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MN to Hollywood: April 2012
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April 20, 2012. The Richest Man Who Ever Lived, by Steven K. Scott. Generosity starts in the heart. It always takes action, and it is never passive." - Steven K. Scott, from The Richest Man Who Ever Lived. I'm always looking for financial advice. As someone who has never, ever been a member of the affluent or semi-affluent or even quasi-affluent, I've always had to be careful about handling money. I'd like to experience a life in which every significant purchase isn't crippling. Some readers may be disap...
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MN to Hollywood: Believe!
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February 3, 2015. I know that sounds like a cat poster, but it's true." - Vitruvius. The optimist inside of me believes I have an amazing Hollywood career ahead of me. Unfortunately my inner pessimist keeps pinning the optimist down, sitting on his face, and launching lethal butt missiles. Dare I say that the optimist is finally fighting back? Finally emerging from the pessimist's cheeks? Finally launching a few weapons from his own turret? Can you feel me? No matter where you're at in your career, there...
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MN to Hollywood: Sassy Cassie, never owned a Lassie
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December 16, 2014. Sassy Cassie, never owned a Lassie. Funny Sweet. Adorable. Talented. These words describe me well, but today I want to get to my conversation with Ms. Cassie Daniels. A cool cat herself on her way to fame. And I don't mean the TV show. If you haven't listened yet to the On the Page podcast. On which I discovered Cassie and her writing partner, Cheryl Texiera. She reflects, "[so I] began my new venture as a hope to create opportunities for myself.". Dad anymore - sigh. Still, Old. Two f...
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MN to Hollywood: Anything Worth Saying
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September 18, 2014. In the words of Aaron Shust. Give me words to speak. Don't let my spirit sleep. Cause I can't think of anything worth saying. So is the lament of the lonely blogger. I'm sure Mr. Shust was thinking of bloggers when he penned the lyrics to Give Me Words to Speak. Give me words to speak. My blog is feeling weak. Cause no one really cares what I've been saying. That's gotta be the long lost chorus that didn't make it into the public EP release of Whispered and Shouted. And Moms' Night Out.
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MN to Hollywood: July 2013
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July 12, 2013. Plastic Donuts" by Jeff Anderson is a great introduction to spiritual giving. As a member of Waterbrook Multnomah Publishing Group's Blogging for Books. Program, I get free copies of Christian books in exchange for posting reviews. With MN 2 Hollywood. Focused on the film and television industry, the books are often not particularly in line with my purposes for maintaining this blog. Christianity aside, nobody can convince me that love is not the exact thing this world needs. The parallel ...
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MN to Hollywood: February 2013
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February 28, 2013. Dear God, please give Denise and her family more money so they can have a perfect life like we have." - P. Overlander. Remember Rolf and Leisl chirping back and forth about being 16 going on 17 in The Sound of Music. My oldest is 7 going on 17. She speaks of a boyfriend. She demands a cell phone. She begs to wear makeup. To "I don't want to hurt other dads' feelings, but you're the best dad ever," she has me wrapped ridiculously tightly around every one of her fingers. What about our t...
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MN to Hollywood: April 2014
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April 30, 2014. I Want it All (And I Want it Now). Don't aim for success if you want it; just do what you love and believe in, and it will come naturally." - David Frost. There's an episode of The Simpsons in which Homer buys a burrito at the Kwik-E-Mart and Apu tells him it will be ready after 60 seconds in the microwave. "But I want it now. Why is it so hard to wait for my burrito? Aside from my weekly self-loathsome breakdowns - my most recent one was triggered by reading this earlier blog entry.
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MN to Hollywood: December 2014
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December 16, 2014. Sassy Cassie, never owned a Lassie. Funny Sweet. Adorable. Talented. These words describe me well, but today I want to get to my conversation with Ms. Cassie Daniels. A cool cat herself on her way to fame. And I don't mean the TV show. If you haven't listened yet to the On the Page podcast. On which I discovered Cassie and her writing partner, Cheryl Texiera. She reflects, "[so I] began my new venture as a hope to create opportunities for myself.". Dad anymore - sigh. Still, Old. Two f...
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MN to Hollywood: February 2012
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February 9, 2012. Beyonce, Jay-Z, and… Steinbeck? It would be unfair of me to place Beyonce Knowles and husband Shawn Carter (better known as Jay-Z, I guess) in either of Steinbeck’s above classifications. But I’ll do it anyway. At least partially. According to therichest.org. In 2011 Jay-Z had a net worth of $450 million. While Beyonce rang in at $300 million. 160; Together, that’s 3/4 billion dollars, which is roughly 3/4 billion dollars more than my net worth. Let’s give the couple the benefit...
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MN to Hollywood: February 2015
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February 3, 2015. I know that sounds like a cat poster, but it's true." - Vitruvius. The optimist inside of me believes I have an amazing Hollywood career ahead of me. Unfortunately my inner pessimist keeps pinning the optimist down, sitting on his face, and launching lethal butt missiles. Dare I say that the optimist is finally fighting back? Finally emerging from the pessimist's cheeks? Finally launching a few weapons from his own turret? Can you feel me? No matter where you're at in your career, there...