Graveyard Book to be Film
January 29, 2009
Novelist Neil Gaiman, fresh off his Newbery medal win for The Graveyard Book, announced that director Neil Jordan will adapt and direct the film version of that award-winning novel.
Coparck
January 23, 2009
Star Wars, Retold…
January 19, 2009
… by someone who hasn’t seen it.
InnerPartySystem
January 16, 2009
Versant Releases Full Demo Track – Hell Yes!!
January 14, 2009
Man, finally.
Versant has posted a full demo track on their MySpace.
And I’m so in love! Time to grab the mp3 of it…
The Reduction Reduction and Other Things
January 13, 2009
Friday was a night fraught with two bottles of wine and samurai movies. It was that kind of week, you understand, and I needed some reminder that the world was a good place, somewhere.
Somehow, the next day I managed to ice skate, despite still processing a liter and a half of gewurtstraminer. Though it came out when two children decided I was an obstacle to be skated around.
“Child,” I said, “you do that again, I will clothesline you.”
“What’s clothesline?”
“Oh, you’ll find out.”
My days as a gymnast came back to me slowly, in the form of not falling as much as I thought I would, and even coming to do a few spins and arabesques.
Acorn suggested I use my arms to spin. The ice didn’t know what hit it, but I certainly did.
That night I went to a Mushroom Reduction Reduction Party, hosted by friend-of-a-friend whose name starts with a B and continues on in other letters which elude me. Sharp, blonde, wears glasses, and as I found out nearer to the end of the night, also interested in networks and information assurance. The latter ‘Reduction’ comes from her having far too many cookbooks and seeking to reduce them. The first comes from cooking (“reducing”) mushrooms. Clever.
I didn’t know anybody, so I spent my time being helpful in the kitchen, then finding one person to talk to and cornering them. That, and playing with the two cats, who loved my black coat very well.
Sunday was spent working and chores-ing. I need to find out a few things, like how much wainscoting costs, what it will take to replace my garishly green carpet with hardwood, and where in the process of this I will find money for a new laptop, new motherboard/processor, a PlayStation 3, and a new garbage disposal.
My class is going well, but I fear my teacher may be a bit out of touch. She is skipping ATM, declaring it “unimportant.” Someone should certainly tell my work and our customers that, because I get the feeling they hold a different opinion.
Resolutions, for This Year
January 11, 2009
I failed both my previous resolutions by the letter, but upheld them in spirit. I seek to do similarly — if not better — this year.
Resolution one is to finish the damn novel. The first draft is complete. The second draft is half-written. I want to have it edited and ready to be put out or put aside by the end of this year.
Overall, my goal here is to not flag in my writing and continue to be serious and try to show progress. I would like to think I already exhibit some level of seriousness, and a willingness to improve and to take to heart the advice/criticism I am given. The goal is to keep this up, to be able to look at the story I just finished last week in a year’s time and see an improvement, as I have this year from things I completed last year.
Resolution two is to do well at my master’s. I accept nothing shy of A’s on my report card. Yes, it’ll be hard. But you know, I might be able to pull it off (especially if this first class is any indication of how difficult the coursework will be).
I also would like to read 30 books this year, as I did last year.
The Difference Between Reply and Reply All
January 5, 2009
Names removed to protect the innocent. And the guilty.
From: John
Sent: Friday, January 02, 2009 10:30 AM
To: Company
Subject: Did you lose some money?
I found some money on the floor… come by and let me know how much you lost…
________________________________________
From: Jeff
Sent: Monday, January 05, 2009 10:59 AM
To: John, Company
Subject: RE: Did you lose some money?
I lost a bunch in my 401(k) in 2008…
Sign I’m Getting Old…
January 5, 2009
Being drunk is no longer an end in and of itself. It is still a means to an end, but that much of my youth is spent.
I start my first master’s class today.
Books Read in 2008
January 4, 2009
- Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card
- Lottery by Patricia Wood
- The Titan’s Curse by Rick Riordan
- Twilight by Stephanie Meyer
- Eats, Shoots, and Leaves by Lynne Truss
- Ender’s Shadow by Orson Scott Card
- Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll
- Magicians of Caprona by Diana Wynne Jones
- The Somnambulist by Jonathan Barnes
- The Diving Bell and the Butterfly by Jean-Dominique Bauby
- Sun of Suns by Karl Shroeder
- The Battle of the Labyrinth by Rick Riordan
- Cat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut
- The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
- The Watchmen by Alan Moore
- Summer Knight by Jim Butcher
- Death Masks by Jim Butcher
- Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury
- The Homecoming by Ray Bradbury, illustrated by Dave McKean
- Switch On the Night by Ray Bradbury
- M is for Magic by Neil Gaiman
- Interworld by Neil Gaiman and Michael Reaves
- Air by Geoff Ryman
- Choke by Chuck Palahniuk
- Dracula by Bram Stoker
- Artemis Fowl and the Arctic Incident by Eoin Colfer
- A Walking Tour of The Shambles by Neil Gaiman and Gene Wolfe
- The Lump of Coal by Lemony Snicket
- Now and Forever by Ray Bradbury
- The Facts of Life by Graham Joyce
Not quite 50, but I still feel it’s a respectable amount.
