For Those About To Rock...

I hope the title doesn't conjure too many images of AC/DC. That really wasn't my intent. I'm actually going to talk about the last month and a half or so. Including some music I've been listening to, but we'll get there later.

So first of all, I've had the most hectic week of my life. Maybe not my whole life. But top five, easy. We filmed our 16mm shoot. It was three twelve-hour days that started at six but I was there by five-thirty. I had probably the second easiest job on set but I was still running around like a crazy person with his head cut off. For purposes of this last simile, assume that this crazy person is half chicken. that way he can still move without his head. I was the 2nd Assistant Director, which basically means talent wrangler. I had to keep the actors happy which is a very easy job, comparatively. It was really fun. Some of the actors and a few other crew members had a nice little bonding experience over what our porn names would be. To find your porn name, it's the name of your first pet and the street you grew up on (Mine's Junker Country by the way). On the last day of shooting I got home and fell asleep for an hour. Then I fell asleep again at nine. It was nice.

On the comic front, I have half the pages from Juan. That means it's time to pay him half the money. I just need to find a western union, which despite their advertisements are surprisingly hard to find. I'm excited because it means a almost half way done with the first issue. I plan on having it on the shelves by June. But that's a different problem for a different post. I'll have something for you to look at.

Remember when I said I would talk about bands. Well, you're wait is over. You can exhale. It's no secret that I'm a nerd. The reason it's no secret is because I talk about it all the time. Well in july I started getting into Nerd Music. It's not a genre so much as it's a movement. It's people singing about things like pirates and ninjas and cats that can't spell. But it's also people using Nintendo sound cards to enhance their music. I can't believe I didn't get into it sooner. Anyway, I saw I Fight Dragons, who uses the aforementioned NES sound cards, and they were amazing. I even talked to them after the show and got them to sign a copy of their CD for me. It was cool. Other bands that rock pretty hard are Shael Riley and The Double Ice Backfire, Marc With a C, and The Protomen. None of which sound like each other. But that's the point of Nerdcore. It's a little bit of everything.

I ran out of things to talk about so I guess I'll be off. I'd also like to mention that I'm going home in eleven days. Oh sweet New Hampshire, I can almost feel your snow in my boots. And I'd be remiss if I didn't mention Scrubs premiered last tuesday. Watch that. I didn't realize how long this post was. Hope I don't come off as long winded. I just have a lot to say.

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Cover by Rob Jones

Here's the cover. It's done by a different artist than the one who's drawing the comic proper. His name is Rob Jones and I found him on Penciljack.com, which is probably one of the best website there is for aspiring comic writers, pencilers, inkers, colorists, and letterers. It how I found both the artists on my comic. I just wish that there was an easier way to pitch to publishers. All of their submission guidelines are really tough. i understand that they want to scare away anyone who doesn't really want to do this and isn't willing to put in the effort but man, some of them just sound mean-spirited. But you gotta do what you gotta do to make it in any business and the comic industry is no different.

Thank god for that little voice in my head that keeps yelling ideas at me when I try to sleep or watch TV or generally do anything. If I could turn my brain off for even a minute I would have a nice moment of quiet non-reflection. I envy the unimaginative sometimes. Only sometimes though. The rest of the times I go "Wow, I thought of that? Awesome. I'm going places." It sounds conceded but I don't believe in me how can I expect anyone else to?

Look! It's got a name!

NUCLEAR_FAMILY. That's the title of my comic. It was the title of the first arc but I didn't have a name for the series proper and decided that it needed one. Nuclear Family worked better as the first arc. It made sense because a nuclear family is defined as the immediate members of one's family. See the irony? Because they aren't related at all? And they live in a post nuclear war torn america? Either way it was clever. It's still clever. But I digress.

Here's page six. Enjoy!

