I'm attempting to get a leg tan before a trip to Palm Springs.
The endless stream of high-profile visitors to the network's HQ attempting to get a handle on what's going on in the Middle East have stopped coming.
The prospective student sits there -- either silently or attempting to get a word in edgewise -- while the parents speak about her as if she were elsewhere.
Attempting to get a rock'n'roll career off the ground in the unlikely environs of Gibraltar, where he was born in 1944, he was briefly reduced to begging.
In attempting to get a better read on Conway and his caricature, I consulted Irving Lavin, an art historian at the institute for advanced study in Princeton.
Toymaker Hasbro, which owns the Monopoly brand as well as Transformers, has been attempting to get a movie off the ground for at least 10 years.
Last year, Coca-Cola, PepsiCo and Anheuser-Busch, an American brewer, each launched an energy drink, attempting to get a slice of the market in which Red Bull currently has a 70-90% share.
The fact that I am here at this minute facing a reproachful typewriter and attempting to get a fix on "The Empire Strikes Back" is, perhaps, proof of something I've been suspecting for some time now.
"By refusing to agree appropriate terms for Nokia's intellectual property, Apple is attempting to get a free ride on the back of Nokia's innovation," said Ilkka Rahnasto, vice president for legal and intellectual property at Nokia.
At the same time, creative workers attempting to get a big break may take short term or freelance work in institutional settings associated with non-creative labour, but lose the institutional structures that might support them with longer-term careers.
SeeSaw is attempting to get a foothold for its brand in the UK video-on-demand market, which will soon become crowded with some really big opposition, led by BSkyB.
