Wow. So much to talk about. Hello again everybody that is still on MySpace, and well, thanks for keeping on MySpace. As you might know from the previous entry, I was taken away from blogging duties by National Novel Writing Month these past 29 days. I hope that everyone had a delightful Thanksgiving feast with family and/or friends.
First off, National Novel Writing Month (I hate referring to it as NaNoWriMo, however truncated it makes the whole thing)- as of 11:11 PM last night, I finished my second novel to the tune of 60,037 words which space out to be 115-ish pages. So that's done. I'll try and post an excerpt one of these days...but...well, we'll get to that.
Then there is Justin- I'm going to bring it down a bit. Last month, my barber died. Justin Lovato cut my hair at Hawleywood's Barbershop for just about two years and he gave me the best haircuts I've had in my life. He was a really good guy and he had lived a tough life, but cutting hair had really brought a new meaning to his life. It was devastating to hear about this, just devastating. But he isn't forgotten- you can read a story about him here, as well as there is a whole pictorial about Hawleywood's Barbershop in Long Beach, down the street from my house, in the newest issue of Inked magazine.(Dec, with Pink on the cover; also you can get a free digital subscription at their website) Pick up a copy and you can see Justin in all his tattooed coolness.
Thirdly, if you can see JCVD in the theaters, I recommend you do so. What is it? You can find the trailer online as well as a synopsis, but the short of it is- Jean Claude Van Damme plays Jean Claude Van Damme and it's fucking powerful. Powerful like Jean Claude Van Damme. It's part action movie, part drama, with a nice dash of experimental and independent flavoring.
Fourthly, Superego Live is shaping up to be a very very exciting show; I think that anyone that is around and gets a chance to see it is going to have a good ol' time in Long Beach with the utter insanity of our live performance. There will be comedy. There will be cartoons. There will be music. There will be a number of absurd comedy sketches that must be seen to be believed. Head over to the Superego website for all the information and to catch up on the hours of podcasts that already exist.
Fifthly, I'd like to talk about how utterly shitty 2008 has been and the only thing that makes it even shittier is that it's becoming so shitty that it's starting to blur all the cool stuff that has happened this year, which makes me feel awful. Townland released an album and went on a tour this year! I worked for Stan Winston Studios! I worked for Adult Swim(again)! I was creative and lived on my own schedule for almost the entire year. But all that has sort of lead me into this spiral of angst and frustration and stress.
Let me put it in perspective- last year, I decided that if I finished my novel for National Novel Writing Month, I would buy myself a new TV. By the end of the year I didn't have enough money to do it and this year, I'm sitting here watching my old shitty TV. Nothing's changed. I'm just more frustrated. Stagnant.
And finally, speaking of stagnant, let's talk about MySpace:
I would try and tell people to NOT give up on MySpace, except it's way too late for that- everyone has jumped ship to Facebook already. There are people on Facebook that were never on MySpace and I don't…really…see the benefit. Facebook has its advantages I suppose and it's got some nice simple features, but there isn't any blog function and the "pages" idea is well-intentioned for the user, but it doesn't really do much for the bands and film and such that want fans and worldwide exposure. It just doesn't make sense. Everyone is dumping one way of communication for an equally awkward one.
So in the interest of keeping up, and seeing as no one is on MySpace except my loyal readers(Thank you), I'll probably be transferring my regular blogging to a Wordpress or Tumblr sometime at the beginning of the new year. I'll keep you posted as to where and how you can continue to follow my exploits.
I'll probably be around here more often before the big move! So have a great weekend and keep gnawing on those leftover turkey legs!
