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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