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Monthly Archives: February 2013
Nothin’ but Update…
I worked out this morning. Granted, I lead a mostly sedentary lifestyle (if you don’t count the occasional less-than-a-block “power walks” I do to class – which I don’t), so the 70 crunches and 30 twist-crunches probably don’t seem like … Continue reading
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Tagged inspiration, mental, power walk, procrastination, sedentary, The Truman Show, Universe, workout
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Everything is Useless
Do you ever feel that everything is useless? Well, as a tested genius, let me tell you… you’re pretty much right. Think about the best toy you ever got as a kid. Now picture five years later. It doesn’t matter … Continue reading
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Tagged academics, anticipation, apathy, creation, desire, English, genius, human race, James Franco, learning, motivation, retirement, scholastic, Shakespeare, teaching, toys, useless
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Facing the Void
As a writer, the most absurd (yet all too common) roadblock that I face is the empty page. No matter how much I’ve written, or how much it’s praised, the blank page always mocks me. It stands, as if a … Continue reading
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Tagged analogies, blank page, empty page, Jesus, poetry, roadblock, writing
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Does the Morning work for you?
Apparently, the main time my creative brain works is in the wee hours of the morning. This is something I’ve been slowly coming to understand. The previous post was written around 0330 this morning (which I only mention because, as … Continue reading
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Tagged Asa Butterfield, brain, creative, date, fiction, Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, morning, movies, narrative, novel, official, screenplay, time, Universe, writer
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Yesterday was odd…
…and most definitely the first time that I’ve skipped a day writing for “Show Me”. I knew the streak couldn’t last forever, but the day did begin in a most unusual way, so I can hardly be blamed very much. … Continue reading
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Tagged children, Dad, Dads, Dr. Horrible, dreams, father/son, fathers, heart, horror, Mad TV, manly, unusual, Will Sasso
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Ugh.
I have learned two things today: Footlong double-meat cold cut sandwiches from (a place that isn’t paying me to be their spokesperson) make me feel bloated. and I will always put something off until the last available minute and beyond. … Continue reading
Again with the Grind…
I woke up this morning with the same migraine I went to bed with. Normally, I’d have over-medicated it into oblivion and went happily on with my day. Unfortunately, I’m currently running low on my meds and there’s no guarantee … Continue reading
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Tagged college, medication, migraines, physicians, veterans, writing
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Can’t Run
With barely two hours of sleep, I awoke from a dream fighting. Apparently, my Dad and ex-brother had been following me, trying to keep me from leaving town… which I was trying to do bogged down both by carrying a … Continue reading
Begin Your Day
I forget where I first heard it, but there’s this old tale of a benevolent couple who was next door neighbors with a really awful couple (You know the ones – mean to everyone, even each other.). They each, in … Continue reading
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Tagged benevolence, couples, fable, hogs, hospitality, industriousness, inertia, laziness, Mom, pigs, wizard
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The Impossibility of the Dream
Just in case I’ve not said it enough (and my kids ever want to know), my Ultimate Dream is to build a large Norman castle (read: fortress) in the mountains which is the higher-ground centerpiece of an entire medieval town … Continue reading
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Tagged castle, Dagorhir, depression, dream, dreams, Great Wall of China, kids, King, medieval, Minecraft, SCA, Shakespeare, Solomon, suicide, theatre, wealth
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