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.