Just A Quicky #1

Here's a few more pieces of background art for my comic. I think they look really cool. There's some graffiti on a car in one that says "Fuck". To me that's hilarious because people, by and large are so un-creative that they only write swears on things. I didn't tell him to draw that, by the way. It just happened. I'll be posting the updated Meredith character model later this week.

Slowly But Surely

Awhile back I got the urge to write a comic set in Post-Apocalyptic America. The idea stemmed from a thought that popped into my head: Post-Apocalyptic Private Investigator. It doesn't sound that strange right? Well think about it again. Once society ends, there are a lot of jobs that go the way of Dodo: Actors, writers, and artists to name a few. Another one is private eye. What need is there for some one to find things and follow people? None. So what if someone wanted to be a P.I? He would be the only one in the wastes. At the very least that makes it easy for me to write him and the rest of the characters being all over the place. He's just on a new case that takes him to new places. It's a fantastic plot device.

But I'm off topic. The point is that I wrote a script for this story and went looking for someone to draw it. I found someone. His name is Juan Romera and he's Argentinean. He has a great style and liked the script. He recently sent me the initial character designs (Pictured Above) and I got very excited (Keep in mind that the two characters on the outsides will have minor changes to them). So he's drawing now and soon I'll see the first pages of my comic. After that I'm going to start pitching it to different comic publishers and hopefully I'll have a book on the stands by December. Keep in mind it might not be on every stand because it's an indy book from a first time writer but there's always a way to find it. Now it just needs a name.

Recipe #1: CFS Stew

Today, I make stew. It's been a few weeks since the last time I made stew and I figured it was about time. I thought I'd give a recipe of sorts for this stew. It isn't very hard but it does take awhile. And believe you me it is worth it.

INGREDIENTS

2 Pre-cooked rotisserie chickens

2 Bags of carrots (of 10 to 15 carrots each)

1 Bag of celery

1 Bag of potatoes, you can pick the kind but I prefer the big yellow ones.

1 Clove of garlic

1 Box of Goya chicken bullion

1 Box of chicken broth

1 Medium to large pan

2 Large pots

1 Strainer

1 Long wooden spoon

PROCESS

Take 1 potato, 2 carrots, 1 celery stick, and 1 piece of garlic. Peel the carrots and potato, then cut every thing. It's important to not throw the peelings away.

Get a medium to large pan, pour in olive oil and slosh it around until it covers the pan. Now put every thing in the pan once it starts sizzling. Keep it in there until it's all brown, stirring occasionally.

Take the two rotisserie chickens and peel all the meat off. Put the bones, skin and other miscellanea in one bowl and all the useable meat in another. this should take about a half-hour.

Once all the meat is deboned, put it in the fridge, you won't need it for a while. Take all the bones, browned vegetables and peelings and throw it in a Large pot, and I mean a really big pot, along with 2 packets of chicken bullion, another piece of garlic, and 1 cup of chicken broth. Fill the pot with water up to three to four inches from the top.

Put the pot, which by now should be heavy with bones and water and such, on to the stove top. Put it on high and wait until it boils.

Once it does boil, stir it for a few seconds and drop the heat until medium.

This is the longest part. Let it boil on medium for about three hours, stirring every twenty minutes or so. Add in what ever you think it needs. I usually drop in some salt, garlic powder, and more chicken bullion every now and then. If there's one thing I learned from my dad about cooking it's not to worry about exact proportions and time, just feel it out. But not literally because, hey, boiling.

About an hour and a half into cooking, start peeling potatoes, and carrots. Cut the carrots, potatoes, and celery into good sized pieces.

Once those three hours are up take it off the heat. Put another big pot, this one doesn't have to be quite as big as the other, in the sink. Put a strainer in the pot. Now carefully pour the contents of the Big big pot through the strainer into the smaller big pot. Once all the broth is out throw the bones and such away, you won't be needing it anymore. Make sure the strainer is one of those wire-y ones or else bones might slip through.

Pour the broth back into the Big big pot, after making sure that there are no bones or other ephemera in said pot.

