My book revisions are going well. I'm about 60-70% done with the second draft. It's definitely better, more unified in theme, some extraneous characters cut from the first draft and better stuff put in. Overall I'm proud of it ( Read more... )

I'm the guest DJ on Yehoodi Radio this month, playing stuff from my collection of live music that I've amassed over the years. The background here is that from 2003-2005 I recorded hours and hours of some of the best live swing bands around, and most of those recordings have never ever been released, so this is the first time a lot of people are ( Read more... )

Pixar trailers rarely excite me. There are exceptions - the ad campaign for Wall-E pretty much guaranteed that it was Pixar's finest hour (and it was) - but overall I've often felt with each new announcement of the idea that this would be the one that Pixar failed to deliver, either in terms of box office or critical acclaim. The trailer for Up ( Read more... )

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Supposed to be working on some foley today but the material's a little late getting out of the starting gate. Which means that once I get it I'll have to haul ass a little. Thankfully I'll be using Freedom, the wonderful Internet switcher-offer that keeps me focused.

Not much else to report. Hope everyone is well.

So I'm still revising my novel. It's hard for me to revise anything, really. I'm usually okay with the first draft of things I write, but I know that that's not the best idea for something as long form as a novel. For one thing it's ridiculously easy to get caught in a small continuity error from the beginning that doesn't make sense in the end. It ( Read more... )

I remember when I picked up a copy of Judith Guest's "Ordinary People" at the airport bookstore, looking for something to read on the plane. I don't remember which airport and I don't remember where I was going - perhaps to Tallahassee. I remember that I was flying alone. The reason I picked this book was because years earlier I had seen Drew ( Read more... )

Something I've started trying out is Inbox Zero, a method of keeping your email inbox completely empty by using the power of a service like GMail to archive and search through old messages. An email in your inbox represents a message not "dealt with," whether its a reminder to pay a bill, a note from a family member or friend that you haven't ( Read more... )

Last week I mentioned Flashlight Worthy Books and how their featured book was Danny the Champion of the World. They seem to be reading my mind as today's featured book is the wonderful, poetic, and sublime Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver. One of the few books I can say truly changed my life.

If you buy the book from the link FLB ( Read more... )

Today is my 28th birthday. Ten years as a legal adult. Crazyness. I remember turning 18, too. Seems so long ago ( Read more... )