Ahoy hoy

Ah finally back on the good shores of Blog. Which could totally be a fantastical island in a fantasy novel. Yeah I'm looking at you teen authors! Write that!
Nothing serious today, just updates.
Movies I'm NOW excited for:

-The Dictator
-The Avengers
-The Dark Knight
-Prometheus

Recent movies I would definitely suggest:

-The Five Year Engagement
-Cabin In the Woods
-Haywire
-The Hunger Games
-21 Jump Street

Bayoshe.

Smiling At Streetlights

Hey. Insert obligatory "omg havent posted forever" comment here. I've honestly just had nothing to post about. But now I do. Here's some stuff:

I keep hearing THIS song. It's alright but I keep thinking it's a song by the White Stripes. Don't know the name of that one...

I ate some ice cream that tasted real funky today. Probably going to be up tonight vomiting. Lovely. I also ate a pint last night (the same amount I ate tonight) along with tons of cheetos. Frick.

I haven't written ANYTHING in a veeerry long time for various reasons. I'm trying to start again. It's pretty hard.

I've abandoned my ill-fated first novel. Not deleting it or anything but it was going nowhere and I hated the magic system which was laced into most of what I had written. Blah.

I've gotten a few ideas for new stories. One involves unintentionally murderous children, the other involves 9-11. Yeah... I pick 'em right. Stuff EVERYONE wants to read about right? Pssh what's wrong with me haha.

Excited for some new movies.

Philosophical question. Should someone leave their stable job to explore their dreams? If it's a choice between the two, what is one to do?

That's about all I got's right now.

POEt

it bothers me how much of my reality is really just an illusion....

When All Is Said And Done

I need to post more often if only to get that stupid Shrek wedding picture off my bloody screen.

What's new? Hmm. Well I recently started working out again. That's been nice as it had been about two months since I was consistently exercising. It's coming along sloowly.

Tried watching X-Files tonight and got to freaked out being in a house that is completely unlocked. Alone except for a dog that keeps barking at nothing. With random phone calls from out of area. Not cool. Needless to say I didn't even finish the episode. Instead I watched IRON CHEF: The greatest cooking show ever!

Haven't been writing consistently either which is a bummer because near the end I was writing around a thousand words a day no sweat. Now I'm back to struggling to get my five hundred. Blah.

In parting I'd like to talk about the 2012 end of the world hooha. The Mayans said there would be an end of an era not the end of the world. But this could mean an end of the HUMAN era. Maybe it's time for another race to live on the planet. I would like to direct you to the Bloop. Please read the whole article but concentrate especially on this line:

"While the audio profile of the Bloop does resemble that of  a living creature, the source is a mystery both because it is different from known sounds and because it was several times louder than the loudest recorded animal, the blue whale"

Interesting. A sound coming from the depths of the south Pacific. What large creatures could possibly dwell there that could make a sound several times louder that the blue whale? I'm guessing the creature would ahve to be an order of magnitude larger than a blue whale to produce such a sound. But these things don't exist right? Well a good man named H.P. Lovecraft waxed poetic on the subject. He described a creature known as Cthulhu who was described thus:

"An octopus, a dragon, and a human caricature... A pulpy, tentacled head surmounted a grotesque scaly body with rudimentary wings", and "a mountain walked or stumbled".

Once again I posit the opinion: Interesting. This describes Cthulhu as a terrifying creature who was compared to a mountain. We could probably safely assume that was in relation to it's size. We can also safely assume that a mountain is larger than a blue whale. Now in reference to the depths of the south Pacific I give you this:

"(Cthulhu is) a malevolent entity trapped in an underwater city in the South Pacific called R'lyeh"

It is said, if memory serves, that Cthulhu will rise from his underwater city to once again rule the earth, his rightful kingdom. I believe there is also text on the lines of him summoning the Old or Ancients Ones, to which he is a high priest, back to earth to destroy humanity.

Now an ultra low frequency underwater sound emanating from the South Pacific... Cthulhu waking up? The 12 year old in me is fighting with adult actual me to offer up the conjecture: Cthulhu farting in his sleep? 


Regardless of how old you are,I think this is some valid interesting food for thought to say the least.

I know I know. Sounds like Armageddony good times to be had by all. I suppose only time will tell.

So if that's not something to look forward to in 2012, I don't know what is. 

A face only an ancient malevolent God could love.

I'm Only Getting Started (I'll Try Really Extra Hard Not To Black Out)!

Wow. I haven't written for like two friggin weeks. Boo and hiss. The reason? I got an XBOX 360 AND Starcraft on my computer. Not a great combination for a writer to be honest. If you are an aspiring writer and would like some extra curricular entertainment I would highly suggest NOT getting either of these. Try golfing.

I went to the driving range with a friend for the second time today and it was actually really fun. And golf hurts more than I thought it would, which was not at all. Good times.

This picture is from a list of the most obnoxious wedding themes. Wow.

The Night in Review

Well I just finished over a 1,000 words on my novel, Rising Sun. I know I know it's a cheesy, generic name. What do I look like to you, a marketing genius? Just kidding haha. I just haven't come up with that name that really sticks in my head ya know? Also I would just like to take this time to say again that setting a goal for at least 500 words a day is amazing! It has helped me not get overwhelmed but still make progress.

Also you prospective/current writers should watch a Simpsons episode called The Book Job. It was hilarious, spoofing the Oceans 11 movies and making fun of the writing community, specifically the young adult novel. It also strangely gave me motivation and I blasted out 1,000  words yesterday and 1,000 today! It was awesome. I'm up to chapter 3 of my book and going strong.

I've never been this far into a writing project. It feels good but I'm having a hard time staying motivated sometimes. Mostly because I feel like what's the point? Do I really expect some literary agent to pick my novel out of the slushpile and think it's going to sell a million copies, making us rich? But then I read books like  The Rhythm of Life by Matthew Kelly or You Can Heal Your Life by Louise L. Hay and feel like HECK YEAH! I should completely expect this to happen. These are excellent books and I highly suggest them to anyone!

So I guess the point of this wordy ramble: I think I'm bipolar.

And yes, that is Neil Gaiman  on the left as a yellow person. Awesome!!!

Keep on Writing.

VICTORY!

I have the first draft of the first two chapters of my novel, the as yet crappily named, Rising Sun. Yay. I'm telling you's. Just take it 500 words at a time. And by that I mean a day. Soon enough you've got some serious progress under your belt.
I finally got Miri to watch Hot Fuzz. She has refused for years because she thought it looked like just another lame action movie. But once she watched it she found that Simon Pegg is actually hilarious! Oh and so is Nick freakin Frost. Genius. Can't wait to see him in Attack the Block. Recently saw Paul. It was actually better than I thought it was going to be. Also I freakin love Kristen Wiig. She is probably the best actor on SNL, tied with Bill  Hader.
Anyways that's all for now. Go watch something Nerdy!

P.S. Check out the band The Naked and Famous and AWOLNATION. Excellent tunes. Oh also check out the soundtrack to The Fountain, specifically the song Death is the Road to Awe. It will change your life. Probably. Not. Probably not.