Dump all of the chicken and vegetables into the pot with the broth. I usually put another piece of garlic in with it but that's just a personal preference. I also put 1 packet of chicken bullion and 1 more cup of chicken broth in there with a cup or two of water, to give it more broth.

Put it back on the stove on high. When it boils, drop it to medium again. Stir it every ten minutes or so. Let it sit on medium for an hour.

After the hour is up, it's ready to eat. But caution! it will be boiling lava hot. I usually let it sit for five to ten minutes. When it cools off a little there will be a film over the top of it. this part is delicious, just so you know.

And there you have it, CFS Stew. What does the "CFS" stand for you ask? That's simple: Chock Fulla S#!+. It's aptly named because it is full to the brim with chicken and veggies. I was sick of getting stew that was basically broth and you had go on a scavenger hunt for the good stuff. that's why I put so much in it. Enjoy it with your friends and family. It'll feed a bunch of people. I hope you like it.

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The Device Has Been Modified

One of my favorite games in the whole wide world is Portal. This game is wildly inventive, crazy intriguing and very, very fun. The best thing about this game is the fact that you can keep playing it over and over again and it never gets boring

Lately I've been obsessed with Portal's backstory. It fits into the Half-Life universe (which is so in depth I won't even talk about it anymore) And I've been trying to uncover how. I know that the main company is the business rival of Half-Life's big company. I know pretty much all the knowledge that is available. But i need more.

I'm going crazy because I want to play portal but my Xbox red ringed and I need to send it out to Microsoft to be fixed. To cope with these itches I've watched youtube videos of someone playing, just to take the edge off a little bit. It's a sickness that need so be remedied.

The reason for this is that I've been trying to write a script for the Portal movie. I have a 3 day weekend this week so I'm going to spend it writing. It sounds exciting, I know.

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It's Been A While

Let's just say that I've been busy. Classes for this month were winding down and I didn't exactly have a lot of time to myself. Well, I did but I spent it watching Dollhouse and catching up on my DVR's. Which was fine by me. I did do a lot of writing too. Oh. I think I just found the focus of this blog.

So first off, I like writing. Not so much like. I need to write. I have too damn many thoughts in my head and need a way to get them all out. That way is writing.

This week I've been kind of obsessed with a comic. Actually I've been obsessed with it for a while, but I digress. That comic is Planetary, written by Warren Ellis and masterfully drawn by John Cassaday. I've been trying to turn that into a TV series. There is so much that could be expanded there and I think I'm just the boy for the job.

In addition to that, I've been writing my own stuff: two TV pilots (That the term for the first episode, case you didn't know). One is a zombie show that focuses on a Global Response Team that goes around to human enclaves giving them supplies like food and solar panels and stuff. The other is a supernatural high school show that, I won't lie, borrows heavily from Buffy. It let me write a scene that made me laugh for an hour. It's something that reminded me of Elie, which is always a good thing.

Lastly, just today I got hit with the idea to make Portal, an awesome game, into a movie. I'm breaking it down right now so I can have a better grasp on it when I start writing it. The game is about a girl who wakes up in a testing center and is given a gun that can make, you guessed it, portals. It goes a lot deeper than that but I'm running out of things to say. I think this one might write itself.

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Sunday, Sunday, Sunday

So I'm sitting here listening to music and all of a sudden Irish Whiskey comes on. Cool song, alright. Then Society by Eddie Vedder, ok. Then Knights of Cydonia by Muse, The Story by Brandi Carlisle, and Girl All The Bad Guys Want by Bowling For Soup. At that point I started freaking out. Those are the songs that each remind me of a different one of my friends from up in the NH (Josh, Elie, Layton, Jacob[who's down here but still], and NH in general). I think it's a sign. It's weird how they all came in rapid succession like that.

I want to go back already. At least I have a relatively easy month. Aside from advanced lighting I really don't have any classes. Documentary is all about post production on the doc we filmed. I think It'll be cool.

