| Feelin' Fine |
[May. 12th, 2009|02:22 pm] |
Well, ignore my previous post. I'm feeling much better.
If ya'll must know, I had been watching the NBC show "Kings", where Ian McShane plays a very despicable and horrible ruler of a modern country. Everything he does just makes me so mad, and in turn it makes me think of other things I'm mad at, and so on...Blah. There was only 6 episodes so I don't need to worry about it anymore.
Anyway, I'm happy to report that yesterday was a nice productive day for me. I wrote a bit in the book, and I'm only 36 pages from my goal of 300. This is way ahead of schedule, so hopefully I can get it done this week. Since I have to work every day (no joke), it might not happen, but then again, it might. We'll see.
So then, I'm waiting around for some people to get home, and I worked on another story. I got done what I wanted to, and it's ready for round 4 in the workshop routine. Guh, I'm so sick of taking forever with stories like this, but I wrote the whole thing in something like two hours, so there's bound to be some confusion and bad spots. Hopefully, this time is the best one.
I saw Wolverine and Star Trek, both on their respective opening nights. I enjoyed both, but don't have time to give a full run down of them. There's a lot of movies coming out this summer that look good, a lot that look bad. Not sure what to think.
New Transformers is going to be bad, so is GI Joe (that looks so horrible), but of course I'll see them both. New Terminator could be cool, but I have a feeling it's just going to be the Christian Bale Show, starring Christian Bale, if you catch my drift. Harry Potter 6 is finally coming out this year, and that looks good. And of course, Seth Rogen and Jonah Hill are in EVERY movie coming out for the next five years. Big shock.
Two other cool points:
Johnny told me that Jackie Earl Haley, who played Rorshach in Watchmen is slated to be Freddy Kruger in the new Nightmare on Elm Street movies. That's a good pick, and if they do decide to do a reboot (why not? Everyone else is these days. Ever hear of an "original idea"?), he'll be damn near perfect.
Also, I finally finished playing Dragon Quest IV. Big news, I know, but that game took me forever, and there were too many wasted hours just grinding and walking around. Still, one of the better RPG's I've ever played. V is now available for DS, so if anyone has $40 just sitting around, remember that my birthday is June 12...
Anyway, welcome back one and all, and I hope to hear from everyone more often. I'm right here, waiting. |
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| Grr... |
[May. 11th, 2009|03:58 am] |
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I feel so mad right now. Mad at everything. I don't know why. I wish I had an outlet for this. Not sure I'll be able to get to sleep. |
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| Finally |
[Nov. 4th, 2008|10:02 pm] |
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For the first time in four years, I am proud to say I'm from Ohio. Guess my lucky blue shirt worked today. |
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| Posting |
[Oct. 22nd, 2008|10:34 pm] |
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I'm pretty much doing friends only posts now, guys. Just letting you know. |
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[Oct. 20th, 2008|02:10 am] |
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I want a taco right now. |
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| To the Dreamlands |
[Sep. 26th, 2008|03:42 pm] |
I need your help. For the past few weeks, I've been sleeping to anywhere between 1 and 4 PM. Not getting to sleep until 5 to 7 AM. You know, the usual.
Does anyone know any good sleeping pills or otc muscle relaxers I can use? Or better yet, any methods to get to bed by, say, 2 or 3 at the latest?
I'm going crazy here. I lay in bed for hours, tired as hell, and not able to sleep at all. I'm sick of waking up late in the afternoon and feeling bad and hurting. I need some help, folks. |
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| Well... |
[Sep. 24th, 2008|12:33 am] |
Well, I watched all of Heroes finally. Let me just pose a few questions/comments...
Mohinder is The Fly now? Jeff Goldblum better watch out.
Finally got a decent role/power for Nikki or whatever name she's using now. That was pretty cool to make that guy die similar to how he did in X-Men.
Speaking of X-Men, the girl that plays Maya was Callisto in X3, a movie about a cure to mutation, something Callisto was opposed to. Now she's begging for a cure.
That girl that plays Daphne is hot. I claim her, so stay back.
Nathan is crazy now? Great, that's never a good route to go down, writing-wise.
I have a bad feeling Parkman is going to get the pointless story arc this season. Ever notice how there's always one arc that doesn't really fit in and just kind of wastes time? It was Nikki for the most part until now.
So something like 13 villains escaped? Hopefully they actually show them all and what they can do. Much like Cobra, the bad guys are usually the coolest. |
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| Grr... |
[Sep. 23rd, 2008|02:45 am] |
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I didn't realize Heroes was a 2 hours premiere tonight. Now I have to either find someone with the whole thing on VHS (anyone?) or wait for it to be posted.
