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The Death of an Ex
15th March | 1 comments | 1 person likes this
Last week I discovered that the man I lived with for four years in my early twenties had died. Not only that, he'd died two years ago.
This was a man who worked out regularly, played a mean guitar, never smoked, drank in moderation and who suffered a fatal heart attack.
Our break up was amicable and although we hadn't been in contact for the best part of a decade, I've spent... -
Spring Has Sprung
8th March | 1 comments | 1 person likes this
It feels like spring is in the air. Maybe it's because the Oscars are over, or the fact that it hasn't rained for a while but last week I pulled my dust-covered flip-flops out of my walk-in closet instead of my Ugg boots.
Then I saw the state of my winter feet, threw the flip-flops to one side and put my boots back on. Hobbit-feet are singularly unattractive in a woman.... -
Hollywood Brunch
25th February | 1 comments | 1 person likes this
Last week, the pictures of both Cheryl Cole arriving at a recording studio in Hollywood and Simon Cowell strolling around his manicured Bel Air neighbourhood, made me chuckle. It's no wonder that people aspire to this kind of lifestyle - it looks so perfect and I suppose on some levels it is.
Before I moved to LA I had a very one-dimensional view of how people lived here, informed mostly by... -
Salvation at the Salton Sea
10th February | 3 comments | 1 person likes this
I escaped the Superbowl last weekend, and in some style.
Taking advantage of the empty roads, my boyfriend and I decided last minute to drive to the Joshua Tree National Park, where I discovered a world so far from Hollywood, so strange, surreal and downright scary, that four days on, I'm still wondering whether or not it was all a dream.
We spent the night in the desert at the 29 Palms... -
Meet and tweet
1st February | 1 comments | 2 people like this
Last week, I hung out with my friend Jay D, who I met almost three years ago at Writers Boot Camp. It's funny who you stay in touch with. We've probably seen each other three times in three years – his wife thinks I'm his imaginary friend - but they recently moved to my neighbourhood so now we have lots of opportunity to play catch up.
After arranging and re-arranging the... -
Lisa’s Big Adventure
25th January | 3 comments | 2 people like this
Remember Pee Wee Herman? Probably not – well start Googling because Pee Wee is back. I saw a preview of his new show which is currently at Club Nokia in downtown LA.
His Eighties television show wasn't really on my radar but I remember his movie Pee Wee's Big Adventure and of course, his dramatic (though in hindsight, not that dramatic) fall from grace in 1991. The show which features, among... -
Pandora and the buggy ride
14th January | 1 comments | 2 people like this
I finally got around to seeing Avatar in 3-D tonight. Always fun with a sinus infection. I'm not sure if it was me or the antibiotics but the planet of Pandora reminded me of living in Tenerife in my early twenties.
There aren't many people who could find similarities between the Na'vi and those who threw up regularly after a night out clubbing in Playa de las Americas, but all can... -
The Marksies Awards 2010!
4th January | 1 comments | 2 people like this
And so with a New Year comes gong season, which means it's time for the awards that literally nobody in Hollywood has been waiting for – The Marksies.
The Golden Globes may have Ricky Gervais and yes, a billion people will be watching the Oscars but the first annual 'Marksies' pays homage to those people who are over-looked by many but who, in the past 12 months, have entertained me with... -
Merry Happy!
24th December 2009 | 0 comments | 2 people like this
I stole 'Merry Happy', my cheeky non-denominational salutation from the latest episode of NBC's Community. I think I've watched it ten times in the last week and it still makes me laugh out loud. You don't have it over here yet but I insist you watch it when it airs next year.
So here's my slightly shorter Christmas blog - a tasty morsel which heralds the way for 'the Marksies', my... -
It’s not THAT complicated
18th December 2009 | 0 comments | 1 person likes this
Panels. No, not the type you beat but the kind where you sit in an auditorium hoping against hope that the experts in front of you will dust you with their wisdom, are a popular way to lose a couple of hours in Hollywood.
As an aspiring screenwriter I'm happy to go where the knowledge is – my theory being that if you situate yourself near greatness, some of it will...
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Lisa Marks
British writer Lisa Marks moved to Los Angeles two years ago to pursue her dream of 'making it' as a screen-writer in Hollywood. A few months after arriving in the States her short film, Maconie's List, won the Duke City Shootout film festival. Directing her own short was a dream come true and now her goal is to sell a feature. She can generally be found tapping away at her laptop in any number of coffee shops muttering furiously to herself. Don't worry, this is all perfectly normal.
