Some more of my mediocre writing… I wrote this piece last night and passed it along to a friend who seemed to really enjoy it. I thought maybe I should give others the chance to enjoy it as well. Or not. Here it is, for your reading
Read more →Three stories… The third: My first crush was in kindergarten. I remember her name, but not her face; I remember that she wore purple (periwinkle?) socks one day, but not her shoes; I remember being teased relentlessly by certain members of my family; I don’t remember knowing
Read more →Three stories… The second: “We’re gonna’ teach you how to shave today, son.” I don’t know why dads, parents, sometimes speak to their kids as though they’re plural–”We’re gonna’…” as opposed to “I’m gonna…”–but they do and he did that time. Maybe he meant that he and
Read more →Life altering? Hardly. But different… I got a haircut after work today. It’s pretty short, much better than my last few haircuts, but there’s something a little different about me. That’s right. For those of you who’ve been writing your local congressman, hoping for the extermination of
Read more →I finished Catch-22 today What a fantastic book. If I had Joseph Heller’s creative writing ability, if I had even an ounce of his ability, I’d drop everything and write until carpel tunnels kicked in or I kicked off. I’m considering writing a pseudo-review, but I’m afraid
Read more →Busy, busy, busy… The past day or so has been pretty hectic for me. Yesterday, I met someone online who offered to mentor me through the screenwriting process. Right now, I’m in an evaluational stage and I should know tomorrow where the whole deal will lead. I’m
Read more →New movie idea Today at lunch, I was inspired by a conversation between my co-workers. I worked that conversation into a character, which could easily be made a central character in a movie. This idea is different than my other idea because this movie is based around
Read more →My future plans have sprouted yet another option I’ll try to keep this concise. Basically, the deal is that my two main motivations for working with Raytheon Company as a co-op for two consecutive summers now are money and job-security. They pay me pretty well for the
Read more →Coconut Mocha Frappuccino That’s the name of a little ditty I just recorded on my guitar. It was inspired by the Starbucks drink by the same name. I don’t know why I saw fit to name a song after a drink at the yuppie headquarters of the
Read more →Epiphany I’ve been noticeably lulling on my enthusiasm for writing a screenplay recently. The primary contributor to this phenomenon was my feeling that my plot was thin and too similar to other successful movies. I decided to change it from a straight drama to a dramatic comedy
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