I found a letterer for my comic. He's good and he's cheap: just the way I like it. I just need to get a hold of Paul. I'm excited to see how the art is coming out.

Also, my tattoo healed. Just thought I would mention it. No more need to put aquaphor on it every hour. Sweet. And now I want another one. I've got some Ideas but not a lot of money. We'll see how it goes.

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p.s. I just finished reading the entire series of Planetary by Warren Ellis and John Cassaday. Wow. It was the best comic I've ever read. And I've read a lot of comics.

Sometimes I Feel Like A Snowman

And by that, I mean I don't belong in florida. I got back from the NH yesterday and man do I miss it. I felt great all week when I was up there and today, my first day back, I awoke to a headache. Which is awesome I know. But enough about my bitchings let me get you caught up.

First off, it's been a while since my last blog. The reason for this is that I found it very difficult to keep my mouth shut about surprising my dad for his birthday. You see, my dad had no idea that I was coming home for his birthday. I showed up and he lost his shit. It was really cool. But everything I wanted to type on here was basically about how excited i was to be going back to New Hampshire and because my dad frequently reads my blog, I couldn't do that. So I just avoided it like the plague.

Secondly, I got a new tattoo. I love getting inked because afterwards, you will never be the same again. It's just a really cool feeling. Too bad I couldn't get one of the one I wanted. It was kind of friend dependent and one of my friends was really busy the whole day. No big deal.

Also, Royal pains is a very good show but it needs more Tucker and Libby. I love those two characters.

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Today is my birthday and I'll etcera if I want to

So today I turn the big 2-0. It's weird, to paraphrase Jacob, I thought that when i got to this age I would be older. It's my first birthday away from my friends and family up in the NH. Oh well. I have class all day anyway so it's not like I'll be bored. And Me and some friends went to the movies last night. I think I'm going to buy myself a bike. That seems like something that I should get. That or a pet hedgehog. Unfortunately I'm pretty sure that you need a special license to own one of those in the states (Damn you England!). In any case I can barely take care of myself so I don't need a tiny rodent that needs caring for. I wouldn't mind it if my parents air mailed me my dog Rango though. I miss that little spaz something fierce.

In other news I just finished my comic script. I've had some people read it, a few friends and my Auntie Patti. I hope they liked it. I mean I know they did but none of them really read comics so I'm not sure if they like because i wrote it or because it's good. I don't really care one way or another, as long as it makes feel something. There's an old wrestling adage: A bad reaction is better than no reaction. I'm sending it to my artist tomorrow to see what he thinks. Then I have to find a letterer on this one website that a pretty awesome writer gave me. And in september I try to pitch it to my favorite Editor at Dragoncon. It's weird how things are starting to come together.

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One Week Later

It's been a whole week and I not much has happened. I started two new classes, Documentary Filmmaking and Editing. Doc, as the kids call it, is alright. We learn about the theory of documentaries, which is cool. Editing is better though. We're learning, hold on a second, editing. Video editing to be specific. Film editing involves dark rooms and scissors. It's interesting because I'm not very good at editing so I'm learning how to be not not very good.

There was one big thing that happened on Thursday. I went to see the Sounds. My favorite band ever. They put on one hell of a show. There were even times where, swear to god, the lead singer Maja (pronounced Maya) Ivarsson winked at me. It was amazing. Every single song was even better live. When all was said and done I had had one of the best nights I could have had in Orlando. Also today I saw UP and I cried a lot. My eyes still have that dried tear feel in them. it kind of sucks,