How I Met Your Mother was funny, but it just didn't seem as ridiculous as before. I'm sure it was just a "catch up" episode, so it'll get better.
Big Bang Theory was kind of blah.
Supernatural WAS FUCKING AWESOME! I don't know if that show is going to be a pro-Christian show or what's going on, but holy shit that was sweet! Don't let me down for the rest of the season, folks!
Chuck is next week.
Sarah Connor Chronicles is pretty much the same, which is fine by me.
When does Reaper premiere?
Should be an interesting year for television. Gotta wait until January for Lost, those lazy bastards only want to do 16 episodes now because they're so big and mighty. Just as long as the show is as good as always, I'll be fine.
Any shows I'm forgetting? Anything anyone thinks I should watch? |
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| Not Picasso |
[Sep. 18th, 2008|03:24 pm] |
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So I was recently thinking about the name Pablo and how cool it sounds. I'm thinking of using it in a story for a character's name. Just something about it seems cool.
Well I decided to check out the translation of what exactly Pablo is in English. Paul. That's it, plain old Paul.
Still a cool name. |
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| Bad, bad Myke |
[Sep. 18th, 2008|06:08 am] |
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Dear Myke,
It's 6:08 AM. Why aren't you sleeping? You're going to complain when you get up at 2 PM today, and you knew that from the minute you should have gone to bed. You're bad.
You need to quit doing this stupid shit. Get over it and just get to bed when you're tired. Geez, how many times do I need to tell you?
Signed,
Yourself |
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| What to think? |
[Sep. 14th, 2008|03:29 pm] |
David Foster Wallace is dead. Yeah, I had no idea who he was either. He was an author, and he wrote a book called Infinite Jest. After reading the entry on Wikipedia about it, it sounds like a pretty good read. I might just pick it up.
A lot of people are all boo-hooing about him being dead, and while death is never something to laugh about, I didn't know who he was, and he only wrote two novels and a couple short story collections. He did do some articles, so I'm guessing those were big?
So anyway, the problem I'm having is thus...
He hanged himself. Yep, he committed suicide. Did the deed all on his own. Isn't that a bad thing? Isn't that something that people get mad about?
So why is everyone suddenly such huge fans of his? Why is everyone so sad? Shouldn't people be pissed off and talk about how stupid it was that he did that?
I just don't get it, folks.
I just don't get it. |
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| We win! |
[Sep. 10th, 2008|05:24 am] |
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Well, we're still here. I'm happy. LHC will just have to wait until another time to end life as we know it. And I stand by what I said--I'm glad to be your friend. |
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| Still true? |
[Sep. 4th, 2008|01:38 am] |
"We stand at the edge of a New Frontier—the frontier of unfulfilled hopes and dreams. Beyond that frontier are uncharted areas of science and space, unsolved problems of peace and war, unconquered problems of ignorance and prejudice, unanswered questions of poverty and surplus."
--From John F. Kennedy's acceptance speech at the DNC, 1960
I think this speech could be said today. So let's make sure it happens. |
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| 8 Month Trip |
[Aug. 28th, 2008|02:25 am] |
I went to IGUN tonight for the first time since Christmas. Not much has changed.
All I have to say is, why are they playing "Tear You Apart" by She Wants Revenge?
They have so many better songs to play. And damn near everyone there was dancing to it.
Probably won't be back until Christmas again. |
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| Two years?! |
[Aug. 24th, 2008|02:09 am] |
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Time flies the older you get. I am sitting here, hardly able to imagine that 2006 was two years ago. That was an interesting summer, for sure, for me at least. Hell, the whole years was crazy. Rejuvenating the Cthulhu CCG in our little group, Hypodermic playing some great (and not so great) shows, and just all around having a good time. I've since become serious and more solitary, but hey, it's all cool.
Nicki and I watched The Break Up tonight. See, that was from 2006, and it was just strange to remember when Otto was explaining the movie to me, and it seemed so recent.
And here I am listening to Matter + Form by VNV Nation, which came out three years ago. Seems so recent.
Gah, I don't know why I'm dwelling on this. Maybe I just get this "time is running out" feeling the older I get (and that was a song that came out FOUR years ago!).
We get Valistar done, and then maybe I'll feel better about being almost 30. Maybe if I ever write this second book I'll feel better. Maybe if I get something published!!!
In other news, my two Ragman miniseries' that I ordered FINALLY came in. So far, I'm liking the first one from '91. Also, I forgot how much I loved the smell of that 80's-90's newsprint comics were printed on. Mmm. |
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| Hypodermic Vampire Kiss |
[Aug. 19th, 2008|03:42 pm] |
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Stay tuned for an update blog soon, yo. Just gotta find the time and desire to write it, and then ya'll can know what's up in the exciting life of Mr. Me. Anyway...
