4/17/07

It’s been a busy few days and I am tired. I am still excited about writing. The story has taken some new turns, and I did some research to add some depth to the material. It’s pushing the material away from a straight up comedy, into a more dramatic story, which I find very appealing to work on.

I will say that the characters themselves are dictating and demanding of the story. This rough draft is begging to be structured. There are chunks of the story I am asking myself, how does the situation get to this point? What made him and her choose this path? There are additional scenes I need to have in order to make the story much more clearer.

Progress

Writing this story when I realized that I will need some reseach to improve the next draft. A couple of the characters have defined themselves in a very negative way. I've got to get a handhoild on it. Crazy ass characters. lol

Does The Happy Dance

Been working on my writing. Only scribbled down notes, ideas and scenes on paper. I am going to add them to the draft shortly. Came up with yet even more crazy ideas. I am loving this experience. To be honest, I was dreading starting a new story. Its something I needed to do for the creative soul in me, and get back into something to make me forget my first project. Went through that dry spell and some false starts with other stories that I will eventually reclaim and work out.

Eating a late dinner tonight. Made dinner for a change, instead of spending $10.00 per night on food. Made baked beans (bold and spicy blend) and rice. The southerner added sautéed onions & bell peppers, as well as bacon and sausage. It’s so good.

Gotta get back to my script. My guess is after I get 15-20 pages of the rough draft, I may be able to claim it as chapter one. I may go further. I honestly don’t know where chapter one ends, so I may double that length, then edit after all chapters are done.

Fooling Around

Decided to write out some dialogue for an idea, and found myself working and working on it until it was nine pages long. I love the idea that I started. I am going to keep writing on this. Eventually I will have to break the dialogue into panels, and this will be the first chapter of a four, or five-part script. I am excited that I have some new ideas, and am willing to push this further to make this project completed and off to a publisher.

It’s got a mild humor bent, and the strength is between the characters’ interactions. I could stay up all night trying to add more pages, as I can visualize the next scene right now. I got the music going and no interruptions until the morning. However I feel it best to hold back on some things. God willing, I will get more dialogue going.

UPDATE: Ten pages now!

My Day

Me too darn tired. me no wanna write a thing. But I get these five sentencces down, like I'm s'posed ta' and I'll be alright. Did me grocery shopping and I wanted a cheesecake but Wal-Mart was a little low on the goodies side. I had to pass on by. Picked up some salad and some fruits. I'm tring to get healthier foods. Th.ings to balance out the cheese cake. I don't want to be a lard butt ya know.

On the way home some ass in a pick up was tailgaiting, then darted into the next lane, and then the third, tailgiting that person. I know when people try to ride the bumper I take my foot off the accelerator. No need for me to feel pressure when I was doing the speed limit. You got ants in your pants-not my problem. I know if you tailgate me, you're going to be pissed. Get off my bumper. Also, I can't run over the peeps in front of me. Slow that thing down.

Ten Pages

I got the first ten pages of the script done. I have thirteen more for chapter 1. The harder decision, is this four chapters/issues or six? A brother be thinking about all kinds of stuff. We'll have to see, but the rule is to not edit until I got stuff done.

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Today is one of those crazy days. A pair of khakis don’t fit so well. They are so snug, or I’ve gotten wider around the waist ☺ lol I needed a new pair or three. Perhaps that will be on point for the week-end. I’d like to get that outta the way. lol can’t be showing up at the job all jacked up over some pants. Lord, my crotch and waist will thank me for not trying to compress them into ill-fitting pants.

The roads are so dangerous. Again people straddling the lanes, crossing lanes with no signals, and not paying attention to where they are going. I was really scared driving a few times.

About to reclaim a script and work out ten pages tonight. Forgot to make my grocery list, and I will do that before I go to be tonight because it needed to be done.

Gotta skit I need to rock out as well. If I don’t I will be pissed with myself for not putting some energy into it.

Driver’s Seat, Yeah That’s Me

This is me trying to get myself back into a frame of writing. I need to write at least one paragraph a day. Yeah its simple, but I need to do it as a warm-up. Get the creative mind flowing because I’d like to have some pieces of a story ready to write & type. Truth is I’m afraid. Afraid of what’s going to happen next. This is unlike me, as I know how to put pen to paper. So what the heck am I afraid of?

