite movies and music of 2008. Those lists are coming. But the in-depth movie reviews will probably go. I can talk all the shit I want about the new U2 album (and I intend to), but I can do that because I'm not professionally making music and I will likely never grab a pint with Bono. I can't keep dumping on movies, because I've been meeting and becoming friends with a lot of people who write and direct them. Doing the reviews has always been fun for me, but I can't risk pissing off people I may potentially work with someday. Not that they're all poring over this site, of course, but it seems needlessly risky and dumb. This is why I don't write about television much anymore, it's not a good career strategy. This is why I don't write about my family and ex-girlfriends much anymore, you have to see these people again. It might not make for as edgy a blog, but I'm an adult and I've got a life to maintain.
But I am back, and will try to post with more frequency. Going by my current rate of one post every three months, this should not be difficult. As for you, thanks for not going anywhere!
Welcome back. I never thought I would update my blog more frequently than
you, but that happened for a little bit there. Odd. So happy to hear
about more Sunny, especially a Christmas special(!) as well as your many
other projects. And congrats on successful and continued employment (I
figured that had to do with your absence). I just became unemployed
myself. You need an assistant?
-M
at least we don't get treated to that bracing pic of Mickey Rourke anymore,
thank god. No worries on "selling out." In the age of Obama, the Overshare
is over, and the Lena Chens of the world seem so déclassé. Nobody needs to
read that shit, it's what sexting was invented for.
Glad you're alive and well. Sell out, schmell out. You go Dude! Can't
wait to see what you have in store for us.
Well, looks like you're going to lose out on the Oscar-winning The Edge
biopic of 2021. Oh well.
Wait... you've been single this whole time? Damn it.
Sooooo...you're not the reason BAG and Megan Fox broke up?
I also meant to chime in that in this era of getting "Facebook-fired" (and
even "Twitter-fired"--google "Cisco Fatty") that anything in the public
realm like our blogs are somewhat risky for our livelihoods, not to mention
personal relationships. It's unfortunate, but even with my desk job, I
have to filter my posts through my boss's eyes as well as in-law's eyes.
My complaints have to be really general -- like "work is so busy" or
"someone" drove me crazy the other day... Or they have to be about me. So
I can only imagine that with a public job as yours, you'd really want to
limit your risks. But I'm sure you've got plenty of good stuff to say...
like music recommendations. I just got my first iPhone/iPod and can now
participate in iPod shuffles!
Thanks...Roger!
thank god you're back. i was def one of those guys who would anxiously
check in every week just to be disappointed by a pic of Mickey Rourke's
bloody decrepit body - which I can only assume resembles Chris Benoit's
corpse right now. (too soon?)
Waiting eagerly for the U2 review. Sunny is great, Pat. Haven't spoken in
forever. Sounds like things are going great. Congrats!
I hate you and all you stand for... you're bad for America
Hey, I have a big favor to ask... Sorry to be the neurotic Mommy that I am,
but I get at least one hit from your The Pedo File entry every day. It's
starting to creep me out. Would you be my friend and delete my comment
from that entry? Thanks Patrick.
Hey Patrick-
I'm new to your blog. Love it, man.
Kitten Mittens!!!!! I just posted the Always Sunny promo vid that uses the
Kitten Mittens bit onto my facebook page. It cracks me up, so funny...
THANK YOU for writing that!!!!