Engraved in history

Okay, it’s been a while. I can explain.

Last Thursday I got to stay home and write half of the fifth. By the ‘fifth’ I mean the Friday episode for the week we were plotting. If you watch Neighbours on Friday, 28 May 2008 that first half of the episode is mine. By that, I mean half the action. None of the dialogue. Or the directing. Or the acting. But all the things that happen are mine. Except for the bits that’ll inevitably get changed. YAY I’M FAMOUS!!

Writing out half an episode should take about half-a-day to a day, tops - but it was my first time, and my son’s birthday, and I live in fucking pollenland, so it took until 2am Friday morning and again from 6:30am to 2:30pm Friday morning. I got a bit exhausted.

But now it’s Monday again, time to write another whole week’s worth of stories. This morning began with my usual two hours of commuting, where I tried to brainstorm ideas for the week ahead. To get my brain to a more creative place I pulled up some Brian Eno. Neighbours and Brian Eno – not an obvious coupling, but there is a link. If you’ve ever seen Richard Lowenstein’s Dogs In Space you might recall the scene where the happily drugged-out kiddies root to Eno’s Sky Saw. Well, Dogs In Space was set in Richmond, and the house used in the film is write around the corner from where we write Neighbours. Therefore neighbours = Richmond = rooting kiddies = Dogs In Space = Brian Eno. Simple! And yes, Michael Hutchence would also do the trick. I really don’t think anything says young love better than INXS’ Never Tear Us Apart, anyway.