Meant to call my Mom, but I got sidetracked. Nothing new. I will call her tomorrow when I get the chance.

The day is ok. Feel a little rushed, but am sitting down on my break relaxing to a point.

Keep On Dicking Around

I hesitate to post this entry as the offending party comes off looking like a real jackass, so I censor this post to protect the guilty’s ID. If I didn’t care for said guilty party, I might act a bastard and post their name.

Last month, the offender was late with his cell phone bill, again, so I called and asked what’s the problem. Furthermore I suggested that if the offender could not make the bill at a certain time, to let me know, but it needs to be paid before the end of the month. The offender agreed, and then asked if I could get a phone for his girlfriend.

I’m like no way. She betta hook up with prepay. She needs to march her butt down to Verizon Wireless, get those prepaid minutes, and be happy. The offender can’t pay his bill on time now, why would I get him another phone for his girlfriend (Don’t answer that, please)? He says the girlfriend takes his phone all the time, and he needs his. I am embarrassed he asked me this. I was like, you must hate me on some level, or think so low to use me. Somebody’s gonna get their phone cut off if they keep dicking around.

Stop Farting, You're Stinking Up The Place

The week starts off with negative vibes. People are trippin like they need some high-powered meds. The kind of meds that make a person look and feel numb, to help them get them outta this universe. Their attitudes stink like farts. A loud fart that is so nasty you know the maker needs to change his shorts. It gets testy around these here parts. Fortunately I know how to open a window, and let that foul air on out. I’m moving right along.

Black20.com Presents: The Easter Bunny Hates You

OMG I could not stop laughing. I'm sharing the laughs.

Mellow

I need some rest, so I chill this day, hoping to feel mellow for the rest of the night. Was debating which DVD to pop in. I may put one in at random. So long as it keeps me entertained without bogging me down. Will jot down s'more writing soon.

Was thinking of some new foods. Stuffed cabbage sounds good. Hadn't done that in years. Stuffed cabbage, wild rice, and some mixed greens/ or string beans.

Been obsessing over cheesecake. J clued me onto Juniors' website. May order their sampler. My only gripe is that when I went to the site, I automatically gained ten pounds. lol Oh those cakes look so delicious.

My Breakthrough

If I don't give a damn about what others may think of my ideas, I will write more, and work harder at producing quality mateiral, no matter the medium. No regrets, no limitations, no distractions.

Like 1, 2, 3-Thinking Outside the Box

Moving right along, I decided I will have a burger for lunch from B & D's. This means I need to remember to order it on time. I tend to forget things so easily. The powers of the rapid fire mind. I'm laying off the frappichino today, as I think after twice in a row I may be taking in too much caffine. I am amped as it is. Time to let it go, for the weekend, at least. :-)

My mind is racing with new impulses and ideas. I wonder what is going on in that head of mine. I truly won't know until I jot it all down.

Totally OD'd on Beast Machines. I got to disk three of the series. I want to peep Justice League Unlimited. I keep hoping the costs for the DVD's drop as it stands at $39.00 each (seasons 1 & 2).

I'm nervous about new prosepcts, but this is a good thing. Its better for me to feel nervous and scared, than it is to feel that crappy complacent feel I get sometimes. I never want to work when I am too complacent. I say this because I know that its good to keep moving and breaking outside my comnfort zone.

Had these ideas for stories. Wow, the thoughts were so inapproriate, in that rude, and funny. I felt ashamed of them. Yes that sounds incredibly stupid, as I have not committed them to being published, but I have so many off the wall ideas. I edited myself, and didn't write them down. i can still hear them in the back of my head, and I don't think that was a good idea to try and suppress them.

I should unleash my ideas, because I don't think censoring myself is the way to go. Its different from pulling back from an extreme. An extreme is me taking something so far, that I'm not in touch with my ideas.

I almost censored mysef on my first script, but after thinking that this is what the character would do, I realized that it was a worthy risk of shock and/or horror as to what was done. I left that aspect in.

Here's to being outside the box.

