Working through a crisis
So good to keep busy!
BUSINESS ASSOCIATE: Hi! Great to virtually meet you! How’s it going? How are you?
ME: Good! How are you?
Last night I watched the same child hostage reunited with her sister twenty times in a row, took a melatonin, then watched it again on a loop until I fell asleep.
BA: Great! We reviewed the pitch and we took it up the ladder and we love it.
ME: Amazing! That’s so exciting to hear!
I’ve upped therapy to once a week instead of once every other week, and he costs an absurd amount of money and is not covered by insurance, so this is great to hear.
BA: We just have a few questions about the series arc and we’re wondering if you’re married to the idea of…
The red-headed hostage is my son. I have a tiny red-headed boy and every time I see Kfir I shut down. I started producing more milk. The tribal effect is insane. It’s full body.
ME: Not at all! Can definitely figure out another way to address the…
So he’s no longer with Hamas, but what is the PLLP? Are Marxist terrorists less violent than the other kind? We know Hamas made the child hostages watch footage of the attacks and pointed guns to their heads if they cried. Maybe the ones that have Kfir are gentler?
BA: Amazing! If you could flesh out the character bios a bit that would also help as we get into it with the studio. We’re wondering if you could add a few other residents of the…
At least he’s with his mother. You can see the ones with their mothers versus the ones separated. Oh no I’m lactating again. Jesus fucking Christ.
ME: Love that. She could use a few friends who…
There are so many children. Is this Jewish baby just a visible and visceral reminder that there were more babies like him in Gaza killed in a month than in the course of years-long wars. Seventy percent of the fatalities are women and children.
BA: Great! We’re meeting with the studio Friday so we’ll look out for that updated pitch doc from you in the next few days!
ME: Will turn it around by the end of the day today! Thanks so much!
Four hours until preschool pickup. Four hours until pickup. Four hours until pickup.
BA: Thank you! Have a great day!
Maybe I’ll up therapy to twice a week.
Thank you for the quality dark comedy, an alternative to the historic dark tragedy consuming the networks, especially interviews with anguished victims. (I wonder how this editorial angle is playing with viewers, but that's another conversation.)
Question: can a self-employed person find therapy covered by health insurance, or is it only approved through an employer's policy?
Just for the record, I hope everyone's as heartened by the cease-fire and initial hostage returns as much as I am, with the exception of bizarre Americans from VT to CA stepping forward to make fools of themselves.
💔. Be best Bess.