steee-RIKE!

yes, friends, in a showing of solidarity with my (future) fellow writers, i, too, have decided to go on strike. Matt White Goes to Hollywood is officially closed for business!



i wish.

i sit at work all day and read all the hollywood gossip rags, trades, blogs and long to be on the picket lines as well. why? well...it just looks like so much fun! all the smartest, funniest, wittiest mo-fo's in town all huddled together chanting. you just know they're having a laugh! it's a club, and i want IN. in fact, it's the only club in Hollywood for which i'd ever stand in a line or pay a cover (dues). i guess i just need...patience. yes, patience... that's the ticket.

in case you noticed, i did use the "w" word above. i've been WORKING again for the last couple of weeks. and you all know how much i hate to work. hence the lack o' blog for awhile. i'm script supervising the 2007 Victoria Secr3t Fashion Show.

oh, boo frickitty hooo, matt!

yes. woe is me indeed. i'm not complaining about the content. but, well, work is work. no matter how beautiful or scantily clad it is sometimes. basically, if a "thing" -- anything -- requires me getting out of bed before noon, it's only a matter of time before i will resent said "thing" with all my being. which is why i will no doubt hate my own children one day. but let's save that blog for another decade, shall we...

i have managed to interject some good times into my life despite my daily grind of sitting in a window-less room in the basement of the Kodak Theatre. why, just last week for instance, i flew to NYC for a whirlwind of a weekend to witness the holy matrimonial vows of my friend Seh (Seh Wa?). it was my first Korean wedding, and i was not about to miss that.

Did You Know...

- that in Korean weddings it's custom for the bride to be escorted down the aisle by her last three ex-boyfriends. the former boyfriends then untie her and hand her over to the groom as a symbol of "here you go. take her, she's all yours."

- that in Korean weddings, the pastor takes a knife fashioned from iron ore found only in the depths of Baekdu Mountain and makes a small puncture in the groom's palm. blood is then squeezed from the palm into a silver chalice. the bride must then drink from the chalice as a symbol of eternal servitude. if any blood remains in the chalice, the pastor then smears it on the train of her white dress -- an embarrassing symbol of "unworthiness." (fortunately this did not happen)

- that in Korean weddings, instead of saying "you may now kiss the bride" the pastor says "you may now initiate your rite." on that cue, the groom then goes to kiss the bride. but when she kisses him back, he bites her on the tongue. then, while her tongue is between his teeth, he lightly punches her in the stomach to "ready the womb."

- that in Korean weddings, instead of throwing rice, the wedding-goers throw dried sea gull feces. but not just any gull feces -- only the feces belonging to clusters of gulls living on the eastern shores of Ganghwado, Korea's 5th largest island. the thrown dried feces is directed mainly towards the bride, its medicinal properties said to aid in a long and fertile life.

- that in Korean weddings, you bring your wedding gift to the CHURCH and not to the reception hall. CRAZY!



I got another four days of work left ahead of me. after that i'm hopping on a plane back to Pennsylvania for Thanksgiving/10-year High School Reunion. yike-aroooo!

til next time...and to all the writers out there, UNION FOREVER!!