Busy Little Bee

Ok, I need a new project. Not just something to keep me busy, but I need to delve into a fully realized new project. Of late I have been jotting down notes and stuff. I have a four person cast for a story that is comming into focus, however, I would like to get myself past the list, but it is maturing slowly and steady. I should not rock that boat.

A bit of sucky news, my artist, again has left a project. This is awful to me, as I thought the energy we had for the short story was awesome and the fisnished product would have been fabulous. I've been thinking about doing the artwork myself. Yes, I am a fine artist, and not a sequential artist. I don't know how quick I can draw this, but maybe, just maybe I should try it out for my own curiosity. Now I'm wondering how good a job I could do. This is going to be rough, but the foundation for drawing is there. I have to do some research, for my character, but I think I can createsome rough sketches this week.

Gotta get some photo references. :-) Busy, busy, busy.

Drama, Drama, Drama

There is drama everywhere. Not my drama, but drama nonetheless. It gets to you in that indirect way and locks hold of your mind. Today, all I want to do is purge my mind of the foolishness that is so not my own. Let me tell you, I have enough of my own dram to get through. I'm gonna start using that dram for my stories.

Speaking of stories, scribbled down some notes about some ideas. I so need to work on a full new project. Dive into it, and break it down.

The Steak Out

Back at it again with the ribeyes. Marinated them yesterday, and will be cooking them tomorrow, provided I get up on time to do the deed. I wish I had a grill. Cause I would cook those suckers on that grill.

Ok, I’m tired, and I foolishly didn’t eat a good brunch. Potato chips are not solid food. I know this, yet I played that game anyways. Willful ignorance. I pay for it every day I try it. Gonna learn one day.

Foolishly got caught up in the soaps again. Something about how trampy the character of Brooke Logan can get I find fascinating. I should turn away, but I don ‘t. It’s like watching a Judge Hatchet DNA test. Sorry people doing sorry things, hoping for something significant to happen from a DNA test. I always get the feeling they go back to the same behavior just the same.

Paradise Kiss Opening

This is a romance anime. I read some of the manga. Wouldn't mind seeing the first few episodes.

Nasty Ass Horses

I have lived in three cities, and the worst part of two of them is the carriage tours with the horses. Well, first of all the carriages are slow, and being a driver I don’t want to spook the horses. I feel bad their out in the hot sun of any historic district.

What I loathe most of all is the horseshit is everywhere. The streets are littered with feces, baking in the sun, and both Savannah, and Charleston have that muggy heat. The heat intensifies the smell. Let me tell you the to think you are safe from the smell of horse poop is a HUGE mistake. I nearly puked in my car on the way to work. I didn’t want the air on to vent the shit. I didn’t want the window down to bring in that hot, crap ridden funk.

What do I see smushed by tires on the road to work? Horse poop. What do I see when I step out of my car after paying an already nauseous amount of money in the meters? Horse poop. What did somebody step in on their walk across the street for all to smell and see? Damn horse poop.

One day I looked out the window and what did I see, a horse pooping at the stoplight. Thank God I don’t eat at my desk, and the door was closed. I didn’t even have to go out for dinner. I brought my own food. All I can say is heat turns poop to shit bomb. Go outside to get a soda or latte, day or night you smell the smell.

I am so disgusted. I need a bath to rinse the thoughts from my head.

Rich

Tried a slice of Millionaire’s Brownie cake. Let me tell you, this was one rich slice of cake. OMG, its so good, so sweet. Well worth the price I spent on it. LOL I won’t be buying another slice soon. Why? Well, the price and the fact that rich foods are instant weight gains. It was good. It was damn good. I am feeling good all inside and out.

Ummm, the Macy Gray CD, Big, followed me home. Can I keep it? Really, I DL’ed it from iTunes. I am listening to Big as I type this. I am enjoying the CD. I “Get Out, Okay” are my faves so far, but I need to hear it a few more times before I say anything else about the CD as a whole.

Read some comics. Fell in love with Stormwatch PHD. So much in love I ordered a subscription via mail. Writer Christos Gage said it was good months ago at YABS, but now the proof is in. I’m loving what I read.