The novel deadline is coming up. Thursday. I need an expanded synopsis and a first chapter to enter the next round of the contest (and a chance to be one of five people who get a thousand bucks and write the whole novelfor a chance at ten thousand and publications). Work is in full time progress and the deadline is buzzing at my ear like...
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The new premiere of BLACK DAYS went very well. Mikes new editing, cuts, and effects were great. We also got to see a music video of the movie, with a song written for it by a local Chicago musician. Also, Mike, after the movie, publicly thanked Nick (my younger brother) and I for our hard work on the movie (on and off screen). He even...
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terrakotta:
...Speechless... you are now my new favorite writer, and if you were anywhere in my timezone I would quit my teaching job and volunteer to be your humble minion (or a Dante to your Virgil, pursuing knowledge while taking in the sights 
). How about a version of "The Bells?"
Good luck on your Monday assignment (sounds grueling
)
). How about a version of "The Bells?"
Good luck on your Monday assignment (sounds grueling
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terrakotta:
re: 
"And there (he) lulled me asleep
And there I dreamed -- Ah woe betide!
The (hottest) dream I ever dreamed
On the cold hill's side"
"And there (he) lulled me asleep
And there I dreamed -- Ah woe betide!
The (hottest) dream I ever dreamed
On the cold hill's side"
A friend recently said that the more tired I am, the smarter I am. I must be a freaking genius right now, as Ive been up for 32 hours. I just have the energy and time for a sum up
-In movie news, the new version of BLACK DAYS (directed by my good friend Michael Urnikis) is showing at the Gene Siskel Film Center tomorrow....
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-In movie news, the new version of BLACK DAYS (directed by my good friend Michael Urnikis) is showing at the Gene Siskel Film Center tomorrow....
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elora1:
haha! yes you should just go ahead and win this fucker! good luck to you!
I like words. So I thought I'd start posting a "word of the day" post every so often either words that Ive just discovered or favorite words of mine. Ill try and provide sample sentences that are a little more interesting than the ones the spelling bee teachers gave
WORD OF THE DAY
stichomythia n : to speak dialogue in alternate lines also (ca 1861)...
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WORD OF THE DAY
stichomythia n : to speak dialogue in alternate lines also (ca 1861)...
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elora1:
happy summer solstice! 
I went to see Batman Begins last night. Very good!
I started running again today. Now Im juggling a mess of things that Im very behind on from being sick last week (Im pretty much better now...except for a cough that got violent enough to let me know that my rib injury during stage combat class did not, in fact, healmaybe I should get that...
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I started running again today. Now Im juggling a mess of things that Im very behind on from being sick last week (Im pretty much better now...except for a cough that got violent enough to let me know that my rib injury during stage combat class did not, in fact, healmaybe I should get that...
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Okso tonight Im emptying out my digital secretary (my little audio recorder that, lately, has allowed me to get writing done even if I cant stop to get a pen and paper). There are bits and pieces of ideassome belong to larger projectsothers are free floating random thoughts, looking for a project to attach themselves to. Heres one of the later
Scene: Two friends, a...
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Scene: Two friends, a...
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Embarrassment is better than Regret
Burns are better than Frostbite
Hurt is better than Dead Nerves
Shrieks are better than Quiet Despair
Epic Tragedy is better than Banal Sadness
Dragons are better than Disappointments
Disappointments are better than What Ifs
Highs are better than Lows
Lows are better than Dead Plateaus
Risk is better than Safe
Monopoly is better thanahshitI lost it there
Burns are better than Frostbite
Hurt is better than Dead Nerves
Shrieks are better than Quiet Despair
Epic Tragedy is better than Banal Sadness
Dragons are better than Disappointments
Disappointments are better than What Ifs
Highs are better than Lows
Lows are better than Dead Plateaus
Risk is better than Safe
Monopoly is better thanahshitI lost it there
I was just about to go to bed when a story thats been kind of unfinished and in pieces for years now came into my head and I realized the form it needs to be in (or lack of form really). Its about greed and delusions and Key West and ghost tours and get-rich-schemes and absinthe and hallucinations. It purposefully breaks a few literary and...
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Ugh!
Still getting over this bug.
Throat feels a little less hellish. I sound a little less like the creature from the Black Lagoon (if he smoked since childhood and habitually chased razor blades with shot glasses of battery acid)my apologies to anyone whos tried having a phone conversation with me this week.
On the good news I lost four pounds todayof mucus.
Im giving...
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Still getting over this bug.
Throat feels a little less hellish. I sound a little less like the creature from the Black Lagoon (if he smoked since childhood and habitually chased razor blades with shot glasses of battery acid)my apologies to anyone whos tried having a phone conversation with me this week.
On the good news I lost four pounds todayof mucus.
Im giving...
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Oh man
You know when you go through an extended period of punishing your body busy and little sleep and then you get through the ordeal (hopefully smiling) and then, its as though your immune systems foreman blows the whistle and says, OK gang, closing time!
Yeah
Im feverish and everything hurts (more so than the usual combat class pains).
But Im happy.
Im wearing...
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You know when you go through an extended period of punishing your body busy and little sleep and then you get through the ordeal (hopefully smiling) and then, its as though your immune systems foreman blows the whistle and says, OK gang, closing time!
Yeah
Im feverish and everything hurts (more so than the usual combat class pains).
But Im happy.
Im wearing...
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ladymaze:
Crystal ball? Coooool.
olsen:
Hail naked people. How's that?
I LIVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wowthat is a load off. Even my Cherry Coke (I rewarded myself with a sugary cola) tastes triumphant shot of caffeine and ego, firing my synapses at the speed of sound.
I just got through the most rigorous three weeks of my life. Three weeks of exercising and fighting all day (sometimes at night as well).fighting for 7 15 hours a day. Along...
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Wowthat is a load off. Even my Cherry Coke (I rewarded myself with a sugary cola) tastes triumphant shot of caffeine and ego, firing my synapses at the speed of sound.
I just got through the most rigorous three weeks of my life. Three weeks of exercising and fighting all day (sometimes at night as well).fighting for 7 15 hours a day. Along...
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Moans and groans and dozens of new positions...what could I be up to???
Ahhhh.not much time for posting. If Im not at Stage Combat PracticeIm practicing after hours, icing and fixing the bodily damage Im sustaininggetting a few laughs/drinks/movies in with the other studentsor sleeping. Heres some random stuff from the week.
-Learning things like aikido roles, falls, punches, kicks, flipping each other over (without...
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Ahhhh.not much time for posting. If Im not at Stage Combat PracticeIm practicing after hours, icing and fixing the bodily damage Im sustaininggetting a few laughs/drinks/movies in with the other studentsor sleeping. Heres some random stuff from the week.
-Learning things like aikido roles, falls, punches, kicks, flipping each other over (without...
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I am both sympathetic and envious of your situation. A friend of mine went to Sarah Lawrence for grad studies in Creative Writing, and part of the "package" there is a guaranteed book deal with a publisher. Her book was published, and she later entered it in a "contest" where the winner was given a contract to transform the novel into a screenplay that would be purchased by a major production company. She made the final 10, but alas, she didn't get the contract. I am excited and nervous for you, but more excited than nervous. You are a fabulous writer, from what I've seen, and I have faith your creation (continuation of the Frankenstein allusion) will be dazzling.
It's raining here, so I send a kiss on your neck for luck
I wish you well with your writing.