Monday, October 24, 2005
Shorty
Monday, October 10, 2005
All in a days work...
So we got in these official lightsaber replicas at work. They have motion sensors to make noises when you hold it still, swing it or hit something. Full length "blade" that powers up and down. It's fucking sweet. I got into 3 duels before my lunch. Yeah, pretty fucking sweet...
Thursday, October 6, 2005
Update from the whirl of words
This is more of an update than a post, really. I've been wracking my brains for a one act to submit to PlayOffs. As much as I hate to admit it, I really want to win. Stupid people trying to help me out. Damn you all! But yeah, the winner gets rehearsal space and a (tiny) budget to do a production for finals. And the winner of that wins (a tiny) $100. More than that, though, anyone chosen to participate gets full casting and directing control. That would be a nice something to have under my belt.
On another creative note I just found my Freddy and the Scream portfolio. That means I have scripts again! More Freddy soon to come! I've gotten a couple of complaints/requests for them but I didn't know what I had planned. Sorry guys. Now I have the whole plot back and you'll be seeing strips popping up once more.
Let's see. Play contest, Freddy comics... I still have a few fiction submissions floating around out there but worst comes to worst I can crawl back to the Cerebral Catalyst for some more credits. Kidding, really. Because I love. Oh! I bought a pirate coat. Should be here by Friday. I got it online but saw it in a costume shop toady in the color I ordered: burgundy. It looks nice. I will be one mighty fine Captain Hook. I wanted to go as Hook pre hand cutting incident but Allison says no one will get it. And if anyone wants to buy me a present, get me this.
I guess that's all to say. I told you it was more of an update than a real post. Just saying that I've come up with material, not what the material actually is. Thank you and good night.
Saturday, October 1, 2005
The write stuff
So, I've decided to start writing more. This is a bit of necessity from two places. One, i need to write. It's why I switched majors to it, it's why I put the screw to my high school way back when. It's what I do.... it's who I am. Two, I'm gonna try to bang out a one act for this competition. And it's come to my attention that in order to write I can't involve myself in politics. It's either fiction of gonzo for me. I gotta pick one.
It's junk culture and society for me. Anything but world affairs. And that means Degrassi. Thank god I get Fridays are since next Friday is the start of the new season. No more shame. I love Degrassi. Deal with it. And I love Jae, my Degrassi slut.
Ok, so the reason for the Degrassi harping is that there's a special behind the scenes thing of it on right now. Also, Jae was rejecting America and China just to be sent to Canada to learn the ways of Degrassi. And I have to say, the writers are actually pretty together on this show. They're talking about these rules that they have that really help it even though it's not so obvious when watching. They are forbidden to write a scene in which there are adults talking without any kids present. Kids have to solve the issues. And even though the rules are for high school soap it makes for good soap. I know it's not Shakespeare, but if they tried to make it as high as that then it would be a terrible kid's soap. These guys really know how to write their form. Kudos to them.
In the vein of bad (subjectively), does anyone else miss Just Deal? With Kaylee? Just me? Ok.
I have actually been having ideas recently. For stories and whatnot. Characters pop up, plots. Even little narrative strains. And they come when I'm not popping pills, which is the second best part! The best is that the ideas come at all. I went through a few months of dry mindedness. I don't want to jinx it, but I have fodder now. In fact, I think I'm going to go off and start on a new story right now.
One last Degrassi note. What ever happened to Spinner's sister?