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GOOGINS!
Thursday, January 3, 2008
Whenever
I've had a note to myself sitting around for two months to add this link but I've been busy waxing the nostalgic. So without any further ado, I present Estradasphere!
Wednesday, January 2, 2008
New Member to the Family
Presenting the latest in my annual Christmas Gravy Boat!
The other gravy boats gather around to give advice on pouring and avoiding those embarrassing drips.
The other gravy boats gather around to give advice on pouring and avoiding those embarrassing drips.
Hold Onto Your Britches
I just had a Fun Size Milky Way bar and I'm riding high on life!
In other worlds my writing has progressed into THE ARC. Yeah, after ten+ years of writing album reviews of WhatzUp I've decided to at least take a swipe at writing The All American Novel! I'm committed to at least finishing the beast, good or bad. I checked out the materials from the Write-A-Novel-In-A-Month people and they were helpful, although mine has stretched on for over two months (with many more to come, but at least I'll still have a family when I'm done) with only 10,000 of the required 50,000 words completed. Plus I just started what would be considered part two of the suggested three-part classic structure. Since my chapters have grown increasingly longer I expect that when I edit I'll go back and expand the first few chapters so that the three parts are more equal in size. Also new today is the completed plot snapping into focus. What? Start writing a novel without knowing the full plot? That's that I used to think too. The Novel/Month people suggest starting to write with only a plot concept but I needed a bit more and so spent some time coming up with situations and characters and a general idea of what what going to happen but it's always pleasantly surprising when you start a chapter and a new idea crops up that throws things for a loop. And so you just hold on and enjoy the ride.
But for now the goal is to boldly plow forth, ignoring the urge to go back and edit or even read what I've written. The idea is just to get the story told and later I'll get technical and critical and fix stuff and add those cool foreshadowing/interlocking plot ideas that I love. Yeah, it's a fresh concept that until now I had failed to grasp, instead going back and getting bogged down in editing the thousand words I had just written to the point that I no longer felt inspired to write.
Speaking of being no longer inspired to write, this blog post tires me so.
10306
In other worlds my writing has progressed into THE ARC. Yeah, after ten+ years of writing album reviews of WhatzUp I've decided to at least take a swipe at writing The All American Novel! I'm committed to at least finishing the beast, good or bad. I checked out the materials from the Write-A-Novel-In-A-Month people and they were helpful, although mine has stretched on for over two months (with many more to come, but at least I'll still have a family when I'm done) with only 10,000 of the required 50,000 words completed. Plus I just started what would be considered part two of the suggested three-part classic structure. Since my chapters have grown increasingly longer I expect that when I edit I'll go back and expand the first few chapters so that the three parts are more equal in size. Also new today is the completed plot snapping into focus. What? Start writing a novel without knowing the full plot? That's that I used to think too. The Novel/Month people suggest starting to write with only a plot concept but I needed a bit more and so spent some time coming up with situations and characters and a general idea of what what going to happen but it's always pleasantly surprising when you start a chapter and a new idea crops up that throws things for a loop. And so you just hold on and enjoy the ride.
But for now the goal is to boldly plow forth, ignoring the urge to go back and edit or even read what I've written. The idea is just to get the story told and later I'll get technical and critical and fix stuff and add those cool foreshadowing/interlocking plot ideas that I love. Yeah, it's a fresh concept that until now I had failed to grasp, instead going back and getting bogged down in editing the thousand words I had just written to the point that I no longer felt inspired to write.
Speaking of being no longer inspired to write, this blog post tires me so.
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Thursday, December 27, 2007
This Too Shall Pass
Four days ago I didn't know it existed. Two days ago I was convinced I needed it. Now the fever is passing and reality has set it.
Like most males, my toys are relatively expensive and unnecessary. You see, I've got a lovely $80 strat-copy that I've painted neon green and it matches my electric guitar abilities.
But then I saw this lovely creature, on sale for a mere $250 and a bargain at that. Besides, we just got our property tax rebate!
The first time I suffered guitar lust was this dandy DanElectro Mod:
A bit goofy and retro, I still think this one fits me best but it was a mega-blowout discontinued $100 at a time when $100 was $100 more than I had. And so I let the opportunity pass and they are no longer available except on eBay.
The other guitar that has held my attention for some time is the Ibanez Artist line which I find asthetically pleasing.
But as I said, the fever has passed and I no longer am under the compulsion to OWN STUFF. That is until the next issue of Musician's Friend comes in the mail.
Wednesday, December 26, 2007
Christmas Spam
Good mornin' y'all! Hope all 1.28 of my regular readers had a fabbo Christmas, or a similar experience.
This morning I sliced into my annual can -o- Christmas SPAM. Carefully. With 150% of your daily fat (and probably 375% of your daily sodium) in each can this is not something to take lightly. Take the time to enjoy the process because once this stuff hits your heart it may be the last thing you see. Relish in the embryonic and mysterious SPAM jelly, immerse yourself in the sizzling on the skillet (NEVER microwave SPAM. Never taunt SPAM (or Happy Fun Ball).) (How's THAT for punctuation?). Savor each bit, pehaps enhances with a bit of scrambled egg or toast with your favorite jelly (although I don't recommend SPAM jelly... WAIT! Maybe that's what the stuff is for! But alas, I am not that brave to spread the gelatinous goo on my toast even though it may be nirvana and open up the secret of life). (Am I using too many of these? I've been up since 5:00.)
Um, that's it. No more. Go home. Drink some coffee. Nothing more to see here... move along.
Sunday, December 23, 2007
Primiti Too Taa
One great thing about YouTube is that you can see great animations you remember from your past. So now I present the classic primative poem "Primiti Too Taa" animated one page at a time using a manual typewriter by some obviously manic fellow with too much time on his hands during the late eighties.
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