Kyle Kerr

I Should Be Packing…

08/23/07 | Maui, Movies, Procrastination | 0 Comments

There’s about 20 hours left until I leave for Maui (7AM flight, 14 hour trip, oy).  I have so much stuff to do before I leave, too.  Do you guys know that I haven’t started packing yet?  Do you know that I still have laundry to do before I CAN pack?  I also have to go to the bank, to the post office, the store, start rereading The Silence of the Lambs at Gary Braver’s request for the retreat portion of the trip, and call a cab company to make sure I have a way to get TO the airport at 4:30 tomorrow morning.  Fun… Yeah, yeah, I know.  Does “Professional Procrastinator” not mean anything these days?  I’ll get everything done.  I hope.

One thing to keep me in high spirits on my long flight (besides the booze, that is)?  This message by Gary Braver:

I’m looking forward to working with you on your story, which I think has potential.  You have a smooth and engaging narrative style.

Can you feel the heat coming off my face right now?  I’ve gotten compliments before (as well as scathing reviews), but to hear that from a bestselling author?

On a side note I went to see the movie Stardust yesterday.

It was surprisingly well done (not that I had any notion of what to expect… I just knew it hasn’t been doing too well at the box office).  Claire Danes is glowing as usual, and relative newcomer Charlie Cox plays an all around good performance as well.  One of the real surprises of the movie was Robert De Niro’s cross dressing, tea making, piano playing (and swashbuckling?) Captain Shakespeare.  Totally unexpected, totally hilarious.  Pretty good special effects (though sometimes a little cheesy, but always worth it), and I wish the witch duel could have lasted a little longer (you’ll have to watch it to know what I mean!).  Definitely worth the time and money to see.

Okay, I must get back to my Maui checklist.  Next time you hear from me I’ll be roasting!

Until next…

Kyle W. Kerr