Following BrevityTV’s launch we’ve been posting a stump speech from a new presidential “candidate” each day. Well, they’ve spoken, and it’s time for you to cast your vote. Which candidate speaks to the issues of true importance to you? Is this year’s election about health care to you? The economy? Cabbages and Bear Traps?

Having been the guy who edited these together, I can say one thing… I’m sick and tired of “Hail to the Chief.” I think I’d have to actually BE president to be any more tired of “Hail to the Chief.”

So. Vote lots over at BrevityTV.com. (By the way, we here at ScreenwriterGuy.com have officially decided to throw our superdelegate endorsement behind Tommy McCoy, Cancer Boy. Of course, we’re biased.)

Friday:  Writers meeting.  Review applicants for new writers with current writers.  Somewhere that day I did some writing, too, though I didn’t finish.  That’s my curse lately.

Saturday:   Do lunch with potential producer. Audition new actors for our ensemble.  Pool hall gathering with all of Brevity crew to celebrate the launch of our site.

Sunday:  Meet with editor on piece I directed recently (the one of which I’m most proud… coming the site next month.)  Sort Brevity e-mail.  Do post-production on other projects.  Work on site.

Today:  Meet finalist writing candidates.  Three of them, all good, all for different reasons.  Must select only one.  Am I the only one who thinks of a Highlander-style competition?

Life is good.  If only there were a paycheck, I’d have accomplished my goals in life.  As it is, I keep squeezing the whole rent-paying kid ensmartening into the schedule.  Sleep optional. Sigh.  Someone hire me.  I’m good.

Watching the political campaign over the past few months, I’ve been disappointed to see Barack Obama occasionally falter in his effort to elevate this year’s political campaigning.  As he put it, “You get elbowed enough, eventually you start throwing some back.”

I can’t help comparing Barack’s struggle to that of Luke Skywalker in the Star Wars trilogy.  Among the things George Lucas got right in creating his masterwork was a cogent examination of how much more difficult it can be to take the high road.  As the Pennsylvania primary unfolded, I realized that the Obama campaign needs no strategy more complicated than resisting the dark side of the force.

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If you’ve been following the daily posts to BrevityTV, you know we’ve been putting up a new third-party candidate stump speech each day. Well, I just recorded the last of them, and it’s starring… (drum roll…) me. (End drum roll with disappointed trumpet fart…) Long story short, we had too many of them, and ran out of actors.

And so, readers of ScreenwriterGuy.com, you will have your chance to see me tackle that other side of the camera. The one where the talking props stand. My piece is scheduled to premiere on Monday, mid-day. Prepare yourselves for a serious slice of ham. To be fair, the beard did most of the acting.

Once all ten are published, we’re going to allow people to vote (assuming I can figure out the code…) and from there select candidates for run-off debates and elections. Please don’t vote for me. I’m going to go shave right now, and I don’t want to have to grow it out again.

I realize it’s been a while since I’ve posted, but I had good reason: I was in the last sprint of a marathon.  But the work of an entire collective of creatives is now available on the internet.

BREVITYTV.COM is live!

For the first ten days it’s up, we’re posting a new presidential stump speech each day.  After that, the aim is to put a new sketch up every week, usually Mondays.  Don’t know if we’ll pull it off every week, but we do have a lot of material in various stages; so far so good.  Still a lot of work ahead, but this is a cool milestone.

Enjoy!