Update 43

05.11.08

Good with my hands.

I apologize, everyone. There is a lot going on so this is going to be very, very short.

First, I found out that I’m gong to have an odd hobby when I’m a millionaire: sleeping in abandoned & decaying hotels from around the world. Then again, with my luck I’ll have to pack carefully. Thankfully, though, I know people for just an occasion.

Ok, I admit, I’m impressed with the simplest of things. Sadly, I don’t have endless time on my hands to find additional simple things, but on the bright side I do not have enough time to be obsessed with minutiae, or risk my life for kicks. So I guess it balances out.

My spirits have been buoyed by the fact that it has been a bad time to be a dirt bag, whether a more traditional kind of criminal thug, or evil doers wearing smiles, ties, and $500 hair cuts. Call it Schadenfreude if you must, but it keeps me going.

Lets see… I finally laid to rest the idea, implanted in me during the 80’s,  that putting extreme on something will make it good, Marvel Comics has found a second franchise they can pimp out until it descends into suck. But my policy is unchanged, really: I will go see them until they hurt me, and no more.

Helpful hints:

1) Do NOT wave a gun near the SWAT team. It makes them cranky.

2) Most often movies are best when they are historical least.

3) Just because you want to, does not mean you are qualified to.

And, finally:

4) You do not get to call any system of government RACIST after your own turns millions of innocent people into air pollution.

Again, I’m staying focused on the bright side of things:

Common sense seems to be breaking out all over,

Killer fish do not wish to eat me.

If said fish do want to eat me, they better learn how to walk on land.

Winter is finally over.

In a few weeks I’ll be at Balticon being pampered… well, at least not persecuted.

And if things get a bit ridiculous, then at least it’s all in the name of capitalism instead of something darker.

Plus, there are pancakes!

On top of everything else, I am making a prop from my story in BAF2. It is a remote control used by the main character. As my first woodworking project it has convinced me that I am craftier than I thought, but not as crafty as I would like. Every day brings stories that are tragic, ironic, self indulgent

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