Cindy Matta
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A screenwriter, avid skier, and passionate bookseller, I craft stories that challenge me as a writer with a sense of adventure.
Stories (5)
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1. Note to self: Google Mank
Recently, I would eyeball the local billboard just above the Shell station featuring an ad for "Mank" while I was idling at the red light on the corner of Beverly and Fairfax. Seeing Gary Oldman’s name immediately registered two thumbs up in my subconscious mind for his wide range of acting roles from Sid Vicious to Ludwig Von Beethoven, Winston Churchill with many award-winning performances in between and now, his most recent Oscar nod, "Mank."
By Cindy Matta5 years ago in Geeks
You call me a crazy tennis mom like it's a bad thing
When 19-year old Bianca Andreescu took down the greatest women’s tennis player in history, Serena Williams in straight sets, the world became obsessed with Bianca’s mom. With her huge glasses, designer clothes, and consistently stoic look, she was definitely not the typical sports-parent we’ve seen on television. You know the ones, wearing tee-shirts sporting their child’s name while writhing with every hit and miss. Rather she seemed calm, cool, and often distant at times. Even as the clearly pro-Serena crowd cheered on a mini-comeback, the camera kept showing Maria. Still nothing, zero emotion.
By Cindy Matta5 years ago in Families
Burning the Midnight Oil... Do you need hope to carry on?
Being a sucker for all things adorable, I immediately fell in love with… borderline obsessed over Baby Yoda. While his merch popularity seemed to peak mid-quarantine with millions of people buying plushies for the comfort of a COVID cuddle – I literally stopped mid-scroll when I discovered this Baby Yoda nightlight sandwiched in between puppy porn pics on my Instagram feed.
By Cindy Matta5 years ago in Humans
Scavengery
Elizabeth examines her sallow complexion in her bathroom mirror, “Vitamin D deficiency and I’m out of toilet paper,” then wraps two bandanas around her face, covers her eyes with dark sunglasses and slips on a pair of yellow rubber cleaning gloves, “Safe, so far.”
By Cindy Matta5 years ago in Humans
Scavengery
Elizabeth examines her sallow complexion in her bathroom mirror, “Vitamin D deficiency and I’m out of toilet paper,” then wraps two bandanas around her face, covers her eyes with dark sunglasses and slips on a pair of yellow, rubber cleaning gloves, “Safe, so far.”
By Cindy Matta5 years ago in Humans
