I don't need a title.

Turkey day was weak and uninspired.
Food was decent, but other than that...

I missed being around a table with the right people--
reminiscing about old times and sharing their company.


I guess I missed the tradition part of it this year.

Mid week thought.

I frequently feel like my life is consumed with work and sleep---what I do with the little time I have to myself is almost irrelevant(...means the world to me, but it's dwarfed by the other two extremes.).

Wish that weren't so.

Weekend blah blah noise.

Saturday's end....currently late night...

And I haven't done a damn thing all weekend.

A part of me is like "You sloth. What the hell."


and the other is very "Yeahhhhh.. That's awesome."


Current thought?

Mmmm..I don't want to go back to work so soon..

That's right. I go with "other side".

Eff you, logical brain.

Hope you peeps had a good weekend too~

A thought..

It's always amazing to me just how sleeping for ten+ hours really makes the world a little easier to handle...

My usual grumpy morning rant--..just on Friday the 13th.. oooh. scary.

Mornings suck.

I just wanted to put that out there, and make it very clear..
(..like I haven't already..)

In other news,
I think I'm done with Nanowrimo again.
Novel writing is for other people.
I'd much rather stay true to what I am
--a pretty decent short story writer.
Why try to overtask myself with something
I'm not happy doing...


I'm tired--think I'll sleep for a year after this shift.

Weekend Confection: #3

Hello, my children. It has been sometime since your Uncle Sexy blogged his confectionary weekend offering, and so with a sincere countenance and a contented heart, I humbly present unto you this week's nominee:

Eddie and the Cruisers!







It's a tale of mystery, of intrigue, times of musical change, of youth, of friendships made and lost forever in the summery tale of a band, its leader, and the moments they shared in the summer of 63--on the shores of Jersey. (It was pretty once, for reals.)

Eddie (played to the hilt and lip synched amazingly by Michael Pare) is the lone rocker with a vision; to be "remembered for the music or not at all." He and his musical partner, Sal, head up The Cruisers, a Jersey band with a sound ahead of its time.(Soundtrack is pretty damn great..Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band's sole contribution to good music, the rest of their catalogue doesn't thrill me to be honest..but this was their gem.) But it wasn't just about the music.. it was the story that makes this movie stand out--On the quest to find his perfect sound, Eddie and the band embark on a year's journey creating an album 20 years ahead of its time. It was said to be fashioned after a deceased poet's final work(Arthur Rimbaud) at 19---"A Season in Hell". The story is told by Frank Ridgeway, one of the original Cruisers, and the lyrical voice behind all of Eddie's best numbers.

The album is missing. The conspiracy begins. Who has the lost tapes? Is Eddie still alive? Why does Sal look like such a schmuck when he puts together a band and calls them "The Cruisers" to make a buck? Is there a real "Season in Hell" album I could buy?

All good questions. Watch the movie. It'll suck you in..

Your Uncle S wouldn't steer you wrong.

Before long, you'll be a Cruiser too, trust me.

Morning Grumpy Rant and other..

I hate mornings, and I tend to be a grouch.

I just don't understand the point of having to be awake at this hour.. It's not just a matter of me connecting with my youth and rebeling just for the sake of doing so... I literally hate mornings. They suck.

In other news, ELO- Eldorado is making another cycle into the front of my music fav of the month..It's funny too, it's just a handful of songs on the album that stick in my mind, the rest is just very " Eh, who cares."...but these songs..they're beautiful...and near timeless to me.

Haven't quite given up on Nanowrimo, but got lazy yesterday and called it an off day..so it's up to Present Me to pick up the slack.. We'll see how well that goes.

Sigh. 6 more hours til time off. Needing it.

A Thought..

It's a shame I can't use this blog as my nano entry. It's gotta be at least 50,000 words right?

Nah.. Fun thought though.

Writing Woes..

I'm remembering why it is that I don't do long form stories or novels-- I can do the lead ins, the lead up tos, and the with limited success, a proper ending for short stories, because they don't take forever on those first two parts.. With novels, you have carefully craft your plot, putting minute touches here and there, and making sure all the bits and pieces function together when you reach page 175 or 200 (and that's just being modest).. Too hard, man.

I'm currently struggling with the nanowrimo thing I'm doing... It was fairly simple to establish the plot early on in the intro, and then I got to chapter 1, and did the whole "oh, I'm a moody high school english teacher, I need to break out and do something important before I get too old to care" stuff, and that was smooth going too, I guess. But now I have to face the transitional period where something integral happens to the main character that incites him to action--

Hard to put it all together for the span of 50,000 words.. Strange though, it's really about the numbers for me. If I were to just do this thing for something reasonable like 5-10,000 words, I could get my mind on where things needed to be because of the nature of the story.

Shorts are just easier and less tasking.


Eh, that's why they call it a challenge though, right?