Coming Home… Drivin’ Drivin’ Drivin’, Got my troubles on hold. Just drivin’ down that highway, My fossil fuel’s as good as gold — Sammy Hagar, “Privacy” Tomorrow I head back on the road again, this time back to Kansas. I like to travel for short stints, but there’s still… er… “no place like home”.  But …
Discovery! So, I’m in Kenosha, WI working on another job up here, and I find a CD in an old Wonderware Factory Suite case labled “Backups”. Hrm – I don’t rememeber this one… I pop it in the drive, and my jaw drops. See, the source code to Boulder Panic! 2 DX (the game I’ve …
Another day, another Job Well, since I’m not doing BBQ joints anymore, I opened up to more contract work. Ask, and ye shall receive. I landed more work on Monday, some that I’m doing this week and some down the road. One of them is HUGE labor wise, and lands sometime before August. If I …
Another Day Another Job, Welcome to a New Hell, Bitch! Read More »
I Think I have The Plan One of my big goals is to loose wieght and gain some more muscle. Emphasis on the loose weight part really – I’m ok muscle mass wise, but wouldn’t mind being much bigger 🙂 Problem is, I’ve been looking for the setup that “feels right” and I’d be able …
A Plan, A Movie, An Upgrade, and Another Upgrade Read More »
And so it begins… I’m sick and tired of the damn TV I’m gonna make my own movie I wanna star in a late night show And all I need is my video — Def Leppard, “Action! Not Words” (Yeah, I know – I’ve used that quote once already :-) Well, the check for my …
The Trip Summary Well, the Kenosha trip was a great success! I got back on Sunday (I slept on the way back at a rest stop for a few hours), and managed to get back at a reasonable hour of the day too, so Sunday wasn’t a complete waste.  While I was there, I managed …
Trip Progress Well, the trip has been a pretty much awsome experience. Everything has been going just right, and somehow I keep finding little ways to eek just a little more profit out of the job. Not intentionally either – it just happens to be the customer had no way of describing things properly so …
Trip Progress, Script Progress (with intro snippet), Thoughts on Presence Read More »
Vacation time One town’s very like another When you’re head’s down over your pieces brother (It’s a drag, it’s a bore, it’s really such a pitty to be looking at the board, not looking at the city) – Murry Head, “One Night in Bangkok” Made it to Kenosha, WI without incident – actually, was a …
Elwood: It’s 106 miles to Chicago, we’ve got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it’s dark and we’re wearing sunglasses. Jake: Hit it. – Jake & Elwood Blues, “The Blues Brothers” Waiting on my computer to copy over my music collection (it’s currently on another machine and I just share it …
The End. “The moment is a masterpiece, the weight of indecision’s in the air It’s standing there, the symbol and the sum of all that’s me It’s just a travesty, towering, blocking out the light and blinding me I want to see”    – Kansas, “The Wall” (Not to be confused with Pink Floyd’s The …
The End. It Begins Again. Wraping it up. Ch-ch-ch-changes… Read More »
A Moment of Clarity… So I’m bitching up a storm to Meredith sometime last week I think, and pissed off as hell about someone else. I’m headed for the door, cursing, and she says “WHOA! What are you doing?!” I tell her I’m gonna tell the person to go fuck off, giver her back her …
Clarity, MySpacers, Balls, End Game, Kenosha, Davis Improvements Read More »
Escape? So, I’m headded off to do a little work at R & S, and a favor for the owner on Sunday when I get a phone call – “HELP! The horses have escaped!” is what it boiled down to. So off I head to the farm… And all the horses are in their place. …
Escape?, Old friends new parties, Ghosts of Relationships Past, R & S Tomfoolery Read More »
Strange Days… If you woulda asked me at 9:30 AM how my day was going, I woulda probably said like complete shit. An, by all rights, this probably should have been a completely suck day. I had insomnia the night before (combination of too much in my brain and my room being REALLY hot and …
Strange days, Fumble!, Pessimistic Optimist, Honesty, Decision Point, R & S Read More »
Crappy Work-Weekend This weekend was supposed to be a “working weekend” where I got caught up on a bunch of projects. The application I’ve been working on for the Spirit project has done nothing but drive me fucking NUTS. Basically anything I do results in finding yet another problem and having to solve it, etc. …
R & S Progress… I keep intending to post some pictures of R & S BBQ, but I’m always a bit hesitant – it just looks like a construction site. Then the wood lower sections of the walls went up: Meh. Not very interesting.   Add the new epoxy flooring, and stain on the walls. …
