My Work
TV Specs
Sampling of my TV specs.
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Modern Family
When Phil quits his job in real estate to pen the next great American novel, Claire struggles to support him in his new, impractical dream. Manny joins the wrestling team, not to impress a girl, but to wrestle one. Cameron and Mitchell discover the only thing more uncomfortable than a faltering sex life is talking about it.
30 Rock
After bombing at career day, Jack and Liz worry the show is losing its edge. Tracy Jordan’s new obsession with Harry Potter doesn’t help matters. Meanwhile, Frank takes a stand against trendy yogurt.
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Two and a Half Men
When Alan discovers a pack of cigarettes, he becomes convinced that Jake is smoking and develops a plan to catch him in the act. Charlie tries to set a better example for Jake by giving up his bad habits, but develops an online UNO addiction instead. There’s a stripper too.
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The Office
Vacation Day (okay, a little old, but I still like it so there)
It’s the biggest paper convention of the year, and of course Michael has “inadvertently” planned a trip to Mexico for the same weekend. When a fake dead grandmother and self-inflicted 2nd degree burns don’t get him out of working, he gets desperate. Meanwhile, Jim jockeys to man the Dunder Mifflin booth with Pam, while Dwight realizes volunteering to design the company booth may have been a career-ending mistake.
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Original Animation Spec
Office Ninja
An original animation project created for Molecular, conceived in the bathroom of the Korean Airport.
Synopsis: Once, SHO-JU was a great Ninja warrior, using his mastery of martial arts to fight evil and champion the cause of the righteous. But when mediocre eyesight prematurely ends his career, Sho-Ju is forced to take anew job to make ends meet–working as an Administrative Assistant for a company that publishes elementary school sheet music. Now, Sho-Ju must use his ninja skills to battle copy jams, develop PowerPoint presentations and navigate through the murky waters of office politics.
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Sampling of Recently Published Poems (Online and Offline)
“Standing Alone on Santa Monica Pier,” DMQ Review, Summer 2010
“Upside Down,” Berkeley Poetry Review, Spring 2010
“Welcoming the Shabbes Bride, 1936,” 14 Hills, Spring 2010
“Black Spring,” Los Angeles Review, Spring 2010
“What They Used to Say,” New Vilna Review, Winter 2010
“Of Where We Came From,” Sycamore Review, Summer/Fall 2009
“On the Rites of Spring, Buenos Aires 1976,” 42 Opus, March 2009
“Sense,” Redactions, Verse Daily
“Tikrit, July 2003 (8:47 am),” Oakbend Review, Feb. 2009
“D,” Flashquake, Summer 2008