Do I have a right to complain? I've had my obsessions. Sometimes, I've been a little *too* obsessive with things (like wrestling back in the day...). But there's a book series that's just irritating the hell out of me. Bear with me, I hope this will make sense.
Stephanie Meyer has a series of "teen fiction" with vampires. It's basically a teen romance series with a male vampire as the lead dude. Normally, I'd have no problem with this. I think it's sweet, albeit a little cliche, but so what? People can write whatever they want, and people can buy and read whatever they want.
In fact, I have a story about vampires I wrote a few months ago. It's not your typical vampire story, oh no. In a nutshell, it's about a vampire who breaks into an insane asylum. The people who have imaginary friends are his targets. He goes in to their cells, slits their throats, and collects the blood in a machine. He then sells it to other vampires, because that blood is the best blood for them (in my story, the guys with imaginary friends are actually victims of a blood disorder which creates those friends). He won't touch the victims because they're "unclean", unlike vampires.
Cool idea, eh? It's making the rounds, so if you steal it, I'll take your blood :)
But anyway, I'm irritated with this Stephanie Meyer series for one main reason...
Girls swoon and cream their panties when vampire romance is the theme. I don't know why. Wouldn't a vampire just want to suck your blood after they hypnotize you and rape you? Does being a vampire instantly make you sexy? If your name is Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt, or Antonio Banderas, sure. But come on, seriously, people!
I don't know why this is bothering me so much. I think things like this just make me feel bad about myself, because women read these books and have their idea of the "perfect" man, who in this case is this sexy male vampire. And then *I* am nowhere near as good as that fictional character, so I'm slime.
By the by, I'm sure these women get pissed when they see scantily clad, sexy, voluptuous female vampires and succubi. But maybe that's beside the point.
So whatev. I'm not trying to make a huge issue out of this, but I can guarantee, one of these days, some woman I'm just trying to talk to, even as a friend (I've got a woman, yo), will treat me less than Edward Cullen. Well, feh on that!
And to think, I get called a pig when I comment on a female being attractive!
It's a woman's world, and unfortunately, Stephanie Meyer is going to prevail with her vampiric drivel we men are forced to have to deal with. |
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| Not Jack Black |
[Aug. 15th, 2008|01:55 pm] |
My brother in law, Johnny, posted a blog recently about how people think he looks like Jack Black, and good ol' Jables himself just grew a beard, which makes the two of them look even more similar. But I, as well as Johnny, do not believe he looks like JB.
And, I'm sure you all know, I get more than my fair share of Jack Black comments as well. In fact, my nickname at XO was Jack Black! So finally, I'm hoping to put all of this to rest.
Me
Jack Black
See any resemblance? Now, if you want to compare me with Wolverine, be my guest!
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[Aug. 9th, 2008|02:19 pm] |
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Wow, Bernie Mac is dead at age 50. That's just...odd, for some reason. He wasn't a celebrity that I hated, so I guess it just feels kind of strange. |
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| On the rack |
[Aug. 7th, 2008|02:13 pm] |
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So I've decided, I'm hanging it up.
Now, don't freak out. Just the submitting part. I'm still going to write. I'll always be a writer. But for now, I'm holding off on the submissions.
Why, you ask? Simple--it gives me a chance to regroup, figure out the best places to submit, and have more stuff to send.
I've been lazy with exactly what I'm sending, so I figure if I get more stuff fine tuned and ready for publication, I might have a better chance. After all, a fresh start can be a big help.
And another thing I was thinking about last night: do I want to make money off writing? Well, let me put it this way: would you go to college, get a degree in business, take an accounting job, and do it for free?
Noodle that one for a while.
Anyway, I'm not quitting. Just taking a short break from the stressful part. I think that could help. |
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| Am I not in bed with the right people? |
[Aug. 5th, 2008|11:50 pm] |
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Well, I've just realized one big thing about my bullshit endeavor to be a writer: I SUCK!
See, I've been sending out stories for more than two years, busting my ass to get things published and at least recognized by magazines, online sites, whatever. Nothing. I get some handwritten notes that say stuff like "We like this, just can't use it. Send more." So I do, only to get a big fat rejection after three months of waiting.
People I know, who have no formal writing training, are getting published more and more often. I get nothing. I can't even get an "in" with people I know who are being published or have something to do with it. I guess my writing just isn't good enough.
I should have listened to my parents. When I declared I was going to college for creative writing, they said numerous times, "You're making a mistake." I know they just wanted me to follow in my dad's footsteps, but man, they weren't lying.
Should I just hang it up? |
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