Jorge Quinteros

The show has become one of my favorites recently despite only being mildly intrigued with the first couple of episodes, until I felt obliged to tune in again after hearing much buzz. The plot of the series, who’s based loosely around Mark Wahlberg’s life, tells of a young actor that hits it big in Hollywood, and brings his friends along for the ride. But there’s particular highlights of the show that keep me endlessly entertained and with the sense of expectancy with every new episode announced:

• Ari (Jeremy Piven) is the loud, straight talking, wild and unpredictable Hollywood agent who always tries to the the best for Vincent. He’s an ass up front but one that you’re compelled to respect because of his knowledge of the business.
• It is Hollywood so you can always expect movie stars to drop by in cameos participating in unusual circumstances and revealing a part of the industry that we as viewers never get to see or even imagine.

I have a weird way of remembering things. Some rely heavily on planners to stay abreast upcoming events or simple reminders with the intent to refer to them later but I’ve gone through enough abandoned Moleskines and various other forms of convenient to carry notebooks to inform me that this process is not for me when it comes to getting things done.

I take pleasure in the whole process of writing and I get quite envious when I see people have a fully active notebook inscribed with ideas or list of things because I can’t keep up with something like that. The mere act of writing good notes down, is well enough that I rarely end up having to look at those notes again. In a psychological study on the subject, Dustin best describes this interesting fact:

…before we write, although indistinguishably so — we are putting some degree of thought into evaluating and ordering the information that we are receiving. That process, and not the notes themselves, is what helps fix ideas more firmly in our minds, leading to greater recall down the line.