Easy Fiend
Special Open Salon Edition
Denis Faye
- Location
- Redondo Beach, California, USA
- Birthday
- April 27
- Bio
- I'm a screenwriter, comic book writer, journalist and dad living a hellish existence in Redondo Beach, California. My blog, www.easyfiend.com, has a small, passionate and occasionally stress-inducing cult following. I have the magical ability to do the wrong thing in almost any situation. Come on in and enjoy the magic.
MY RECENT POSTS
- Paul's well that ends well
September 16, 2009 09:22AM - An ending and a beginning
September 14, 2009 10:25AM - The Black Cloud over the Black
Hills
September 12, 2009 02:14PM - The French Toast Party
September 09, 2009 04:33PM - My divorce envelope has a
broken clasp
August 25, 2009 07:22PM
MY RECENT COMMENTS
- “Let me rephrase that. I
wasn't being a fan so much as
I had
complete diarrhea
of…”
April 28, 2009 07:01PM - “So, as much as I
appreciate the support, I
gotta say that
Rachel is a
really cool…”
April 28, 2009 06:46PM - “Thanks, people. Sorry
I've been so spotty lately.
Doing my
best...”
February 24, 2009 10:42AM - “Hey Lisa - (Yeah, I'm
still around. I've just been
lurking a
lot lately.) This
is…”
February 16, 2009 05:04PM - “And you're my favorite
kind of comment poster.
Positive,
complimentary and
you lo…”
January 23, 2009 08:46PM
Denis Faye's Links
- My other blogs
- Easy Fiend
- The Monocle & Jimmy Specs
I like to tell anecdotes when I write on Easy Fiend -- tales that flow through a beginning, middle and end. But I haven't written much lately because I haven't been seeing the poetry that flows through life that allows me to turn it into stories; I've just… Read full post »
My friend Pete is a hippy surfer. We first met when I was living Down Under. He was fresh from a divorce and suddenly had a bunch of free time on his hands. I was an advertising art director desperately in need of a little soul. We became best/… Read full post »
I think I was nine when I came up with Alumanum (sic) Man. Like many guys, I spent my boyhood deeply immersed in various fantasies worlds, be they filled with superheroes, space ships or Godzilla. Unlike most guys, I never really moved past that.
There are no surviving
I was reading Wine Enthusiast Magazine's 100 Top Wines issue the other day. (Don't we all?) Of special interest were the goofy "flavors" that the experts use to describe the wines, such as candied pineapple, layers of white currants and dark resin. Wine tasting is a noble endea… Read full post »
I was walking Bruce the Dog on the Strand this morning when a
homeless guy in a sharp-looking, red, Gore-tex jacket jumped up
from the pile of dirt he was sleeping on and yelled at nobody in
particular, "AHHHHHH! Hillary is taking Jefferson's seat!
AHHHH!"
He collapsed, mumbling, "Gonna die." Then… Read full post »
This weekend, I had drinks with a director who's interested in one
of my scripts. Hollywood directors are an interesting bunch. They
have an odd aura that I can't quite put my finger on. People tend
to pay attention to what they say and they always seem to
make sense, no… Read full post »
The first thing I want to say is that holding a contest is a pain
in the butt. I thought it might provide me with days and days of
easy content. Instead, it provided me with hours and hours of guilt
and angst because so many people put so much effort… Read full post »
On a pleasant spring night in 1997, at the National Theatre in Melbourne, Australia, I experienced the most humiliating moment of my life under the withering gaze of the bastard James Ellroy.
Sandie
and I were at the theatre to hear Ellroy read from his
book Ameri
… Read full post »
Until this weekend, in all the hundreds of hours I'd flown, I'd never once read the SkyMall catalogue tucked between the inflight magazine and the barf bag in my seat pocket. I had, however, read SkyMaul, a parody of the publication created by my friend Rob's&nbs… Read full post »
My friend Denise has a gift for writing unintentional double entendres on her Facebook status updates. Her best one so far has been:
"Denise is gonna do some mounting when she gets home ... before going to photo class tonight."
Although she caught all kinds of crap for that,
… Read full post »
Holding a contest like this was a lot more stressful than I thought it would be. So many people put so much thought into their answers. There were several good responses on my regular blog, but the readers here at Open Salon absolutely went bananas. Tolstoy needed Napoleon … Read full post »
I found this near an empty lot while walking Bruce
the Dog the other morning.
I've spent many subsequent Bruce the
Dog walks trying to come up with a possible backstory for
this note, but nothing really good comes to mind. I can't get past
the fact that this person k/… Read full post »
My daughter is on a big Betty and Veronica kick lately. I'm ecstatic about this because it's finally something I can identify with. I've always liked Archie and actually dressed as Jughead for my sixth halloween, between Batman and Darth Vader. My mom made me a little jugh… Read full post »
Last night, I passed my neighbor Colleen's house on my regular Bruce the Dog walk. She was checking her mail as her little, white, cotton-ball dog, Salem, yapped beside her. Her garage was open and I couldn't help but notice that she owned two identical silver BMWs -- or a… Read full post »
Mary Lambert, who is attached to direct High Midnight, my Treasure Entertainment-optioned script, talked to MTV about the project the other day. Here's part of what she said. … Read full post »
My friends Mike and
Luis had a joint birthday party this Saturday. Despite the fact
that they're both comic book writers, it was one of the truly
hippest birthday shindigs I've ever been to, from the Miles Davis
piped into the bathroom to the jam band in the living room
to/
… Read full post »
According to her tag, this doll's name is Verity, but
when I bought her for my daughter a while ago, I renamed her Punk
Rock Girl, in honor of the Dead Milkmen song by the same
name:
Recently, Punk Rock Girl has acquired a stuffed
Up until a few months ago, our politically diverse block
knew how to separate ideology from neighborly
relations. Sure, a few campaign signs popped up each election
season, especially on the windows, bumpers, yard and lapels of our
token schoolteacher-socialist neighbors, but n… Read full post »
I had one of my fancy Hollywood meetings yesterday. To
my surprise, the producer actually wanted to come out to my
neighborhood and have a couple beers. He had a soft spot for
Manhattan Beach, so I suggested the Manhattan Beach Brewing
Company.
I really don't like to drive after
… Read full post »A couple days ago, I wrote about a drunken Halloween bacchanalia we threw while living in Australia. Below, please find the invitation for that party. I'll be the first to admit that it's flouncy, long-winded and blatantly Tom Robbinsesque, but I challenge you to find a more/… Read full post »
In our third year living in Australia, we decided to
introduce our Melbourne friends to Halloween, a holiday both
Sandie and I take very seriously. Generally, the best way to
introduce anything to an Australian is with alcohol, so we
threw a pagan themed "bacchanalia." Sandie dresse… Read full post »
Rob Baedeker is a member of Kasper Hauser, a successful Bay Area comedy quartet. Before that, he was a teacher. Before that, he went to Stanford and before that, we went to Laguna Hills High School together.
We were pretty tight back in the day, but we drifted apart noneth
… Read full post »
For one, shining afternoon in 2002, I had William Shatner at my full disposal. I could have asked for his autograph, taken my picture with him, asked him to read my screenplays. There's even a slim chance I could have gotten him to grab a drink with me. I/
I took my four-year-old to the Adventureplex today. It's
a huge, three-story, indoor jungle gym in Redondo Beach. She loves
it.
Normally, we go with her friends. But today it was just the two of
us, so I was going to do some hardcore climbing, like it or not. My
bones creaked audibly… Read full post »
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