I'm sitting in my underpants, in my Plan Nine From Outer Space tshirt, with a bottle full of a cider, about to watch Serenity. I have comic books and Katamari planned for later.
I can't just sit down and write anymore. I haven't been able to for years. When I try, nothing comes out like it does in my head. I can never portray anything as beautifully or cinematically as I see if in my brain. I've also noticed that I'm very passive when I write. I use a lot of "kind of"s, "pretty sure"s, "just about"s. Am... Read More
awww, thats just your left brain a fussin and a fuedin and a fightin with your rigjht. your left brain is looking over the shoulder of the right asking pointless questions, not letting the right brain just get to work!
its no different to draw'n artists. still gotta worry that the angle of perspective is gonna be off, that the lines need to be different, anything to second guess the impulse to begin and work. so, say to your left brain, RESEARCH. go hammer out details or arcana or costume design, whatever. while you do that, the right is furtively working undercover.
also, dont be afraid to suck. liike several times.
i dont miss youths passion, i miss its singleness of purpose, when everything was a fucking around, so you could never fail at that. luck.
The Why?/Islands show on Friday was fucking fantastic. Got to work the ice cream truck, saw some old friends, and rocked sufficiently. More on Friday later.
All I did yesterday was sleep. Well, just about. Woke up at 10, napped from 1130-1, saw Maxx until 215; my blood sugar was really low so I felt like hell all morning. Napped from 3-430, woke up for... Read More
Let's go into Margot's Archive of Text Messages. Some have been in my phone for months and months, some fairly recently. Original grammar and spelling has been preserved and senders' names have been withheld to protect the (not so) innocent.
1/14/05: I think youre forgetting whos in charge here, Spankerella.
5/19/05: Oh god that is awesome. I... Read More
Spent some money on reading material this weekend.
I like to list:
-signed copy of "Dress Your Family In Corduroy and Denim"
-McSweeny's 19
-April issue of The Believer
-polaroid photobook
-Fell #4
-Walking Dead tpb #4
-Planetary: Crossing Worlds
-Amy Racecar Vol 1
-Y: The Last Man tpb #6
-Powers tpb #4
I hadn't bought comics in so long, it made me very happy.... Read More
This is quite possibley one of the most pointless journal comments in the history of SG.