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Wahoo, E3

I've spent the better part of the day watch G4's E3 coverage. For those that don't know what that is, it's the worlds largest gaming conference. There were some crazy awesome games revealed today like Left 4 Dead 2, Splinter Cell: Conviction, and Crackdown 2. And this was only day one. Tomorrow there is more and the same with wednesday and thursday and I think friday. It totals up to a whopping 22 hours of coverage. And because I have eight hours of class tomorrow that means my DVR will be working overtime. I can't wait. I love video games and this just gets me excited for the stuff coming out this year. One of the crazy things that Microsoft revealed is Project Natal, which is kind of a scary thing. it is basically a motion sensor that senses your motion. Meaning that you are the controller. Peter Moleneux, the guy who created Fable, has made an Artificial Intelligence that can interact with you. That's the begining of Skynet. How freaking scary is that? He knows your name, he can read your facial expressions and more importantly he can tell what you are feeling. His name is MILO and he is the enemy. Tell your friends. The robot apocalypse is upon us. I've already started fortifying my house. Assassin's Creed 2 also looks pretty cool.

Issue 1, technically draft 1

I finally did it. I finished the first issue of my comic. All I have to do now is read the printed out version to see if everything works and possibly do a second draft but hopefully not. I should be good. But just to be sure I'm going to let a few people read it to see if it makes sense to them. Then I send it off to Paul up in Winchendon, Mass and find a letterer on PencilJack. There's a lot more to it than that but I feel like if I describe everything in graphic detail you'll be so bored you don't ever go back on the webnet. Hopefully you're still here.

Anyway, yeah. I'm really excited. In September i'm going to dragon con so I can pitch it to Scott Allie of Dark Horse Comics. If I'm the luckiest person in the world he'll hire me and I get to write comics monthly. Fingers crossed.

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Allergies

I know that I already posted an hour ago but I need to talk about this right now. My allergies, which have usually been relatively tame, are kicking my ass hardcore style. It looks like I have pink eye and to be honest I really hope I don't. Couple these allergies with the fact that I have over active tear glands and it looks like i just watched the Scrubs Finale or an episode of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. I am sick and tired of being sick and tired. It feels like I'm leaking. I don't like that feeling. That feeling sucks. To make matters worse, I shoot my commercial tomorrow and I have a very hard time spelling tomorrow. I actually almost spelled it wrong while griping. Why can't they just put a second "m" in it? But I digress.

The worst part about this is it makes me miss my mum. She used to take care of me when I was sick. I could just lay in bed and she would bring me soup and stuff. Being an adult fucking sucks. The only good thing is that I can swear in my blogs and not care who sees. Except maybe my grandparents. I wouldn't want them to read this.

Woo Hoo!

I just saw that I had five followers and then I got wicked excited. Then I saw that the new followers my my friends Matt and Layton and I got even more excited. I haven't seen them in a while (Layton since Christmas and Matt since like 1946. It's been a while to say the least.) Awesome. I should call those guys. I mean I talk to Layton often anyway but still.

In other news I only need to write five more pages of issue 1. It's so close I can aste it. I meant to write taste it and since I've decided to not correct any typos while writing that is going to stay like it is.

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p.s. My end parenthetical in the first paragraph looks like a one-eyed guy smiling. That was completely unintentional. I promise.

2009-2010 Broadcast Season

IN: Dollhouse(!), Bones, Chuck, Scrubs, Castle, Better Off Ted, Big Bang Theory, Fringe, House, Heroes, The Office, Smallville, Supernatural. UPDATE: How I Met Your Mother and Gary Unmarried.

OUT: Terminator: The Sarah Conner Chronicles, The Unusuals, Life. UPDATE: Cupid and maybe Reaper (see comment. I'm already writing a letter. Plus it's good to know somebody I didn't specifically tell to read my blog reads my blog.)

PROGNOSIS: Even though CBS and The CW haven't released their upfronts yet, I am very hopeful. I only need Gary Unmarried and How I Met Your Mother from CBS and Reaper from the CW an I will have a good year. I'm sad about Terminator, Life and the Unusuals but Dollhouse and Castle's renewal make me infinitely happy. That said there are a few Pilots that I hope get picked up. Eva Adams looks great. It's about a womanizer who finally gets his when he is turned into a woman for some unknown reason. It's a good contender and hopefully it'll get made. NBC's Day One and ABC's Flash Forward (not a remake of Disney Channel's show from the early '90s starring Jewel Staite and Ben Foster) are both post-apocalyptic, which I love, and were ordered to series. So they year is off to a good start. I'll keep you posted. Man I'm such a TV nerd.

