{"id":98,"date":"2001-11-08T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2001-11-08T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.timcurran.com\/blog\/?p=98"},"modified":"2001-11-08T06:00:00","modified_gmt":"2001-11-08T10:00:00","slug":"california-here-i-am","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timcurran.com\/blog\/2001\/11\/08\/california-here-i-am\/","title":{"rendered":"California, Here I Am"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been a while since I made an entry here, partly because I&#8217;ve been very busy with work, and partly because I was pretty bummed about Bob &mdash; but didn&#8217;t have much to say about it, really.<\/p>\n<p>Now I&#8217;m feeling a little better. I&#8217;ve met a few interesting guys at the Eagle, the Green Lantern, and Titans, and I&#8217;m not feeling so down.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m writing this from San Francisco. I came out here for a family event. My step-father, Bob, is fighting cancer, and some of his friends in the Bohemian Club decided to buy the club a very fine (read: expensive) piano to honor him. Last night was the big recital to dedicate the piano, which included performances by Bob, other Bohemian pianists, singers, and a string quartet. It was beautiful and very moving. I&#8217;m quite sure I&#8217;ll remember it as long as I live.<\/p>\n<p>Tomorrow I&#8217;m flying down to Los Angeles for a few days of R &amp; R, time with friends, and (not least of all) lunch with good old Jon Murray, friend and co-executive producer of <i>The Real World<\/i>. As I predicted, there are no immediate job opportunities at Bunim-Murray due to show cancellations they&#8217;ve suffered since Sept. 11th. But things may pick up for them early next year, and Jon invited me to come by for a little meet and greet, so I thought the detour to L.A. was worthwhile.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been a while since I made an entry here, partly because I&#8217;ve been very busy with work, and partly because I was pretty bummed about Bob &mdash; but didn&#8217;t have much to say about it, really. Now I&#8217;m feeling a little better. I&#8217;ve met a few interesting guys at the Eagle, the Green Lantern, and Titans, and I&#8217;m not feeling so down. I&#8217;m writing this from San Francisco. I came out here for a family event. My step-father, Bob, is fighting cancer, and some of his friends in the Bohemian Club decided to buy the club a very fine (read: expensive) piano to honor him. Last night was the big recital to dedicate the piano, which included performances by Bob, other Bohemian pianists, singers, and a string quartet. It was beautiful and very moving. I&#8217;m quite sure I&#8217;ll remember it as long as I live. Tomorrow I&#8217;m flying down to Los Angeles for a few days of R &amp; R, time with friends, and (not least of all) lunch with good old Jon Murray, friend and co-executive producer of The Real World. As I predicted, there are no immediate job opportunities at Bunim-Murray due to show cancellations they&#8217;ve suffered since Sept. 11th. But things may pick up for them early next year, and Jon invited me to come by for a little meet and greet, so I thought the detour to L.A. was worthwhile.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":274,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-98","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2001-2002"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Tim Curran","author_link":"https:\/\/timcurran.com\/blog\/author\/timcurran-admin\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"It&#8217;s been a while since I made an entry here, partly because I&#8217;ve been very busy with work, and partly because I was pretty bummed about Bob &mdash; but didn&#8217;t have much to say about it, really. 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