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47,600 Strangers on a Train

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As a freelancer that lives in Santa Ana and books work in Burbank, I luck out sometimes and get an entire week of days at one particular location that I'll call "The Tower."  What this means is that even though I have this horrible, long commute no matter what, I can sometimes buy a Metro Link ten trip pass and ride the train in.  It still takes roughly two hours door to door, but I can spend that time reading, watching a movie or even writing.

It's a pretty big challenge to actually write on the train.  There aren't many tables and since the train shakes around quite a bit, it can be a challenge just to get the right keys pressed on a keyboard or make recognizable letters in a notebook.  However, it is some quality time disconnected from the distractions of the internet; a personal weakness of mine.  On the train there is no wifi and I'm way too cheap to buy yet another data service beyond what I already use at Starbucks.

It was foggy standing at the train station this morning so I wanted to watch something light; something fluffy.  Something with a cute bunny rabbit.

I watched a five minute short by Pixar called "Presto."  Pretty revealing little demonstration of story that follows the "Save the Cat" structure by Blake Snyder, so I had to write a bit about that on the trip up.  You can find it in the "Scriptwriting" part of the forums.