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So Tired It Hurts

Yesterday was my first day of shooting for our free form and holy crap was it draining. I had to get up a 4 am, carry 30 lbs of bagels from Android's to the school and then we had a twelve hour shooting day. It was a little crazy. We finished about an hour early so that was nice but it was still an eleven hour day. I got home and took a three hour nap before going to the movies. I got back at 1:30 am and went to sleep. Unfortunately for me, because I'm so used to waking up early, I got up at 8:30 am. Now I can't fall back asleep and as the title of this blog suggests, I'm so tired it hurts.

What A Day

I was hit by a car today. Slammed right into my left side and crushed the bike I was on. Best part is because I was to shocked at having just been hit by a car, I didn't get the lady's name or insurance information. I gave her my phone in the hopes that she would call me to set up a way to buy me a new bike. So I might not get one. I wish I wasn't so nice. In any case I can check "get hit by a car" off my list of things to do before I die. I'm just glad "get killed by a car hitting me" isn't on that list.

Florida is Strange

Today I biked over to the school and I saw something strange. A guy was redoing his lawn. Not spreading grass seeds and watering it. No, he peeled his lawn up. Like taking a snowflake sticker off of your window when the snow melts. And he put squares of lawn on in their place. What the hell is that? Then on the way back, he was almost done. Less than an hour. Unbelievable. Where I'm from it takes a season to fix your lawn. The entire spring. Longer sometimes, if you aren't lucky. This state makes me glad I'm a yankee.

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In the Valley of The Dollhouse

Okay, so last night was the season finale of Dollhouse. It was awesome. There's just one problem with it: it was the lowest rated episode of the season. Which didn't surprise me because the ratings have been steadily decreasing since the first episode. That sucks like no one's business because the show is so good and now there is only a slim chance that it'll be brought back next season despite it's strong DVR numbers. I hope that the DVD sells good enough to make the execs at FOX see how awesome the show is and renew it.

I have the next five days in a row off. That's awesome. I plan on doing a lot of writing. After all, that comic ain't gonna write itself. I'm also going to catch up on my DVRs. God bless that machine.

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EDIT: So Android pointed out to me that I wrote finally instead of finale and It's self instead of itself. My bad. There, I fixed it.

Alas, Poor Dorian

Scrubs just ended. And even though it isn't the official series Finale, it is done in its current incarnation. The finale was so heartwarmingly sad that I actually cried. Like a baby. I love that show. Thank you Matt Dangelantonio, for showing me the unadulterated awesomeness that is Scrubs. It's made my life better.

Scrubs, you will be missed.

EDIT: I just watched it again (today is 5/10/09) and I cried again. I didn't even cry at my grandmother's funeral. What the hell is wrong with me?

Pet Peeves, #1

So after deciding to write about my quirks I got thinking: what else can I write about? How about things that bug me. Things like when people (read: Andy) pronounce Mario Mare-io. Andy started doing this to bug me but he's not the first person to do this. I've heard it before and goddamn does it make me crazy. First of all he says Mario in the start of Mario 64. For Christ's sake, why do people do this? If you do then stop it right now or everyone you love will stop speaking to you.

On a side note, my left pinky is completely asleep so every time I press shift it feels weird.

A Quirk About Me, #1

I don't step on cracks. And when I walk I'm usually looking down as to avoid stepping on cracks. The reason for this is simple: that stupid rhyme we all learn when we're kids - "Step on a crack, break your mother's back." My mother does a lot of heavy lifting everyday so I don't want to jinx her. It's weird, I know. But if for some reason I step on a crack, I whisper "sorry Mom" just incase.

