You'll be missed.

"the book doesn't cast a spell on the reader as much as it casts a long shadow"


i felt the same way about Spring Snow.

ha ha,school can be fun.


come back to sg-land asap.

I had a girlfriend in college who got deep into Mishima. She was more in "that world" than this for about a year.

"As to knowing the apathy well: what's your deal? Did you go to school/finish school/etc? I know you said you've been writing, I'm just curious if you were doing anything before that, or if you're doing something on the side?"

I wrote you a long response to your inquiry, but SG crashed and it never made it through. So now you get the condensed version cause I'm tired.

I went to Vanderbilt. Studied philosophy at first. Figured out that nothing really matters. Took that kind of hard. I went on autopilot for a bit. Waste of time and money as I only took school seriously enough to continue the status quo. Regret it, but nothing to be done about it. Took a couple film classes at some point. Came to the conclusion that even if nothing actually matters, since I still felt the need to continue living, I could make a living trying to understand the source of what personally matters - stories - and show my appreciation for those who, no matter how briefly, made me forget how futile everything is even for a short period of time - i.e., telling stories (after all, imitation is the sincerest form of flattery).

I graduated, moved to Colorado, taught snowboarding (among other things) and saved for a move to California. Moved to California. Despite the fact that I exhibited no prior interest in storytelling or creative writing, am (to date) a mediocre writer at best, and have little to no knowledge of film production, I'm still confident. I might be delusional. Though, to be honest, what's to worry about? I'll either manage or I won't and I'm sure I can support myself in the meantime.

As far as writing goes, I have about a dozen ideas in various stages of development. The annoying thing about screenwriting is that I don't care to develop my best ideas first while I ( a ) still suck as a writer and ( b ) wouldn't be allowed to direct even if I could write them as well as I would like to (another aspiration). At the moment, I'm looking into the possibility of turning a zombie screenplay I'm working on into a creator-owned comic. Of course, that would mean coming up with a much larger story arc... and finding an artist... and a publisher. Have to start somewhere.

god, people are weird.... i mean, it's cool to like that sort of thing but to blurt that out to a stranger on the phone is just beyond me. at least i hope she hung up on him at that point.... (the guy was talking to had the same gross breathless voice btw...)

I've not read anything by Mishima. I don't know too much about him, but I could have sworn someone once told me that he was a bit of a neo-fascist.

Sorry to hear about Ye Olde Bank Account. See you again when you get paid!!

well my nipples aren't very sensitive really, so i'm pretty interested in getting them pieced cause i've heard it hightens sensitivity. not to mention makes boobs (female and male) look great...

i think i would have fallen in love w/ that duckie impersonator.... and anthony michael hall was really funny in weird science, so i 'll give him credit for that... probably the most underrated john hughes movie.
Try A Little Tenderness is the best scene in Pretty In Pink by the way....
"he must practice on melons or something"