The more I think about it, the more I think Meredith is right about her comment about me “selling myself”. Yeah, it’s a compensation thing – I feel inadequate at life at the moment, so I try to be what I’m selling myself as. Aw heck, just be me. Fuck everyone else 🙂 Fuck everyone …
A WTF Moment… I’m chatting with Meredith today, and she asks “Did Heather email ya back?” I looked at her blankly for a moment, wondering “How the hell did she know I emailed Heather last night?”, and started to ask her exactly that… then remembered, oh yeah, she reads my blog from time to time …
Oh yea, that’s right – some people do read this thing! Read More »
Into the Midnight Blue.. Today’s blog is brought to you by Foreigner… “Ain’t got no regrets, Ain’t loosin’ track of which way I’m going, I ain’t gonna double back no” — Foreigner, “Midnight Blue” Yeah, I’m an odd guy sometimes 🙂 Might sound like a bit of an odd choice for theme music for the …
Into The Midnight Blue, Struck With The Blues, Social Callender, R&S, Romantic Energy Read More »
(Note – this was SUPPOSED to have pictures. Something went wrong. I’ll figure that out later 🙂 Meredith happened to look at my MySpace blog the other day and mentioned that, well, I hadn’t updated in a while. Simply put, I’ve been damned busy 🙂 First new thing – I finally broke down and bought …
Balls to the wall on R & S Friday we had our re-inspection for the framing on R & S, and passed. That means now we’re about two weeks out before opening! What’s really amazing is how quickly it’s going to transform from midway in project to a finished project in short order. Unluckly, timing …
Balls to the wall on R & S, Equifest shoot, chatting it up, successful relationships Read More »
The Dangers of Supplements After a month now of taking my multi-vitamins, I run out and had to pick up more. This time, I decided I was gonna do it right. I went down to a real store for supplements, and picked up some SERIOUS multi-vitamins. It’s Universal’s “Animal Pak” – each package of vitamins …
The Home Strech Looks like the R & S BBQ project is now in the home stretch. R & S #2’s site is being searched for, so once I finish this one, I’ll cruise up to Kenosha, WI, and do that job, take a week off, then start #2 I hope. Downside is right now …
Decisions Decisions, the Home Stretch, Hot or Not Read More »
Now that I’m back to working on “Act 2″‘s script again, I stopped and thought a bit about the characters and what they are now. Kind of intersting because, well… they aren’t what I originally imagined them as. They grew off in different directions that I planned on (which is one of the multitude of …
The evolution of characters, more parties, and the R & S workout Read More »
I took a day off. From, well, damned near anything that required work or responsibility. Yeah, sure, I probably SHOULD have gotten a few things done on Saturday, but I just didn’t feel like it. Instead, I stole Meredith (her hubby wasn’t interested in going with us) and went out to eat at Imbiss Grill …
I love the smell of powder actuated tools in the morning. Really. One of the things I touched on with my little rant about hammers and their evolution is the similarity between weapons and tools. The tool I was using this morning blurs that line even further – a .22 caliber nail gun. It uses …
OK, I keep having this other romantic comedy idea of mine running around in my head for quite a while, distracting me from my current script work. I knew how it ended, so I fired up Celtx today, and write the ending. Jesus H Christ, I love the ending. Just a little suspense to make …
I had talked to my (ex) sister-in-law Morgan on Friday morning, and not only was she coming to the birthday dinner, so was her hubby and thier little one. Cool – that would have been 6 people. Ends up the little one starts puking before the event, and that left 3 people – Meredith (the …
Wow – birthdays can suck, health stuff, and Improving Davis Read More »
I bought a new tape measure today. There is no long essay about it here. 🙂 I was pretty out of it yesterday (most of yesterday I was a bit dazed and confused, and part of today – no clue why either!), and forgot to mention one of the other cool things about the Framing …
More tool fetish, Birthdays, secret projects, being setup by… my father?! Read More »
More wall building today at the BBQ place. This is like my favorite part – building walls defines the place. You see the shell of it, how it’s going to lay out, etc. Plus all the rest of the trades need the walls up so they can do their part. Building walls also allows me …
Of Hammers, Life Soundtracks, and the dreams I will see Read More »
I’ve been hacking on the script, and there’s this stupid part of me that really wants to write another screenplay from scratch. I’ve got a GREAT story in mind, yet another romantic sort of thing, and it’s clouding my work on the current one. Ug. Now there’s a problem I hadn’t expected to happen. Writers …
Script aggrivation, parties aren’t what they used to be, restructuring Read More »