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Yes We Can't

So I'm extremely broke right now. I mean really broke. I have enough money in my bank account to buy something that is eight cents. And you know who I blame? Obama. Barrack Obama. The president. He said he was going to change everything. And he did. Before I had money. Then Obama came and changed that. Now I have no money. Barrak Obama doesn't care about white people.

That thing that I do

So I've been meaning to parlay my meanderings into what I am trying to do for a living. Namely writing comics. My ultimate goal is to write, create and run my own TV show. But for right now i want to write comic books. Currently I am writing the first issue of a series I am calling A Place Called Armageddon. The title is subject to change but the idea is pretty simple: An ancient demon tries to usurp the devil as ruler of Hell. To do this he finds a way to unleash it on Orlando, FL. The Devil isn't stupid though, so she (yeah it's a lady) make an impenetrable barrier around the city and chooses seven young adults to fix her "little" problem. Each of them is given a unique power to help with this challenge.

Now I don't know about you, but I would totally read that. It's biblical shenanigans paired up with Whedonesque characterization and I know that I sound like a little bit pretentious when I say it that way but come on. That's good entertainment.

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Steampunk

I fraking love steampunk. It is awesome all over the place. Cogs and sprockets and steam and coal. I love it so much. I am actually plotting out a movie set in a steampunk universe. If you don't know anything about steampunk I definately suggest checking it out. Image copyright PReilly. Check him out on Deviantart. Unfortunately, I don't know how to hyperlink on the internet. I'll have to have Android show me how.

Blag, Blag, Blag

So, I'm the DP in for my commercial shoot but I'm not entirely sure what a DP does. At least not for the commercial. It's supposed to be cold but we live in central Florida where the ten day forecast is all in the eighties. Making it look cold is going to be a challenge.

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Chillin' at the Grandparents

Yeah, I'm in Port Orange hanging out with my Grandparents, my mom, my auntie Patty, and my little brother. My Step-Nana Marie is weird. I think she thinks I'm stupid or something. The best part about me writing this less than fifteen feet away from her is I know for a fact that she doesn't know what a blog is, let alone how to find mine. But she makes my Papa happy so what can I do?

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I'm trying to think of a title

But I guess that works. I want to take this time to talk about pigs. I love those fat pink creatures. Maybe it's just me but I think that they are adorable. Plus when they get too old, you can turn them into bacon. It's the perfect animal.

Coming soon, to a theater near you

I'll post my FX Day 2 stuff tomorrow. I'm too lazy right now. Also Supernatural is an awesome show. I'm watching season two of it right now.

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Update

Sorry about the giant gaps between paragraphs. I'm kind of Internet retarded.

FX International, Day 1 Part 2

I promised the rest of my findings and here they are:

I got a cavalcade of signatures from Buffy and Angel Alumni. Even though they were all really cool and totally approachable I have to say that Camden Toy (who played a host of monster on both shows) and Claire Kramer (Who played an evil God) were the nicest. I must have talked to Mr. Toy for twenty minutes or so about his experiences in prosthetics. And Ms. Kramer was extremely nice too. we talked about how there was no good pictures in the Buffy Chosen Collection Booklet of her. She wrote the second best signature "Be A God XOXO". Isn't that

awesome?

I also got Jonathan Hickman and Jim Cheung to sign all three issues of Secret Warriors. Jonathan Hickman is a crop-dusting genius. We talked for a while too. He was very secretive about the future of the book. He did say that because Matt Fraction, who had to pull out because of illness, wasn't there that he would be making all sorts of lies up about his two books tomorrow at the Dark Reign panel. I'm excited.

Right after i talked to Hickman I talked to Jim McCann, who is an editor and writes New Avengers Reunion. He was awesome. And He had to use my Sharpee because he forgot his. He wrote the best signature of the day - "To JJ, Best!" That is probably the coolest thing I have ever read. That's how I'm going to sign all of my things from now on.

