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Los Angeles council OKs law protecting cyclists from harassment

LA Times story on new law protecting bicyclists!

Photo: Arbron

I know I haven’t posted much of anything in July. There is a reason for this and the reason is, I’m in the process of moving to another city (to Los Angeles from Palm Springs) and this is taking much longer than anticipated. I was supposed to move July 1, then July 8, then July 15, and now it looks like I’m finally going to be able to move on Monday, July 25.

The reason? Delayed escrow closing in Palm Springs. This has got to be one of the more stressful things I’ve dealt with in years, and has on its own given me a nice case of adult ADD and insomnia. One of the results is not being able to focus long enough to write a post.

I had found an apartment, put it on hold, then with the delays it could not be held for me any longer. Earlier this week, I went back to L.A. and found a place, suggested by a friend, which actually is a much better deal than the first place, so I should be (and I am!) grateful for the SNAFU* which had rendered my life FUBAR**. It’s not exactly all rainbows and balloons now, but edging closer every day.

Anyway, to the link. Loved this story about how local government is actually doing some good things – like sticking up for bicyclists, who in places like L.A. don’t get much respect. This law allows civil lawsuits for harassment from bicyclists against asshole drivers, so there doesn’t need to be a law enforcement arrest before such remedies can be sought. Perhaps, eventually, this is a path toward greater recognition of the necessity of sharing the road, or at the very least, acknowledgment of the existence of bicycles on the road.

Be careful out there and wear those helmets (OK, me too).

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TV dramas losing favor with busy television viewers

Television: TV dramas are losing favor with busy television viewers

Ah, the dilemma of the multitasking viewer.

Interesting story (by Joe Flint) above in the Los Angeles Times about how difficult it is to keep viewers interested in any but the most simplistic plotlines. One executive says “most viewers are watching television with a laptop on their legs,” which is an obvious exaggeration, but according to other research cited, about 20% of the audience is using a computer, an Ipad or a smartphone while trying to keep up with a network drama plot.

The result isn’t good for anyone involved with drama from the creatives involved to the execs to the companies buying ads that no one is watching. From where I sit, this means fewer jobs than ever for writers in Hollywood. Also from where I sit as a fan and TV viewer, it means more inane reality series. Please, please, don’t foist more real housewives upon us, I think we get it!

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In public, where I used to occupy my hands with something like smoking (quit 20 years ago) now to combat nervousness or boredom I do the same thing, play with Iphone.Tap, tap, tap, slide.

I can’t tell you how long it takes me to get through a 43 minute episode of a standard TV drama on Hulu or Netflix. Because I constantly pause, check other things, get up and go to the kitchen, the bathroom, the mailbox, the whatever. I will say I always return, and rarely if ever do I bail on an episode once I’ve started. If you’d told me years ago I’d develop this kind of technology-inspired adult ADD I’d have said you were nuts.

But here I am. So, ‘fess up, who else multitasks while watching TV?

Nothing Much Happened.

Dear Documentary Filmmakers: Road Trips | what (not) to doc.

From a road trip, in Texas

It’s one of those days where I’m too pooped out to think of much of anything, much less anything original and weighty. Maybe it was the buffet breakfast at the Casino this morning. Maybe it was the time change last weekend just catching up with me. Perhaps it’s just a flaw of my adult-onset ADD.
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But I love this post from Basil Tsiokos. Good advice for documentary filmmakers, just ’cause you’re on a road trip and going places where perhaps you’ve never been, doesn’t mean we want or need to go with you. Also, I would add to Basil’s sage advice – if you’re young, please note that you’re not inventing life although it seems that way to you – so best to have something original to say about whatever it is you’re seeing with that camera.

So, read the link to Basil’s important and funny comment. Regarding the picture here, it’s from a road trip. It was not a movie. I was driving from Wisconsin to California in November, and this abandoned truckstop/gas station/campground/Quonset paradise in Texas intrigued me, so I took a picture. But I didn’t make it into a movie. I knew you wouldn’t want that! Have a great weekend, everybody. I hear Spring returns on Sunday.