I also met Stuart Immonen and his wife Kathryn. Stuart was the artist for Ultimate Spider-Man up until recently. He also did Nextwave: Agents of H.A.T.E., Which is what I got signed. I talked to his wife about Runaways, one of my favorite titles, because she's going to be writing it starting with the June issue. They were both wicked nice. After them I talked to Chuck Dixon, who has written so much it's scary. I got two issues of Booster Gold Signed. He was really cool. And really tall. Then I went to get Ignition City signed by the artist who is not from this country so I had a little trouble talking to him because his english is not so much. He was nice though.

Lastly, for real this time, I talked to Jake "The Snake" Roberts. He is a semi-retired pro-wrestler who I just happen to be named after. He was wicked funny. I also talked to Scotty 2 Hotty. He used to wrestle for WWE. Like Me, He's a New Englander. But unlike me he's from Maine.

That's all for now. I'll be back tomorrow with more. Best!

FX International, Day 1 Part 1

This post will be filled with pictures, so be warned. I got a lot of stuff signed and and boy howdy was it awesome.

First things first:I love Firefly and Serenity. So much so that I have five copies of Serenity - Collectors edition, Regular edition (full screen and wide screen), Blu-ray and HD-DVD. I love all that is Whedon and Firefly was no exception. So when I got a chance to meet Jewel Staite (Kaylee) and Morena Baccarin (Inara) I leaped at it. I got them to sign the issues of Serenity: Those Left Behind that they were featured on.

Next up I got all nine issues of Fell signed by Ben Templesmith. We talked for what seemed like fifteen minutes, because it was around fifteen minutes. He was an awesome guy and he even gave me a Wormwood One-Shot for free, but don't tell anyone I told you. He made me promise.

Actually I just realized that i lied to you. The first things I got signed were from Christos Gage. He signed an issue of Avengers: Initiative, House of M: Avengers (which I also got signed by the artist and the colorist), Gen13: Armageddon, and #1 of the Authority Prime. I also got the first poster of 50 for his upcoming Absolution for Avatar Press.

That's all for this one but a little later I'll post the other pictures. Spoiler: Some are pictures of comics with signatures on them.

Off To See the Wizard

Tomorrow I'm going to FX International in Orlando. I'm going to meet Jewel Staite, Morena Baccarin, Matt Fraction and Ben Templesmith tomorrow. I'm so excited that I might pass out when I meet them. But on saturday I get to meet James Marsters. That's right THE James Marsters. The same guy who played Spike on Buffy the Vampire Slayer for six years. that show shaped who I am as a person. I can't wait.

The other reason I'm so excited is because, as an aspiring comic writer, I'll get to meet some of the people I idolize. And on saturday there is a panel for people who want to break into comics, which for those of you just tuning in, is me!

I have to go, it's late and I am an early bird. Plus I need to write my blog address on all the money I have. It's good marketing, money changes hands a lot in one day. And if you are reading this right now because of said money, thank you. You did a good thing today. Tell your friends.

The Shape of Things To Come

So here it is. The first post of my first blog ever. I'm excited. I can't convey tone but trust me, I'm excited. I'd like to take this opportunity to talk about myself because, hey, this is my blog.

First off, I'm from New Hampshire. That's the little one all the way at the top that's 69ing with Vermont. For the record, NH is the boy in this relationship. I'm very proud to be from New Hampshire. My family got off the Mayflower in fact so how's that for heritage. I'll stop here because I'm sure I'll be talking about the NH a lot more.

Second, I go to film school. Yep, Full Sail University in Winter Park Florida. I'm in my seventh month and I love it. My goal is to Create and run my own TV show and there is no such thing as TV school.

Third, Fourth, Fifth and Sixth, I love comics, TV, wrestling and Video games. I'm a nerd of the highest caliber and damn proud of it. I got to go now because I think I'm break some law of the internet by writing this long. And spelling everything correctly.